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[Deckard]

This ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articl ... ry-edition

[Barney]

When you pay 8 fucking grand for a new bathroom and it looks bloody amazing and then the toilet doesn't feel right cos it's now a square shape and it's too close to the door and the door sticks and the bath has an annoying slope that makes it hard to read a book in there and there's no bath taps and theres a fucking slope at the other end of the bath so you can't get any traction with your feet to push yourself back up and the bath and shower are somehow "smart" and that just means it's a fucking PITA to use and it doesn't get quite hot enough for your liking and the pressure is slightly lower so the bubbles don't make properly and the shower will not connect to your phone (and WHY THE FUCK does a shower need a net connection) and all you want to do is set the damn temperature because the temperature is like this ring thing that just rotates and rotates and has no min/max stop and oh fucking hell this is torture.

But it really does look good.

[Orava]

You shop more frequently as the walk is 15 minutes and you cannot carry that much.

[Deckard]

When your nephew is talking about a social media app that youve never heard of as "so last year"

[Orava]

Being able to program in Cobol

[Orava]

Also using asm pc and c64. I am more like a Java guy now
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[tufty]

I remember when Java was new and people thought it was good.

[Orava]

Java is good but the other thing is having to walk with a stick my balance is very precaus you get the looks.

[rowan]

When you pay 8 fucking grand for a new bathroom and it looks bloody amazing and then the toilet doesn't feel right cos it's now a square shape and it's too close to the door and the door sticks and the bath has an annoying slope that makes it hard to read a book in there and there's no bath taps and theres a fucking slope at the other end of the bath so you can't get any traction with your feet to push yourself back up and the bath and shower are somehow "smart" and that just means it's a fucking PITA to use and it doesn't get quite hot enough for your liking and the pressure is slightly lower so the bubbles don't make properly and the shower will not connect to your phone (and WHY THE FUCK does a shower need a net connection) and all you want to do is set the damn temperature because the temperature is like this ring thing that just rotates and rotates and has no min/max stop and oh fucking hell this is torture.

But it really does look good.

Wait until all the silicone they no doubt sealed *everything* with needs redoing. In my case, about 12 months because they'd done the "neatest pro job ever with the thinnest bead".

[PFVA]

I remember those so well

Classic VW

Maybe not so much as style convertibles but as working or family cars.

And I remember those plates too.

[Orava]

Doing your European holidays in your Audi at 130mph, sadly banned from driving due to medical conditions, you do not want a driver that can black-out randomly.

[F-ZeroOne]

A friend suggests that when purchasing a new cable for an iPad you need to look for one with a "MFI" marking and you immediately think of a chain of defunct British Do-It-Yourself furniture shops.

[Orava]

British breakfasts and a newspaper, yes a proper paper-printed one usually Guardian but if they have run out then the Telegraph never the poison that is the Times. Two sausages and a bit of bacon, thanks no beans.

[SuperMappy]

I actually have an entire day to myself coming up, no daughter or son, they will both be away with my ex on some kind of field trip thing and i have no blasted idea what to do with the free time out side of the bog standard boring stuff like relax at home and enjoy the silence. I could go the excellent candy store in the next town "Grandpa Joe's" where they have all kind of imported and domestic treats, it's the nearest place I know of to get Jelly Babies and then go to "Five Guys" they have excellent hamburgers, but that's about it. It's something I guess. I could visit some thrift stores, but they have been horrible lately probably due to excessive inflation.

[venusian]

Do something weird/interesting/out-of-character you can tell them about when they get back.

Climb a mountain. Visit an exhibition for a hobby you don't have. Buy a beginners kit for a craft (crochet, painting, whittling, metal casting). Make up a project like spray painting your monitor frame neon blue. Construct a robot arm.