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[covbob]

The 10,000 steps things has no basis in science anyway - it was made up in 1964 by Japanese marketers as a cool-sounding (in Japanese) name for a pedometer they were flogging as a tie-in with the Tokyo Olympics that year

Michael Mosley: 'Forget walking 10,000 steps a day' - BBC News

Wow - you are a veritable fount of useless knowledge!

(Meant in the most positive way possible - I consider that to be a compliment).

[covbob]

And with that, TFBSZ.

[WTFH]

Likewise - TFBSZ

[NickFitz]

Wow - you are a veritable fount of useless knowledge!

(Meant in the most positive way possible - I consider that to be a compliment).

I’ve spent far too much time on the Internet

[DoctorStrangelove]

I’ve spent far too much time on the Internet

Have you reached the end yet?


Entertainment (continued): "The Driver (1978)" on Talking Pictures.

Many years since I saw that last.

[NickFitz]

Have you reached the end yet?

Working on it

My right ear canal has been much improved today, but still causing the occasional slight bit of feedback in the hearing aid. So I gave it a rest from the telly and continued reading No One Would Listen. He’s good at explaining the intricacies of the financial stuff and the processes by which they gradually worked out more and more details of Madoff’s fraud, but I do wonder if (as some critics said) he was overly paranoid in his belief that Madoff - or, more likely, organised crime groups and cartels that had placed money with Madoff’s fund - would be out to get him for doing so. Still, it’s an interesting enough read

99%, 59bpm

Goodnight all

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning all

Dry.

White sky.

Sunless.

Wednesday.

The white sky is especially arranged so the ISS and associated launch this evening will be invisible, as is only right & proper.

[ladymuck]

The 10,000 steps things has no basis in science anyway - it was made up in 1964 by Japanese marketers as a cool-sounding (in Japanese) name for a pedometer they were flogging as a tie-in with the Tokyo Olympics that year

Michael Mosley: 'Forget walking 10,000 steps a day' - BBC News

I had heard that (and probably saw the MM show where he covered it) but I'd also heard a competing argument for the source of the made up number.

Of course, I can't find it now. I'll have a rummage about 'tinternet later.

I like 10k as I know its achievable for me, if I organise myself.

[ladymuck]

Lovely sunny morning. 18 degrees already.

First coffee done.

May do some toast as I picked up a nice loaf in Whole Foods yesterday. My starter should be ready for use at the weekend.

Discovered/Realised, rather belatedly, that the warmest spot in my flat is by the air vent of my office PC. Duh.

[WTFH]

Morning all
CBS, hot etc.

Dog walked, electric meter read (Outfox the Market, if you're interested in cheap, clean fuel)
Now trying to remember when my first meeting starts...