Notes and queries (the gunpowder treason and plot edition):

[loneraven]

Mostly, today has been Novemberish. Notes and queries

Comments

[deepbluemermaid]

I knew in advance, before arriving in the UK, that winter days were short. But it was still a hell of a shock to the system to have night come so early! In Wellington, which is the world's southernmost capital city but is still only on the same latitude as Madrid, the sun sets at 5pm in midwinter. On the flip side, of course, we don't get the same long summer nights (sun sets around 9pm in summer

[loneraven]

That's lovely, about the view across the harbour. I can imagine winter being a real culture shock, after that!

Sunset was closer to four than five, today. Siiiiigh.

[snowballjane]

I'm finding the Argleton thing so funny - so close to home and we never knew it was there!

[loneraven]

I know, right? A whole town that somehow we never stumbled across...

[kismeteve]

Haha, Argleton's a wizarding town, outed by Google.

[loneraven]

Ahahah, YES.

[brightlywoven]

When I left home I became economically vegetarian. I think I now fall into an even weirder category. I think there are ethical reasons not to eat some animals (eg most chicken, pigs in lots of countries), but ethical reasons TO eat animals that live happy jolly lives (eg free range birds, most sheep in the UK). I think there are environmental reasons not to eat beef and most fish. So I mainly eat veggie, with some lamb, pork or game

[loneraven]

Ha, yes. Food is complex! It's really complex! And "vegetarian" and "non-vegetarian" is just obfuscatory and not helpful.

The "purity" approach is interesting, and I agree entirely: there are a few things I try not to eat, but in the crunch I don't think my food choices are so important that I won't eat something someone has lovingly cooked for me.

(Counting Crows are awesome! August And Everything After is a yuletide fandom. I have no idea how this is going to work, but I think it is very awesome.)

[pinkdormouse]

Re 5: I always find it odd when for one reason or another people randomly assume I'm vegetarian. Current trigger seems to be because I get Graze boxes delivered to work at least twice a week instead of buying sandwiches.

I hate how early it gets dark now too.

[loneraven]

Heh. Graze boxes do sound nice - if I ever have a workplace to get them delivered to, I might invest!

[pinkdormouse]

They're excellent, although I find that the special ones they're doing because of the post strike are more filling than the usual ones and so I end up with a drawer full of little cartons of nuts if I'm not careful.