Friday Five on Senses

1. Is there a smell that will immediately sicken you?

Not really, not that I recall. There are some smells that I don't like but I don't think there is anything that makes my stomach turn immediately.

2. When you want quiet, where do you go?

My whole life has been a quest for quiet. I'm an introvert who grew up in a large family, and now live with two extraverts. When my children leave home and I retire I shan't know what to do with all the silence.

3. Do you need/prefer total darkness when you sleep?

I don't and in fact some of the best sleep that I have is during the summer when I wake up at dawn and go back to sleep in the early morning light. My Lovely Wife does need to sleep in the dark.

4. What is your least favorite taste?

Of the things that people usually and normally put in their mouths? It's more a texture thing - I don't hugely like things like mashed potato. In terms of taste, my least favourite taste is sour beers. Waste of an opportunity to drink nice beer.

5. How heavily do you rely upon your sense of touch?

Not hugely, I'm a human being, so I'm mostly built around seeing and hearing.

On Five Things on Friday 18th May

Five Things on Friday

1) MLW has just received an email telling us that there will be some building work near our holiday accomodation at CentreParcs. I can see this one growing arms and legs.

2) I have some 3D printed games pieces for Tak. 10 samples printed by a pal. I also have two board designs - one for an 8 by 8 board to go on some mounting board, one for a 5 by 5 board to transfer on to some white cloth for a travel set. I'm pleased with the board designs. One is brown and yellowy-cream with a border of sunflowers. The other is black and white in a wrought iron pattern. On Saturday I'm off to a bead shop to see if I can find 100 brown M&Ms suitable cuboid beads. If successful I should have a functioning Tak set by Sunday.

3) Sunday is the last formal training session at rugby for this season. We have a fun day next week and then a break until the end of the summer. I have enjoyed rugby but I'll be pleased to have a bit of a break.

4) It's been a gloriously sunny week in Edinburgh. I am quite brown. I wonder if we should go to the seaside on Saturday.

5) I'm off to the pub tonight - leaving drinks for one of the software engineers. I like the pub we're going to so I'm looking forward to some beer and some chat.