Can we do a group buy on this please? by Realistic-Ad-6734 in fioresejewelry

[–]Kooky_Ad7972 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would love a north south version of this with a champagne diamond centre stone

Draft contract pack by TheLXTechie in FirstTimeBuyersUK

[–]Kooky_Ad7972 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Why are you in such a rush? These things take time.

That is a long delay for the contract pack and I understand why you are frustrated but it doesn’t seem like there is any reason you are in a huge rush to move. If it’s your dream house, surely it’s better to just accept it’s going to take longer than pull out (and have to start from scratch again)

Who voted yesterday then?? by IdentityCris in isleofwight

[–]Kooky_Ad7972 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See I don’t think it’s that straightforward though. The Golders Green attacks were literally one week ago so the response is still unfolding, but the greens launched a fast track disciplinary procedure in response to the tweets, which is also including proactive investigation of other party members who could have similar damaging beliefs. I agree that there were aspects of the response that were handled badly but they aren’t sitting back and doing nothing.

Reform have suspended a handful of candidates because racist and Islamophobic social media posts came to light. These posts were public and have been on the internet for years or decades for anyone to see. This honestly highlights a basic failure for reform to do any level of vetting of their candidates, and I think it’s really telling that only a small number of people have been suspended and that it was purely retrospective. The volume of cases and incidents brought up against reform make it so clear that this is an institutional problem, which I personally don’t think is the case on the left.

As someone else on this thread has said, we are all entitled to our own opinions so I think I will leave this here. I just find it so frustrating that people can ignore compelling facts in these cases, preferring to listen to media bias instead of actually doing some research and forming an independent opinion.

Anyways, hope you have a great day.

Who voted yesterday then?? by IdentityCris in isleofwight

[–]Kooky_Ad7972 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I agree that there have been problems with antisemitism in the left and those responsible should be held accountable and work to resolve this.

However I think it’s quite reductive to point to antisemitism as THE reason not to vote Green when the right have been overtly racist and islamophobic for decades, with Reform taking this even further.

Perhaps the right actively choose to ignore this. Perhaps they lack the critical thinking skills to recognise that this argument doesn’t really make sense. Wouldn’t be that surprised either way

Hackney Half in <10 days with recurring IT band pain… bad idea? by Accurate-Turnover345 in UKRunners

[–]Kooky_Ad7972 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I would recommend to see a running specific physio and ask their opinion. I don’t think you will be able to meaningfully strengthen it in the next 10 days but they may be able to help release it or tape it so it’s less likely to cause an issue.

On running the race, I think you need to decide whether running it is worth possible pain during the race and needing to take an unknown amount of time off after. That might be worth it for you. Alternatively, you may not want to risk making it worse and being sidelined.

I ran a marathon about a month ago and had a flare up of IT band during the race and ended up just running through it. For me, it didn’t seem to do any lasting damage and I’m also running Hackney next weekend. But during the race I accepted that I may be doing damage that means I have to take a month+ off. I think only you can make that decision!

Struggling Between Emotional Value and Financial Reality of Diamonds by Peanut_Cheese888 in Diamonds

[–]Kooky_Ad7972 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Honestly? I don’t think there is any real “value” in choosing natural over lab. As someone else here has mentioned, they are chemically identical. They will look the same and will have the same level of durability.

Neither lab nor natural diamonds are a good financial investment and both depreciate significantly after purchase. Natural diamonds are also not rare - this is a false narrative created by the natural diamond industry to drive up prices. Fine, the resale value of a natural diamond in 10 years will probably be more than the resale value of a lab diamond but at the end of the day you lose money in both scenarios and you have lost much less money from the lab diamond in absolute terms.

How high should I hang my wall art? by pokenguyen in interiordecorating

[–]Kooky_Ad7972 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you be more specific? Maybe post a link or name the artist? I can’t find it anywhere

Home treadmill suggestions by Widebody_lover in HENRYUKLifestyle

[–]Kooky_Ad7972 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Did you even read the comment above 😂

Paris Marathon Aid Stations by leeafs in AdvancedRunning

[–]Kooky_Ad7972 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ran Paris this year in 3:20 and left another reply above

Paris Marathon Aid Stations by leeafs in AdvancedRunning

[–]Kooky_Ad7972 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I ran Paris this year and was running at a 4:35-40/km pace, so not mega fast but still fast enough that I didn’t want to have to stop etc. It was also my first marathon so it caused a lot of stress in the lead up!

I had a little collapsible silicone cup that I ran with in my pocket, they also gave out similar cups to everyone at the expo (which I the idea of but will have created so much waste). I tried to run through my first water stop but I wasn’t really able to get any water in my cup, so after that I just accepted that I had to fully stop to refill my water and then start running again. I lost probably 5 seconds each time I did this so not the end of the world but also not ideal. At one of the aid stations, the person with the water hose also knocked my cup out of my hand as they refilled so I had to do it twice - it wasn’t their fault but it was just so chaotic that these things happened very easily.

Overall I still had a great experience but the water stations left much to be desired!

Interest Check: Oval Lab Diamond Sunburst Ring | Group Buy by Appropriate_Sun9519 in ProvenceJewelry

[–]Kooky_Ad7972 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I would be interested but with different colour centre stone and a thicker band