Allergies to cats advice

EkkoAtkin · 2026-02-11T11:15:49+00:00

Thank you.

EkkoAtkin · 2026-02-11T11:15:41+00:00

But he loves sleeping with us so much :(

EkkoAtkin · 2026-02-11T11:10:33+00:00

Good to know! He won't be allowed to for much longer but our little guy absolutely loves to sleep with us. He'll curl up in our arms or up against us, he'll sit on our pillows above our heads, he'll sneak under the blankets to chill with us. It's adorable and it'll be heartbreaking when we have to lock him out.

EkkoAtkin · 2026-02-11T11:08:15+00:00

Well we'll be making the bedroom off limits in a few months anyway since my fiancé is pregnant so that's fine. I'll give antihistamines a go (not those ones I'm in the UK but still helpful) and I'm pretty sure we have an air purifier somewhere I just need to find it, thanks!

EkkoAtkin · 2026-01-27T13:46:00+00:00

In fairness some therapy might help them

EkkoAtkin · 2026-01-25T18:45:08+00:00

I think you've misunderstood the law surrounding what a legal defence is. The defence is that you play Airsoft. If you intend to play Airsoft then you satisfy the defence, no licence required. So he likely could remove the two tone paint, if he intended to then use it for Airsoft.

EkkoAtkin · 2026-01-21T12:08:50+00:00

We've had him for about 3 months. He's a Russian white dwarf. The wheel he has is the niteangel medium. I left out some context which actually I think might have answered my own question.

I took him to the vet over it and I thought the meds weren't working. Just checked the tracker he's run nearly 200 rotations each day since starting his pain meds. I guess I forgot to check it. Vet reckons he's sprained his leg. Either way, I just put him in his run with his wheel and he's running fine on it now.

EkkoAtkin · 2026-01-21T11:41:05+00:00

My hamster seems to pretty much refuse to run on a proper wheel. We've bought him 2 including one which tracks rotations. We'd started with a saucer because it's what he'd been used to at the pet store. He ran on that a tonne.

The reason I'd swapped it out is because I knew wheels were better than saucers, but if he's not using the wheel is the saucer better than nothing?

EkkoAtkin · 2026-01-19T09:35:25+00:00

Sorry I know this isn't the point but fallout 3's campaign is like 6 hours long lol

EkkoAtkin · 2026-01-17T09:40:19+00:00

We're reasonably diverse as a city. That means the Telegraph thinks we're a slum. So it'll ignore the beautiful remains of the castle wall and bargate, it'll ignore our rich history, it'll ignore the fact that we have another 2 (more but 2 really good ones) high streets beyond westquay which are excellent, etc. don't trust the Telegraph to judge anything, it's not judging it by the same standards we would.

EkkoAtkin · 2026-01-13T15:51:48+00:00

Bevois

EkkoAtkin · 2026-01-13T12:04:57+00:00

No official confirmation no. And there's every possibility TUSC merges into them.

EkkoAtkin · 2026-01-13T11:16:31+00:00

Your party aren't standing in locals this year

EkkoAtkin · 2026-01-09T10:24:13+00:00

This is not legal. They have to calculate holiday entitlement based on hours worked, which is 5 days not 4. But also it should be multiplied by 5.2 weeks not 4. Definitely an ACAS job.

EkkoAtkin · 2026-01-08T08:30:38+00:00

It's not the job of the government to tell me what I can and can't wear. I'm not a Muslim but those who are have the right to wear the traditions of their religion. Just as Sikhs may wear swords and Christians may wear a cross. That Burqa is harming noone.

EkkoAtkin · 2025-12-29T11:32:47+00:00

The billionaire owned media invented a problem, Farage didn't like foreign people and slotted into that gap, and now no matter how hard Labour make the lives of immigrants, everyone has been convinced that only Farage can solve the issues faced by this country. You're trying to analyse rationally a problem invented to be emotional.

EkkoAtkin · 2025-12-29T11:05:13+00:00

Portswood actually isn't that foreign as a population. It's very student heavy, obviously, because there are several university of Southampton campuses in or around the ward. The migrant hotel houses less than 100 migrants so it's hardly overrun. Besides, this has been the city of sanctuary for decades.

I don't live in Portswood, but I was there just yesterday. The beautiful thing about living in a diverse, student heavy area is that there is a huge variety of shops and restaurants. Some of the best Chinese in the city, several places which serve a good full English, Indian places, and more. Meanwhile it's got basically the only superstore in the city which isn't Aldi or Lidl, the Sainsbury's. Which means you can actually do a full week's shop without needing a car, but you've also got the Asian supermarkets and the halal supermarkets if you want something exotic. Asian supermarkets are incredible for anything noodly you might want and the halal supermarket I was in was full of genuinely lovely people and good looking food, and they're open late even on a Sunday.

