Tom Barber Mars Data Engineer @magicaltrout@qoto.org

@hasmis the first time it happened a long time ago I went to an NHS physio who taught me the chin tuck and the sit on your hand and crank your neck over the other way moves. So I do do them, i found a few more the other day via this page: https://www.healthline.com/health/pinched-nerve-in-neck-exercises#exercises

Last time it happened I had acupuncture I don't know if it had any effect or I just naturally improved or a bit of both.

I need a backbrace or corset or something to stop me slouching!

I know I'm getting old... trapped nerve in my right shoulder blade area for the past 3 weeks.

Not the first time, but still a pain in the backside.

@codek 100% best lamb i've had in a long long time

@woodpunk@mastodon.online doesn't it go with age, back in the day for younger folk but when you get old its "when i were a lad..." 😀

@muz4now @grbenny@mastodon.world interesting, yeah its all grades, I did 1-4 as classical grades then did grade 5 as a Jazz grade, but they were certainly called grades.

@muz4now @grbenny@mastodon.world I played clarinet for a number of years, in the Scarborough area Junior Concert Band and intermediate jazz band Jazz Train but after Grade 5 you have to start trying a bit harder in the exams so I swapped over to bass guitar 😄

I walked into the bathroom and put these down on the side and glanced down and realised how much they will hopefully change my habits in 2023.

To be fair it's been going on a while, but I did have to go and dig into a bag to find something to take this photo with.

I'm enjoying life twitterless, smartphoneless and spending more time with books and a slower pace of life.

@grbenny@mastodon.world Quality stuff. When I was in a Junior Concert Band back in the day here in the UK, we played Birdland and it's still part of my regular music listening.

not all of us are anti quote @simon !

Set myself a 2023 goal of cycling 4000 miles in a year, which is going to be a challenge, but so it should be. In my last year of cycle commuting a long time ago, 4000 miles was the amount I hit just getting to and from work and where I lived then there were hills, now I have no excuse in the flat lands.🚴‍♀️

I need to do something to get off my fat arse and shed some of my 206lbs/93kg and get back to a healthier weight. 😬

@BarrenPlanet@c.im took your suggestion, and simmered off some broccoli stalks, mushrooms, carrots, onions and a few other veggies for about 6 hours, with the marmite, then the following day reduced it down and added a few drops of balsamic, everyone loved it so it was a step up from bisto. Thanks! :)

@trinsec Super tasty, cooking underground kept all the moisture trapped

Here was the great unveiling of the roast lamb on Christmas day 🙌

One cooked leg of lamb. Cooked underground in the earth oven, just like everyone else on Christmas day

Food is now buried and it's in the lap of the gods if we have Christmas dinner or not 🫣🤞