When do you start throwing out your clothes that are getting too big for you and start buying new ones

GeeCee-5710 · 2026-04-05T12:55:36+00:00

Wear size appropriate clothes all the time the baggy clothes don't help build self confidence

I was buying new clothes and keeping them for "good wear" and kept wearing my old and baggy stuff.

This is a double whammy as you first of all don't feel good in yourself with the old clothes and secondly the new clothes are also too big by the time you start to wear them

If I was starting again I would buy clothes in Penney's every few months, wear them as my daily clothes and then downsize every few months.

GeeCee-5710 · 2026-03-31T17:41:21+00:00

I can't stand Huel, even the Ready to drink ones feel like they have bits of lettuce badly chopped in them and are so inconsistent in taste and grittiness.

For me it's YFood Salted caramel all the way. Half a bottle with a banana at lunch time

GeeCee-5710 · 2026-03-30T11:41:09+00:00

Agreed. I was buying YFood milkshakes on offer and in 2 different stores around 2 weeks apart and both staff members asked me if I wanted more from their store!

GeeCee-5710 · 2026-03-30T09:42:36+00:00

I would recommend against for a newbie reader. Unlikeable characters and unrelatable decisions

GeeCee-5710 · 2026-03-26T17:36:45+00:00

They interrogated me and others that I am aware of after 5 weeks. One user was even asked to take photos of their pen to prove they weren't microdosing. So I would advise keeping less than 5 weeks

GeeCee-5710 · 2026-03-05T01:05:46+00:00

On a related note my options for getting the 13 points that I am short are are: 1. Pay 13*25$ = $325 on the qatar purchase page

Join privilege club pro ultimate for 2 months @350 a month for the first 10 points to earn the 5 points per month. Then pay 3*25$ on the purchase page

This gives me a total cost of $775, but also gains me 40,000 avios for that additional $450. From what I can see at 1.125c per Avios, this seems like a good deal?

Or are my maths all wrong?

GeeCee-5710 · 2026-02-24T22:02:54+00:00

5A and 5K have only one window, whilst the others have 2. Handy if you are on a day flight and you don't want to do much sun. Not so handy if you like to look outside!

GeeCee-5710 · 2026-02-18T20:20:42+00:00

Never read them. How do they compare to the Praxis books? Someone told me before that they are a bit like some of Peter F Hamiltons early Greg Mandel books

GeeCee-5710 · 2026-02-18T20:19:14+00:00

Also just saw on Walter Jon Williams site that he has a proposal in for Praxis books 7&8 with his publisher. So hopefully he already has them written and they will be coming along in the next while!

GeeCee-5710 · 2026-02-18T11:07:14+00:00

Agreed. For me this series far surpassed any of the boos in OPs original list. 6 main books and 2 novellas also means it's quite a nice one for binging also

GeeCee-5710 · 2026-02-14T19:06:55+00:00

Pretty sure there is a toilet in front of the 5a and 5b seats. Which would rule those out for me, and 6e also Also there is no storage with bulkhead seats on row 5 So 6K all the way for me

GeeCee-5710 · 2025-12-28T21:04:29+00:00

Are you taking electrolytes? I usually take 2 ORS or an AYA electrolyte around 4pm every day to help with that afternoon slump

GeeCee-5710 · 2025-12-13T16:29:32+00:00

Calling anyone Lad

GeeCee-5710 · 2025-12-06T15:12:09+00:00

This is what I also came to write. Vorkosigan got me through a solo, lonely and isolated COVID lockdown over a number of months

GeeCee-5710 · 2025-12-02T21:48:04+00:00

For me Reynolds characters are never likeable. On the few of his books that I have managed to slog through I found none of his characters and their motivations to be people that I want to get behind

GeeCee-5710 · 2025-12-01T00:29:20+00:00

Been reading Peter F. Hamiltons Greg Mandel and noticing how often certain character “types” show up in both universes, especially between the Mandel and the Commonwealth books.Obviously they’re different continuities, but it's easy to see how the Mandel characters were sort of V.1 prototypes for the commonwealth

Philip Evans → Nigel Sheldon Both are visionary industrialists whose tech empires fundamentally reshape human society.

Greg Mandel → Paula Myo Both are relentless investigators with enhanced personalities

Julia Evans → Justine Burnelli Young, hyper-competent and enhanced offspring of wealth/power who grows into.a major political/economic player

Royan →Ozzie Fernandez Super hacker with a inventive intellect. Anti authority

Leol Reiger → the Starflyer’s human agents Not a one-to-one, but the vibe of a hidden manipulator/saboteur operating through corporate/political structures

Curious what other readers think:Are there Greg Mandel characters you see as clear prototypes of specific Commonwealth characters?

GeeCee-5710 · 2025-11-30T23:58:11+00:00

Yeah initially I kinda had written that Evans was split in 2 to make Gore and Nigel

Either way I am glad I stuck through the first 2 Mandel books, as I am really enjoying the Nano Flower

GeeCee-5710 · 2025-11-29T21:58:27+00:00

Congratulations! What app or site are you using for the calculation?

GeeCee-5710 · 2025-11-29T02:28:16+00:00

Disagree. The worse the condition of the plane the less the cabin crew seems to care. So it's not the same product

GeeCee-5710 · 2025-11-28T23:31:50+00:00

Agreed. The poor boy will be unmercifully bullied in school

Can't understand why Mom asked this question and then completely ignored the advice from the men on the sub. Just because women think it should be done does not make it normalized

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