I was wrestling with a coat hanger, can you guess who won?

[sovay]

Despite spending rather more of the afternoon at the doctor's than planned, I do not consider the day a total loss because it contained an unexpectedly successful nebulizer treatment, the acquisition of bagels and chopped liver, a cinnamon cake donut, and ashlyme introducing me to Idris the Dragon. I have now seen what a gas station looks like when the fire suppression system has been deployed. Fell over in the evening and went down a rabbit hole of Boston vintage radio. Read some film criticism by Graham Greene. Am still not really watching movies myself. My brain could come back online any time.

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[selkie]

You could borrow mine, but you don’t want, trust me.

[sovay]

You could borrow mine, but you don’t want, trust me.

I'm holding out for a share-size shipping fortune.

*hugs*

Ivor and Idris

[lauradi7dw]

It is hard to imagine anything much more Welsh-coded than that without actually being in Welsh.
Now I'm thinking of "Pride" (2004), possibly not the usual free-association.

Re: Ivor and Idris

[sovay]

Now I'm thinking of "Pride" (2004), possibly not the usual free-association.

It's also very Welsh. And I will rewatch it basically any time.

Re: Ivor and Idris

[asakiyume]

Okay THAT'S what the accent is! I was admiring the rolled r's.

Re: Ivor and Idris

[sovay]

I was admiring the rolled r's.

I can only roll my R's like that when I sing. I've never been able to do it spoken. I've tried my entire life. (I can roll an R at the back of my throat no problem and I can tap one at the front, but not trill.)

[rmc28]

Ivor the Engine is a treasure of my childhood, especially Idris the dragon.

[sovay]

Ivor the Engine is a treasure of my childhood, especially Idris the dragon.

I can understand that! He's lovely! I had never seen any of the show.

[movingfinger]

GASP the oldest black-and-white versions used to be on YouTube (at least 10-12 years ago), and the series was delightfully lefty-communitarian in its philospohy. You need these!

That is great news about the nebulizer!!

ps My ring tone is Ivor's parp theme

[sovay]

GASP the oldest black-and-white versions used to be on YouTube (at least 10-12 years ago), and the series was delightfully lefty-communitarian in its philospohy. You need these!

I found one of the black-and-white episodes! I am always curious about the original versions of things. I am not sure if the rest are still on YouTube, although the color episodes seem readily available and I am certainly enjoying the one-and-so-far-one-half I've seen.

That is great news about the nebulizer!!

Thank you!

ps My ring tone is Ivor's parp theme

I think that's wonderful.

[moon_custafer]

I have now seen what a gas station looks like when the fire suppression system has been deployed.

I'm picturing a lot of foam?

[sovay]

I'm picturing a lot of foam?

Powder! It looked like a tree had targetedly sneezed.

[lauradi7dw]

On route 2 near Groton yesterday I saw a car "fully engulfed in flames" and was startled to hear the voice in my head saying that, exactly the kind of thing that is used in press reports. There were two forlorn people standing next to a police car, rather than a screaming ambulance, so I am hopeful that no living being was harmed, just the car.

[minoanmiss]

Horay for the nebulizer!

[sovay]

Horay for the nebulizer!

Thank you! It just made me feel better! On the spot! We are about to experiment with a new inhaler on analogous lines; wish my lungs luck.

[asakiyume]

Hurray, successful nebulizer treatment!

I saw some mention of the fire suppression experience over on Bluesky--sounds like quite a sight. Alarming.

I started watching the Idris-the-Dragon episode, and it is charming!

[sovay]

Hurray, successful nebulizer treatment!

It was sort of like a hookah crossed with a jackhammer and then I pretty much just breathed for the rest of the day.

I saw some mention of the fire suppression experience over on Bluesky--sounds like quite a sight. Alarming.

There were at least four fire trucks on the scene and it smelled intensely like gasoline even without the windows down. No one seems to have blown up, however, which is essential.

I started watching the Idris-the-Dragon episode, and it is charming!

"Not one of your lumping great fairytale dragons, but a small, trim, heraldic Welsh dragon, glowing red-hot and smiling."

[gwynnega]

Yay successful nebulizer treatment! (Also, yay bagels and chopped liver, and a cinnamon cake donut.)

[thisbluespirit]

*hugs*

But yay for successful treatment of some kind! Amazing. Also Dragons, of course. <3