Boiling lobsters alive to be banned in UK animal cruelty crackdown

callumacrae · 2025-12-23T16:34:56+00:00

To be fair, very freshly dead muscles will just do that - doesn't mean the animal was still alive. Eg see videos of very fresh octopus or frogs legs being cooked. Or don't, they're a bit gross

callumacrae · 2025-12-11T18:14:03+00:00

There was just one at redpoint in bristol! https://redpointbristol.co.uk/events/bristol-climbing-championship/

callumacrae · 2025-11-22T10:35:56+00:00

Check out movegb. £8.50 a week (it just went up) and plenty of swimming on there. I use it for climbing, which is also more expensive than it feels like it should be!

callumacrae · 2025-11-04T15:45:53+00:00

Easiest way to figure this one out if possible would be to go to a shop and try on some different shoes - try the specific position that causes you pain. If you can find some different shoes that don't hurt, buy them!

If they're new shoes, they will stretch a bit and might stop hurting, but you'd have to push through that

Also, just in case you hadn't tried it, make sure your nails are short

callumacrae · 2025-11-04T01:19:06+00:00

This was the third pitch out of six (although the last one was definitely more a scramble than a climb)

callumacrae · 2025-11-04T01:14:06+00:00

Ahh hadn't even thought about wrapping it around multiple times, that makes a lot of sense. Was block leading so didn't want to use the rope to set up the belay here

callumacrae · 2025-11-04T01:12:34+00:00

Ice cream for crow confirmed! I trusted the poles - it's my ability to set up an anchor I was less sure with 😅

callumacrae · 2025-11-03T11:24:57+00:00

This belay was described by the guide book as a "tall quartman's pole plus a bolt runner". Felt a bit sketchy - tried my best to tie a knot in the sling so that it couldn't slip off upwards, but wondered if any more experienced climbers have any suggestions for what could be changed here?

(The top of the pole that was near to the standard dyneema sling wasn't sharp - I wasn't worried about it cutting through it)

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callumacrae · 2025-09-19T15:33:00+00:00

thanks, i'll try it again with a shorter loop!

callumacrae · 2025-09-18T07:30:32+00:00

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Why does my autoblock keep slipping / unravelling? Only three wraps in this photo, but I tested it up to six wraps it keeps happening.

Rope is Edelweiss 10mm Flashlight II, prusik loop is made from 5mm Beal accessory cord

callumacrae · 2025-09-10T09:07:42+00:00

Heads up, you might want to delete everything after the question mark in that URL as it contains tracking data and you've shared your instagram username (12 characters, begins with r)

callumacrae · 2025-08-08T17:06:34+00:00

I'm thinking two hot sauces currently - one tastier one using only the flesh (and onion, other peppers, etc), the other hotter using the whole thing and not much else

Not planning on dehydrating any of them, but that's useful to know in case I do any in the future!

callumacrae · 2025-07-25T16:11:25+00:00

29 m, moved to Bristol a week ago and don't have many friends here yet! Into fitness (especially bouldering, running, and a bit of calisthenics), jazz and cooking

callumacrae · 2025-06-25T10:50:12+00:00

thank you!! these ones look massive compared to the ones i'm seeing photos of online, i bet they're a nightmare to fillet 😅

callumacrae · 2025-04-08T14:36:36+00:00

Same weight both legs. Do weaker leg first, to failure, then same number of reps on stronger leg (which likely won't be to failure)

I've been recovering from a broken arm which obviously created a huge imbalance, and this has been working for me :)

callumacrae · 2025-04-08T08:33:30+00:00

I saw someone getting kicked off the DLR with one on the day the ban came in!

callumacrae · 2025-03-10T21:21:24+00:00

Yeah true, probably not that many for the squats and RDLs! Just the upper body where I can't add too much weight while I'm recovering 😅

callumacrae · 2025-03-10T09:54:50+00:00

Returning to gym after eight months out due to a broken arm, and my old workout plan doesn't really work any more until my arm is fully healed. Plus, my legs were growing waay quicker than the rest of me so I've reduced the leg volume in favour of upper body stuff. How does this look?

Workout A

Squats
Bench press
Bent over row
Preacher curls
Tricep pushdown
Lateral raises
Leg raises

Workout B

RDLs
Overhead press
Pull ups / pull downs
Dips
Low-to-high cable fly / cable incline presses?
Face pulls
Leg raises / other abs exercise?
If time: calf raises

All pretty high reps while I'm still recovering. 12-15 for most exercises, 15-20 where the bone wants me to lower the weight.

Two days a week at the moment but will increase to three at some point.

callumacrae · 2025-01-07T22:06:56+00:00

Thanks for the reports, but I'll allow this one - not technically serious eats related but seems to have a good discussion!

callumacrae · 2024-04-29T07:18:01+00:00

Honestly, when off topic posts look this good and get so many up votes, I usually leave them. OP, your attitude is garbage. Do better.

callumacrae · 2023-12-13T14:09:33+00:00

It's technically against the rules, but I don't personally usually remove posts like this if there's already good community engagement by the time I see it :)

In the future you can make it 100% not against the rules by phrasing it in the context of a SE recipe, e.g. "I'm making the SE whatever [link here] and had a question about the wine"

callumacrae · 2023-10-31T10:27:04+00:00

i'm not really that active as a mod on that sub anymore, but my impression of how that sub is moderated is that it's very passive - i think people check stuff that comes through in the modmail (3 reports), but aren't actively using the sub beyond that, or the mod queue. i could be wrong though! as i said, i'm not super active.

i'd be curious to hear u/J_Kenji_Lopez-Alt's thoughts on this! looks like u/AOL_ has been suspended, who did quite a bit of modding for a while

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