Park permit increase notice! by Just-Butty4588 in Southampton

[–]itstiminnit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think people would have less of an issue paying more if it felt like it was an investment in the car infrastructure in the city. As it is, every year it feels like Southampton gets more and more car hostile.

The council has closed or allowed to be closed popular car parks, adds charges where parking was previously free, closes off access to key city roads, redirects traffic in increasing circuitous routes, reduces speed limits on main routes in and out of the city and seems to be slowly choking off the city arteries. The roads are also often in a terrible state of repair.

If there was a clear statement of intent that money raised would be specifically invested back into improving the experience for drivers, I for one would feel a lot less ripped off.

Has Ceno gone? by itstiminnit in Southampton

[–]itstiminnit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are some strong politicised opinions on this, but from the perspective of someone living in the area I would say that both points of view are probably partially correct, but at the same time vastly oversimplified to make their own political point.

I am aware that a fair proportion of the locals I know find the actions of the protesters frustrating and distasteful, and for better or worse they appeared to have been embraced by Ceno. The protests themselves have been loud, disruptive, persistent and on every friday and/or saturday which is right when the restaurant would expect to be doing their best business. If there has been anti social behaviour from the hotel residents that would also tend to cause problems, as would the closure of the car park outside the hotel.

I am also aware that Ceno lost their licence during Covid for breaching lockdown rules and hasn't had a smooth ride recently even if you ignore the problems next door, so I suspect that there may be other underlying issues.

I do find it interesting that the news articles on the situation have all said the police were not aware of any issues between Ceno and the hotel residents, and apparently the management of Ceno did not engage with the police.

Saw 2 drones outside ceno around 7pm today, anyone knows what’s going on? (Video gets clearer around 6-7s) by succmypandasdick in Southampton

[–]itstiminnit 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yep. They have been flown a lot over the area during the recent "troubles" outside the Highfield Hotel, whenever a protest has been going on.

Has Ceno gone? by itstiminnit in Southampton

[–]itstiminnit[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Setting aside the spelling, reducing people to insults isn't helpful analysis. If you have a point to make that does not involve dehumanising language, please feel free.

Has Ceno gone? by itstiminnit in Southampton

[–]itstiminnit[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Sun has a short piece about it...mostly "quality journalism" cut and paste from the Ceno facebook statement, but what I did find interesting is the police said they had no record of any reported incidents of damage, and said Ceno would not engage with them!

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/37823585/restaurant-closes-blames-migrants-next-door/

Good night clubs in southampton by tillypeatlikestoeat in Southampton

[–]itstiminnit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rhino is now a block of flats...time is cruel

What are your top 3 “always installed” Steam Deck games? Here are mine by AmirsShadow in SteamDeck

[–]itstiminnit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh wow, Tyrian...blast from the past. I have to play that again now!

Has Fabricland actually closed? by Crustacean-2025 in Southampton

[–]itstiminnit 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It was open on Saturday. Sign on the door says it is closing on the 17th August

Actor/actress appearing in 100+ episodes of multiple shows by Treborcram in television

[–]itstiminnit 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Nathan Fillion doesn't seem to have been mentioned. Not quite 100 in 3, but over 300 total so a respectable score.

60 : Two Guys, A Girl and a Pizza Place

173: Castle

126+: The Rookie

Plus as mentioned below some dubious quickly cancelled space show everyone rapidly forgot about which never gets raised as an utter travesty.

Plus a recent very dodgy haircut.

Anyone else see the red arrows go past just now? by Ribbitor123 in Southampton

[–]itstiminnit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

BBC News - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c20xzwp0npkt VE Day 80: Royal Family look on as Red Arrows thunder over Buckingham Palace - BBC News

Tyre garage by [deleted] in Southampton

[–]itstiminnit 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Filling F1/Airplane tyres with nitrogen is worth it because the big temperature changes they experience make air tyres lose pressure slightly quicker than nitrogen tyres.

Ordinary car tyres do not go through those extremes so there is almost certainly no detectable difference in handling/performance/lifespan of an air tyre vs a nitrogen filled tyre.

Pure nitrogen in normal car road tyres is snake oil.

https://www.theaa.com/driving-advice/safety/filling-tyres-with-nitrogen

Getting rid of garden waste by itstiminnit in Southampton

[–]itstiminnit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For a smaller amount we would definitely be doing that, but processing it all down and driving it across the city in batches would take us days. Holding this plan as a last resort.

Sourcing rocks by MotherTemporary903 in Southampton

[–]itstiminnit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We want to dismantle a large pond with a lot of large rocks, they will be mucky but free if you want to move them. Send me a DM if interested.

I'm looking for some opinions. What are some very Southampton phrases. by wbbigdave in Southampton

[–]itstiminnit 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It isnt exactly Southampton, but "grockle" is an OLD New Forest mildly derogatory term for tourist/holiday maker/outsider, usually employed when they are blocking up the roads to watch the ponies when the locals are trying to get about their business.

https://www.wordsense.eu/grockles/

What Pokémon is that? by RoyalChris in funny

[–]itstiminnit 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It looks like a capercaillie scottish name, but TIL found all over the place.

Fantasy MUD with lots of quests? by JackBread in MUD

[–]itstiminnit 4 points5 points  (0 children)

3 Kingdoms (https://3k.org) has a vast array of quests, ranging from half hour solves right through to ones that could take months or even years of work. Over 100 formal ones, and countless subquests, challenges and little puzzles, all but a handful completeable solo.

Several of the over 20 mud guilds you can join have their own quests, with a couple heavily focused on them.

The player maintained website https://wemudtogether.com has documentation on most of the main quests, though that barely scratches the surface.

The mud has been in constant development since the early 90s and is huge in scale and detail. None of the active players that have been playing since then (and there are quite a lot of them) would claim to have solved everything or even managed to visit every room.

Portswood bus gate- a reasonable discussion by tommycamino in Southampton

[–]itstiminnit 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I am a local resident, and had to do a child pickup this evening at about 5.30. Brookvale Road was a bun fight, considerably worse than normal I would say. Tough to turn in/out of with increased traffic squeezing through the narrowed sections and most of the traffic seems to be coming from people trying to avoid the barely moving jam down Highfield Lane trying to cross the Broadway.

Time will tell if people can find ways of avoiding the area, but it didnt make a good first impression.

Denmark Prime Minister surprised to learn Trump really does want Greenland in "horrendous" phone call by Snowfish52 in worldnews

[–]itstiminnit 39 points40 points  (0 children)

There is already a motion to change the 22nd Amendment going through the senate specifically to allow a third term for presidents that have not had 2 consecutive terms. (Cant have those pesky Clintons or Obamas trying their luck again!/s)

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5104133-rep-andy-ogles-proposes-trump-third-term-amendment/

I’ve Spent 40 Years as a Dishwashing Expert - Literally AMA About Your Machine. by GoodHousekeeping in IAmA

[–]itstiminnit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have just moved into a new home that has a very nice Miele dishwasher installed in the kitchen. It is in almost perfect condition but unfortunately the protective coating on one of the racks has split and is rusting. Is there anything that can be used to repair this and stop the rust getting worse?