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I spent most of Sunday dealing with the tap in the kitchen. It had been dripping since early June, slowly enough that I kept ignoring it. The sound carried up through the floor, and I noticed it every single night. I bought a washer set from the shop on Pinehurst Avenue, which cost almost nothing. Turning the water off...	home_repair	af_heart	1.05	29.391	24,000
I tried making bread properly for the first time the 2nd. Not the machine kind, the sort where you actually knead it yourself. The recipe said knead for ten minutes, and ten minutes is a long time. The stock has to simmer for ten minutes before anything else goes in. You add the fish right at the end so it doesn't fall...	cooking_attempt	af_heart	1.05	25.243	24,000
The move itself took two days, and I'd forgotten how much I hate it. We hired a van and did it ourselves, which I would not repeat. Everything took twice as long as we thought, mostly the packing. I labelled about half the boxes and regretted the other half immediately. The kettle was in a box marked bedroom, which tel...	moving_flat	af_heart	0.9	27.458	24,000
I take the dog out at about eight in the morning most mornings, before anything else. The route goes down Pinehurst Avenue and along the back of the playing fields. At that hour it's mostly other dog people, and everyone nods. There's a man with two greyhounds who's been there every morning for years. I still don't kno...	dog_walk	af_heart	1	28.738	24,000
The house I grew up in was on a road much like Old Kent Road. There were about eight of us on that street within a couple of years in age. We were outside from breakfast until it got dark, with no supervision at all. That would horrify people now, but nobody thought about it then. The rules were entirely invented and e...	childhood_memory	af_heart	1.1	27.951	24,000
I've been learning a language properly for about ten working days now. Two evenings a week, plus whatever I manage on my own in between. The class is small, which means you can't hide at the back. The first month was humiliating in a way I'd forgotten adults could be. You're wrong constantly, out loud, in front of peop...	evening_class	af_heart	1.05	27.736	24,000
I finally got round to fixing the back gate last weekend. The hinge had been rusted through since about last October, and it rattled all night. The top half was hot and the bottom half was cold, which I'm told means air. I borrowed a bleed key from Ravi next door rather than buying one. You're supposed to turn the key ...	home_repair	af_heart	1	25.073	24,000
I tried making bread properly for the first time sometime in early March. Not the machine kind, the sort where you actually knead it yourself. The recipe said knead for ten minutes, and ten minutes is a long time. The stock has to simmer for a few minutes before anything else goes in. You add the fish right at the end ...	cooking_attempt	af_heart	1.05	25.205	24,000
The move itself took two days, and I'd forgotten how much I hate it. We hired a van and did it ourselves, which I would not repeat. The view is nothing special, just rooftops, but I like it more than I expected. The previous tenants left it in decent shape, which is rare. We repainted two rooms before any furniture wen...	moving_flat	af_heart	1	28.725	24,000
We spent every summer at my grandmother's house until I was about eleven. It was outside Reykjavik, at the end of a road that was mostly gravel. There was nothing to do there, which at the time felt like a punishment. No television that worked, and the nearest shop was a proper walk. So we made things up, and I read ev...	childhood_memory	af_heart	1.1	27.347	24,000
The pottery class was a present, and I'd never have booked it myself. It's two hours on a next Thursday evening in a room behind the library. Most of us had never touched clay, and it shows in the first few weeks. Everything I made collapsed, and I found that funnier than I expected. The teacher has infinite patience, ...	evening_class	af_heart	1.1	28.61	24,000
I finally got round to fixing the back gate last weekend. The hinge had been rusted through since about early June, and it rattled all night. Every time the wind picked up, it swung open and banged against the fence. I bought the replacement from the yard on Alder Court for about forty-two pounds. The instructions assu...	home_repair	af_heart	1	29.578	24,000
The trip in this morning was easily the worst it has been all year. There was a signal fault somewhere south of the river, and everything stopped. We sat outside the station for twenty minutes or so with no announcement at all. When one finally came, it was so full that two people gave up and walked. I got in about for...	commute_delay	af_heart	0.95	25.985	24,000
