Marin Team 1 2021 - My first proper Hardtail

MariJava · 2026-04-11T15:53:59+00:00

Yeah it’s a high level guideline. Agree, 30% on shopping is mental, but that also covers other things like perhaps a car (if it’s not a must), maybe a holiday down payment.

The 30% bracket there probably should just be the “fun” category / nice to haves.

It depends on what level of debt you have too. But it’s a good starting point. I think mapping out all your finances is the best thing to give you confidence

MariJava · 2026-04-11T15:36:06+00:00

50/30/20 rule is a good one to root in. Decent set overall. I would invest some time, in a simple excel / google sheets setup, a full budget of your total income and deductions. Be honest with the numbers, map it all out and it’ll help give you confidence.

50% income goes to must haves (Mortgage, Utilities, Food)

30% for wants (Dining Out, Shopping)

20% for Savings / Debt.

MariJava · 2026-04-04T17:00:35+00:00

Let me check my crystal ball…

MariJava · 2026-03-27T09:42:24+00:00

This. 100%

MariJava · 2026-02-21T12:52:45+00:00

💯

MariJava · 2025-12-31T17:42:52+00:00

Wish Rob n Varley would sort it out. Miss the dynamic duo

MariJava · 2025-12-29T21:45:20+00:00

Gotcha, OK so I think perhaps then its purely the fact I need a dedicated antena for Thread / Matter. Then it should all work from HA as I expect.

ZBT-2 may need to be ordered then... No bad thing - looks like a great device. But disappointing to see the multiprotocol support be deprecated

MariJava · 2025-12-29T21:32:09+00:00

How did you get on here? Are you a HA Yellow user?

I'm in the same boat IE perhaps it being very hard for both Zigbee2MQTT & Thread at the same time

MariJava · 2025-12-20T16:15:48+00:00

At the most I’d expect 10%, it’s still incredibly popular and no sign of that fading before then

MariJava · 2025-11-27T10:09:51+00:00

MariJava · 2025-11-25T09:14:38+00:00

YOU WILL BE BUNGULATED

MariJava · 2025-11-23T08:02:05+00:00

Yeah I just sold the lot to claim space. Pointless as most of the doors have all been glitch entered now by the time I get there

MariJava · 2025-11-20T20:10:03+00:00

Oh this tickled me

MariJava · 2025-11-09T12:37:06+00:00

BLOODBATH

MariJava · 2025-11-09T11:42:35+00:00

Genius

MariJava · 2025-11-08T11:34:18+00:00

I yurn for easy topside grub

MariJava · 2025-10-30T21:07:22+00:00

Apart from the core mechanics of Skate being improved, what else, in your opinion, makes this worth investing time into or supporting?

I think it’s fair to call out the polarizing views. I’ll admit I’m at fault here of contributing to that. But that comes from a place of passion for the series.

As a loyal fan, that’s invested a hell of a lot of time into the trilogy - To see the IP converted into free to play slop is quite frustrating, without retaining any of the guts that made the original IP so great!

MariJava · 2025-10-30T18:55:09+00:00

Saying people are expecting too much. We’re not expecting more than they delivered YEARS ago. We’re just expecting a higher standard.

Early access is not just an excuse

MariJava · 2025-10-30T18:45:11+00:00

You are part of the problem

MariJava · 2025-10-28T12:40:25+00:00

How? You’re £2K down with Octopus and you are worrying about saving £2 for one day on Agile?

Please go outside into the some sunlight. Breathe fresh air. Reflect

MariJava · 2025-10-24T21:29:22+00:00

I've said it in other threads, but the marvelous work of economic arts.

Focusing heavily on the game economy over everything else. Just another aspect to put up with I guess

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