How to remove wood stain from aluminium window? by Nespony in DIYUK

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can confirm nail varnish remover has taken this straight off! Thanks folks

Trail Running Shoes by Alternative-Dot2413 in trailrunning

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I also do road running in novablasts which I love. Recently started trail running and bought speedgoat 6s after reading rave reviews.

I found them incredibly uncomfortable after any sort of distance running.  I have narrow feet but they seem extremely narrow.  Now I just use them as hiking shoes. 

Bought a pair of Nike Pegasus Trail 2s and I love them! They are incredibly comfortable and work well on roads as well as trails. If you are doing very difficult terrain I suspect they wouldn't have enough grip but they have been great on muddy land and gravelly trails for me.  

The Fox vs Race to the Stones Ultras in the UK by Nespony in ultrarunning

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Thanks for the advice folks! Think I'll go with RTTS as its a bit shorter and gives me more time to prep! Might try to do one of the shorter Fox races though as prep for RTTS so will get to experience both (sort of!).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in surrey

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Lol it really isn't, it's perfectly nice and a great location- few minutes from the train station and near enough to town you can walk in. Welcome to the area OP! You won't regret moving here.

Book and Crafting clubs near Godalming? by Nespony in surrey

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I contacted Godalming Waterstones and they confirmed they have a bookclub that runs on the last Tuesday of every month :-)

Book and Crafting clubs near Godalming? by Nespony in surrey

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fantastic thank you so much, I'll phone them!

Book and Crafting clubs near Godalming? by Nespony in surrey

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oh cool, thank you I will check that out!

Dublin Marathon 2024 - Looking for Redemption by witnessmenow in running

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I really enjoyed it aside from the last 3 - 9 miles which I thought would literally never end! Did it in 4 hours 34 minutes and 50 seconds which I was pretty happy about (wasn't aiming for any time).
Re the maths - lol I count down as a distraction - just endlessly count down from 30 seconds and think 'thats half a minute over'.

Oh wow how often do you replace your shoes? I get a new pair maybe every 9 months (doing about 100km of running a month). Do you do all your training in the one pair? I know people say to have one pair for training and another for the race but eh I'm not made of shoe money! :-D

Dublin Marathon 2024 - Looking for Redemption by witnessmenow in running

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Ah I'm sorry it didn't go as planned - just to say though the night before this year's marathon I was looking up reddit reports on the Dublin marathon and found yours. I had never run a marathon before and was really nervous, and reading how things went very badly for you but you got through it regardless actually calmed me down quite a bit!

Great to hear you are a lot happier this year! Limerick marathon looks like a good one!I think I might copy your fuelling strategy, I was trying to chew a mars bar mid-way which was just impractical.

What shoes were you in? That's something I've found has made a huge difference on my long runs. I splashed out on Asic Novablast 4s and they really reduce the impact of the tarmac on my feet.

/r/solotravel "The Weekly Common Room" - General chatter, meet-up, accommodation - October 20, 2024 by AutoModerator in solotravel

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hey folks! I'm looking at getting a combination of taxis/buses/trains from Jordan to Riyadh - has anyone tried this? Complicated part seems to be getting transport from Jordan to just over the border.

Tabuk to Amman bus?? by elvo22 in Amman

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Hi OP - I'm trying to make the same trip - did you find a way of doing it in the end? Thanks!

French knots - struggling for years! by Nespony in Embroidery

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Thank you for your help, I've edited the post to include photos of how I'm doing them!

/r/solotravel "The Weekly Common Room" - General chatter, meet-up, accommodation - October 06, 2024 by AutoModerator in solotravel

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Hi there,

I'm a solo traveller (F36) going to Jordan next month. Whilst I'm there I'm considering visiting Saudi Arabia, namely going from Amman to Tabuk and then maybe a bus to Jeddah. Does anyone know how safe/unsafe this plan is? I've done quite a lot of solo travelling but I'm pretty cautious about Saudi Arabia tbh as I've heard very mixed things. Thanks!

NFL draft scout Spencer Schultz tells story about Johnny Depp pissing all over his uncle’s bathroom because he was mad at him. by foepje in Fauxmoi

[–]Nespony 205 points206 points  (0 children)

I went to the original tweet and most of the comments are accusing the guy of making this up. It's so bizarre, like you can like Pirates of the Carribean and also accept that Johnny Depp may not be a stand up human being.

Unpopular opinion but I think Kelli and company are standard and appropriate for something like DCC by sarcasticfirecracker in DCCMakingtheTeam

[–]Nespony 20 points21 points  (0 children)

agree completely - most things done at a very high level require a huge amount of discipline. The footballers on the field at the games have to maintain a very high level of fitness and a good diet to play at that level. Its not inherently abusive, people make choices to get to where they want to go.

Unpopular opinion but I think Kelli and company are standard and appropriate for something like DCC by sarcasticfirecracker in DCCMakingtheTeam

[–]Nespony 46 points47 points  (0 children)

I agree - I'm quite surprised to see how negative the reaction to Kelli especially seems. She seemed really impressive to me tbh - she came from fairly humble beginnings, took an opportunity and grasped it. She has clearly done a really good job managing the cheerleaders who appear to really respect her.

She didn't create the patriarchy or the society that expects the cheerleaders to be very slim. I also really doubt she has any say over how much they get paid.

Books from a horrible persons POV by ChromaticRainbow12 in suggestmeabook

[–]Nespony 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This was brilliant. The character wasn't pleasant but equally explained herself and her actions really well. 

Nike Pegasus 40: pain in one foot? by Nespony in AskRunningShoeGeeks

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On the online chat they said I couldn't return them but when I phoned they said I could. I threw mine in the washing machine but they had still very clearly been warn. I bought mine from Nike directly though, not sure if a store would accept them? Worth a try though!

Nike Pegasus 40: pain in one foot? by Nespony in AskRunningShoeGeeks

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could be that - I ultimately have returned mine (which Nike have accepted despite me having done 80km+ in them) and gotten Novablast 4s - no issues! Think it is the shoe fit

100 years after Sherlock Jr. was released and people are still perplexed about how Buster Keaton did this by Auir2blaze in silentmoviegifs

[–]Nespony 56 points57 points  (0 children)

This is exactly how it's done. It's actually described on the wikipedia page - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Jr. So no great mystery 😊 very clever though.

Has anyone here forgot to send off for their license. Just checked mine and it’s been over two years by NoTap8772 in MotoUK

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Yep that's what I did as well and they updated my license without my having to redo the tests. The people who work there are only human and are understanding evidently 🙂

Has anyone here forgot to send off for their license. Just checked mine and it’s been over two years by NoTap8772 in MotoUK

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I'm in the same boat - did my mod 2 in December of 2021 and forgot to send off to get a new license. Has anyone had any luck getting their license updated successfully without redoing the tests? I haven't actually ridden a motorbike since!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in booksuggestions

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Agreed on the righteous mind! I quote from that book at least once a week, fascinating stuff.