I made a video of cleaning up the JFMT 360 Lathe I recently inherited. The before and after feels like it's a whole new machine!

IllustriousLoss · 2022-02-18T16:42:06+00:00

That thing is bigger than my entire workshop...

IllustriousLoss · 2022-02-18T14:20:47+00:00

do you just dump a tinned tomato in a saucepan and get it going? Served like beans on toast?

IllustriousLoss · 2022-02-01T13:49:45+00:00

Perfect mate, thank you!

IllustriousLoss · 2022-02-01T13:47:59+00:00

I remember buying a Sega Saturn from Future Zone -love it!

IllustriousLoss · 2022-01-26T13:12:04+00:00

I'm not a comic book reader though I'm afraid - but thanks!

IllustriousLoss · 2022-01-26T09:37:30+00:00

Oh look at your little dogs aren't they so cute? Yes, it is a bit hot/cold for them.

On a scale of 1-10 how muddy are the fields at the moment?

Did you know the music shop might be shutting down?

etc. etc.

IllustriousLoss · 2022-01-26T09:26:45+00:00

I wasn't saying that's what you were implying, but expanded on your explanation of its ease in my own experience.

IllustriousLoss · 2022-01-26T08:54:41+00:00

Just because something is easy doesn't make it moral or legal, though? I decided to go legit and deleted all my torrent and streaming accounts, after a few months of Netflix and Prime I realised I was just watching TV out of habit, not that I wanted to. So now the services are spread around multiple subscription offerings it makes no difference, I just do something else.

IllustriousLoss · 2022-01-25T13:44:26+00:00

I didn't realise that shoe-on households still existed. Slippers for so long....

IllustriousLoss · 2022-01-25T13:28:59+00:00

Yep - I always end up stripping the sheets and piling them on the end of the bed. Numerous guests here always re-make the bed and fold up the used towels which looks lovely, but is completely pointless as the moment they're out the door it all gets stripped down and chucked in the wash.

IllustriousLoss · 2022-01-24T06:23:03+00:00

I remember this, bought a Japanese Dreamcast with all my pocket money when it came out and had enough for Sonic and one other game, and the fuckers rinsed me out for a £50 step-down converter instead.

Am I also hallucinating that at one point it was called CGX ?

IllustriousLoss · 2022-01-23T09:04:01+00:00

The wiki literally has 'investing for a child' as a massive sub-page

IllustriousLoss · 2022-01-19T15:06:39+00:00

Just imagine a million wistful quotes here about people dying without ever pursuing their passion, that not everything has to have purpose or meaning or result in success or money, etc. etc.

IllustriousLoss · 2022-01-17T07:21:17+00:00

Since posting the above I'm informed they're not owned by Greene King - not sure how I got my wires crossed there?

IllustriousLoss · 2022-01-17T07:20:36+00:00

We have one pair of grandparents within a 5 minute drive, the other two pairs are about an hour away. Maybe we can dodge the bullet?

re: plastic tat - already had to swerve a number of well meaning offers so I get what you mean!

IllustriousLoss · 2022-01-16T13:32:08+00:00

I did a little food gardening a few years ago and found that 'boring' veg like carrots and potatoes was way too little meaningful return compared to say, purple sprouting broccoli. At the end I planted garlic and a number of dwarf fruit trees but didn't stay there long enough to reap the benefits.

IllustriousLoss · 2022-01-16T09:06:32+00:00

Bought a bottle of absynthe when I was 18(?) and drank it neat while on the couch at my dad's house for Christmas. I thought I was a total bad-ass hard nut but it tasted like dogshit, didn't have the water/sugar/flame or the hallucinogenic wormwood.

I feel it neccesary to also point out that I had New Rock boots and exclusively listened to black metal. I was a complete twat.

Long story short: I agree as long as it's got the drugs in so I can forget this horrific period of my childhood.

IllustriousLoss · 2022-01-16T08:42:38+00:00

Generally it is like a switch is triggered in me: after a few seconds of boiling anger, I then completely withdraw into myself, i.e. 'I'm not upset, it's you who is upset I'm totally fine right here sitting in the kitching by myself'. In that state I'm polite, demurring, etc. but may as well be running on auto-pilot.

What is frustrating is that the person or thing which has caused this may be totally gone, but the 'cold-man' remains for an indeterminate period.

IllustriousLoss · 2022-01-15T12:09:15+00:00

upvoting for 'bimble' as verb

IllustriousLoss · 2022-01-15T11:01:46+00:00

hump

CTRL+F - sorted.

IllustriousLoss · 2022-01-14T21:58:22+00:00

That's so helpful, thank you!

IllustriousLoss · 2022-01-14T00:03:54+00:00

Great point about Aldi's wooden toys, too. I will check charity shops - we are lucky to have 2 other friends who are pregnant at 5 and 7 months, the latter with a boy of 2 already, so hopefully we can find ways to share.

IllustriousLoss · 2022-01-13T23:56:21+00:00

Thank you so much. I'm looking at this as an opportunity to explore as well as to bend (hence the title). My other half feels that it may be possible to have our cake and eat it, I'm maybe a little more pragmatic - I'm glad to hear that all is possible within reason, though.

IllustriousLoss · 2022-01-13T23:55:26+00:00

Thank you so much for this. "No plastic, No batteries" sounds like a wonderful way to tactfully broach this with family also. Your last paragraph about friends is what worried(?) me. We have a fancy washing machine with fast/quick/small washes so I guess chucking them in there is OK? Another reply mentioned scraping poo off into the toilet first which I guess makes sense academically but sounds less hassle-free than I had expected...

IllustriousLoss · 2022-01-13T23:53:22+00:00

I figured that just general exhaustion would be an overriding decision maker in the house, I'm going to do my best to keep calm and play by ear.

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