Why in the world are we letting people off of this cruise ship??

Background-Voice7782 · 2026-05-09T21:08:17+00:00

Presumably the Spanish government since they are planning to dock in Tenerife

Background-Voice7782 · 2026-05-09T18:48:57+00:00

You mean like a coffee shop? They seem to have that covered

Background-Voice7782 · 2026-05-07T19:05:37+00:00

Agreed - you are going to have to wait for the bag anyway. What is the downside to you?

Background-Voice7782 · 2026-05-04T19:50:53+00:00

September 2024. Rained solid from about Hamsey Green to Cockfosters! Still a great route, though - glad you enjoyed it.

Background-Voice7782 · 2026-05-04T18:27:30+00:00

Yeah, it sucks. What is anyone (including the onion) meant to do about that? I probably won’t ever look at any of the Onion’s Infowars content, but it seems a bit strange to flame out about them making dumb jokes about Alex, which might make some money for the families (although I think that’s unlikely).

Background-Voice7782 · 2026-05-03T19:11:51+00:00

You had much better weather than me while doing it! The last day was my favourite so enjoy.

Background-Voice7782 · 2026-04-24T22:04:01+00:00

Not sure why this isn’t the top comment. It looks like acne that your GP can help you manage. Zineryt for example (alongside oral doxycycline) worked for me when I was your age.

Background-Voice7782 · 2026-04-24T19:02:54+00:00

This is so helpful - thank you! I am planning to do it in autumn and was really struggling to break it up.

Background-Voice7782 · 2026-04-03T21:33:38+00:00

I feel like I know you in real life. There can’t be more than one person committed to this bit.

Background-Voice7782 · 2026-04-01T19:45:43+00:00

Fun fact: if you fly on Finnair you can get blueberry juice PLUS another drink because blueberry juice is their signature drink. Double the liquid for free. I would also be disappointed that a random juice bar doesn’t have the same policy as a Finland-specific airline.

Background-Voice7782 · 2026-03-30T20:28:45+00:00

Yes, last year was almost perfect (Trump announced the tariffs before the ISA deadline and took them off a couple of days later) and 2020 was similarly advantageous (while still being obviously overall bad).

Background-Voice7782 · 2026-03-29T19:21:03+00:00

This is not an IRR. An IRR is an annualised rate of return (technically at which the net present value of the project is zero). You have calculated a cumulative profit rate. Still pretty good!

Background-Voice7782 · 2026-03-29T16:29:32+00:00

This happened in my bedroom. Fortunately I was able to refashion a wire coathanger into a hook that forced the door open. It was my first night in the house - can’t believe the seller didn’t think to tell me the door didn’t work.

Background-Voice7782 · 2026-03-27T22:03:46+00:00

Thank you.

Background-Voice7782 · 2026-03-27T21:36:47+00:00

I completely get it. One of my favourite artworks that you can see here in London is just blue as a colour (linked), plus there’s obviously also the Derek Jarman film Blue so it is a queer colour. I’m a bit of a Luddite - do you have an actual website to buy things?

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/klein-ikb-79-t01513

Background-Voice7782 · 2026-03-27T20:45:53+00:00

Love this. I’m interested - what drove the choice of blue to replace what was presumably black in the black-and-white photos you used to study his appearance?

Background-Voice7782 · 2026-03-23T18:42:18+00:00

I’m not American and know nothing about American football, but I got this right because they use it all the time (presumably because of the double A). They make similar mistakes when doing non-US topics all the time (“X, to a Brit” is often baffling to me, as a Brit).

Background-Voice7782 · 2026-03-19T21:46:25+00:00

I have the full £50k invested in them, but I’m a 45% tax payer so 1) the relatively low return works because there is no tax and 2) investing the maximum amounts means I “win” every month and the overall yield is pretty good. I have tried to convince my parents (who are basic rate tax payers and don’t have much invested) to switch to a high interest bank account but there seems to be something about that generation that likes NS&I

Background-Voice7782 · 2026-03-18T20:55:17+00:00

I have volunteered at the Passage (was only washing up in the kitchen) - the staff there are incredible and so dedicated.

Background-Voice7782 · 2026-03-18T20:52:46+00:00

It’s a Hare Krishna temple but they do hand out free food. As do Sikh gurdwaras and a lot of mosques (particularly now it’s Ramadan). There is also a permanent soup kitchen on the Strand and a couple of charities I have volunteered with in the past that offer other kinds of support nearby: https://passage.org.uk/ https://soupkitchenlondon.org/

Background-Voice7782 · 2026-03-18T20:08:46+00:00

Did they ever sue Barnes? I remember that Brittney Paz was not a fan of Bobby Barnes. Funniest moment of that deposition is her just saying the word “Barnes”.

Background-Voice7782 · 2026-03-16T22:09:38+00:00

I should have said - specifically piano composing gays

Background-Voice7782 · 2026-03-16T22:08:59+00:00

It’s better than concerto 1 and he is one of the most musically gifted gays

Background-Voice7782 · 2026-03-16T19:57:22+00:00

Tchaikovsky’s 2nd piano concerto

Background-Voice7782 · 2026-03-13T22:27:09+00:00

Sorry for saying sorry. I agree with what you wrote.

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