I tried making bread properly for the first time the end of January. Not the machine kind, the sort where you actually knead it yourself. I got most of them from the market, though the saffron cost four fifty. The stock has to simmer for ten minutes before anything else goes in. Then it has to sit somewhere warm for an...	cooking_attempt	af_heart	0.9	26.747	24,000
Someone asked me about the router, so here's what I actually think. The reviews were good, but reviews are always good, so I was sceptical. It arrived quickly and the packaging was less absurd than I expected. It looks better in person, which is unusual. Day to day it's fine, and I've stopped noticing it, which is prai...	gadget_review	af_heart	1.1	29.151	24,000
I take the dog out at about twenty past seven most mornings, before anything else. The route goes down Pinehurst Avenue and along the back of the playing fields. At that hour it's mostly other dog people, and everyone nods. One of them is a hedge he's convinced something lives in. It was unusually mild yesterday and we...	dog_walk	af_heart	1	29.338	24,000
I'll keep this short because most of it is unchanged from last week. The main piece of work is roughly where we expected it to be. Most of the overrun was the data checks, which we underestimated badly. Nothing was lost, but we ran the verification twice to be sure. It's stable now, and we've had no incidents since las...	work_update	af_heart	1.1	29.715	24,000
The house I grew up in was on a road much like the corner of 8th and Vine. There were about eight of us on that street within a couple of years in age. Sunday was the day he was actually around, so it counted double. We'd all eat together at about four thirty, which never happened otherwise. He'd tell the same stories,...	childhood_memory	af_heart	1.1	28.461	24,000
I go to the market on the first of June mornings, mostly out of habit now. It's cheaper than the supermarket for vegetables, and noticeably better. The same people have had the same pitches for as long as I've gone. The one at the end will tell you honestly if something isn't worth buying. I spent about four fifty yest...	market_errand	af_heart	1	28.292	24,000
The pottery class was a present, and I'd never have booked it myself. It's two hours on a March 3rd evening in a room behind the library. Most of us had never touched clay, and it shows in the first few weeks. Everything I made collapsed, and I found that funnier than I expected. The teacher has infinite patience, whic...	evening_class	af_heart	0.9	27.43	24,000
I finally got round to fixing the back gate last weekend. The hinge had been rusted through since about last October, and it rattled all night. Every time the wind picked up, it swung open and banged against the fence. I bought a washer set from the shop on Marlowe Street, which cost almost nothing. Turning the water o...	home_repair	af_heart	1	28.753	24,000
The trip in this morning was easily the worst it has been all year. There was a signal fault somewhere south of the river, and everything stopped. The later train is standing room only from the second stop onwards. By 7:45 the platform is three deep and you watch trains go past. The early start costs me sleep, but I ar...	commute_delay	af_heart	1.05	29.076	24,000
Anders gave me a recipe for a fish stew that I finally attempted. It calls for about forty different things I had never bought before. I got most of them from the market, though the saffron cost $5.25. The stock has to simmer for twenty minutes or so before anything else goes in. You add the fish right at the end so it...	cooking_attempt	af_heart	1.1	29.361	24,000
We moved into the place on Pinehurst Avenue at the end of early June. It's smaller than the old one, but it gets sun all afternoon. The kitchen is the part that sold it, honestly, and there's a proper pantry. The previous tenants left it in decent shape, which is rare. We repainted two rooms before any furniture went i...	moving_flat	af_heart	0.9	27.582	24,000
I've had the treadmill for about about a week now, so I can give a fair opinion. It cost $249.99, which is more than I'd normally spend on something like that. Setting it up took about the best part of an hour and didn't need any software. The build quality is genuinely good, and it doesn't feel cheap anywhere. What it...	gadget_review	af_heart	1	29.875	24,000
The evening walk is the one I actually look forward to. We go the long way round the reservoir when the weather allows it. You get the last of the light across the water, which is worth the walk. In November it's dark by the time we get back, so I carry a light. Nothing lives in it, as far as I can tell, but he won't b...	dog_walk	af_heart	1.05	25.304	24,000
