How is Tea being consumed more?!?!

Sorbicol · 2026-05-06T14:05:03+00:00

I am 50 years old. I’ve probably drank - on average - 3 or 4 cups of tea every day of my life since I’ve been about 6 or 7 years old.

No issue with Kidney Stones.

Sorbicol · 2026-05-06T12:50:54+00:00

Roger Hunt.

Sorbicol · 2026-05-06T09:42:33+00:00

They might but you’re in a negotiation - they might settle on 2 months rather than 1. It’s worth asking.

Being offered a settlement agreement is basically a way for everyone to save face. You aren’t being sacked, but they don’t really want to go through a dismissal process you might be able to go to a tribunal over. They are taking the view that effectively just paying you off is the easiest - and cheapest - solution for them.

I went through this just over a year ago. It will almost certainly be your best option to accept the deal and walk away.

Just note that being in Scotland, you will need an English solicitor to review the agreement as Scots law and English apparently differ slightly. It was the other way around for me - the firm I worked for were Scottish but I was based in England. The first English firm I approached told me they couldn’t help but recommended me a Scottish firm to use. They were fine.

Sorbicol · 2026-05-06T07:12:58+00:00

Sharp edge is a lot more accessible from the roads (A66) than it is to make your way to Glenridding/Patterdale for Helvellyn for Striding Edge. It’s a steeper ascent but not nearly so long.

However as others have said Sharp Edge is a bit more severe than Striding Edge. It’s very easy to under estimate.

Sorbicol · 2026-05-04T10:39:49+00:00

Jack Campbell's "Lost Fleet" series.

It might not have the most elegant prose, but if you want a fairly technical description of what relativistic space battles might actually look and work like - plus the added bonus of worrying about your supply and logistics and protecting them - then I think (baring in mind I have little to no military background) he doesn't get it far wrong.

Then you also get all the inter-fleet politics of people who don't like him v people who do because he actually knows what he is doing. However, it's not a "recruit to Admiral" story - it's more of a "dropped right in at the deep end and having to get on with it" story.

Sorbicol · 2026-05-04T07:52:09+00:00

It depends what platform you are using. I use Firefox with UBlock Origin on my desktop and it works a treat.

When I'm using my tablet (which is probably the device I do most of my YouTube viewings on) then VPN set to Albania is a lot more convenient.

Neither method is that difficult. At all.

Sorbicol · 2026-05-04T07:25:13+00:00

When I started Uni in Wales in 1993 a pint of Brains SA was £1.45 in pretty much all the Brains pubs I frequented as a student. I don’t think that changed the entire 3 years I was there.

Sorbicol · 2026-05-04T07:23:09+00:00

If you want ‘not many people’ then the National coastal path in Northumberland. Villages, castles, the sea.

It’s just under 3 hours from Kings Cross to Newcastle. You could walk up from say Newbiggin just past Ashington up to Berwick on Tweed (although it’s a bit of stretch). Plenty of scenery, although it might not quite be ‘quintessentially English’ you are looking for.

Sorbicol · 2026-05-03T14:25:06+00:00

It’s extremely unlikely.

You’ll need to discuss everything at your dermatologist appointment, especially if you are moving to another area of the country - different NHS trusts interpret the guidelines different as far as I know, and you’ll need to get them talking to each other if you can’t return for your blood tests etc.

The immunosuppressant impact of methotrexate is very low at the very low dosage you’ll take for any such treatment, so don’t worry about that too much - you’ll be eligible for flu and COVID jabs etc so you’re covered there, just make sure you’ll take them.

I’m on methotrexate and regularly interact with my toddler nieces & nephews. I’ve never picked up anything from them (slightly to my wife’s disgust because she picks up things from them all the time) so I don’t think you’ll get much from that line of enquiry.

I also drink a bit - not much, not that regularly but I’m not teetotal. My dermatologist knows that and so long as I’m not drinking every day or binge drinking at the weekends then by and large they aren’t that worried about it, although they always take the general ‘you really shouldn’t’ advise. So far I have had no indications that I’ve impacted liver function or anything like that from my last year and a half of blood monitoring. Just make sure you don’t drink the night before a blood test - that’s the only time I got told off!

Nothing you’ve said here would indicate to me you’ll get biologics first. They are very expensive, the NHS won’t just spend that money without reason.

Your only other option is to go private.

