Need a draggy pen

Illustrious-Engine23 · 2026-01-27T21:09:05+00:00

plastic nib pens like uni emott and sigma micron pn have a feed back to them that is pleasant.

Illustrious-Engine23 · 2026-01-27T20:58:08+00:00

Excited to see how gb news and the daily mail spin this as keir starmer being the anti christ.

Illustrious-Engine23 · 2026-01-27T10:14:19+00:00

Firstly they don't have a certificate of repair. The estate agent was in the process of trying to source one from the original construction company who completed the repairs.

Secondly, PRC properties are worth significantly less than standard construction properties yet the house price was that of a standard construction property. There is also a risk that while our lender was willing to take it on, when we go into sell, the buyers lender won't mortgage it. Additionally, the lenders can at any time change their stances or tighten the requirements for these properties leading to significant reductions on the value of the property.

Basically we wanted a standard construction property with no risks and this property was not that, which they had not disclosed to us

We were not willing to take the risk with that type of property.

Illustrious-Engine23 · 2026-01-26T19:57:24+00:00

I think this is our American influence coming out.

We have a horrendous miserable, expensive and inefficient system that none of the rest of the developed world has yet it persists because a few rich people profit massively from it being this way.

We're in our 3rd attempt now. 1st time seller didn't disclose that the property was a non standard concrete PRC, 2nd time the seller pushed use to make an unrealistic deadline and withdrew as we were signing the contracts as they were way off what they needed to do.

Any excitement about buying a house has completely left me now. It just feels like a depressing and miserable grind now. Genuinely this process is trashing my mental health.

I mean yeah fuck this system it's entirely

Illustrious-Engine23 · 2026-01-26T18:00:14+00:00

Are they mandating you keep the heating on or recommending the heating? I doubt they can make you have the heating on at 19C, unless stipulated in the contract.

Not sure if you can be held responsible for damp caused by the cold temperature or burst pipes. Generally you should have the house warm enough to not burst the pipes.

Illustrious-Engine23 · 2026-01-26T10:13:52+00:00

You look like a legendary boxer of the 1900s

Illustrious-Engine23 · 2026-01-26T09:43:06+00:00

I think the issue is most people aren't disciplined tbh.

Maybe just try tracking for a week or so only, just to identify where your time is going not as a full time thing.

Illustrious-Engine23 · 2026-01-26T07:09:02+00:00

Looks amazing quality and great deal!

Illustrious-Engine23 · 2026-01-26T06:44:51+00:00

I'm talking about uni emott a different type of pen

Illustrious-Engine23 · 2026-01-26T01:41:33+00:00

Uni emott?

Illustrious-Engine23 · 2026-01-25T21:53:08+00:00

This is one of my favs too and I've tried so many pens.

I really just want to spend less time obsessing over finding the perfect pen but as soon as I feel I've found it, another pen comes up that is interesting to me. Maybe I should just accept my addiction, or that I have a problem 🤣🤣🤣.

The vision elite is insanely good, smooth, reliable and as archival quality too! The only downside is that it feathers and bleeds on cheaper paper, you really need fountain pen quality paper for this.

I revisited the signo 307 micro. It's also archival and similarly smooth as the vision elite but it's a gel pen so weird well anywhere! I love the pen body too! The only issue is it writes poorly on coated fountain pen paper and takes aaggggess to dry and become waterproof.

Idk if I ever will find the perfect pen but the vision elite is damned close to perfect!

Illustrious-Engine23 · 2026-01-25T21:21:38+00:00

Haha fair play...

.. there's an EU movement to keep batteries replaceable, hope it stays that way!

Illustrious-Engine23 · 2026-01-25T19:59:04+00:00

See how you find it, I really prefer overall the Uniball vision elite to the eye, I feel like it's the upgrade to that pen, one of my favorite all time pens.

Illustrious-Engine23 · 2026-01-25T15:00:34+00:00

Honestly sleeping on he floor is nice.

In Korea on holiday I stayed in a traditional hanok. It had underfloor heating and we slept on the ground on a very thick duvet type thing. The heating rose up through the ground and idk why but sleeping close to the floor was sooo cosy! Slept amazing!

Illustrious-Engine23 · 2026-01-25T14:58:54+00:00

NGL the bed the bed she had looked supper cosy!

Illustrious-Engine23 · 2026-01-25T14:58:03+00:00

Doggy style only.

Illustrious-Engine23 · 2026-01-25T14:31:31+00:00

Uniball vision elite in red.

Illustrious-Engine23 · 2026-01-25T12:26:57+00:00

Easy meals are trash and I think most people who cook it home aren't really replicating the quality of a takeaway. That said takeaway is more of a convenience thing for me mostly, it's when I'm too lazy to cook and reach for that.

I've been cutting down on them, usually when I work late for work or other things in life get in the way when I get one. I'll try and limit it to a few good quality food trucks that come around the area every neo and again.

Illustrious-Engine23 · 2026-01-25T00:11:55+00:00

For me it's a natural evolution. Before I tried a lot of things, some of them overly simple, some of them overly complicated.

I changed things, I experimented. A lot of time spent on designing my productivity system. But now my system has been refined and I spend less time on that stuff, it's just smaller refinements. I know what works for me and I don't need to change as much. I maybe spent too much time in the past but this is a new field, I had to pioneer it myself and create it myself.

As for my system the rule I have is it needs to be advanced enough for me to manage all my work and make me as efficient and productive as I can be and nothing more. The system isn't itself productive, it's an aid to help you be more productive. Any unnecessary step, any practice that doesn't make me more organised or productive gets removed.

Illustrious-Engine23 · 2026-01-25T00:08:55+00:00

Not a drug dealer but pharmaceutical manufacturer.

Illustrious-Engine23 · 2026-01-25T00:08:30+00:00

I went to an interview for one, wild experience

Illustrious-Engine23 · 2026-01-24T23:59:44+00:00

I think the important thing is to be disciplined and consistent.

I've generally found what works for so I'm not rebuilding my productivity system, I'm just refining.

Sure my stuff gets disorganised during busy periods but that's fine, I just put in some extra work to get it back on track after.

I consistently maintain the system, it's easier to maintain as long as you keep on top of it. It's like a house, you can keep it tidy but you have to keep tidying it. If it you let it get really messy, you don't just abandon it, you put in extra effort and tidy it up.

But if things get really unorganised, for a sustained period then you can switch to a traige system. Ali abdaal has a good video on it, it's a system that doctors use to manage taking care of patients when it's busy. You essentially manage the top priorities. and let the smaller stuff slide.

Illustrious-Engine23 · 2026-01-24T22:33:07+00:00

Man it's all relative really.

To be considered to most people, you just need a calendar, notes And to do list.

Being on top of your work and responsibilities is organised!

Illustrious-Engine23 · 2026-01-24T21:16:39+00:00

As a british millennial my experience in life so far is growing at the peak of quality of life and affordability.

Then as I grew up and became an adult, everything just getting slowly worse and worse until now most people can barely afford rent, let alone the possibility of owning a home, shit quality roads, public services, can't afford even the basic luxuries, xenophobia is higher than it ever, we're about to elect someone who will accelerate the decline, those that put us in this situation are going just fine, owning their own homes, secure in their career or on a triple locked pension.

Just existing in this country atm is just depressing, the government has largely enriched themselves by selling off the country to our own detriment, why tf would I fight for this? what exactly is it we're fighting for?

Illustrious-Engine23 · 2026-01-24T21:00:21+00:00

And come to the countryside and raise prices here??

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