Marigold Devin

Softer, soppier, and amazingly brilliant from Paul Weller, who I never really took to when he was in The Jam.

Yes, yes we do (need a time machine), going back even further than the Status Quo version, original, 1981.

Yes! Yes we do.

This is Mobit, our first Sion chicken, photo taken when he was quite newly hatched so shiny and golden. Date on photo is 24th March 2009.

They all would fall asleep, head in wings, at the same time, but if you bumped into one it would wake up, and that would weaken it and cause it to die! We had some on a sky platform and some went missing, only to be found at ground level, starving hungry! Crazily addictive.

Don't get me started on this particular nostalgia trip. The person who invented Sion chickens must have made a mint on the food etc., that we needed to buy to maintain these creatures. Our first chicken to hatch was called Mobit after a sandbox that we spent many a happy hour in listening to "Hold Me Now" by the Thompson Twins on repeat play. When it inevitably died we even made a grave for it! But then we discovered that some Sion chickens could be saved with some type of revival kit. We stupidly bred far too many green ones - albeit different shades of green - so made the hard decision to cull them. Virtual chickens, but the cost (and emotions) were real! Interesting blog on Word Press about them, and the creator being an "evil genius"! https://nikadreamscape.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/sion-zaius-is-an-evil-genius/ We managed to hatch a black one one time, but they never survived for very long. Clever scripting. Very addictive.

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This is the short version of the only 12" single I ever bought.

Thank you for the warning. (Made me think of our Zaleficent for some reason!) Ditto warning on this one. Hardcore, but I love it.

Inventory sorting!

This week I logged in and went exploring where the Meadowbrook Linden homes are and was nicely surprised with an unexpected treasure hunt and secret places to explore complete with gifts. It made this 16 year old resident feel that new girl enthusiasm all over again. Thank you to the Moles and Lindens involved on that one. The Meadowbrook homes are modern now but still have that old-fashioned (in SL terms) "feel", and again that took me back to earlier times in Second Life.

Do as Rowan has suggested, make an alternative avatar. We are each officially allowed five accounts per household, and a lot of us have more than one avatar. Then with your alternative avatar you can visit the land and again follow Rowan's instructions. Sometimes estate managers appear to ban people when they are updating the land. And there are MANY other great places to visit anyway. Always remember to read any rules that some landowners either place at the landing area on notice boards, or they often send you a notecard which goes into your inventory. Please read and respect the rules of the landowners.

Watched/Listened to it three times now. She ain't bad at all for 77, can rock those boots and fishnets. (And the band are great too.)

I think you'd have to walk around in another person's shoes to fully understand why some of us cling to our old look. For me personally, the most I ever wanted to do to my avatar was occasionally change its shape, hair-do or clothes. I was never a fan of dressing up dolly but I know, of course, that MANY people in Second Life really enjoy this and shopping for their avatar the most. And your collection of hair, Rowan, has got to be the biggest and best. I absolutely adore looking through all the photos on the How Does Your Avatar Look ... types of threads, but really am not a fan of change within my own avatar or environment really. I get a big old mental block if I even consider making time-consuming changes, and I'd rather use the time on something that takes less of my concentration but absorbs my thoughts completely. I can't speak for other people of course, but for me this is why I don't much change my appearance. In real life I just like to be clean and paid for but remain pretty much uniform too, sticking to the tried and tested capsule wardrobe. I have gone slightly off topic - forgive me BilliJo.

I subscribed to something similar, for unlimited newspapers and magazines, including a lot of local newspapers, and magazines about steam railways, caravanning, living on the coast, DIY, knitting, women's interests ... and I just haven't got enough hours left in the rest of my life to read all I've bookmarked.

That's one of the good things about having such a low spec computer. People having full bright anything or face lights or glowing neon gizmos just has never bothered me at all. Your world, your imagination. And no doubt you are very unique.

As someone who doesn't really have a fear of missing out I found the rules of this club highly amusing. It makes me want to go there dressed like a gigantic adult baby (and I have never been an adult baby in real or Second Life before). Seriously though, how far would I go ... I wouldn't bother trying to please some egotistical club owner or moderator within that club who strangely seems to have too much "power". (It's just too laughable.)

Forums only. I gave up with Flickr years ago, but can't remember exactly what it was that teed me off about it. I did start uploading to Instagram but decided very quickly that wasn't for me either.

Ooooo. This might be my favourite of yours so far. I love the outfit (wish I was young and thin enough to wear it!)

What gets me about Nextdoor is how gullible people are. They really think everyone is their bezzy mate and all the "tradesmen" coming forward to offer their services are genuine.

Peeve: Peer pressure. This rat doesn't race for anyone.