Quick update on where things are, since a few people have asked. The migration is done, and it went over by about two business days. Most of the overrun was the data checks, which we underestimated badly. Nothing was lost, but we ran the verification twice to be sure. It's stable now, and we've had no incidents since t...	work_update	af_heart	1	28.811	24,000
I'd stopped going for a while, and I've started again since March. It takes longer than a supermarket shop, which is the whole point. You talk to people, which sounds trivial and isn't. The man on the fish stall knows I can't cook and adjusts his advice. Yesterday he talked me out of something and into something cheape...	market_errand	af_heart	0.95	26.886	24,000
The trip in this morning was easily the worst it has been all year. There was a signal fault somewhere south of the river, and everything stopped. We sat outside the station for ten minutes with no announcement at all. When one finally came, it was so full that two people gave up and walked. I got in about forty minute...	commute_delay	af_heart	1.1	29.714	24,000
The move itself took two days, and I'd forgotten how much I hate it. We hired a van and did it ourselves, which I would not repeat. Everything took twice as long as we thought, mostly the packing. The heating is old and clanks, and the windows leak a bit of air. I've fixed most of it, apart from the window in the front...	moving_flat	af_heart	1.05	28.046	24,000
I bought the label printer in last October after putting it off for ages. It was on offer, which is the only reason I finally did it. The instructions were nearly useless, but it's obvious enough once you start. It's heavier than the photos suggest, which I'd say is a good sign. The thing it's meant to do, it does very...	gadget_review	af_heart	1.05	29.109	24,000
The evening walk is the one I actually look forward to. The route goes down Alder Court and along the back of the playing fields. At that hour it's mostly other dog people, and everyone nods. In last October it's dark by the time we get back, so I carry a light. I still don't know his name, and it's far too late to ask...	dog_walk	af_heart	1.1	28.745	24,000
Quick update on where things are, since a few people have asked. The migration is done, and it went over by about about a week. Most of the overrun was the data checks, which we underestimated badly. Nothing was lost, but we ran the verification twice to be sure. It's stable now, and we've had no incidents since Friday...	work_update	af_heart	1	28.387	24,000
We spent every summer at my grandmother's house until I was about eleven. It was outside Reykjavik, at the end of a road that was mostly gravel. There was nothing to do there, which at the time felt like a punishment. No television that worked, and the nearest shop was a proper walk. So we made things up, and I read ev...	childhood_memory	af_heart	0.9	26.805	24,000
I go to the market on this Saturday mornings, mostly out of habit now. It's cheaper than the supermarket for vegetables, and noticeably better. The same people have had the same pitches for as long as I've gone. The one at the end will tell you honestly if something isn't worth buying. I spent about £4.60 yesterday and...	market_errand	af_heart	1.1	29.554	24,000
I signed up for an evening class in last October, which was out of character. It runs on the first of June evenings from quarter past two, for ten weeks. There are about seven of us, and most people are older than me. The first two weeks I genuinely thought I'd made a mistake. You're wrong constantly, out loud, in fron...	evening_class	af_heart	0.9	26.145	24,000
My commute changed completely when they closed the bridge in the middle of August. What used to be twenty minutes turned into the best part of an hour. The diversion sends everything through 1420 Wexford Lane, which was never built for it. On a bad morning the queue backs up past the retail park entirely. I've taken to...	commute_delay	af_heart	0.9	27.418	24,000
We moved into the place on 22 Beaumont Terrace at the end of early June. It's smaller than the old one, but it gets sun all afternoon. The kitchen is the part that sold it, honestly, and there's a proper pantry. The previous tenants left it in decent shape, which is rare. We repainted two rooms before any furniture wen...	moving_flat	af_heart	1.05	28.46	24,000
I've had the router for about three to five weeks now, so I can give a fair opinion. It cost $249.99, which is more than I'd normally spend on something like that. It arrived quickly and the packaging was less absurd than I expected. It's heavier than the photos suggest, which I'd say is a good sign. The thing it's mea...	gadget_review	af_heart	0.9	27.87	24,000
