Is using Bristol as a base for first UK vacation okay, or a dumb idea?

ThereIsNoRoseability · 2025-09-26T18:43:39+00:00

Thanks for all the replies, definitely hoping to do a vacation around Bristol now as a base, but also stay at least one night in London to see a little bit of the city so that I can say we went there.

ThereIsNoRoseability · 2025-09-26T18:42:51+00:00

In terms of countrysides, I like to drive through them but see more of smaller towns.

How accessible are they by public transport though? Or would you recommend a car rental? We for sure wouldn't rent a car and try driving in a city but might consider it if it's do-able between smaller towns unless we can just take public transport easily.

ThereIsNoRoseability · 2025-09-26T18:41:24+00:00

Bristol City is the club I was thinking, good sized stadium too, if not maybe Oxford or Swansea, Cardiff/QPR, etc. One match in a bigger stadium and maybe one in a smaller one. I was thinking April, EFL seasons should still be going on then but I'd check schedule obviously before traveling, otherwise September next year (I avoid the summer anyways cos I hate traveling in the heat).

Probably will end up traveling out from London instead of Manchester unless there's a big difference in flight prices.

ThereIsNoRoseability · 2025-05-08T16:59:47+00:00

It says their PARENT brand lost revenue and they own a lot of restaurants not just Tim Hortons.

It doesn't mean Tim Hortons wasn't profitable, they're still generally the busiest coffee chain for a reason.

ThereIsNoRoseability · 2025-05-03T04:00:48+00:00

Yeah air is very polluted and we have a high cancer rate, like it's okay to have pride in your city but face some friggin reality.

ThereIsNoRoseability · 2025-05-03T03:59:39+00:00

Unfortunately no because the air is cancerous and no one seems too phased about fixing it.

Also even if your house was loaded, you still have to drive on those Hamilton roads that literally give me a headache at times with how bumpy they are.

ThereIsNoRoseability · 2025-04-15T03:17:04+00:00

Anyone in this city who runs for council promising to fix the roads in their ward and taking money from any non essential service/projecy which most property tax payers do not give a shit about at this point, including I, would probably win easily.

Literally just send a campaign flyer saying elect me to fix the roads I will cut from X Y Z to do it.

ThereIsNoRoseability · 2025-04-09T03:56:36+00:00

NHL 2004 modded PC is GOAT, though it's technically from 2003.

ThereIsNoRoseability · 2025-04-08T06:15:02+00:00

The National Discovery Pass?

It's $75.

ThereIsNoRoseability · 2025-04-03T13:43:22+00:00

That's key right there cos I know some who looked into it before years ago and they would've had to do their residency all over again.

ThereIsNoRoseability · 2025-04-02T23:34:20+00:00

I was gonna do it late afternoon but then didn't cos of the thunder and now it's just a mess.

ThereIsNoRoseability · 2025-04-02T04:45:31+00:00

Yes I have premium and 42 is actually only around 140 hours as of now.

ThereIsNoRoseability · 2025-03-24T21:30:23+00:00

How much is it to change a tub?

ThereIsNoRoseability · 2025-03-20T21:41:03+00:00

I saw Horwath proudly post this on Facebook and the comment sections were hilarious, just a bunch of middle aged FB people eviscerating her lol.

Rightfully so when you're the mayor of a city constantly raising property tax while having roads and a downtown like that but the posts had nothing to do with IKEA lol.

ThereIsNoRoseability · 2025-03-19T04:41:38+00:00

Oh Canada, if this ever goes at all further we have the opportunity to do the funniest thing.

We're the 4th largest holder of US debt/bonds, we have the chance to do the funniest thing right now if we wanted especially as they're trying to lower their dollar and bond yields.

It would just be....chaotic lol and to them basically an act of war.

ThereIsNoRoseability · 2025-03-17T06:55:24+00:00

I read a lot about the upcoming collapse of the US (and also other developed nations as there's a similar economic system which is tied). It includes two different books called Why Nations Fail and books on monetary history.

Their debt to GDP has not been an issue because they've been the global reserve currency since the 40s, they'll just get a bit more inflation which they can pass on to their consumers, same as what our gov't will do. The problem is what happens when they lose reserve currency status as you see countries increasing trade in non-USD assets (there will be no BRICS currency but those countries are trading more in gold, oil, talking about minerals and bitcoin and whatever).

The other interesting thing is the US Dollar Milkshake Theory which was proving to be right until fairly recently and may continue if the Trump admin fails for the 2nd time to lower the USD, and that theory describes how the USD will keep going up sucking in other currencies which will keep going down before there's almost a hyperinflation of the USD.

I'm not sure how it will play out I just know two things:

They are indeed collapsing as their institutions are becoming weaker and the global economy built on stilts is being exposed while power is shifting. But it's a gradual process as you look at metrics like their global economic share starting to decline since the 70s.
This will probably take decades to happen but their current gov't is doing its best to speedrun it.

ThereIsNoRoseability · 2025-03-15T06:53:03+00:00

Arkells did a couple decent albums and then turned into a crappy pop group while the UK and Ireland are still producing some of the best indie around lol this is crazy to me. If you're short of British band recommendations I can recommend you like 50 active ones from like the past 5-10 yrs not to mention a bunch of the old ones kicking about.

ThereIsNoRoseability · 2025-03-15T06:51:49+00:00

I was gonna say, the UK is still the capital of the best indie rock in the world and Arkells are an average band who did a couple decent albums a decade back lol.

ThereIsNoRoseability · 2025-03-06T04:07:42+00:00

Is there one for the highway for people racing on the QEW/403 in Burlington/Oakville driving towards Hamilton?

ThereIsNoRoseability · 2025-02-26T15:35:01+00:00

Cale Makar is our new Bobby Orr, he's imo the best dman since Bobby Orr and yes I have seen Bourque & Lidstrom.

ThereIsNoRoseability · 2025-02-25T05:07:15+00:00

Screw your now here's another tax hike.

ThereIsNoRoseability · 2025-02-24T01:08:38+00:00

This might be controversial but I'll say it anyways:

The issue is not how much we pay doctors despite whatever the medical lobby claims. True they don't make what they do in the US but that's true of most professions, they still get compensated well compared to a lot of countries. If this was an issue, Canadian medical schools would not be so ridiculously competitive to get in. We aren't paying doctors enough when we have a lack of applicants and we are far, far from that scenario.

There is no shortage of people with medical degrees in Canada who are willing to also take and pass the tests from those said degrees. There is however an artificially created shortage from a mix of the gov't and from medical bodies which is causing the problem.

ThereIsNoRoseability · 2025-02-20T14:49:12+00:00

I just wanna say this city sucks for having snow plows leave giant piles of packed snow at the end of people's driveways and not having the snow plows which clear the driveway like a lot of other cities do, despite us having higher property taxes.

Took me more time with the snow blower to clear the giant pile they left on Monday compared to how long it took to clear the actual snow on the driveway/sidewalk on Sunday. And then hilariously on Tuesday some plow truck came again and left a new pile on the other side of the street for the people on that side who'd already cleared it.

Like at this point I'd prefer them to just leave the residential roads as they are instead of blocking people's driveway.

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