Car brain really is a thing. Here in the UK it seems to be considered a thing that if you can afford one, you have one.

I sold my car (my wife has and needs one to be fair) 4-5 yrs back. Tried to make an ebike work but it didn't fit my lifestyle so I bought an electric moped and it's handled everything I've thrown at it.

Traffic is no longer a thing so it saves me so much time not having to allow time for it, it's generally quicker/as quick as a car on all the trips I do, parking is easy and it's dirt cheap to run.

Not sure I'll ever buy a car again

True. My admission is that I loved the pluriel and kind of had a thing for the Picasso.

And it closed just shy of even. Urgh

Citron Cactus. I have such bad tastes in cars that I now won't own one knowing what I buy with be a dog

Or that they didn't dare wake him as he'd killed people for less. Lovely chap

I had to execute a contract with a supplier in Mexico recently and they have a law (REPSE) that means you cannot engage a sub contractor when instead there's a reasonable argument that you could employ them instead.

It's to protect an empire being manipulated and not receive benefits. They really do look out for their employee rights which is great to see

But knowing us, we'll just have stolen the lions from another country during our angry-little-man phase :)

Omg, I had no idea that the word "flamenco" means flamingo in Spanish. Idiot

Thank god, I thought I was a cretin as I didn't get thro a season of it

I'm in the UK so it's the norm (saying that, not sure if that applies to London). If they're indicating, you wouldn't dream of not letting them out.

It's more my thought pattern as I do

I must be broken as often I'll let a bus out expressly thinking that a vehicle with 20 people in has to be more important than me.

I'm not in the US thou

I mean that's an insane percentage increase. My bro in Berlin (I'm in London) was saying they've seen 50% but you guys win! In the UK we're at about 10% increase since the Israel/US/Iran war

It's a really good point. Sorry, I wasn't trying to imply people are whining but I can understand in the current environment why it would come across like this.

I also didn't realise something so critical has doubled, we historically have relatively cheap food in the UK and I can only imagine the uproar if that doubled over a short period.

I know it's what you get used to but that sounds still absurdly low when compared to your [country's] median disposable income. I assume the UK the real cost is twice that.

I see it quite often, and order it myself as I quitr like it and the distillery is only 30 minutes from where I live.

I know you didn't ask but my favorite gin is Xorigeur Menorcan gin but that may be as a result of where I drink it most!! :)

(AI warning note) I see while their sales have dropped about 25% in the UK since peak GIN-mania, it's actually picking up more of the overall market share. So 12% market share in 2020, 17% in 2024

Ah, no, you see, what you're actually referring to is "energy recycling". See, doesnt that greenwashing sound so much better?

It's how Norway from memory tops the recycling league

Having just been made redundant this week after 15 years this is so true.

I managed it very well, very rarely having committed more than my allotted hours each week but I know for many they would have to have been very disciplined to achieve this.

I leave with no malice or ill feeling as a result. I'd hate to think how I'd feel otherwise

Ah, thanks both. I have no experience of plastic sheds and thought maybe they'd be superior.

Wood for the win it is then.

I felt bad dropping €600 on a German hotel thro Expedia but that was genuinely the cheapest place, by such a margin that I couldn't afford to buy direct. The hotel wouldn't entertain it at all.

What isn't helped is the extra discount thro sites like topcashback

Good reminder, my domain is up soon and I need to do the same.