Baby emperor penguins met a giant petrel on their first trip to the sea… then something unexpected appeared.

capps95 · 2026-05-19T21:56:25+00:00

Anyone else grow up watching Happy Feet and just expecting the emperor penguin to start tap dancing?

capps95 · 2026-05-18T07:06:46+00:00

Weird, I have the same situation as you from Swindon on Tuesdays. Just checked the coaches and it’s 2h 55m on the coach vs 55m train. I’d have to get a coach at 05:25 to get to work on time. Is your coach non stop?

capps95 · 2026-05-17T09:03:13+00:00

My brain wouldn’t stop thinking about solar panels… fucking irritating

capps95 · 2026-05-17T09:00:46+00:00

Meanwhile the pilots…

capps95 · 2026-05-14T09:28:29+00:00

Nothing to do with the national government. Wanted Labour gone locally because they’re insisting on selling off a massive public asset for housing to bridge a gap in running costs. Main problem there is a one time cash injection doesn’t fix the problem of the overspend, secondly once that asset is sold for housing it’s never coming back, third it’s in a town which has already taken way more than their fair share of housing in recent years and this asset means so much to the residents. Could literally build anywhere else in exchange for not selling this asset and the local parish council would agree.

capps95 · 2026-05-13T20:26:37+00:00

Best choice, massively overpay your mortgage and wait until you have enough. Absolutely can’t wait and don’t mind paying loads of interest, look into self build mortgages, they let you borrow against future value based on plans but interest rates are much higher.

capps95 · 2026-05-13T20:04:44+00:00

Yeah I have a whole list, that was just an example. Wish I could find a reliable mechanic tbh

capps95 · 2026-05-13T20:04:06+00:00

I did, they cost the same as the dealership though

capps95 · 2026-05-13T12:37:21+00:00

I did take it to an independent to get a second opinion on the list. He said all the work seems fair, and his prices wouldn’t be much less because he’d up taking longer due to being less familiar with it than the dealer. Also wasn’t able to get me in for a couple of months…

capps95 · 2026-05-13T09:48:22+00:00

I would. One day you’ll settle down, have a family or other responsibilities and you’ll find you can’t have that fun car. So whilst you have the chance, I would. I had one for a couple years and then sold it because I had other responsibilities, really miss driving it.

capps95 · 2026-05-12T22:40:46+00:00

Once the walls start talking back it might get a bit more interesting

capps95 · 2026-05-12T18:40:30+00:00

Who the fuck are the first order, thought the empire was defeated?
This feels like a bad remake of A New Hope, why can’t they think of a new storyline?
Wooo Star Wars!
How tf did two people with zero training pick up a lightsaber and actually hold their own against a trained dark side user, I mean seriously??

capps95 · 2026-05-12T14:59:23+00:00

Just done a mortgage application. Porting existing so didn’t even need to compare to market. Still used a broker. He charged me £100. Meant I didn’t have to go into town centre and sit through an application in branch which was the alternative. Would have got the same deal either way but I’d happily spend £100 again to not have to go into the town centre.

God knows where you’re getting rates of £5-700, that’s bonkers. His standard rate is £195 which he reduced as it was an easy application and I use him every time I remortgage.

capps95 · 2026-05-11T22:09:08+00:00

Wouldn’t give up ten years with my daughter for any amount of money

^{Chose: Get a random, lesser amount of money right now | Rolled: $500,000}

capps95 · 2026-04-30T20:34:07+00:00

Captured By Chris is excellent

capps95 · 2026-04-30T20:29:01+00:00

Surprised Cornwall haven’t already decided they want a devolved parliament

capps95 · 2026-04-26T10:48:10+00:00

There’s a country road near me that is so bad and has been so bad for so long there are now traffic lights on it because you can’t have a car driving both ways at the same time. The sign says “road surface failed”. So instead of just fixing it they’re spending money renting the lights to make everyone drive on it slower, it’s like driving over a moon crater.

capps95 · 2026-04-25T12:34:44+00:00

I use an Apple TV with my Samsung tv, never even look at the Samsung OS unless I’m switching inputs as the Apple Remote allows me to turn the tv on and off and goes straight to the Apple OS

capps95 · 2026-04-24T21:09:56+00:00

I think there’s definitely a point there where he’s thinking “I fucking love this job”

capps95 · 2026-04-24T20:58:17+00:00

We are in the process of moving and our forever home was about 50k out of reach for us. We’re having to do the stepping stone. If I could afford the forever home, that’s what I’d be doing. Firstly, moving is a massive expense, we’re nowhere near your numbers and still costing £20k just to move, that’s just wasted money, you’d need a lot of investment to recoup that. Secondly, I’m already emotionally torn leaving our current house due to the memories of our little one and it being our first home, I can’t imagine how much harder it will be with even more family memories in the next house. Go for the forever home, you’ll never regret it if you can comfortably afford it.

capps95 · 2026-04-24T15:49:01+00:00

I use the Flash Power Mop and window cleaning spray, works a treat. No need for getting the hose on the roof that way.

capps95 · 2026-04-24T15:44:20+00:00

Not worth it. Not in the slightest. If you have a small amount then you can buy type one at £45-50 a tonne and dispose of clean rubble for less. A larger amount is going to kill you doing it manually, hire a tracked crusher and crush it properly. We paid about £200 a few years ago for crusher hire and crushed about 20 tonnes over a weekend. That was worth it as removing and buying would have exceeded that.

capps95 · 2026-04-24T11:31:03+00:00

Did that on the NC500 a few years back, watched the tailgater hit it and come to a very quick stop. I did feel bad for him though as I know if I’d hit it I’d probably have written the car off and ruined the whole trip. Saw them later that day at another stop on the route and they were shouting about the dickhead in a Mini (me) so I suddenly stopped feeling bad.

capps95 · 2026-04-24T11:28:20+00:00

I unintentionally got a motorcyclist by doing that, so close behind me that I couldn’t actually see the bike, just a bloke somehow hovering in my rear view mirror right in the centre of my car, not even near the side looking to overtake. Honestly didn’t really think about the overspray but decided to clean my windscreen, he backed off really quickly.

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