We do the same loop every day, and neither of us minds the repetition. It's about forty minutes at his pace, which is not a fast pace. He stops at the same three places every time, without fail. One of them is a hedge he's convinced something lives in. Nothing lives in it, as far as I can tell, but he won't be told. Th...	dog_walk	af_heart	1.1	28.48	24,000
I'll keep this short because most of it is unchanged from last week. The main piece of work is roughly where we expected it to be. Two of the smaller items have slipped, but nothing on the critical path. The slippage is mine, not the team's, and it was a sequencing mistake. I've moved two people onto it this week, whic...	work_update	af_heart	1.05	29.138	24,000
My father worked shifts, so our week ran on a strange timetable. He'd be asleep when we left and asleep again when we got home. Sunday was the day he was actually around, so it counted double. We'd all eat together at about seven in the evening, which never happened otherwise. He'd tell the same stories, and we'd all p...	childhood_memory	af_heart	1	29.548	24,000
I go to the market on a week from Monday mornings, mostly out of habit now. It's cheaper than the supermarket for vegetables, and noticeably better. The same people have had the same pitches for as long as I've gone. The one at the end will tell you honestly if something isn't worth buying. I spent about £4.60 yesterda...	market_errand	af_heart	1	28.958	24,000
I signed up for an evening class in last October, which was out of character. It runs on Tuesday evenings from 3:05 in the afternoon, for ten weeks. The class is small, which means you can't hide at the back. The first month was humiliating in a way I'd forgotten adults could be. You're wrong constantly, out loud, in f...	evening_class	af_heart	0.9	27.692	24,000
The trip in this morning was easily the worst it has been all year. There was a signal fault somewhere south of the river, and everything stopped. We sat outside the station for half an hour with no announcement at all. When one finally came, it was so full that two people gave up and walked. I got in about forty minut...	commute_delay	af_heart	1.1	26.911	24,000
Anders gave me a recipe for a fish stew that I finally attempted. It calls for about three different things I had never bought before. I got most of them from the market, though the saffron cost seven dollars ten. The stock has to simmer for a few minutes before anything else goes in. You add the fish right at the end ...	cooking_attempt	af_heart	0.95	25.892	24,000
We moved into the place on Alder Court at the end of last October. It's smaller than the old one, but it gets sun all afternoon. The kitchen is the part that sold it, honestly, and there's a proper pantry. The previous tenants left it in decent shape, which is rare. We repainted two rooms before any furniture went in, ...	moving_flat	af_heart	0.95	27.461	24,000
I've had the treadmill for about three to five weeks now, so I can give a fair opinion. It cost €89, which is more than I'd normally spend on something like that. Setting it up took about twenty minutes or so and didn't need any software. The build quality is genuinely good, and it doesn't feel cheap anywhere. What it'...	gadget_review	af_heart	0.95	29.617	24,000
We do the same loop every day, and neither of us minds the repetition. It's about forty minutes at his pace, which is not a fast pace. He stops at the same three places every time, without fail. One of them is a hedge he's convinced something lives in. Nothing lives in it, as far as I can tell, but he won't be told. Th...	dog_walk	af_heart	1.1	28.157	24,000
Quick update on where things are, since a few people have asked. The first is timing, the second is scope, and the third is people. Most of the overrun was the data checks, which we underestimated badly. Nothing was lost, but we ran the verification twice to be sure. It's stable now, and we've had no incidents since Fr...	work_update	af_heart	1.05	29.559	24,000
The house I grew up in was on a road much like Old Kent Road. There were about eight of us on that street within a couple of years in age. We were outside from breakfast until it got dark, with no supervision at all. That would horrify people now, but nobody thought about it then. The rules were entirely invented and e...	childhood_memory	af_heart	0.9	27.195	24,000
I'd stopped going for a while, and I've started again since early June. It takes longer than a supermarket shop, which is the whole point. You talk to people, which sounds trivial and isn't. The man on the fish stall knows I can't cook and adjusts his advice. Yesterday he talked me out of something and into something c...	market_errand	af_heart	1	29.278	24,000
