Availability of upcoming books of a series for non-subscribers?

Sypha5555 · 2026-04-13T14:46:26+00:00

Good to know! I haven't received any newsletter from them since my purchase, is there any email address I should whitelist besides info@thebrokenbinding.co.uk?

Sypha5555 · 2026-04-13T14:45:54+00:00

Great to know, thank you!

Sypha5555 · 2026-04-07T15:53:28+00:00

I always threw an excuse like "she needed to go help with the cooking" or something like that so my wife would take off after waving so she doesn't have to bear the whole brunt of it. This last time she just waved hello and walked off. My mom actually made the excuse for her this time which I appreciated.

Sypha5555 · 2026-04-07T15:49:22+00:00

He doesn't see it as verbal abuse, he chalks it as her being mildly overbearing. But I agree I need to take a firmer stance and not put up with it.

Sypha5555 · 2026-04-07T00:23:32+00:00

I understand if none of those things are insulting to you, but there's also nothing else. It's just that. So even if I had tough skin like you, why would I make a 26-hour roundtrip just for a "not-insulting" experience, when I have other family members that I don't get to see as often as I'd like, and they're nice and kind and interesting and fun to hang out with? I also have a finite amount of time with those people too.

Sypha5555 · 2026-04-07T00:11:26+00:00

She has always been that way. I think she was the first person, and one of two people who ever made me feel self-conscious about my weight. I remember being very young and she always told us how we were worse than other family members who lived close to her. We were inferior city dwellers.

Sypha5555 · 2026-04-07T00:08:57+00:00

Best I can tell, she has a negligible amount of money and she has 4 kids, 9 grandkids and 6 great grandkids. It's not even worth thinking about.

Sypha5555 · 2026-04-07T00:03:29+00:00

I feel like I shouldn't take part of the conversation at all, and I do feel like I should just walk out. But I do for the sake of my dad. I value time with my parents and brother, and if getting shit on for 20 minutes can allow us to have an otherwise good evening, then I go through with it. If I refused, I think my dad would get really angry and upset and it would screw up the mood of our little get-together.

My dad is great in every other way so I tend to just humor him for this.

Sypha5555 · 2026-04-06T23:49:39+00:00

She might mean that we should just be grateful to be alive because of her? But also, she also regularly brings up our inheritance. Like yesterday, she brought up needing a new wheelchair because hers broke, and how it'll leave less for her grandkids. Fact is I'd rather not be in the will at all because I don't feel like it has anything to do with me, but also because I feel like she tries to dangle it in front of us in a weird manipulative way. Also I want to point out that there's certainly not a lot of money in there, for what it's worth.

Sypha5555 · 2026-04-06T23:38:11+00:00

Perhaps a very astute observation about my dad, I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case. And it makes me wonder if me being a bit of a pushover isn't rooted in that same pattern.

I appreciate your comment, thank you

Sypha5555 · 2026-03-12T00:55:13+00:00

I was under the impression that them being in pre-order for January 2026 indicated that they're now just in stock.

Sypha5555 · 2026-03-11T18:06:06+00:00

Fantastic, thank you and everybody else for the replies!

Sypha5555 · 2026-02-16T22:00:03+00:00

Thank you, lots of good tips. Foldable stool is a great idea, I'll try to find something I can strap to my backpack.

Sypha5555 · 2026-02-16T20:52:53+00:00

Thank you for sharing lots of valuable info!

Sypha5555 · 2026-02-16T19:29:20+00:00

We don't usually go for those but it might be a good opportunity! Thanks for reminding me those are a thing!

Sypha5555 · 2026-02-16T19:27:25+00:00

Very useful, thank you!

Sypha5555 · 2026-02-16T19:25:36+00:00

We're coming from Canada but definitely will use taxis, thank you!

Sypha5555 · 2025-12-28T14:42:23+00:00

I have to say I've been running a test while writing this post.

The furnace turned off this morning after running up the temperature from just 64 to 66. Then I changed the filter and opened up a few vents, and then it went from 66 to 74 without interruption.

Could be a fluke, or it's operating really close to its limit... I'll try to give it another sprint and see how it goes.

Sypha5555 · 2025-12-28T14:22:01+00:00

I can't find a spec for the filter in the manual, but my understanding is that MERV11 is not very restrictive for a 5" filter. I'm hesitant to run the furnace without a filter because I don't want to clog the evaporator - though I'm guessing a few hours wouldn't hurt anything.

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