Christian Renner
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@cjmrenner
Geek, Nerd, Palaeoconservative, Pediatrician, Bookworm... Thoughts are my private own, unrelated to any group or professional activity I might be related to.
A group of cats is called...?
Eye-opening moment for me was meeting a Canadian during a conference in Europe who asked us, star-struck, what was "that amazing blue-winged bird" he saw in a park earlier. We struggled, eventually realising it was a magpie. Being too used to seeing it, we forgot how cool it was
What would be the most terrifying thing we could find on Mars?
Are you this old?
If you could give your 18-year old self one piece of advice, what would it be?
Life is short. Live it loud.
All but the dunnock and the redwing live in my mom's garden and come to our birdfeeder occasionally. .@marysia_cc Thank you for the picture!
What childhood book started your love of reading?
I’m 14 today! #catsoftwitter
It's one thing to say older devices don't support some new feature or service or operating system. But to make the deliberate choice to brick a device that's working perfectly well, in order to force your customer to buy a new one, is a hostile act of predatory capitalism.
One of Britain’s most common sayings began over 700 years ago. “By hook or by crook.” Today, it means getting something done by any means necessary. But the origin dates to medieval England, likely as early as the 14th century. Ordinary people were allowed to gather firewood from common land, but only using simple tools. A hook to cut branches. A crook to pull them down. No chopping down trees. No taking more than your share. So you gathered what you could... By hook or by crook. In other words, do what you must, with what you have. What phrase have you heard but never understood? Follow @oaksandlions for more interesting posts like this. #EnglishHistory
I’m so upset… My Kindle is fifteen years old. It still works fine, and I want no other. I read a lot, and this is the only e-reader that doesn’t hurt my eyes. None of the new models have a screen that so perfectly mimics paper. And now Amazon is forcing me to buy a new one. 😡 I don’t need a touchscreen or sound, and I definitely don’t want adverts! 🤬 The timing couldn’t be worse either… I can’t afford it right now. ☹️ I guess I won’t be buying more ebooks for a while... I’ll just have to read the ones I already have.
