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Taekwondo
Mimi
... you have with your kids on what’s helping to improve coordination, balance, etc. that’s specifically what I wanted to look at initially, and did start off down the gymnastics route as that was my initial draw (as that’s what I did as a kid). The Jiu Jitsu guy we initially spoke to is part of ...
Taekwondo
Dimrill
... . Looks to be Worcestershire for £850 . There are five of them, so you may get a discount if you only want one. What type is he? I always start with a leaf type, but it really suffers at the fire dojo. You're obviously more advanced than that, so I'm guessing you've got a Psychic type. ...
Cot1ag3 - date confirmed
Jem
Last call for deposits pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease so that I can firm up final costs and start collecting monies.

Two points of note:
- one deposited attendee has enquired about bringing a small dog - are there any objections/allergies etc?
- we have two newbies this year!
Steam
Findus Fop
... you! For £100 more I might plump for the larger model with faster storage. My capacity for techno faff is limited FYI Valve / Steam have just started selling refurbished units so if your not quite sure then thats a cheaper option to start off with (looks like 20% off the price) https://www.eurogamer.net/valve-is-now-selling-refurbished-steam-decks-with-up-to-110-off ...
Steam
zaphod79
... you! For £100 more I might plump for the larger model with faster storage. My capacity for techno faff is limited FYI Valve / Steam have just started selling refurbished units so if your not quite sure then thats a cheaper option to start off with (looks like 20% off the price) https://www.eurogamer.net/valve-is-now-selling-refurbished-steam-decks-with-up-to-110-off
Dreams and nightmares
Malc
... load of celebs to sit in them, this would then be televised. People would then pledge money, and when certain targets were hit, the celebs would start removing clothes. (at £100, £1,000, £10,000 etc) Things were going well, all sorts of different levels of celebs had agreed to do it, from Tom ...
Finish 52 Challenge 2023
Satsuma
... Black Ops: Cold War (PS) Well, at least it’s brief. I can’t remember how many missions it has but it’s fuck all and some don’t last 5 minutes from start to finish. I swear I spent more time figuring out how to unlock the two extra missions than in the actual campaign. And the campaign is significantly ...
The Movie topic
Sir Taxalot
I don't know how many times the kids have watched Matilda. This weekend I sat down with them and watched it all properly from start to finish for the first time in a while (rather than just milling around in the background seeing bits and pieces). It's a really good film, well made, fun. ...
Finish 52 Challenge 2023
Mr Dave
... To Monkey Island (PC) Fun, but shorter than expected, and never really in a place that the way forward wasn't clear. And I still have yet to start the new Zelda...
Gas Guzzling Money Pits
markg
... quick off the line. Range has been spot on so far. Single pedal seems like a bit of a gimmick, i'll give it another go but meh. Why doesn't it start in full regen mode on deceleration, why wouldn't I want that? Eco mode is crap, all it does is limit the throttle, which i'm perfectly capable ...
Gas Guzzling Money Pits
Trooper
... quick off the line. Range has been spot on so far. Single pedal seems like a bit of a gimmick, i'll give it another go but meh. Why doesn't it start in full regen mode on deceleration, why wouldn't I want that? Eco mode is crap, all it does is limit the throttle, which i'm perfectly capable ...
Middle Age Spread
KovacsC
GazChap wrote:
Did the “graduation” Parkrun in Shrewsbury this morning.

Official time was 29:39.
Watch time was 29:36.
Strava 5K time was 29:10.

I just don’t get the discrepancy.


Strava will record as you pass the start line. The parkrun time is from 9:00am. It will be a little out.
Email M&S problem/help
Mimi
... and I simply had to take it off the door, stuff the remaining hole with a brick and burn down the enclosed porch. But then all the mail would just start pouring in down the chimney. Bloody Dumbledore.
Bits and Bobs 51
NervousPete
Zuckerberg: "Hello, would you like a new alternative to Twitter with the promise of a fresh start away from the hate and the Ruski-bots and such?" Me: "That's good!" Zuckerberg: "Great! We're naming it after that horrifying film that scarred you ...
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Satsuma
I was bouncing off the tutorial area pretty hard when I started. It all seems rather basic without much combat and an annoying snowy area that saps your energy cause I’m running around in just a skirt. The connected island bits are just “glue that to ...
The Bin Thread
TheVision
... has happened... One of my neighbours has put my bin out at the end of my drive BUT... I haven't actually filled it yet this week! This could start a turf war if they see me bringing it back to the garage. What a calamity! I'm just going to have to go to the tip in the week I think.
Finish 52 Challenge 2023
Mr Dave
1) Doom Eternal (PC)
2) Meteor 60 seconds (PC)
3) Vampire survivors (PC)
4) Titanfall 2 (PC)
5) Dead Rising 3 (PC)
6) Overboard (PC)
7) Shadow Warrior (2013) (PC)
8) Subnautica (PC)
9) Subnautica Below Zero (PC)

