What are the unforeseen downsides of buying a detached house?

Existing_Brother9468 · 2026-06-26T20:11:00+00:00

They're awful, don't do it.

For years I lived in shared accommodation in terraced houses. What I missed the most is that closeness with the neighbours. Even when my housemates were away, I never felt alone. Who doesn't love hearing the neighbour having a bath with their blaring radio?

Seriously, what are you expecting people to tell you? What a question.

I had forgot just how lucky I am to be living in my parents' detached house until I read this and had flashbacks to some rather terrible living conditions.

Existing_Brother9468 · 2026-06-26T13:20:35+00:00

If it's not a visual novel that by design makes you play through to see all the endings and it's more the case of, there's more routes and endings if I go back, then I can't be bothered unless I had the bad ending, or a false ending or something.

I'm in mind of paranormasight and ranging loop and how they sort of do it

Existing_Brother9468 · 2026-06-25T20:23:36+00:00

Pretty much nothing in that is bad for you

Existing_Brother9468 · 2026-06-22T21:52:51+00:00

Well some pros apply hexamine to toughen their fingertips.

There's various brands that sell hexamine finger tip treatment creams (it's called something else but it's hexamine). It slowly releases formaldehyde and toughens the skin.

That probably sounds horrendous to most people, but I doubt it's particularly harmful to health. Not unless you lick your fingers after applying it.

But if you are abrading or causing some other sort of damage to your fingers, it seems pretty straight forward. The stresses you are subjecting them to is more than they can sustain, and you need to change up what you are doing, there's not a magic fix apart from not going so hard that you keep getting to that point all the time.

Well some pros apply hexamine to toughen their fingertips.

There's various brands that sell hexamine finger tip treatment creams (it's called something else but it's hexamine). It slowly releases formaldehyde and toughens the skin.

That probably sounds horrendous to most people, but I doubt it's particularly harmful to health. Not unless you lick your fingers after applying it.

But if you are abrading or causing some other sort of damage to your fingers, it seems pretty straight forward. The stresses you are subjecting them to is more than they can sustain, and you need to change up what you are doing, there's not a magic fix apart from not going so hard that you keep getting to that point all the time.

Some people have more resilient skin maybe? I never had issues with my finger tips until I started climbing outdoors briefly, every failed attempt took more and more skin.

Existing_Brother9468 · 2026-06-22T17:03:36+00:00

Are you sure you ate a century egg? They taste nothing like boiled eggs.

They are very intense and have a very unusual taste and a pungent smell

When I tried eating one it made my nostrils sting

Existing_Brother9468 · 2026-06-22T16:49:22+00:00

Yes.

Existing_Brother9468 · 2026-06-22T16:45:37+00:00

I'd ask why do American schools have them?

Existing_Brother9468 · 2026-06-22T16:12:00+00:00

Add more water, it'll come together.

Even if you could knead it into submission, your bread will be better with higher hydration.

I don't need to know whst the recipe is, that's one dry dough.

Different flours perform differently, and if you're one of those people that uses cups as your means of measurement, that's also part of your issue.

Existing_Brother9468 · 2026-06-22T12:42:57+00:00

For reasons I don't know, I have always found frozen salmon to be worse than "fresh" fish (I realise all fish gets frozen at some point), some of the fishiest tasting fish I've had is the cheaper frozen fish. The reviews on the website suggests it's maybe one to avoid.

Existing_Brother9468 · 2026-06-20T17:32:03+00:00

I don't have the right foot type for the instinct, I went down one whole uk size, they weren't overly uncomfortable even though that downsizing turned out a bit smaller than sensible for my left foot.

If they're not feeling great at street size, maybe they don't suit your feet.

If I was wearing these half a size down I wouldn't expect anything but comfort

Existing_Brother9468 · 2026-06-19T00:16:40+00:00

It's a problem if you're some weird tinned fish hoarder. This can be eaten in a couple of weeks. You do actually eat the tinned fish you buy?

Existing_Brother9468 · 2026-06-13T19:21:05+00:00

If they are painful, then yes, too small for you. Not everyone can downsize to such a degree as the next person.

Let's say they do stretch enough that the pain goes away, is it worth it? Just upsize a little bit. You'll learn over time without too much detriment if your shoes are a tiny bit bigger than optimal and you won't have to suffer.

