Kate Griffin
@griffinkate.bsky.social
I'm in the UK where we use both metric and imperial. Here's a screenshot from the Screwfix website (well-known shop for trade tools etc) showing them selling a 12-inch wrench where they specify a 40mm jaw opening!
October 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I'm in the UK where we use both metric and imperial. Here's a screenshot from the Screwfix website (well-known shop for trade tools etc) showing them selling a 12-inch wrench where they specify a 40mm jaw opening!
South African news headlines are dressing up as cryptic crossword clues for Hallowe'en
October 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
South African news headlines are dressing up as cryptic crossword clues for Hallowe'en
This is what I see at the top of the page when I log into the Pharmadoctor site. You can see how someone who's already been through a LOT of nonsense with them would think "shit, that's next week, why didn't they tell me?"
![Screenshot from the Pharmadoctor webpage.
In big letters it says: You have a pre-consultation to complete
In smaller letters it says:
Complete the pre-consultation forms for your COVID vaccination appointment.
COVID vaccination appointment
Confirmed
[name obscured] Pharmacy (postcode obscured)
Date: 21/10/2024
Time: 11:00 am](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hi3wso3a5rzyvt4oms7bxlpt/bafkreidi2xaihu6tznsj4ljmvqjph4j2ssgnp3ie4g2vqeiujjizwz2hke@jpeg)
October 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
This is what I see at the top of the page when I log into the Pharmadoctor site. You can see how someone who's already been through a LOT of nonsense with them would think "shit, that's next week, why didn't they tell me?"
Update: I rang the pharmacy directly and
- they had no record of the appointment that was "confirmed" on the Pharmadoctor system
- it would not even have been possible for them to offer an appointment for that date/time.
So the Pharmadoctor site just kind of...hallucinated it?
- they had no record of the appointment that was "confirmed" on the Pharmadoctor system
- it would not even have been possible for them to offer an appointment for that date/time.
So the Pharmadoctor site just kind of...hallucinated it?
October 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Update: I rang the pharmacy directly and
- they had no record of the appointment that was "confirmed" on the Pharmadoctor system
- it would not even have been possible for them to offer an appointment for that date/time.
So the Pharmadoctor site just kind of...hallucinated it?
- they had no record of the appointment that was "confirmed" on the Pharmadoctor system
- it would not even have been possible for them to offer an appointment for that date/time.
So the Pharmadoctor site just kind of...hallucinated it?
The SAD is kicking my arse but I'm trying to find some good things about autumn. Last night I got my autumn clothes down from the attic so today's good thing is comparing the colour with tomato soup.
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The SAD is kicking my arse but I'm trying to find some good things about autumn. Last night I got my autumn clothes down from the attic so today's good thing is comparing the colour with tomato soup.
Microsoft Word trying to make me change "affect" to "effect" when "affect" is definitely what I mean
September 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Microsoft Word trying to make me change "affect" to "effect" when "affect" is definitely what I mean
It should be illegal to advertise fruit with a big "NOW IN SEASON" sign when you're shipping it from a different hemisphere. Is this the greenwash version of "it's five o'clock somewhere"?
September 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It should be illegal to advertise fruit with a big "NOW IN SEASON" sign when you're shipping it from a different hemisphere. Is this the greenwash version of "it's five o'clock somewhere"?
Client's rewrite of my draft changes "while" to "whilst"
September 2, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Client's rewrite of my draft changes "while" to "whilst"