I spent most of Sunday dealing with the tap in the kitchen. It had been dripping since early June, slowly enough that I kept ignoring it. The sound carried up through the floor, and I noticed it every single night. I bought a washer set from the shop on Marlowe Street, which cost almost nothing. Turning the water off a...	home_repair	af_heart	1.05	28.794	24,000
I've started leaving the house at 7:45 to avoid the worst of it. That gets me a seat, which sounds trivial but changes the whole day. The later train is standing room only from the second stop onwards. By half six the platform is three deep and you watch trains go past. The early start costs me sleep, but I arrive in a...	commute_delay	af_heart	0.9	27.554	24,000
The move itself took two days, and I'd forgotten how much I hate it. We hired a van and did it ourselves, which I would not repeat. Everything took twice as long as we thought, mostly the packing. I labelled about half the boxes and regretted the other half immediately. The kettle was in a box marked bedroom, which tel...	moving_flat	af_heart	1	26.12	24,000
We do the same loop every day, and neither of us minds the repetition. It's about forty minutes at his pace, which is not a fast pace. He stops at the same three places every time, without fail. One of them is a hedge he's convinced something lives in. Nothing lives in it, as far as I can tell, but he won't be told. Th...	dog_walk	af_heart	1.1	25.068	24,000
Quick update on where things are, since a few people have asked. The migration is done, and it went over by about ten working days. Most of the overrun was the data checks, which we underestimated badly. Nothing was lost, but we ran the verification twice to be sure. It's stable now, and we've had no incidents since so...	work_update	af_heart	1	28.889	24,000
The house I grew up in was on a road much like 1420 Wexford Lane. There were about eight of us on that street within a couple of years in age. We were outside from breakfast until it got dark, with no supervision at all. No television that worked, and the nearest shop was a proper walk. So we made things up, and I read...	childhood_memory	af_heart	0.9	26.05	24,000
I'd stopped going for a while, and I've started again since early June. It takes longer than a supermarket shop, which is the whole point. The same people have had the same pitches for as long as I've gone. The one at the end will tell you honestly if something isn't worth buying. I spent about £3.85 yesterday and it f...	market_errand	af_heart	1	29.467	24,000
The radiator in the back bedroom has been a problem since we moved in. It never got properly warm, no matter how long the heating stayed on. The top half was hot and the bottom half was cold, which I'm told means air. I borrowed a bleed key from Zainab next door rather than buying one. You're supposed to turn the key s...	home_repair	af_heart	0.95	26.413	24,000
I tried making bread properly for the first time last Tuesday. Not the machine kind, the sort where you actually knead it yourself. The recipe said knead for ten minutes, and ten minutes is a long time. My arms ached and the dough stuck to everything including me. Then it has to sit somewhere warm for an hour, which my...	cooking_attempt	af_heart	1.1	27.1	24,000
I've been in the new flat for about two business days now. It's the top floor, which means stairs, but also no one above me. The view is nothing special, just rooftops, but I like it more than I expected. The heating is old and clanks, and the windows leak a bit of air. We repainted two rooms before any furniture went ...	moving_flat	af_heart	1.1	27.622	24,000
The move itself took two days, and I'd forgotten how much I hate it. We hired a van and did it ourselves, which I would not repeat. Everything took twice as long as we thought, mostly the packing. I labelled about half the boxes and regretted the other half immediately. The kettle was in a box marked bedroom, which tel...	moving_flat	af_heart	1.1	28.603	24,000
I'd stopped going for a while, and I've started again since last October. It takes longer than a supermarket shop, which is the whole point. You talk to people, which sounds trivial and isn't. The man on the fish stall knows I can't cook and adjusts his advice. Yesterday he talked me out of something and into something...	market_errand	af_heart	1	29.003	24,000
I've been learning a language properly for about about a week now. Two evenings a week, plus whatever I manage on my own in between. There are about seven of us, and most people are older than me. The first two weeks I genuinely thought I'd made a mistake. Everyone else seemed to know what they were doing already. Then...	evening_class	af_heart	1.05	28.441	24,000