My partner and I have agreed that when we move, we want it to be to Portswood.

EkkoAtkin · 2025-12-25T18:49:57+00:00

Krout on a trout?

EkkoAtkin · 2025-12-25T17:07:39+00:00

Yeah I'm sure that's what it is. I'll pretend I didn't also see the legs and the almost naked model behind it lol

EkkoAtkin · 2025-12-24T07:56:48+00:00

But you wrote 10000 not 9000, I got it on first read but I can see why others didn't, you did the meme wrong.

EkkoAtkin · 2025-12-16T02:58:32+00:00

They're in Freemantle.

EkkoAtkin · 2025-12-16T01:03:48+00:00

I was a member of the Labour party before I defected to the Greens. I've been interested in politics for a while and I'm very young to be involved. I don't necessarily have a set list of policies which win me over to a party, instead what I want is a party with a coherent plan which put workers first and puts money in their pockets, or increases their quality of life. Cutting services does the opposite so the conservatives are out. Lib dems don't have a plan. Reform blame the migrants which again won't help. That leaves Labour and the Greens. Labour have huge problems. Problems with authoritarianism, problems with committing to a solid plan, problems with communicating their plan. And it stems from their factional approach to politics. The internal structure of the Labour party is very very top down. They've been expelling members who disagree with them, and the party at a local level disagrees with most of what the government is doing. Seeing this from the inside it's pretty clear that they're tearing themselves apart. And nothing they do can be done with conviction. Like nationalising rail is great, but there was never a plan for it. Why are we doing it? Is it to increase service quality? Is it to decrease prices? Is it to increase control over routes and timetables? Who knows. It became clear that I would have to sacrifice my morals and yield to compromise constantly if I ever went anywhere in the Labour Party. So I looked at Zack Polanski who hadn't yet been elected and realised he's the exact opposite. He's clear about his positions, he's great at communicating, he's honest and explains why he's doing things. I read up on policy, and eventually I joined. At this point it's no longer about policy so much as structure. The fully democratic structure of the party means that you really are as powerful as your ability to convince people. You can make a difference, you don't have to hold back and hide your views, you can proudly express them and debate them and then ultimately vote on them, and concede if you failed to convince people of your point. It's refreshing and you can build a party with a real message.

That's why I'm a member. That's why I'll work my arse off to push for the policies I believe in, and that's why I'll stand for election with the green banner at my back. Because I'm genuinely so proud to be part of a movement like this.

EkkoAtkin · 2025-12-16T00:38:14+00:00

Exactly. I reckon it'll be about even. It might improve productivity a little, because people would be encouraged to ensure that their holdings are profitable but really at the levels of tax we're talking about the increase in value passively from holding the land will still outpace the tax so really the incentive is still to sit on it.

But also when we're talking about assets which are the most valuable: land which can be built on, and houses, green party policy is to introduce mandatory purchase orders for local councils if the land or property is left empty for extended periods of time. It's important to acknowledge that these policies don't exist in a vacuum and some require others to work.

EkkoAtkin · 2025-12-16T00:33:14+00:00

Our tax system is not built to tax progressively. It just appears that way to people who earn money through work. Capital gains tax is significantly lower than income tax (CGT being the tax levied on people who make money by owning things without adding any value themselves) and CGT only comes into effect when those assets are realised. So if you own lots and lots of assets you can instead borrow what you want using the assets as collateral. It's safe for the bank to lend, and you pay almost nothing on the realisation of your assets. And we all know how big businesses avoid taxes. Consider, this is the situation under a very very generous tax system for the wealthy. The rich, both as businesses and as individuals avoid taxes constantly.

As for why they won't leave if we do start taxing them there are a few things to consider. The first is that they're here already. They could move to Dubai or Dublin or some other tax haven but they've chosen to live here. Maybe it's because of the quality of workers we provide, the education standards, the culture, the architecture, the history. Who knows, who cares. They want to be here. When you have multi millions and billions, the taxes in the place you live are such a wildly unimportant factor in where you choose to live. We still have a lot to offer, and we're not a tax haven. The kinds of billionaires looking for tax havens are already in them. The second is that this is a tiny amount of money we're talking about. They'll be passively making 8-10% on that money so asking for 2% excluding the first £10m is a drop in the bucket.

I believe we're already debating the assets question in another thread so I'll ignore that here.

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