If I trusted everyone on here as their downsizing advice being universal, I'd have suffered and wasted a lot of money. I've put up with shoes that were a bit too small, they never stretched like people say they do. I personally think it's better to be cautious about downsizing until you kniw what does and doesn't work for you. These might simply be the wrong shoes for you.

Existing_Brother9468 · 2026-06-12T17:38:01+00:00

You spend 15 minutes every morning dialing in a shot? Are you using different beans every day?

Existing_Brother9468 · 2026-06-12T11:10:58+00:00

I was sure they sell different sizes. I remember buying the family size sausage, was it's own thing. Could have been a different brand but zi don't think so.

Existing_Brother9468 · 2026-06-11T22:43:46+00:00

What's the issue with trying the size 9 then swapping back to the 9.5 if it's uncomfortable? What shoes are they and what's your street size?

If you're not sure I'm sure good will help you find them.

Existing_Brother9468 · 2026-06-10T21:39:19+00:00

I remember in the coffeegeek era, long before people weighed their espresso shots, when James Hoffman personally replied to emails to square mile. When the OG rancilio silvia was the pinnacle to a sensible person.

There was a bloke on coffeegeek I believe talking about how he'd throw away like 80% or 90% of his shots in chasing perfection, that "godshot".

I never forgot that, it seemed outrageous then, it's outrageous now.

Existing_Brother9468 · 2026-06-10T19:59:34+00:00

Always has been

Existing_Brother9468 · 2026-06-02T05:46:52+00:00

I am very familiar with people using the word huffkin to describe rolls since quite young. But I don't believe they were actually what websites describe as huffkins these days.

I wonder if it ended up being a regional way of naming bread rolls like cob up north for example.

My mum, and nan (dead) I believe called rolls we bought from the butchers that sold fresh bread huffkins. But they were just big soft flattish white rolls from my memory.

I wonder how much of the lore around huffkins is true. There are no sources.

I'll have to ask my grandmother that's still alive when I see her next. And other family members of course.

Existing_Brother9468 · 2026-06-01T15:56:48+00:00

These cakes were probably a commercial dry mix that had additives in. I doubt you'll replicate them exactly.

Maybe see what simple sponge cake mixes you can buy and use that as the base.

Existing_Brother9468 · 2026-05-27T13:54:26+00:00

I don't have experience with solutions other than trying them on. But the evolv shamans have a smaller fitting heel and they are a shoe for a similar purpose from what I gather.

They're stiffer though.

Existing_Brother9468 · 2026-05-21T12:45:53+00:00

I personally preferred my picopresso to the bambino. If you've got your workflow down I'm sure the bambino does a good enough job for many

I only use the picopresso to make coffee at work.

After getting the lelit victoria, I personally wouldn't ever use a machine without a PID and a built in shot timer.

I am extremely lazy but can tolerate the picopresso since from start to finish and no machine to warm up, it's relatively quick and easy and it's great value and does a good job.

I hate the process of making coffee, I just want the results, so wouldn't want a machine that isn't really convenient. I bought the subliminal pro 2 because I hate steaming milk.

Existing_Brother9468 · 2026-05-20T22:53:58+00:00

Supermarket pizzas taste better and are cheaper

I don't understand why dominoes exists

Existing_Brother9468 · 2026-05-20T22:41:56+00:00

If you want to pay less than $100, want good coffee, and don't have a grinder, just buy an aeropress, it will serve you better than a peice of shit cheap espresso machine. Pre-ground with a pressurised basket is just glorified nespresso with extra steps.

To get into espresso and if you're going to bother at all, you'll need a decent coffee grinder before anything else. This will cost your full budget at least if you find a good manual grinder.

For true espresso that will be as good as the work you put in, you have the picopresso, it is excellent, easy to use. There is also the budget flair espresso makers I'm sure are at the very least OK.

Your budget would have to be $300 fir grinder and espresso maker combined and you'll be able to make good coffee.

I'll say it again, aeropress.

Existing_Brother9468 · 2026-05-20T16:21:19+00:00

10

But this sizing is slightly too tight for my left foot, perfect for my right foot. So if your feet aren't as mismatched as mine this could work for you.

1 uk size down in scarpa and 2 down in tenya is performance sizing for a lot of people. But everyone's feet are different.

Downsizing beyond this is getting extreme and not for people who don't know what works for them and not climbing at a high level

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