My commute changed completely when they closed the bridge in last October. What used to be twenty minutes turned into the best part of an hour. The diversion sends everything through 22 Beaumont Terrace, which was never built for it. On a bad morning the queue backs up past the retail park entirely. I've taken to leavi...	commute_delay	af_heart	1.1	27.972	24,000
I tried making bread properly for the first time the 2nd. Not the machine kind, the sort where you actually knead it yourself. The recipe said knead for ten minutes, and ten minutes is a long time. My arms ached and the dough stuck to everything including me. Then it has to sit somewhere warm for an hour, which my flat...	cooking_attempt	af_heart	1.05	28.813	24,000
I've been in the new flat for about about a week now. It's the top floor, which means stairs, but also no one above me. The view is nothing special, just rooftops, but I like it more than I expected. The heating is old and clanks, and the windows leak a bit of air. I've fixed most of it, apart from the window in the fr...	moving_flat	af_heart	1	25.17	24,000
I take the dog out at about quarter to nine most mornings, before anything else. The route goes down 22 Beaumont Terrace and along the back of the playing fields. At that hour it's mostly other dog people, and everyone nods. There's a man with two greyhounds who's been there every morning for years. I still don't know ...	dog_walk	af_heart	1.1	28.194	24,000
Quick update on where things are, since a few people have asked. The migration is done, and it went over by about the rest of the month. Most of the overrun was the data checks, which we underestimated badly. Nothing was lost, but we ran the verification twice to be sure. It's stable now, and we've had no incidents sin...	work_update	af_heart	0.95	27.022	24,000
The house I grew up in was on a road much like Marlowe Street. There were about eight of us on that street within a couple of years in age. We were outside from breakfast until it got dark, with no supervision at all. That would horrify people now, but nobody thought about it then. The rules were entirely invented and ...	childhood_memory	af_heart	1	28.324	24,000
I'd stopped going for a while, and I've started again since the middle of August. It takes longer than a supermarket shop, which is the whole point. You talk to people, which sounds trivial and isn't. The man on the fish stall knows I can't cook and adjusts his advice. Yesterday he talked me out of something and into s...	market_errand	af_heart	0.95	26.487	24,000
The pottery class was a present, and I'd never have booked it myself. It's two hours on a Tuesday evening in a room behind the library. Most of us had never touched clay, and it shows in the first few weeks. Everything I made collapsed, and I found that funnier than I expected. Everyone else seemed to know what they we...	evening_class	af_heart	0.95	29.358	24,000
The trip in this morning was easily the worst it has been all year. There was a signal fault somewhere south of the river, and everything stopped. We sat outside the station for twenty minutes or so with no announcement at all. When one finally came, it was so full that two people gave up and walked. I got in about for...	commute_delay	af_heart	1.1	26.436	24,000
We moved into the place on the corner of 8th and Vine at the end of the tail end of February. It's smaller than the old one, but it gets sun all afternoon. The kitchen is the part that sold it, honestly, and there's a proper pantry. The previous tenants left it in decent shape, which is rare. We repainted two rooms bef...	moving_flat	af_heart	1	26.111	24,000
I bought the espresso machine in the tail end of February after putting it off for ages. It was on offer, which is the only reason I finally did it. The instructions were nearly useless, but it's obvious enough once you start. It's heavier than the photos suggest, which I'd say is a good sign. The thing it's meant to d...	gadget_review	af_heart	1.05	29.173	24,000
The house I grew up in was on a road much like Alder Court. There were about eight of us on that street within a couple of years in age. We were outside from breakfast until it got dark, with no supervision at all. That would horrify people now, but nobody thought about it then. The rules were entirely invented and enf...	childhood_memory	af_heart	0.9	27.064	24,000
I've been learning a language properly for about about a week now. Two evenings a week, plus whatever I manage on my own in between. The class is small, which means you can't hide at the back. The first month was humiliating in a way I'd forgotten adults could be. Everyone else seemed to know what they were doing alrea...	evening_class	af_heart	0.95	25.712	24,000
