Straight? I bought a bottle of Tanqueray figuring "I'll find some use for it."

Still haven't. But that's mostly because Kraken Rum is my preferred alcohol for cooking.

someone needed a polymarket bet to pay off?

Wild fires above the Elan Valley. I drove over there on Sunday evening and it was quite spectacular.

"Fuck that spot in particular"

A customer just cancelled a contract we had.

Worst bit is, my guy that's working there just bought a house nearby as this was going to be another 3 year contract.

Now I've gotta find work for the guy in a place where there's basically only 1 customer.

Wish I was still an engineer now and not have to deal with other people's lives.

Apart from that, got the lawn mowed, started painting the shed and a decent amount of crap down to the recycling center...

13 days, not that I'm counting...

It's a product. You could tell it yearned to charm and excite at every turn, but they're very beholden to proven formulae. No real artistic choices worth talking about.

My worth ethic and motivication totally flips once that notice is in. How long have you got?

Sounds like they all had fun! What did you think of the Mario movie? My son enjoyed it, but I found it a bit... boring.

Yesterday was memorable. My kid's birthday party was treating five other kids to the new Mario movie. Afterwards the wife and I walked them all home for an afterparty of couch co-op Nintendo games.

On the way there, he randomly said to his mates, "who wants to chase my dad and GET HIM" and as one they all sprouted horns and their eyes glowed, and I sprinted four blocks uphill, a panting American pursued by shrieking English kids while passersby laughed at me. Pure comedy. I later had my revenge when they passed me a controller for a round of Mario Kart.

Yesterday, I decided to take a long drive through the lovely area Roslagen, an hours drive north of Stockholm.

And I got to drive this lovely road:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/AQu6fdhgqN9z9QdG9

I love roads like these, beautiful and fun.

The ground was covered in windflowers so ir looked fantastic.

I also bought three audio books and finished one:

Adrian Tchaikovsky - Alien Clay

Jack Scalzi - Old Man's War

Michael Crichton - Congo

I finished Alien Clay, it was a bit too focused on the hardships for me.

I have heard the Old Man's War is good, and I enjoy Michael Crichton's works

First BBQ of the season, which is always a good thing. Also went to see Northampton - Bath rugby match, which was very exciting as Northampton won with the last kick of the game.

Pretty good. I'm working a notice period so I'm trying hard not to phone in everything and leave a total shot show for the colleagues I'm leaving behind who actually work hard and don't suck.

Got to sit in the sun on my weekend too which was nice.

yeah nah, that's a fucken warm welcome, aye.

We're planning to live here. For our first year we are thinking in zone 2-3. After a year we'll evaluate if we should move a bit further out. In our spare time we're going to take the opportunity to see as much of the countryside, so maybe we'll fall in love with another city or town--but we're tethered to London for work at the moment.

Thank you! There are some meals I suspect Australia does better. I'm from a suburb with a large Vietnamese population which means I got pretty good Vietnamese food. I have doubts that London will have as good south-east asian food (but I am happy to be proven wrong). In my limited experience the pub food and Indian food is way better over here.

My wife's company has engaged an agency to help find us something near both our workplaces--I will mention Croydon when we meet with them next. Thanks for the recomendation.

Lucky break there, if Derek answered you'd have been certifiable. If you'll just pass that application over to my colleague in the mirror over there...

Nice one tbanks

This is the catch all news community I think? !unitedkingdom@feddit.uk https://vger.to/feddit.uk/c/unitedkingdom

There is a UK politics one too

And the "and finally" one for the more silly stuff.

No. Everybody in the UK has gone home. There's no news from now on. Thumb twiddling and dilly dallying only please.

My imaginary friend Derek who appears on weekends can vouch for my mental health, can't you Derek!

Derek?

Welcome to the UK ya Aussie cunt!

I hope everything goes smoothly for you! There's been a few people who have moved fairly recently from Aus/Nz to our org in the UK. Are you planning on living in London, or is it just a temporary base for now?

Damn I'm sorry, swift recovery to you -- there'll be other marathons

Knee injury.

fumble

what happened?

Welcome topside stranger! I'm surprised you find UK food better than Australian (tastewise, not pricewise), but always happy to hear it

London's pretty well connected, and there's a few places in the south (Croydon) that might have some decent lodgings if that helps