I've dragged an old electric kettle out of storage and set it up in the bathroom, I use it solely for filling hot water bottles. This current winter I've been afflicted just about every 2nd day with Raynaud's Syndrome in my feet. The "trick," according to a podiatrist, is not to let the feet go cold in the first place. Easier said than done.
I place a folded hand towel on the cold floor with a single thermal sock on it. Then I add a two-litre hot waster bottle containing 600ml of 80ºC water. The soles of both feet rest on this bottle.
I then lay another folded hand towel and a second thermal sock over the top of my feet topped with a 2nd similarly-filled hot water bottle. This keeps the feet warm enough for several hours.
The podiatrist recommended wearing thin socks underneath the thermal socks once the hot water bottles have done their job.
Safari is no longer supported on this 2008 macBook pro running macOS 10.11.6 (El Capitan). However, Firefox, brave (if you can track down an earlier version) and Chrome work although the latter two tell the user that to get updates I have to be using at least maOS 10.13.
@variablepulserate Not that at all. Manuals are less sophisticated to make and are usually lighter. Manuals generally require less maintenance because they have a less complex design than automatics.
@variablepulserate Very common. Manuals are quite rare in passenger vehicles. Even light trucks are tending towards automatics these days.
@matigo Silver or grey is my preference but really it doesn't matter that much. It's a myth that darker colours absorb more sunlight than lighter colours. The radiation frequencies that carry the heat aspect are reflected back by the formulation of the outer paint layers.
Seriously looking at 4-year-old used cars, Kia Cerato or Hyundai i30 automatic transmission hatchbacks are preferred. A car dealer about 15 km away has at least 8 examples of interest.
Two packages arrived today in Amazon boxes, but only one was actually from Amazon. The other was an interstate shipment of N95 head-loop face masks. The sender had used a spare Amazon box.
It item from Amazon was an ESR-brand Rebound Magnetic iPad Keyboard. It looks at first like the Apple magic keyboard, having a similar floating cantilever mount for that attaches to the iPad via magnets. It lacks the same range of adjustment angle as the Apple offering but only costs 29% of the Apple one.
Also, unlike the Apple one, it connects via Bluetooth and charges via an included USB-A to USB-C cable.
most of the numerical keys have three functions, the alternates being accessed via the fn key or the Shift key.
The keyboard is backlit with three brightness setting and six different backlighting colours and the whole thing shuts off if unattended fro more than one minute.
I’ve not been able to find the exact device on the UK or US Amazon websites but here’s the link to the AU website entry: https://www.amazon.com.au/ESR-Compatible-Cantilever-Precision-Multi-Touch/dp/B09N744Y4C/ref=sr_1_26