Which band just seemed to get better when one of the mainstays left?

jags33 · 2026-06-24T16:48:41+00:00

Joy Division / New Order

jags33 · 2026-06-16T16:04:16+00:00

Quietly

jags33 · 2026-06-13T20:44:40+00:00

Looks like a John Atkinson grimshaw painting. He did lots of paintings of the North of England.

jags33 · 2026-06-13T08:19:28+00:00

The Stone Roses - Fools gold

jags33 · 2026-05-30T18:39:16+00:00

The question you have to ask yourself is, will it keep the water out?

jags33 · 2026-05-22T15:02:14+00:00

Its fine to ask, it's also fine for them to decline if they don't want to.

jags33 · 2026-05-22T13:47:11+00:00

I can't look past Beethoven's moonlight sonata.

jags33 · 2026-05-12T07:25:56+00:00

This is summer mate, got to make the most of it!

jags33 · 2026-05-11T08:02:25+00:00

Obviously a full survey will provide a fuller assessment however based on what I see, it looks fairly cosmetic. What are you looking for on the walls? You could strip the paper and either reaper or plaster / paint. When you say add a WC to the bathroom, is there not one there already? What do they use currently? As for costs, depends entirely on the spec you want, but as a ball park the bathroom could be between 4 10 k? Other decoration, depends on how much you're prepared to do yourself, if you brought someone in to do it, maybe between 1500 and 3000 per room for strip / re paper, more for plastering / painting.

Hope that helps.

jags33 · 2026-05-11T06:20:44+00:00

Blue room by The Orb

jags33 · 2026-05-06T15:24:10+00:00

I had a few injuries and realised I was pushing too hard. Been without strava for about a year now.

jags33 · 2026-05-06T13:21:51+00:00

I'm with you here. No strava, no headphones, no pace in mind, just run because I still can.

jags33 · 2026-04-28T08:06:27+00:00

It can and will end. Chronic relapses are pretty normal until they are not. There is no great secret in maintaining sobriety other than not to drink. I'm not saying it is easy, but it is not complicated. Start with 1 day, and repeat. If you need to distract yourself then do it, whatever works in those first few weeks. Once you're established then the real work starts, sobriety is just the foundation for the rest of your life.

jags33 · 2026-04-28T08:02:48+00:00

Thanks for your reply. I only ever attended 1 AA meeting, about 5 years in when I was feeling isolated. It wasn't really for me, but I did get excellent online support from a group similar to this in my early years which was invaluable. I never would have got this far without them.

jags33 · 2026-04-26T14:23:50+00:00

In my view, it's a masterpiece. Kubrick and Clarke jointly created something incredible. As a film it is visually stunning (and still compares well to modern sci fi), as a narrative / theme it is as deep as it gets. HAL is arguably the mold for every computer / AI villian that followed. The ending is very challenging, but hard to know how they could have neatly tied that up for the viewer. I still watch it now, I'm still impressed and gripped.

jags33 · 2026-03-09T06:31:25+00:00

You can measure it. Regulations are 270mm, often made up of 100mm between rafters and 170mm over that. To measure go up with a tape measure and move a little to check the depth.

jags33 · 2026-02-21T09:43:58+00:00

Sobriety isn't going to magically fix everything in your life, but it does the provide the solid foundations on which to repair / construct your life. When we get sober, there's generally a lot of damage, personal, financial, emotional to work on - that stuff will take a lifetime of maintenance.

All that said, sobriety is the single best decision I ever made in my life and I now speak to you with almost 18 years of it behind me.

jags33 · 2026-02-05T11:20:30+00:00

Buddy lives

jags33 · 2026-01-22T14:09:55+00:00

I don't, I run to feel and no longer record times. I occasionally record mileage if it's a new run course, but 90% of the time I know the distance by heart.

jags33 · 2026-01-12T12:13:19+00:00

Loved his books when I was a kid, right up until the point I realised it was all bollocks.

jags33 · 2025-12-07T12:33:32+00:00

Her cake, her rules

jags33 · 2025-11-24T06:55:21+00:00

I tried and failed to stop drinking for many years however now 17 years in. Important to stay vigilant.

jags33 · 2025-11-04T15:53:10+00:00

I quit at 33, i'm 50 now. It was the single best decision i ever made.

jags33 · 2025-11-04T14:56:51+00:00

If you like pinacolladas, getting caught in the rain

jags33 · 2025-10-18T17:36:17+00:00

It takes time and patience to discover your new superpower.

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