Cows are big, strong and heavy, and docile dogs can also kill. Any kind of caution around things large or feisty enough to kill you is healthy.

Looks like one of the closed down malls in Playa del Ingles on Gran Canaria. Several of the older ones relied on passive cooling by creating underground sections to escape the heat without AC.

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Mindfulness for me, now, is to be aware of myself and my surroundings. It started with meditation during a one year chronic pain remedy program, and helped with learning to deal with all the noise that comes up (pain, stress, intrusive thoughts). To not ignore them, but to observe them. Detach myself somewhat and just “look” at it. This helped me to eventually do this during monotonous activities: brushing my teeth, doing dishes, combing cats, vacuuming, even emptying litter boxes. Then to external activities where I am observing the things outside and inside me: waiting in line, sitting on the bus, hiking, drinking tea at a café.

When I exit the state I feel a bit more refreshed. If I need more, and have the ability, I will go and sit in my favourite spot and meditate deeper.

I disagree regarding lying down for bed. Never teach your body to associate the relaxation of meditation with sleep. Unless you only need it for immediately before you sleep to calm your mind.

I can now have mindfulness while doing activities (not driving ofc). Your body will do what you teach it, and I’ve stopped falling asleep meditating when I removed it from bedtime.

Yes, the world needs more meditation.

The long ass skinny one is great for pickle jars on the dining table. We love pickles.

The herring one, well, it’s called “sillgaffel” in Swedish. We do use it when we eat pickled herring, but also for olives and other small delicacies served in small bowls instead of using tooth picks to pick them out.

The “sandwich” one is accompanied by a “sandwich” knife, and are intended to be used for appetizers, and according to an older friend, single sandwiches with ham and (sometimes melted) cheese would be served as appetizers occasionally.

There are dessert forks as well, but they are rare. There are proper crustacean forks too that I would like, as they’d be useful.

There also are supposed to exist fish forks (and fish knives) in the series as well, but I kind of stop before that.

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Omg, I just found out there are two more forks I don’t have! Going to waste a month tracking them down… (Ignore me, this reignited my sometimes-pastime of completing my cutlery, just wanted to share some of my joy.)

Beautifully said.

There are two more spoons I lack in this collection. But no, I just like this series as it’s semi-retro, and I thrift it at second hand stores and at auction sites.

I was joking otherwise, just wanted to throw my punch in this discussion. :D

How do you feel about forks in the same slot?

Although, I have to admit I keep these in three separate slots.

… so you’re telling me I need five slots for spoons?

I’m a monster who separates only the tablespoon into a separate compartment.

I live in an area that has several ethnic stores (iranian, lebanese, and some mixed “oriental”), with varying quality. I buy rice, saffron and nuts there.

• Rice: 5 - 10 kg bags or basmati and jasmine rice (we divide it with some neighbours, as we don’t cook with rice daily), which both tastes much better than chain store bought and is of a better quality. And as we buy in bulk, it’s cheaper, and the brands we usually buy are apparently lower in arsenic contents than the ones from the chain stores.
• Saffron: The quality of saffron I can get in the iranian stores is much, much higher than the one sold in chain stores. And it’s the same price.
• Nuts: Don’t get me started on the quality of nuts from some mediterranean focused stores that sell nuts and sweets. I only buy almond and hazelnut fro chain stores when I want to grind them to flour.

They also stock better dates (medjool), have more varieties of fresh egg plant and squash, and have the best water melons when they’re in season.

It was just her head and arm. giggles

The first link worked correctly in other Lemmy instances, but not kbin. Second link redirected to Lemmy.world from all instances I tried it on. Third link was broken from the kbin side.

The first link worked correctly in other Lemmy instances, but not kbin. Second link redirected to Lemmy.world from all instances I tried it on. Third link was broken from the kbin side.

The first link was made local /c/ according to sidebar suggestions. The two other, see my reply to unknowing8343.

Thanks for the tip of @Thrifty, I had been looking for something like that. Still learning.

The first is formatted according to sidebar suggestion, the second as a shorthand, the third was Lemmy.world’s autocompletion from the second:

• [Thrifty](/c/thrifty@lemmy.world)
• !thrifty@lemmy.world
• [!thrifty@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/c/thrifty@lemmy.world)

Was hoping that at least one of them would survive.

It’s always easier to complain and threaten than it is to look for solutions that would benefit all parties.