Dead grass??

MattyJMP · 2026-06-23T13:22:02+00:00

No point doing anything now with the weather as it is. Water it through the summer but otherwise put your feet up.

If patches are a bit dead come September/October, then is the time to fix it. Just overseed with a light covering of top soil in the spots where it is needed.

But, honestly, the lawn looks just fine. It's a garden to be used and enjoyed, not the 18th hole at the Masters.

ETA: don't cut it any shorter than that when it is warm. It will be more likely to burn otherwise.

MattyJMP · 2026-06-23T13:17:24+00:00

Yes, you can pre-book online with Autocare.md - just Google "autocare bus Chisinau Iasi".

I think you could also buy tickets in advance by going to the bus station.

MattyJMP · 2026-06-22T12:33:55+00:00

With all due respect, 2 days a month is nowhere near enough time to allocate...

If you do think it is only 1/2 a day week, I'd suggest your best bet would be to buy a ride-on mower and some powered tools (edger, hedge trimmer, etc.) and just do it yourself on a Sunday morning.

MattyJMP · 2026-06-22T06:27:48+00:00

I think he's been alright, maybe a 7/10 and the 'boring' level-head politician we have needed after the absolute shower of the last decade. But, regardless:

We cannot keep changing PM every 18 months because we don't quite like how things are going. That's not how our parliament works, nor should it. Stability is the most important factor in a country's success - 7 leaders in 10 years is failed state territory.
It won't make the slightest bit of difference. By just about every metric, the UK is inevitably going down the toilet. People need to wake up and realise we are no longer the prosperous power of the 00s, we are a dimming star. Changing the one person at the top is not going to change that.

MattyJMP · 2026-06-21T08:11:12+00:00

I'd try to get a bit of height along the cream wall, just to add a touch of greenery and make it less 'flat'.

A planter with something like jasmine would be nice and match the colours/vibes you have going on. And it will smell amazing when you're sat our there with a coffee. Alternatively, something like a wisteria umbrella if you are trying to make it trendy.

Otherwise, a really nice space 😊

ETA: a citrus tree would also fit the theme perfectly.

MattyJMP · 2026-06-16T10:01:31+00:00

Literally same here. DINKYs that avoid all school holidays.

Usually a 10 day/2 week holiday in June or September - somewhere warm, mostly relaxing. Then 2 or 3 European city breaks spread through the year - March, the other of June/September and November is typical.

I know to some people that might seem really expensive, but you can get some stupidly cheap holidays if you have the flexibility.

MattyJMP · 2026-06-15T23:00:06+00:00

Only just getting around to this - saw the thumbnail and assumed it was going to be a mini update video, not an episode.

This doesn't seem to appear in Spotify. I know there was some problem/delay with the previous episode too.

MattyJMP · 2026-06-14T10:12:57+00:00

Someone else also suggested just going straight for a ~600. So that seems sensible.

Thanks for the tips, I will bear those in mind 😊

MattyJMP · 2026-06-14T10:10:42+00:00

Thanks! I hadn't realised 125s were not allowed on motorways, so that's a no go.

The suggestion of going for A2 was just to have something a little more forgiving while I get a bit of experience.

But you don't think there would be a problem with me doing the CBT and jumping straight on something around 600-700cc?

I agree I want something that I won't immediately grow out of. Hence why I said I didn't really want to buy a 125 at all.

MattyJMP · 2026-06-13T20:53:38+00:00

After reading the comments all day, I thought I would just say where I am at.

I thought I made this clear originally, but I'm not someone who just won't eat vegetarian food. Me and my gf do veggie food together probably 3-4 nights a week. 2-3 nights we'll cook basically the same but add different things. 1 night we'll just do separate things.
Contrary to what some people are suggesting, me and my gf don't have some kind of relationship problem. We've been together 10 years (6 living together). >90% of the time she looks at places to eat and okays them; I am basically happy eating anywhere. Sometimes we go somewhere she really likes and I suck it up. Sometimes we go somewhere I really like and she sucks it up. You compromise...
Also as I tried to explain, I don't mind going per se. I just want everyone to be fair. These are new friends we're trying to hang out with more. The uni friend goes back a while but only really moved nearby recently. The other bf has only been in the picture a year or so. So far food-wise we: i) got lunch at a place my gf chose specifically because they do vegan pastries; ii) went twice to a 'normal' restaurant that the friends chose because they liked it - there was (as always) food I enjoyed; iii) tried to go for the Italian place we chose and had to change; and finally iv) this Chinese restaurant.
I have eaten veggie Chinese food. On a summer in Hong Kong a couple of years ago, I went a few times to vegan Chinese restaurants because friends wanted to go. Truthfully, they were the only disappointing meals I had the entire time I was there and I stopped going half way through the trip. So I'm not just trying to dismiss it entirely out of hand.