I still have yet to start the new Zelda...
Barbecue
Mimi
I usually read a lot of resources before I start a thing, but my mother is definitely a ‘dive in headfirst’, which is why she tried to put the lid on the bottom and put the legs so the wheels handle was on the side, so had to unbuild it the first ...
Barbecue
GazChap
... so (when the topmost coals are turning white or you can see flames coming out the top) you can tip them into the BBQ, put the grates on top, and start cooking. Everything will be super hot at this point of course, so wear heat-resistant gloves when picking up the hot chimney, tipping the coals ...
General Purpose US TV thread
Sir Taxalot
... The main guy is a little unconvincing as a badass and the pretty lady is a very flat, and I think bad, actress. Also, each episode seems to start with an annoying upside down camera that gradually rotates back to upright as it zooms in. The rotate-y cam also happens during some other scenes ...
General Purpose US TV thread
markg
... The main guy is a little unconvincing as a badass and the pretty lady is a very flat, and I think bad, actress. Also, each episode seems to start with an annoying upside down camera that gradually rotates back to upright as it zooms in. The rotate-y cam also happens during some other scenes ...
General Purpose US TV thread
Sir Taxalot
... The main guy is a little unconvincing as a badass and the pretty lady is a very flat, and I think bad, actress. Also, each episode seems to start with an annoying upside down camera that gradually rotates back to upright as it zooms in. The rotate-y cam also happens during some other scenes ...
The Movie topic
Satsuma
SISU WAS >. < CLOSE TO BEING JOHN WICK/10 It’s brilliant madness and has an unbeatable 60 minutes at the start … but it tails off just slightly towards the end. A standard punch up (although admittedly has the best “fuck you” in a film ever), some crap music and some dodgy ...
Finish 52 Challenge 2023
Mr Dave
... 3 (PC) 6) Overboard (PC) 7) Shadow Warrior (2013) (PC) 8) Subnautica (PC) So, I'd been looking forward to the new zelda, so when it arrived... I restarted this. Whcih I'd got close to the end in 2018, but never completed. I still have yet to start zelda... this is a good game.
Bits and Bobs 51
BikNorton
... about that, I didn't. Not until the "your driver's license is about to expire, renew it online using your passport photo" messages also started to arrive. So now I'm eagerly awaiting updates from the one process so I can start the latter. This is I think the first time in 46 years an ...
The 'Yay!' thread
GazChap
Zardoz wrote:
Have you replaced your tumble dryer yet?

No, but I had a very nice repair man come out and diagnose it as a dodgy start capacitor. He replaced it, all is now peachy!
The 'Yay!' thread
Kern
GazChap wrote:
After expensive eye-tests, medicals and echocardiograms, I now have a Class 2 medical certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority, so I can now start to learn to fly! Woo!


Excellent! Is the lawn long enough for a dramatic arrival at Cottage?
The 'Yay!' thread
GazChap
After expensive eye-tests, medicals and echocardiograms, I now have a Class 2 medical certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority, so I can now start to learn to fly! Woo!
Your unpopular opinions
Mimi
I reckon we need a thread where people can just post their unpopular opinions for the hell of it.

Who has the worst of all the unpopular opinions. I’ll start.