The radiator in the back bedroom has been a problem since we moved in. It never got properly warm, no matter how long the heating stayed on. The top half was hot and the bottom half was cold, which I'm told means air. I borrowed a bleed key from Bartek next door rather than buying one. You're supposed to turn the key s...	home_repair	af_heart	0.9	26.644	24,000
I've started leaving the house at seven o'clock to avoid the worst of it. That gets me a seat, which sounds trivial but changes the whole day. The later train is standing room only from the second stop onwards. By nine fifteen the platform is three deep and you watch trains go past. The early start costs me sleep, but ...	commute_delay	af_heart	0.9	27.532	24,000
I've been in the new flat for about ten working days now. It's the top floor, which means stairs, but also no one above me. The view is nothing special, just rooftops, but I like it more than I expected. I labelled about half the boxes and regretted the other half immediately. The kettle was in a box marked bedroom, wh...	moving_flat	af_heart	1.1	28.219	24,000
The evening walk is the one I actually look forward to. We go the long way round the reservoir when the weather allows it. You get the last of the light across the water, which is worth the walk. In the tail end of February it's dark by the time we get back, so I carry a light. It was unusually mild yesterday and we we...	dog_walk	af_heart	1.05	25.281	24,000
Quick update on where things are, since a few people have asked. The main piece of work is roughly where we expected it to be. Two of the smaller items have slipped, but nothing on the critical path. The slippage is mine, not the team's, and it was a sequencing mistake. I've moved two people onto it this week, which sh...	work_update	af_heart	1.1	28.386	24,000
We spent every summer at my grandmother's house until I was about eleven. It was outside Leeds, at the end of a road that was mostly gravel. There was nothing to do there, which at the time felt like a punishment. No television that worked, and the nearest shop was a proper walk. So we made things up, and I read everyt...	childhood_memory	af_heart	1	28.686	24,000
I've been learning a language properly for about the rest of the month now. Two evenings a week, plus whatever I manage on my own in between. The class is small, which means you can't hide at the back. The first month was humiliating in a way I'd forgotten adults could be. You're wrong constantly, out loud, in front of...	evening_class	af_heart	0.95	25.602	24,000
The radiator in the back bedroom has been a problem since we moved in. It never got properly warm, no matter how long the heating stayed on. The top half was hot and the bottom half was cold, which I'm told means air. I borrowed a bleed key from Lucia next door rather than buying one. Turning the water off at the mains...	home_repair	af_heart	1.1	29.199	24,000
The move itself took two days, and I'd forgotten how much I hate it. We hired a van and did it ourselves, which I would not repeat. Everything took twice as long as we thought, mostly the packing. I labelled about half the boxes and regretted the other half immediately. The kettle was in a box marked bedroom, which tel...	moving_flat	af_heart	1.05	29.497	24,000
We spent every summer at my grandmother's house until I was about two. There were about eight of us on that street within a couple of years in age. We were outside from breakfast until it got dark, with no supervision at all. That would horrify people now, but nobody thought about it then. The rules were entirely inven...	childhood_memory	af_heart	1.1	27.922	24,000
I've been learning a language properly for about two business days now. Two evenings a week, plus whatever I manage on my own in between. The class is small, which means you can't hide at the back. The first month was humiliating in a way I'd forgotten adults could be. You're wrong constantly, out loud, in front of peo...	evening_class	af_heart	1.05	25.776	24,000
I finally got round to fixing the back gate last weekend. The hinge had been rusted through since about November, and it rattled all night. Every time the wind picked up, it swung open and banged against the fence. I bought the replacement from the yard on Alder Court for about $47.20. The instructions assumed the old ...	home_repair	af_heart	1	29.528	24,000
I've started leaving the house at seven o'clock to avoid the worst of it. That gets me a seat, which sounds trivial but changes the whole day. The later train is standing room only from the second stop onwards. By half six the platform is three deep and you watch trains go past. I got in about forty minutes late, which...	commute_delay	af_heart	0.9	26.445	24,000
