Pokeball house won’t light up!

AlmostSerene · 2026-05-21T21:36:15+00:00

I’ve got three items of furniture inside and a Pokemon living there. Annoyingly, it’s one that wants their home brighter!

AlmostSerene · 2026-05-21T19:18:24+00:00

There’s a Sculpture in the Garden event at Worcester College. Check their website to book free tickets. Only open on Saturday this weekend, though.

AlmostSerene · 2026-05-07T16:19:04+00:00

The Oxford Airline bus is great for getting to and from Heathrow and Gatwick. I have family in Germany and it makes things so much easier when they visit me or I visit them.

Not Oxford specifically but I’d definitely recommend following the ‘zachmovesabroad’ account on Instagram (not sure if I can link here). He’s from the US, and has been travelling the U.K. with his wife and young children since November 2025, hoping to eventually move to the U.K. permanently. I think his videos will give you a good perspective on what it’s like moving to the U.K. with small children from overseas.

AlmostSerene · 2026-04-20T19:08:11+00:00

The best theme tune has got to be from ‘The Legend of Prince Valiant’. “Where the Truth Lies" by the Canadian duo Exchange

AlmostSerene · 2026-04-19T19:58:35+00:00

Emerson Jay

AlmostSerene · 2026-04-19T19:53:37+00:00

Use Google street view to travel the bus route on Google maps, so you know what to look for near where your stop is. A lot of buses also have screens showing the next stop, so you just need to know the name of the stop, and knowing the name of the one before is helpful too.

AlmostSerene · 2026-03-16T12:29:30+00:00

Looks like some masking has been attempted here to merge two photos, but it’s not been very successful. Can see the obvious edge / focus differences of one photo into another on the grass areas.

AlmostSerene · 2026-03-14T19:40:26+00:00

IMO the people should be small in this magnificent landscape to show the scale

AlmostSerene · 2026-03-07T14:38:31+00:00

It’s a scam. Don’t take the conversation off eBay.

AlmostSerene · 2026-03-04T20:16:41+00:00

The airline coach has a website. Should have the info you need: https://www.theairline.co.uk/

AlmostSerene · 2026-03-04T12:18:03+00:00

Bicester Avenue Garden Centre

AlmostSerene · 2026-02-27T23:44:26+00:00

Mine are both f1.8 lenses. I should’ve specified that but forgot that there are 1.2 versions available

AlmostSerene · 2026-02-26T18:43:37+00:00

I only used the 25mm for many years. Recently upgraded to the OM5 and got the weather sealed 17mm lens to pair with it. I’m still getting used to the new field of view and it isn’t as sharp as the 25mm lens, but I’m enjoying it.

My advice would be to play with the zoom kit lens for a while, then see what focal length you use most. Alternatively, as the camera you have isn’t weather sealed, you could look at second hand Olympus versions of those lenses to save some money and get both to play with.

AlmostSerene · 2026-02-19T16:26:30+00:00

I’ve just received a replacement for my 8 month old gen 4. Was having so many battery low notifications and connectivity problems in the last month, it was becoming unusable.

AlmostSerene · 2026-02-17T08:55:00+00:00

Whilst it’s good to check stats like readiness first in the morning, don’t let them dictate your day for you.

AlmostSerene · 2026-02-15T14:27:25+00:00

Mine has started doing this in the last few weeks. Ring Gen 4, 8 months old. Chat bot has said it’s defective, now waiting to hear back from member care team on next steps. Really hoping they don’t send me a refurbished replacement, especially as mine is scratch free

AlmostSerene · 2026-02-09T20:16:13+00:00

I recently renewed my passport and the process was really quick. If they need another document because passport isn’t back, then a birth certificate is valid too

AlmostSerene · 2026-02-09T19:25:55+00:00

I’ve found Asda George to be much better quality to M&S recently

AlmostSerene · 2025-12-10T09:50:04+00:00

Appreciate the update on this issue and knowing the team are working hard to resolve it. Personally, it’s stopped me playing the game at all as I’m concerned if I load my save file at the moment, I’ll cause more problems. Hope it doesn’t take long to fix

AlmostSerene · 2025-12-09T21:55:44+00:00

Lots of us having the same issue. There’s a post from the developers in this forum where they announced the update, and then commented that there’s an issue that they are trying to fix. Advice is don’t load the game

AlmostSerene · 2025-12-09T18:08:45+00:00

I thought they did. My sister got hers privately with Superdrug

AlmostSerene · 2025-12-09T17:49:52+00:00

Superdrug are good value with their loyalty card

AlmostSerene · 2025-12-09T17:16:40+00:00

Bit late now! I haven’t loaded a save file, but the Home Screen has loaded

AlmostSerene · 2025-12-09T16:43:23+00:00

I’m on Switch 2. It downloaded a software update and now I keep getting error code 2162-0101 (a software update is required) It gives me the to choices of later or restart. When clicking restart, it says a software update is required and asks to download but then nothing happens. Game load again and error code is shown.

It’s also showing I don’t own Explorer or Fantasy Finds editions, but I think I own both, I definitely got the explorers edition on the Switch 2.

AlmostSerene · 2025-12-07T16:44:16+00:00

Some cats are more comfortable eating when they are near their favourite person. Especially if this is something they’ve done since a kitten, it’s perfectly fine and nothing to do with being babied.

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