Seabrook crisps aren’t any good any more. They are weak in both structure and flavour.
Royal Wedding, Electoral Reform, and Royal Babies thread
Kern
... a video of a friend's kid's confirmation - meaningful to them but I'd rather pass. * Zadok the Priest is an absolute banger but if you don't start losing interest during the intro before being walloped in the face by the force of the choir, the performance is a dud.
General Purpose US TV thread
MaliA
... some absolutely superb ones in S3. It wasn't funny, lack of jokes, the writing is getting even lazier (the tweet spat with politicians was the start of that, now there's the fappening, looking forward to prince Andrew next week) , it seems to want to pick up issue but is unable to carry ...
What have you bought?
GazChap
... 9p per KWh overnight, decent savings to be made by running it then. I would totally do this if our tumble dryer didn't randomly decide to fail to start up properly, with the motor running but the drum not turning and generating an awful burning smell that makes me frightened it's going to burn ...
Wordle, Digits etc - Simple daily puzzle games
Mimi
... the habit doesn’t stick for me. For the original Wordle game, Russell, my brother and I have a WhatsApp group where we each take turns to pick a starter word the night before and each day we all use that to start the solve. Never was there so much excitement as the day we got it in one.
Finish 52 Books 2023
JBR
... O'Connor. 23. Children of Time - Adrian Tchaikovsky. 24. How to Make the World Add Up - Tim Harford. The Old Man - Thomas Perry. I liked the start of the TV series but thought it lost its way, so figured I'd just read the book for closure. They've made some good changes for the series, keeping ...
Finish 52 Challenge 2023
Satsuma
... than I did the first one of these new uns. I liked the combat a lot, I liked the boss battles a hell of a lot, I liked the story (I suppose); the start is brilliant (oh my god, I swear it made me cry within the first ten minutes. No lie), the ending bits were also brilliant, I even liked the cutscenes, ...
Finish 52 Challenge 2023
Mr Dave
... 60 seconds (PC) 3) Vampire survivors (PC) 4) Titanfall 2 (PC) 5) Dead Rising 3 (PC) A poor relation of thee first games 6) Overboard (PC) You start off the game by murdering your husband. Your task is to get away with it, this will probably need a few goes through the events of the day to ...
Finish 52 Books 2023
Kern
... Attlee years) or at the geopolitical level as the stage gets arranged for the Cold War. For German history, it's only been the Berlin Airlift, the start of the D-mark, and the creation of the two states. I've never really considered what was going on there in those chaotic post war years. Jähner ...
Middle Age Spread
Sir Taxalot
Yesterday I managed to get my 10 year old out and about, as he's a bit lazy and is soon to start playing football again, on a bigger pitch (but not quite full size) in the next couple of weeks. We only had to go about 2.6km, so really not far compared to any actual runners... ...
Cot1ag3 - date confirmed
Jem
Ready to start taking deposits (£20) for this. As a reminder, we only have one cottage booked currently.

Bank details same as usual:

Jem Turner
04-00-04
68522517
What have you bought?
Mimi
Dr Zoidberg wrote:
Is this the start of a craft project?

It is :D
What have you bought?
Dr Zoidberg
Is this the start of a craft project?
A New Challenge.
MaliA
A positive mindset: visualize yourself going through the pain, and crossing the finish line. Have your mental alarm thing at the ready. Mine is the start of the 2 Cool theme, so when it gets tough the words "turn it up" pop into my head and then there's the pace change. As a wise philosopher ...
Finish 52 Challenge 2023
Satsuma
... Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (PS) 7) Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Switch) 8 ) Axiom Verge 2 (PS) 9) Bayonetta 3 (Switch) This has a really ropey start before it eventually lets you get back into ‘normal’ Bayonetta. Well over an hour of shit I’d guess, which was really annoying. It’s just stuff ...
General Purpose UK TV thread
Kern
The posh cafe at the start is now an ornate Wetherspoons.
What have you bought?
BikNorton
... home 3 days a week but I fancied treating myself (I might be able to part-expense it, I'm not really interested as if it's all mine I can, say, start sitting in it in just my pants, anxiety-free). The irony is that I fell over between ordering and receiving and fucked my back, so even if I hadn't ...
Finish 52 Challenge 2023
Joans
... keyboard, so I got myself a stand-alone copy of Fuse, went through the 48k is default scenario again, and finally, we're done. Define keys, start game, player doesn't move. Ah, I didn't choose keyboard, seems a bit of a faff to define keys and have to choose the keyboard separately. ...
Middle Age Spread
MaliA
markg wrote:
Smashed it there though. What was your chip time compared to your 1st fastest?


Slightly slower! Also, I walked two and a half miles to the start as it wasn't where I thought is was!
Tabletop wargaming - nerdlinging to the max...
markg
Got inspired to start going through some of my build pile the other month. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/LvE85e4sapMCXsdLiOGxdSXZK6Cv8fOUqXqVi6f7pFzwWn_7Irmao5frTZWJzpxyo0sWsos5T9AWsX2I3HeqAj0iCKY2s3HHKBhptxVhsAiMdZS_5eLmJCi1oAr1uzzMeEl8O-l9L0M=w1000 ...
Finish 52 Challenge 2023
Satsuma
... know. I was just so overlevelled by the mid game that I was running through some areas where even the abundant amount of enemies wouldn’t even start a fight cause I was 10 levels higher than them. Still, I’ve been enjoying this so much that I’d instantly clocked it and jumped back to see if ...
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