I've been working through a cookbook I was given for my birthday. The idea was one new recipe a week, which lasted about a month. I got most of them from the market, though the saffron cost $5.25. The stock has to simmer for a few minutes before anything else goes in. You add the fish right at the end so it doesn't fal...	cooking_attempt	af_heart	1	27.545	24,000
I'll keep this short because most of it is unchanged from last week. The main piece of work is roughly where we expected it to be. Two of the smaller items have slipped, but nothing on the critical path. The slippage is mine, not the team's, and it was a sequencing mistake. I've moved two people onto it this week, whic...	work_update	af_heart	1.1	28.38	24,000
My father worked shifts, so our week ran on a strange timetable. He'd be asleep when we left and asleep again when we got home. Sunday was the day he was actually around, so it counted double. We'd all eat together at about four thirty, which never happened otherwise. He'd tell the same stories, and we'd all pretend no...	childhood_memory	af_heart	0.9	26.452	24,000
I'd stopped going for a while, and I've started again since last October. It takes longer than a supermarket shop, which is the whole point. You talk to people, which sounds trivial and isn't. The man on the fish stall knows I can't cook and adjusts his advice. Yesterday he talked me out of something and into something...	market_errand	af_heart	1.05	28.82	24,000
I've been learning a language properly for about two business days now. Two evenings a week, plus whatever I manage on my own in between. The class is small, which means you can't hide at the back. The first two weeks I genuinely thought I'd made a mistake. Everyone else seemed to know what they were doing already. The...	evening_class	af_heart	1.1	29.522	24,000
I finally got round to fixing the back gate last weekend. The hinge had been rusted through since about March, and it rattled all night. Every time the wind picked up, it swung open and banged against the fence. I bought the replacement from the yard on Marlowe Street for about forty-two pounds. The instructions assume...	home_repair	af_heart	0.95	26.854	24,000
The trip in this morning was easily the worst it has been all year. There was a signal fault somewhere south of the river, and everything stopped. We sat outside the station for the best part of an hour with no announcement at all. When one finally came, it was so full that two people gave up and walked. I got in about...	commute_delay	af_heart	0.95	25.104	24,000
I tried making bread properly for the first time a fortnight ago. It calls for about twenty-one different things I had never bought before. I got most of them from the market, though the saffron cost £3.85. The stock has to simmer for half an hour before anything else goes in. You add the fish right at the end so it do...	cooking_attempt	af_heart	0.9	27.252	24,000
We moved into the place on 22 Beaumont Terrace at the end of last October. It's smaller than the old one, but it gets sun all afternoon. The kitchen is the part that sold it, honestly, and there's a proper pantry. The previous tenants left it in decent shape, which is rare. We repainted two rooms before any furniture w...	moving_flat	af_heart	1	29.836	24,000

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Kokoro dialogue ASR set

500 single-speaker English clips of ~25-30 s, synthesized with Kokoro-82M (voice af_heart) reading procedurally generated spoken-monologue passages. Intended as augmentation for ASR fine-tuning, not as a standalone training set.

split	clips	hours
train	406	3.14
test	94	0.72

Fields

audio — 16 kHz mono
transcription — orthographic transcript, exactly the text that was synthesized
topic — which passage template produced it (the split is held out by this)
voice, speed, duration_s

How it was made

Text comes from a passage generator: 12 everyday monologue topics (a home repair, a commute, a spoken work update, a voicemail, ...), each an ordered list of stages with interchangeable lines, plus slot banks for times, dates, money, reference numbers and proper nouns — the tokens ASR models most often get wrong. Clip length is closed-loop: word count is sized from a running words-per-second estimate and regenerated until the audio lands in the 25-30 s window, so nothing is padded or truncated.

Limitations

Synthetic speech. Clean, single-mic, studio-style. A model trained only on this gets good at Kokoro, not at real acoustics — no reverb, overlap, codec artifacts, or genuine disfluency. Mix with real audio and augment.
One speaker. Every clip is the same synthetic voice, af_heart. Fine for ASR, useless for diarization or speaker-change detection.
Templated text. Sentence frames repeat across clips. The train/test split holds out whole topics to keep the eval honest, but vocabulary coverage is still narrow.

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