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Stu has found plenty of jobs for Chatty. Justin is still waiting for his AI revelation. Neither is quite ready to call it a friend. Meanwhile, there are coloured pens, throat singing, and a reluctant admission that planning works.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/249

Justin puts on his helmet as Stu wades into yet another pet peeve.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/248

Recorded on Cyprus’ sixty-sixth Birthday, Justin has to cope with an over-wrought Stu, who is furious about Productivity Porn, and channeling ALL the old man energy.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/247

Two episodes in two weeks? Outstanding. Inspired by Nir Eyal’s excellent newsletter, the boys get mired in tenuous acronyms.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/246

Hey! Remember us? We’ve been away. Again. These Europeans. Always on vacation.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/245

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Hey! Remember us? We’ve been away. Stu on a bit of a holiday, while Justin has been on an unplanned adventure.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/244

Justin is recovering from a cold, a symptom of which seems to be pen and ink envy, while Stu whinges and whines about AI.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/243

Justin keeps being forced to interact with other people, while Stu has a sense of Hume-r failure.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/242

Stu is running off to the gym, Justin yearns for the simple life, fishing on his own.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/241

Justin lies weeping, his bank account emptied by the dreaded “house repairs”. Stu sits grinning, his bank account emptied by Viennese bartenders.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/240

Stu is festooned in tartan, just as the Scotland football team are checking out beach holiday options. Meanwhile, Justin has added lighting to his “World Control Centre” which he has disguised as a musical installation.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/239

Welcome to the final episode of the new podcast. Gravel Adjacent.

Both old men get their panties in a knot.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/238

Welcome to the new podcast. Gravel Adjacent.

Gravel is really heavy. And if you want to cover a lot of area with it. You need a lot. No, think bigger. Bigger again.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/237

This episode deals with death, grief and discusses assisted suicide.

Inevitably, it also includes all sorts of detail about gravel. Not a common combination.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/236

Stu is terrified by the prospect of physical labour, while Justin wrestles with a new species of AI from the rainforest.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/235

After an unexpected week off, the old timers ramble on and on and on...eventually they whine about all the usual nonsense

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/234

Having called social media the root of all evil for months, Stu opens a new account on Instagram and likes it. Justin is too cold, no wait, too hot; too something, anyway.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/233

Episode 232 - Tiny Experiments. More homework for Justin.

Briefly, Justin entertains the possibility of a book that is not...a hardback!

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/232

Justin turns his house into a winter-proof version of a Jean-Michel Jarre stage setup while Stu tortures Star Wars metaphors.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/231

Stu is buried under a mountain of Filofax refills while Justin can’t find his VST controller. (No, Stu doesn’t know what that means, either.)

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/230

Stu meanders off in random directions while Justin manfully tries to keep the old fool on track

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/229

An explosion of old man energy

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/228

Justin plumbs new depths of grumpiness while Stu rediscovers time-honoured pro-procrastination techniques. Both ramble on and on.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/227

NEW Pry-bar updates! For real. A rapid-fire episode, brought to you by hiccups and thunder storms.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/226

The pry bar and the Nero’s firm are ever-present. JT has a hole punch that can kill people.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/225

Where has all the trust gone? Oh - and there’s a war on. Which is nice.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/224

Marriage. What could possibly go wrong?

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/223

At the tender age of 55, Stu discovers that parenting is hard. Justin sighs.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/222

Justin and Stu accidentally frighten the bejesus out of themselves as they consider the admin load of death.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/221

Justin and Stu swap acronyms and jargon. Medical versus Accountancy. Nobody has a clue what anyone else is talking about. Business as usual, then.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/220

A palate cleanser after the heavy vibe of last week’s show. (And another plug for the classic movie (Justin’s favourite) Love Actually.)

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/219

Two bewildered old men try to work out addiction and how best to deal with it. People dying on our streets. Is that the best we can do?

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/218

JT and Stu walk through their goals for 2026 (and try to outdo each other in grumpiness).

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/217

Stu’s grumpy. JT is getting into leather.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/216

Stu’s confused. People study online, work online, even date online. Where do we expect younger folk to learn people skills?

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/215

JT is in a Christmas mood - as long as Christmas comes exactly as specified...

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/214

Mobile phones are essentially supercomputers, that do memes too. Damned by faint praise?

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/213

Whoop! What is it? Why is it?

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/212

Justin poses a profound question on the Choice of Heracles, Stu responds with Tom & Jerry (although in a marginally less sibilant fashion than last week).

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/211

The Giggle Bros get chatty about death. How jolly.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/210

Justin is keeping his wheels and boosting Ring sales. Stu’s not doing very much at all.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/209

Stu wants a medal for well, walking a bit and Justin wants more time for hobbies and more money for less work.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/208

Stu turning heads in London, while Justin supervises construction of a apocalypse-proof shed.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/207

Stu is playing, and losing, at Monopoly, and Justin fesses up to driving around with silly rubber ducks on his car windshield.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/206

Two spoiled middle-aged men have a privileged, first world problem whine before opining on things they barely understand.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/205

Stu gets all gooey over Oakywood and ambivalent about Apples and Windows. Justin gets a new chainsaw and shed.

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/204

The Best Ever Episode 203 of Stationery Adjacent. We’ve always been bright orange. #justsayin

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/203

No! Really. There was life before the internet. Two old men meander through their failing memories of getting by without the World Wide Web

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/202

Stu is embarrassed by the sheer volume of computer equipment in his house and is horrified by Apple’s interface devices. Justin casually mentions his "home office complex”. Is JT actually a Bond villain?

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/201

Justin finds the marauding hordes of millennial wine hooligans unbearable, while Stu appreciates Cyprus' divide and conquer strategy. first world problems, anyone?

Show notes at: https://stationeryadjacent.com/episodes/200