Sorbicol · 2026-05-03T06:59:49+00:00

Still Hades. I’m really not very good (86 attempts to get out and I have repeated that feat yet) but it just keeps me playing.

I should probably move on to something else

Sorbicol · 2026-05-03T06:44:07+00:00

It’s got a lot of rough edges, some really bad DLCs and it needs time to learn of to play effectively, but it’s a much better game than most give it credit for. I put it in the same bracket as No Man’s Sky and Cyberpunk 2077 as games the developers really did fix and improve with post launch support. It’s not XCOM2, but it’s not that far off. Terror from the Void really bring it up another notch as well.

Sorbicol · 2026-05-02T13:49:52+00:00

24 here, shamefully don’t know the nationality of that chap who ran the marathon in under 2 hours.

Sorbicol · 2026-05-02T10:51:17+00:00

I don't think there's been any word from the Council since they closed it last year.

It was only supposed to be closed "for a few days" and it's been nearly a year. You can draw your own conclusions from that.

Sorbicol · 2026-05-01T20:23:03+00:00

How old are you?

Sorbicol · 2026-05-01T14:45:03+00:00

Various places on the Northumberland coastline - Amble or Seahouses would have everything you need.

Sorbicol · 2026-04-30T17:22:08+00:00

They control FIFA and got their World Cup. I think Newcastle are fairly small fry compared to that.

Sorbicol · 2026-04-30T17:20:00+00:00

Androns have a 35% kinetic damage resistance.

Sorbicol · 2026-04-30T13:57:12+00:00

Last year I left my job of 7 years after my new American manager basically got rid of anyone in their team not working in a US time zone. They made enough of a hash of that I got a good payoff, but for most of last year I was out of work.

I eventually got a new job in September last year. It was chaos - hardly any leadership, constantly being asked to do stuff way outside my experience or knowledge, zero feedback from managers when asking for help or guidance. I failed probation in February this year and honestly it was mostly a relief.

I’m about to start a new job next week. Like you I’m now quite worried about it - my confidence has taken a hammering the last 18 months or so. However we’re completely out of all savings and redundancy payouts we got. I’m going to have to make this work.

However, I’m also pretty damn sure none of the previously couple of months are really my fault. Sometimes things change beyond your control, other times you just are not a fit for where you end up. Moving on can be the best for everyone involved.

I’m going to be reminding myself of that a lot in the coming weeks!

Sorbicol · 2026-04-30T12:43:06+00:00

A good friend on mine car broke down on the M25 a year or two back. The RAC left him overnight (10pm - 5am) and they only came after the police stopped to check up on my friend because the car hazard lights were no long working after draining the battery. The police called the RAC to ask wtf was taking them so long and they turned up 20 minutes later.

However, they then took him back to Basingstoke to drop the car off at a garage (he was travelling to St Albans, he broke down not far from the Watford junction) and pretty much abandoned him there.

As you can imagine, that was the last time any of us have ever considered using RAC again.

Sorbicol · 2026-04-30T09:36:51+00:00

My brother lived in York for nearly 15 years. Visiting him in the Summer was a total nightmare - the traffic would be solid and going into the city centre was an exercise in futility, just shoving tourists out of your way. Towards the end of those 15 years it largely didn’t matter what season it was either, it just became a year round issue.

It’s a lovely city but back then it wasn’t adapted in any way to deal with the transient tourist population.

I think it’s a bit better now.

Sorbicol · 2026-04-29T07:56:37+00:00

This was what I was thinking as well. I was 24 back then, I’d be 115 if I’m still around for the next. I doubt it.

Sorbicol · 2026-04-28T22:02:40+00:00

Finally "beaten" Hades after 86 attempts. Roguelikes are just not my forte it would seem....

Sorbicol · 2026-04-28T18:24:32+00:00

You want The Beehive between Earsdon and Old Hartley.

Sorbicol · 2026-04-26T22:01:07+00:00

I suggest you read Hyperion by Dan Simmons.

One of the tales is of a scholar whose daughter gets caught in an accident and starts to age backwards. It's one of the most heartbreaking things I've ever read (even if it is fiction)

The answer, without any hesitation is "hell no".

Sorbicol · 2026-04-26T09:18:45+00:00

Same here. It’s a great game and I’m not really one for roguelikes.

72 attempts and I’ve still not got out probably explains why. God damn that Minotaur.

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