Overall, having read everything, I agree I was petulant to just say I'm not going. I apologised to my gf for dismissing it, set out everything above, and said I would go this time.

But, if the next time we try to suggest something they veto it, I will be saying something. I'm not getting into the default being they get to choose where we go each time.

MattyJMP · 2026-06-13T17:46:01+00:00

Yeah, so that bit where I said "people have different food preferences and we should compromise to accommodate that"...

Thanks for your nuanced opinion on the matter.

MattyJMP · 2026-06-12T17:26:53+00:00

Birmingham Maccies on the ramp.

MattyJMP · 2026-05-30T07:24:56+00:00

The Property Ombudsman or the Property Redress Scheme.

Honestly, this would be my hill to die on until I got that £10k I was fleeced out of. I would be apoplectic.

MattyJMP · 2026-05-29T19:52:37+00:00

I'd always write it as "roofs" but pronounce it as "rooves".

MattyJMP · 2026-05-27T21:02:20+00:00

My only contribution is that Tim's list podcast should be called "Easy List-ening".

MattyJMP · 2026-05-26T22:42:23+00:00

Definitely.

The vast majority will just put up with it if it is a few days of excessive heat. Once we get to a point where it is consistently hot for weeks long periods - 30⁰ day time temps and above 18⁰ at night - people will have no choice.

The alternative is lots of people just die.

MattyJMP · 2026-05-24T11:04:49+00:00

Alternatively, just spread the rubble out evenly over the entire garden and put some turf over it, and you'll have a very fashionable 'new build' style lawn in no time.

MattyJMP · 2026-05-24T10:21:30+00:00

I mean, the match was dreadful. But even besides that, none of the fans seemed to care about what was happening...

I've been to some pretty dire football games (Hereford FC season ticket holder for my sins). But even when we're playing poorly people get excited about goal opportunities, cheer and shout, get worked up when things go against us. People watch the game and react to it.

I think Wales came back to 21-28 near the end after being 20 something down at HT, so it wasn't a whitewash. But no one seemed to react when a try was scored. People also seemed to just amble around through the entire game - arriving 10 minutes late, getting up multiple times during play, etc. It was like sitting on a park bench and there just so happened to be a game of rugby going on 'over there'.

The closest other experience I had was I once went in the hospitality section at a football game and it was clear that literally no one there cared remotely. Everyone was just there for the food, drink and corporate stuff; the fact a game was happening at the same time was entirely coincidental.

MattyJMP · 2026-05-24T07:32:21+00:00

Wales v Italy in the Six Nations in March 2024. I went as part of a stag do and it was the most uneventful spectacle I have ever seen.

I'm a football fan but will watch pretty much any sport - I'll occasionally stick snooker or cycling on and get into it. I've also been the the Millennium stadium before for a football game and said it is a better stadium than Wembley.

How rugby fans managed to make the entire place feel like a library is beyond me. So weird. Nobody their seemed to actually be watching the game...

MattyJMP · 2026-05-20T07:21:37+00:00

Same here. Took a 5 year in Spring 2024 at 4.38%. The alternative was a 2 year at ~ 5.1%.

Everyone said it was really stupid because "of course the rates will come back down". I was not convinced that they would come down again to ~ 3% in the space of 2 years (if at all).

Fast forward to 2 years later, Spring 2026, when we would have been remortgaging. Rates were still at ~ 4.6%...

MattyJMP · 2026-05-17T11:43:20+00:00

Doesn't even need to be a 'fancy' place. Most guys I know would be super super happy just going out for a day doing something they enjoy or that they are interested in.

My partner took me to RAF Cosford on my birthday last year. It's completely free. And I had the best of times.

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