Good on you for asking! I hated having to deal with cash as a small business.

Handling cash costs about as much as handling card transactions. It always annoyed me when I was working at conventions and people would assume that my business was better off with cash. Cash was a huge pain in the arse.

Presumably you can also see how limescale-y it gets?

I have one similar to this and I recommend a glass one so you can see when it boils from anywhere in the kitchen.

Crashed into a canal don't recommend, it has however retored my faith in humanity everyone involved has been phoning or visiting to check. Bikes now out of the lock phone is rippers, but my keys are there, and the lockkeeper is dropping it off. Got away with the physical injuries just a scraped need and some muscles ache from landing. Got a bloody nose from the impact

Just left with a wait and see if the goose poo and rat wee causes an issue

Can't complain really sun is shining didn't die

I've had a fair few fiddies off them like.

I was unaware of the Torification however

I found they stopped selecting me for surveys once I got close to the £50… Now I’m glad as the ownership of YouGov is basically Tories.

After a week of driving around Wales (shhh, don't tell the tourists how nice it is), I'm glad to be "working" (week long team training in Romania 🍻🍻), so - apart from the training I'm giving - it's another nice relaxing week.

I'm not writing this to boast, I'm writing this to remind myself that work isn't completely terrible

Starting to really feel good about the move to Dorset, we've already made friends with some of the parents and got to do a playdate at the nearby beach yesterday. We got rained on, but all the same.

How about yourself, doing okay?

Planet Rock just did a 50th anniversary special of Rainbow Raising. My first ever album and I still love it. Played it loud and proud just last weekend from start to finish. Lamb is in the BBQ…

It’s been nice to stay home and not have to travel for work. It’s been surprisingly cold for May, and mid week I was tempted to put my winter woolly socks on. Next I’ll attempt to make lamb shoulder on a coal BBQ to top the weekend. Let’s see how that goes.

I was supposed to clean the house before my folks visited for the little one's first birthday. The lot of us spent the week sick at home instead. It wasn't too terrible, just full of mucus and lots of schedule upheaval. Hopefully we'll all be fully recovered by the coming week before I go back to work.

Thanks for asking, I really needed to get that out.

Builders robbed me of sleep and messed up my morning and work schedule, so had to play catchup yesterday and there will be a storm on Monday workwise. Weird weather has dampened my mood and energy, so my weight is down overall but has yoyo'd a bit

Overall okay, I suspect just lacking some sleep and haven't socially recharged. Howzit with you?

Thanks!

Thanks!

I’m not sure if they’re your style but both Snugpak and Keela are UK companies making jackets for UK climate - and beyond. And Craghoppers might be worth checking also.

Another couple of options would be Cotopaxi and Patagonia. I've been happy with both. Wait for a sale

It does look to be a bit on the pricier side, but probably worth it if its its quality. Thank you!

It depends on budget. North face has down jackets that are very warm but shrinks down to very little. Quite expensive though!

In the US, if police find large quantities of cash on you, they can declare you a drug dealer, with no evidence, and no charges, and take the money under civil forfeiture.

Many have had all their money stolen by police because they were moving or they were on the way to buy a car. Shithole country.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/police-seized-marine-vets-life-savings-ruling-brings-closer-saving-others-from-civil-forfeiture

What do police do with the seized money? Margarita machines.

https://www.riaclu.org/news/margarita-machines-zamboni-and-no-due-process/

They prefer cash to evade taxes, same as small contractors.

If you were up to anything on the dl it’d be way less sus to have a current account full of the normal behaviour of a perfectly normal citizen, and do your black economy stuff in cash. Sort of how getting into the US is going to be a lot harder if you say “ackshually I’m on something called Lemmy” vs if you have an x.com where you occasionally post stuff like “all hail the eternal god emperor, he will make the West strong again!” and “This is fine”.

I use card for most of my transactions, but in cornershops, independent shops or smaller businesses i usually ask what they prefer. It's not always cash! sometimes they prefer card as it's easier for them to handle.

Interesting what you say about people your age, I've noticed actually that children/teenagers tend to use cash because they don't have a bank account or any income to put in a bank account, but then when they get to 18+ they start using card more.

I live in outer London so think it is a regional thing. The local cafes and some shops will want cash but anywhere on a high street seems to be only card, even outside lunch places have moved.

I you have to take card (because so many people expect it here and are completely cashless) then it is more expensive for a business to take cash as you need to reconcile it daily, hold it securely, arrange to have enough change, get charged to pay it in to the bank and it takes more manual accounting work.

On the other side, people genuinely hate carrying around wallets so have actively moved everything onto their phones.