When I was teaching myself to swim freestyle (*) at the beginning of the year, I found the lap count was all over the place, either missing lengths, or adding them on. It's now much more reliabl… (View Post)

I have a Forerunner 245, which is excellent for the reasons you say, and others. It was a pressie from Mrs J for my marathon runs, to replace another Garmin. One slight issue though: now I've st… (View Post)

Yes and no. AIUI when gas prices spiked in 2023/4, we suffered because of our reliance on gas. But we also had a fair amount of renewables available, which reduced our need for gas supply. Not enough… (View Post)

I don't think her speeches are as bad as you make out. Certainly, the MAGA nutcases have done a lot of cut-and-stitching of videos of her that magically appear on X. Nowadays, any misspeak is at… (View Post)

As I pointed out back in 2016, these things can be like supertankers or jetskis. You can have a coup that suddenly changes political direction, like a jetski; but these are obvious and can have massi… (View Post)