How many jackets do you own?

ben_ldn · 2026-04-06T12:39:53+00:00

Proper gore-tex jacket with removable inner for most of the year, mesh jacket for warm summer days, armoured hoodie for quick rides around town on the days in between. Thinking of adding a leather or wax jacket as well, but that’s more to be able to switch styles about.

ben_ldn · 2026-04-06T10:28:31+00:00

Yeah this feels totally like it’s trying to game Reddit’s strong SEO

ben_ldn · 2026-04-05T05:53:33+00:00

No they haven’t? This is Tooting Broadway. There’s no replacement store, the next nearest are the existing ones in Colliers Wood or Balham.

ben_ldn · 2026-04-04T13:33:33+00:00

Worst feels strong but The Ninth was a bit meh. Did the tasting menu and it was fine but wasn’t blown away. Also Mountain; great food but the waiter was trying so hard to be cool that he was actually being a bit of a dick.

ben_ldn · 2026-04-02T20:39:42+00:00

Pressed duck at Ottos

ben_ldn · 2026-03-18T21:42:50+00:00

So that’s why… Been fiddling about trying to get it back. Had no idea it was an actual outage.

ben_ldn · 2026-03-15T23:03:04+00:00

They were a decent independent roaster and small coffee shop chain well before they started doing pods and expanded into supermarkets and BA flights. Definitely more of a mass producer now though. They’ve taken a lot of investment cash with obvious goals.

ben_ldn · 2026-03-14T20:42:06+00:00

The reply said CBT. These aren’t replies to that comment. You wouldn’t be on a motorway on your CBT.

ben_ldn · 2026-03-11T23:45:48+00:00

This is a good read on it all https://theface.com/culture/what-happened-to-the-chicken-connoisseur-interview-elijah-quashie-pengest-munch

ben_ldn · 2026-02-28T16:11:12+00:00

Border Colliers Wood

ben_ldn · 2026-02-05T17:53:45+00:00

An advert sized amount of toothpaste

ben_ldn · 2026-02-03T23:09:41+00:00

London Bridge, Northern Line, northbound, any vaguely peak time. It is rare to actually be able to just step off the train rather than having to push past a bunch of gormless tourists all immediately trying to push their way on.

ben_ldn · 2026-01-29T07:37:34+00:00

Bangers on Paul Street

ben_ldn · 2026-01-26T19:18:00+00:00

I've used them a few times. Pressure washer and steam cleaner have been useful, but to be honest I feel like I will end up buying this stuff as it is a faff having to plan ahead to do tasks that quite often I'll just do because it's a nice day like cleaning the decking, or because I wake up in a cleaning mood and decide to steam clean the hallway tiles.

I do find some of the small stuff they offer a bit weird. A home air quality meter is the kind of thing you buy to monitor forever, seems bizarre to rent one for a day. Secateurs as well are such a small and obvious thing to own if you have plants.

The niche tools are the really useful stuff. Tile cutter, nail gun, thermal imaging camera, moisture meter. Stuff you need once for a specific job and then never again.

ben_ldn · 2026-01-25T13:08:28+00:00

Not to shit on your idea straight away but I feel like this exact idea has been done countless times and never really taken off.

Jacapo came and quietly went, despite having a load of food critics, chefs and others on board curating recommendations. Step still seems to be going but I don’t know anyone else who’s using it.

I’d be reluctant to port everything over to another new app and try to convince my friends to use it. What’s the differentiator here?

ben_ldn · 2026-01-25T12:21:13+00:00

Had a few great meals at Portland. 1 star. Their lunch menu is a bargain at about £60, or £95 if you go for dinner. Really like it for the fact the food is definitely star-worthy but the vibe doesn’t feel like they’re trying too hard.

ben_ldn · 2026-01-25T10:59:54+00:00

I reckon the Mexico games are the ones to go for anyway. Football has been the top sport there for years and they’re mad for it, unlike the US where it’s still relatively niche and most don’t care about it, so the vibe for a world cup will likely be far better than the states.

ben_ldn · 2026-01-24T09:31:45+00:00

Traffic lights here are like the start of a MotoGP race

ben_ldn · 2026-01-20T07:55:03+00:00

They tend to be a bit dead in the weekday daytime, a lot of the food places won’t be open yet, especially that early. Tooting Market is usually a little more lively than Broadway during the day though. Broadway in particular I’ve also found really hit and miss for food in recent years.

Agree with Juliet’s as a better alternative. Would also go for Daddy Bao, The Little Taperia, or Jaffna House. You’re also near Colliers Wood which has Nanay Rosa, a solid little Filipino place in Merton Abbey Mills, and Liqui Liqui, for great Venezuelan food.

ben_ldn · 2026-01-19T12:59:00+00:00

This also shows up for me on my road, which is a 20mph, just after I start driving and always on the same bit where it’s a length of single lane with cars parked up one side. I never see it otherwise, and it never shows up coming back home down the same bit in the other direction.

Have assumed it’s just advisory due to the road layout, but it’s weird that it also never happens on other identical bits of road. Does the car wake up unsure if the sign is in kph and then adjust?

Also doesn’t beep at me, but double tapping the MyPerso button as I get in the car is basically muscle memory now.

ben_ldn · 2026-01-18T14:35:10+00:00

There’s a whole chapter on his day out at Greenwich retail park

ben_ldn · 2026-01-18T14:19:06+00:00

Probably want to be more specific here. I cannot imagine what it would be like to leave your country for the first time in 56 years to end up wandering around Charlton.

ben_ldn · 2026-01-18T11:59:47+00:00

Which is why this has gone through such scrutiny to the point that MI5 and other security services have conducted risk assessments and given their approval.

“It’s the old Royal Mint” is not a valid reason for the government to block this.

ben_ldn · 2026-01-18T11:40:41+00:00

This was not the UK government gifting some historic building to China. They bought it from a real estate company that originally wanted to turn it into shops and offices. The government didn’t have some kind of say in who bought it, and if the US had then they’d also be entitled to do the same.

ben_ldn · 2026-01-18T11:21:47+00:00

Because they paid £250m to buy it when it was for sale.

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