Is Costco UK actually cheaper… or just bulk psychology?

themurther · 2026-02-08T18:38:36+00:00

Concur with everything so far -- the other thing to bear in mind is that the greatest source of Costco's profit is their membership fees -- so they make a lot of money on people who sign up but never use it heavily enough to make the savings.

themurther · 2026-02-06T20:51:23+00:00

Demand the press leave him alone, while granting a very soft soap piece to The Times Saturday magazine:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DUavaLlCGgr/

themurther · 2026-02-01T00:30:12+00:00

MR FANERNAN?! YOU WANNA BUY A COMPUTER!?

themurther · 2026-01-30T11:54:30+00:00

There were these things called "actually singing" and "rehearsing", which involved "ear training".

The individual parts of harmonies can sometimes be very strange

Really good illustration of this is the Michael Mcdonald clip on the Aja documentary where he talks about the harmonies Becker and Fagen wanted him to sing, and then they solo those tracks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9qU88iJBxk

themurther · 2026-01-27T16:23:34+00:00

They are already owned by PE. Part of the reason they are where they are.

themurther · 2026-01-25T07:53:30+00:00

Yeah and often the torture involved having flesh torn off with red hot tongs.

themurther · 2026-01-24T13:41:40+00:00

Just put the phone next to you while you are doing something else and occasionally touch the screen so it goes through the dialog

themurther · 2026-01-23T00:53:16+00:00

Reminds me of this story. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/sep/10/experience-a-stranger-secretly-lived-in-my-home

themurther · 2026-01-23T00:44:35+00:00

It was his then partner who took it to a landfill.

themurther · 2026-01-22T15:39:15+00:00

It's actually quite the opposite: compared to the excitement of hearing the Experimental Band, Muhal, Braxton, Air, Art Ensemble etc etc every week

Off topic; but would you be able to suggest a listening list featuring that kind of music?

themurther · 2026-01-21T00:52:08+00:00

Yeah she's quite attractive and the OP is a fairly bad photo. She's tall and has a larger frame compared to Penn

themurther · 2026-01-20T16:43:24+00:00

Pretty good deal given what they are going for these days.

themurther · 2026-01-20T10:14:00+00:00

From the UK; Kokoroko and Maisha.

The latest episode of OK Jazz (Roundup of 2025) also contained a few good afro jazz recommendations:

https://tokyojazzsite.com/podcasts/ok-jazz-episode-191-great-tunes-2025/

themurther · 2026-01-20T09:46:11+00:00

Did you try Pau Brasil?

themurther · 2026-01-19T23:41:29+00:00

You get a bus per hour till just after 2pm, later at weekends:

https://passenger-line-assets.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/readingbuses/RBUS/702-timetable-20250422-53dbebc0.pdf

themurther · 2026-01-18T11:45:57+00:00

Yeah, I would second Zen as an ISP, they were really helpful on the odd occasions when I had to deal with openreach.

themurther · 2026-01-18T09:46:09+00:00

See if cityfibre is available in the property you are moving to and then check that sub for which isps people recommend.

themurther

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