New music find, tinyurl.com/yc4wxoo7 (Northern Steel, by Antti Martikaine). I reckon @jussipekonen might get a real blast from this. "Celtic Metal!" I have the second track, "Lords of Iron" blasting away on the Homepod, screaming pipes in the background, iTunes Visualiser in Classic view on fullscreen on the 4K iMac.
Here's a link to Lords of Iron on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch with more info on non-Apple sources of the album.
Consider the Fitzpatrick skin pigmentation scale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzpatrick_scale
My skin type is somewhere between the upper reaches of Type IV or the lower portions of Type V.
(aka olive skin.)
On the subject of tanning/skin stuff, about 11 weeks ago I visited a free skin clinic for a checkup. The were concerned about a major rash on my ankle that was resisting treatment. A strong cortisone ointment applied daily has mostly fixed that, but they also noted two spots of concern that are being monitored. I see them in 16 more days & will know more then.
The visit was organised by the Men's Shed Vice President. One fellow was reluctant to attend, we basically shamed him into going. He had a melanoma removed from his chest a week later. Plus the President of the group had a small one excised from an ear, caught that one just in time.
@streakmachine A tan is simply an indication of sun-damaged skin. A workmate once observed that his Aboriginal wife had paler skin than mine.
That's probably not a good thing.
// @hazardwarning
@streakmachine Don't look like spotted beavers to me. Can't see any spots at all. More like big brown beavers.
@larand Of the two, I imagine the lesser figure was expected. I experienced the same water heater issues in December 2016. Similar cost to fix but the newer gas unit has a mains-powered igniter rather than a wind-affected pilot light.
@streakmachine And you can’t write “advertisements” without semen between the tits.
Today was unpleasant. Back, hip & knee issues made walking unaided impossible without considerable pain. A “Newcomers & Greenhorns” session at the Mac User Group meeting dissolved into a shouting match as the convenor refused to consider alternative descriptions of what a podcast was. I left at that point - halfway through - claiming excess pain (which was a contributing factor) as my reason.
@streakmachine Fancy some Turkish meatballs? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/03/my-whole-life-has-been-a-lie-sweden-admits-meatballs-are-turkish