Libraries don’t fund themselves. It’s more like your money is being wasted if you’re not using them.

I had forgotten about the bw TV crackles. The static they creat too and touching the screen with my knuckle when turning it off. The glow which disappears.

I remember having a top loading VHS machine which was pretty fancy at the time. It had a remote control, which was on a 5m cable!

Some of the stuff I’d like to try again, maybe once or twice. The sound of the pips, modem sounds, aligning a type written head after using some tipex, the rhythmic sounds of a floppy drive, the added noise of your favourite song recorded on an old tape, low battery on a walkman. The list goes one!

I love plant based food and will eat it rather than meat any day. I’m far from a vegan though. A couple of friends are vegan and refuse to eat plant based food which even resembles a meat product. Burgers which imitate beef for example. I personally think these products are great as it gives meat eaters something to relate to and try plant based food.

Lab meat though. I’m struggling to understand this. Unless the meat industry shuts down most people aren’t going to eat lab meat. And like you said it doesn’t offer a good enough reason to switch for most people. Some people might switch but it will have no impact on the meat supply chain.

I would guess they used wood pegs either end to make it durable. Wood doesn’t preserve as well and stone.

There’s also no sense of scale. To me it looks like a roller skate. Shaped like a sandal, wider wheel base at the front for stability and it could have have leather or twine round the back of the heal. I could be totally wrong but that was my thinking when looking at it.

I don’t know about personality and soul but it does appear to make it more relatable.