I'd love to answer but I'm afraid I'm too busy raking up leaves right now.

Well, I say 'raking'. Obviously most of the time is spent planning. Then there's a lot of huffing and puffing. And a fair amount of standing with arms crossed, contemplating.

Then the raking can start.

By cutting into known chunks:

8x27
= 2x(4x25)+(8x2)

... where everything in brackets is something you know and don't have to think about

= 2x100 +16

Reading the range of answers is really interesting!

Did it last all night long?

Whisky

Indeed he was! When his role required him to climb (eg in The Train) he performed with athletic grace.

Thanks so much, David!

Singlette is the roll. Which means ’vest’ in British English (‘undershirt‘ in the US, where ‘vest’ is ‘waistcoat’), in Turkish it would be an ’atlet‘, from the French, ’athlète’, even though the French word for a singlet is not singlette, vest, nor athlète,
but maillot or débardeur.

One day you'll be 60 and remember how great these years were. If you make them so.

Thank you for this uplifting thread!

I never dream during a nap but might during a kip so this is a good rule of thumb. I can't offer any advice on the kip/sleep boundary however.

Wonderful image, wonderful sentiment. I hope the peace and stillness stay with you.

Obviously my still recovering pulse says something else. :)

The pizza was good.
The footy was torture.