Double Friday 5

Since I've been rather quiet lately, here's a double Friday 5. I hope that makes up for it...I'll have more to report soon, so watch this space.

Starting off with Public Options...

1. When did you last use a public restroom?
Yesterday, when I went for lunch with my old friend Rachel.

2. When did you last ride public transportation?
Yesterday, taking the train into the city.

3. How far away from your home is the nearest public housing?
I actually have no idea. Pretty far I guess because I don't think I've ever seen any.

4. Which of your public utilities is the least reliable?
The electricity board is pretty unreliable. It's better now than it was this time last year, when we constantly had power outages.

5. What did you last view on public television or listen to on public radio?
There isn't any real public television in the UK, but I listen to NPR quite a lot on my iPhone and online. I'm not entirely sure why — I just do.


Then today's theme is Lifelong Learning...


1. What's something you recently learned how to do on a computer?
I guess I finally managed to get the hang of OS X Lion, which actually had a kinda annoying learning curve.

Our baking in progress.

2. What's something you recently learned in the kitchen?
When Hannah and I bake, we use way too much flour, and usually completely ignore the recipe.

3. What's something you recently learned about the town where you live?
A development company is trying to build a new housing estate on the farm land directly opposite my street. Hopefully it won't happen but we'll just have to wait and see.

4. What's something you recently learned from television?
I watched a few documentaries about the space shuttle programme aroun the time of the final Atlantis flight, which I found really interesting. I like space.

5. What's something you recently learned the hard way?
Not to walk bear foot on the coast islands. My feet are dead.