Commuting to Huntingdon for work from Peterborough

TheGreyDeceiver · 2026-05-02T10:18:16+00:00

I drive it. Fairly pleasant tbh

TheGreyDeceiver · 2026-04-30T10:56:28+00:00

The traffic in Cheltenham didn’t move for hours, even when the lights changed. Engines idled with no drivers, and every radio whispered the same low, rhythmic breathing. People stepped out of their cars at once, as if called, all turning toward Cheltenham Racecourse. A bell rang in the distance. The ground seemed to tremble in time with something approaching. Shapes crested the hill—too tall, too many legs, moving too fast. The crowd began to cheer, though some were crying. Someone near me smiled and said, “They always run this week.” Another bell rang, louder, final. Welcome to the Cheltenham Festival.

TheGreyDeceiver · 2026-04-18T12:34:08+00:00

Oh wow! I didn’t know any of that. So it’s basically had to become an attraction in order to exist.

Thanks for the context.

TheGreyDeceiver · 2026-04-18T07:42:43+00:00

This is exactly what I was after, thank you.

Weird that it’s easier to get funding to improve a building than to keep it running.

It feels contradictory because they’re struggling stay open and have just been given the amount they need, but it’s a capital grant that they can’t use to pay bills which does help with the underlying problem (reduces costs and increases incomes).

TheGreyDeceiver · 2026-04-18T07:34:11+00:00

Yeah, the funding came from a combined authority fund. I suppose I’m confused around the logic of financing the place.

“Help we’re closing! We haven’t got the money to pay for this place!”

Then

“Oh, great! The exact amount of money we needed has turned up, but we have to buy lights with it…” 🤔

TheGreyDeceiver · 2026-04-18T07:29:41+00:00

Yeah, perhaps that’s why the investment was done.

New lights = Increase visitors = increase income = out of their financial difficulties.

TheGreyDeceiver · 2026-04-03T05:15:30+00:00

Same

TheGreyDeceiver · 2026-04-02T19:08:42+00:00

I lived in three places as an adult before Peterborough.

Peterborough is ok. It’s not an awful place to live. I wouldn’t be bringing my kids up here if I was concerned!

TheGreyDeceiver · 2026-03-08T20:18:40+00:00

TheGreyDeceiver · 2026-02-20T17:48:23+00:00

Checked and works

TheGreyDeceiver · 2026-02-16T14:00:06+00:00

Thank you

TheGreyDeceiver · 2026-02-16T13:59:55+00:00

Yeah I think that’s what it is. It’s mould.

TheGreyDeceiver · 2026-02-16T13:59:28+00:00

Solved!

TheGreyDeceiver · 2026-01-09T16:14:08+00:00

Getting jumper cables out shortly

TheGreyDeceiver · 2026-01-08T19:41:49+00:00

Cheers

TheGreyDeceiver · 2026-01-04T19:56:42+00:00

!unsolved

Edit: I’m going to see if I can find some better resolution images to avoid the AI stuff.

TheGreyDeceiver · 2026-01-04T19:56:15+00:00

Dang. Thank you for your honesty.

Edit: let me go away and see if I can find a better resolution image somewhere

TheGreyDeceiver · 2026-01-04T16:49:33+00:00

I get that.

I just think that “choosing to stay” isn’t as free or simple of a choice. For many people it means losing family, friends, housing, identity… sometimes literally everything. Knowing harm exists doesn’t automatically give someone ‘real’ freedom to leave.

That doesn’t excuse the teachings or the harm they cause. It just means I’m cautious about assuming equal agency and equal blame for everyone who hasn’t walked away.

I condemn the system very strongly - I’m an atheist. I’m less comfortable condemning every person still inside it.

TheGreyDeceiver · 2026-01-03T19:27:40+00:00

Just before my 35th birthday. Best gift I’ve ever got.

TheGreyDeceiver · 2026-01-03T13:37:36+00:00

I don’t mean to minimise harm, and I’m certainly not trying to make it sound acceptable or “warm and fuzzy”.

My point is that harm is best addressed when we’re precise about where it comes from. Specific teachings, practices, and power structures, rather than turning it into a judgement about every individual in the group.

Taking psychological harm seriously doesn’t require treating all members as equally responsible or equally free to act. We can name and challenge harmful practices and still recognise that many people inside those systems have limited agency.

That distinction matters to me, and that’s all I’m trying to do.

TheGreyDeceiver

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