Issasdragonfly

Hi all,

The RTO hammer finally hit me, so I'm planning to soften the blow by upgrading from my dinky 2013 1.0l Picanto. I'm hoping for some recommendations/suggestions for EVs, if you have them!

Key Points:

• £14k budget; would rather buy outright if possible
• I have a 43 mile each way commute (about 30 miles on motorway, the rest on B roads), five days a week
• No charging at home, but free charging at work. Nearby supermarket charging is available at home, though.
• Comfort is a priority. I'll be spending 10+ hours a week in this car and want to make that time as pleasant as possible. Carplay, good sound, and motorway-focused features would all be good, but I don't have a great need for

In my infinite hubris I equipped a certain item despite warnings to the contrary, and my Willpower's getting pretty low. I'd hoped that a trip to >!Brightsheol!<and back might clear it up, but the bugger's still there floating beside me.

Time for drastic action. I'm playing a dagger-focused chimera who ate the >!Cloaca Surprise!<, but I have a Ganglionic Teleprojector, 42 Ego, and a dream. Which robot would you recommend I try to body-swap with to keep this run going? Progression-wise, I'm currently constructing >!the golem!<. Cheers!

I’ve struggled a lot with binge eating for several years, but thanks to some major external life changes and a weight loss jab I’ve been making real progress in the last four months. I’m generally suffering fewer episodes of compulsive eating as well as managing better portion control etc.

The one aspect I’m still really struggling with is my hour-long drive to and from work. Any excuse to stop (buying dinner for me and my partner, filling up with petrol, etc) pretty much invariably leads to a load of food in the passenger seat that I’ll eat before I get to work/home and feeling physically awful as a result. In recent weeks I’ve started sliding back into the habit of stopping at one of the

Half of my glorious siphon companion decided to throw itself off the drying rack, so I'm looking for a replacement. They seem to be sold out everywhere, but perhaps there's someone here who's had the opposite problem!

Just for extra clarity, I'm looking for this part: https://www.hario.co.uk/products/upper-bowl-for-coffee-syphon-nxa-5?srsltid=AfmBOoqWSPMQkBUdA13dm38m2tdiLsxIGYxHTE20u1F9yRVQmFo_hkLm

If you have one you're willing to part with, let me know!

Hi folks,

I found myself in Japan the other week and took the opportunity to stock up on four good-quality shinai thanks to the weak yen. I’m planning to use two in rotation and keep the other two as their replacements.

Beyond loosening the tsuru and keeping them somewhere relatively stable (I’m in the U.K.), are there any other recommendations for how to make them last as well as possible for, say, a year?

Thanks

Hi all,

Apologies if these sort of posts aren’t allowed, but I was wondering if anyone has story recommendations (preferably literature, but also interested in film/tv) that involve or focus on human evolution, the birth and interaction of future subspecies, and the like. These might involve genetic engineering, but I’m sure there are others that involve ‘natural’ evolutionary changes. Some examples of works I already have in mind, though not all of them match this especially strongly:

• The Time Machine
• Left Hand of Darkness
• A Canticle for Leibowitz
• Cloud Atlas (Sonmi section and beyond)
• Dune (not sure the various groups are really understood as species, but there’s a great deal o

Hi all,

I had a quick search on the sub and couldn't find anything specific on this, but apologies if this has already pretty much been answered all the same.

I'm 28, on £30k p.a. with a work pension through Royal London (8% per month after employer/govt matching) and about £35k steadily moving from a regular ISA to a LISA. I came back from a long while in Japan and in the last week received my first tranche of Japanese pension 'refund' money — £8kish now, with probably another £1-2k coming in the next year when I get my tax rebate.

I've got no major costs or debts that seem critical to service with this money, and manage to save a few hundred each month. Given that this money was in a pe

We’ve moved recently and the new place has an Economy 7 meter (with day and night readings). We’ve only been there a few months. When I had a look at our energy bill readout (i.e. the generated PDF rather than simply the billing on the app), it seems that they’re charging us for our day electricity @ night rate and vice versa. Running the sums and triple-checking meter readings confirms this.

Is this an ‘error in your favour’ type situation where we should keep our heads down, or should we let the supplier know to avoid a nasty surprise when they realise their mistake?

Hi all,

I took roughly a year out from kendo and recently started up again. In amongst all the (expected) technique issues that need tightening up, I’m noticing that my left hand grip strength seems to be lacking, and my wrist is aching by the latter half of the session, leading me to rely too much on my right hand.

Naturally, this will improve through normal practice, but I’m wondering if anyone has any advice for exercises/kit that might be able to speed up this process. Would a Powerball/grip strength squeezer likely help with this, or is the action distinct enough that I just need to be doing extra suburi where possible?

Cheers

Was looking around for a new, more compact bogu bag and stumbled across the North Face duffel bags. Ordered a Medium, and while it does indeed fit all my bogu, I need to squash my do a bit (moderate force, and the zips close fine) to get it comfortably inside.

Now, considering that my do is near-indestructible moulded plastic, I’m guessing that this shouldn’t be an issue in the slightest. Still, I wanted to confirm that no-one has any horror stories of cracked do after storing them compressed for any length of time. Given that I’m buying this for

I'm cursed with a love of really cheesy kayokyoku, late enka, early J-rock and the like. Now I'm out of Japan all streaming services are severely lacking. This is all pretty niche, so I thought I'd ask here before ordering a load of CDs internationally/spending a week ripping vinyl/etc.

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Cheers

I've sold one ticket already, but as I bought two, that leaves me with a spare! So, if anyone fancies bringing another friend or just going to the gig solo, now's your chance.

Like, I suspect, many of the London ticket holders, all I have currently is a confirmation email, with the PDF arriving in a day or two. I'll naturally forward this on as soon as I get it and you're welcome to pay before or after. Happy also to provide some verification of your choosing (within reason!) if you like.