Awesome, welcome to the club!

I just upgraded from a T420 (bought new) to an X13 Gen 3. I like the much better screen and the much lower weight, but I miss the old style keyboard…

I just use laundry detergent strips. Much more compact, works fine.

T420 currently on Cachy OS. Daily personal laptop since 2011, on some kind of Linux since about 2017.

Scout Niblett’s version of No Scrubs.

It’s a toss up between Cave and Cash for me. Both are fantastic songs.

Not including vaping is kinda… Odd.

Quetschenpower (sp?) - Punk af accordion music from Germany.

The one that actually gets implemented.

Second half of 40s. 30 minutes of cardio followed by 1 hour of yoga twice a week. I would love to add in another activity for 3x per week, but haven’t managed yet. Eat 95% vegetarian, low on dairy. Otherwise I don’t pay much attention, definitely snacking too much. In summer I bike a lot. Using a sit/stand desk regularly at work. Should do more, but it’s gotta be enough for now.

I think it was Monkey Island 2.

If you did that to a Swiss person, they might be weirded out a bit, but I personally think it’s a cool thing to do!

Have: 2000 Toyota Echo Want: pretty much any used PHEV or electric

The echo is simple, cheap and robust. But I’d love to stop burning gas for inner city travel.

Started playing today. The Disco Elysium influence is front and center, so far mainly in the internal monologue/skill check system and in how political it gets. World building so far is interesting, but I suspect it won’t quite match DE’s impact for to the high fantasy setting. Although I say that after about 90 minutes with the game, so I could be completely wrong.

But most importantly, I’m having a good time, and I see the story sucking me in for the whole ride.

Edit: swipe keyboard typos…

That’s me, but for QA…

Similar to what OP is doing - minimizing consumption as much as I can, and being selective with sources when I have to. If I need something, I try to buy used first.

This includes, but is not limited to, avoiding US products and services. I still have investments, but try to focus on ESG as much as possible (though I’m aware that participating in stock markets etc is problematic in itself, but I don’t have a lot of choice in the matter).

I’m also trying to move away from a profit/monetary value maximizing mindset, and want to focus on sustainability, durability and social benefits.

In reality, these are all goals that I often fall short of. But I want to keep trying and get better.

Not really the same situation, but I got my driver’s license at 43 years old. Leading up to me taking lessons, I was overthinking the whole process. So a few thoughts from that angle for the driving itself:

• take some refresher lessons with an instructor. For me it was reassuring to have a professional in the car. That should help you with the distance calculation bit.
• when you start driving on your own, try to avoid high stress situations. Like, avoid rush hour, take short trips on routes your familiar with.
• somewhat the opposite, but not really: take a road trip. Go somewhere quiet, into the country side. Gain familiarity and confidence.
• as you get more used to it, you’ll find that it becomes more and more normal and less stressful.
• drive defensively. Leave space. If others butt in, let them and give them space.

For some other points you mentioned:

• get a cushion to raise you up if you can’t adjust the seat height. I am average height and did that to get better visibility.
• blind spots are also car dependent. Are you tired to a specific car, or can you shop around, maybe for something smaller?

Love me some MoO2!

Bring in European/NATO country civilian aid to fix it. If Russia strikes again, you now have a reason to escalate support for Ukraine (including interpreting this as an attack on non Ukrainian assets). If they don’t, the sarcophagus gets fixed. Which is the main goal.

Don’t do karaoke often, but I’ve done Mexican Radio by Wall of Voodoo more than once.

Next time I might try Das Model by Kraftwerk, or I wanna be your dog by Iggy Pop. My singing voice is not great, but I might pull that off.

Probably misremembered term from an Anne Rice novel. Google gives me nothing. As such it seems pretty unique.