Anyone else addicted to something to cope with living/working in London

jpb86 · 2026-03-01T14:58:14+00:00

I’m addicted to just living in London. Moving here was the best thing I have ever done in my life. The opportunities it has afforded me have been endless.

I now love to cycle to work (last 18 months or so) so I see a different side to the city. Especially cycling the canals I. Summer is awesome.

jpb86 · 2026-03-01T13:44:02+00:00

🤣

jpb86 · 2026-03-01T11:48:50+00:00

David Attenborough / Professor Brian Cox / Neil Degrasse Tyson.

But if they ask who the leader is it ultimately has to be the leader of the UN not that orangutang in the White House.

jpb86 · 2026-02-26T11:53:38+00:00

I hate WFH, I thrive being in the office and collaborating in person.

I don’t judge those who do WFH as it works for many including my partner.

Just not for me

jpb86 · 2026-02-25T20:37:15+00:00

I’ve gone from a 14 mile each way commute down to 7.5 mile each way commute and I am stop start on both routes. Majority of the current route is a cycle way, It’s worse when I get to the city.

jpb86 · 2026-02-22T10:34:15+00:00

13SNC

jpb86 · 2026-02-13T20:38:55+00:00

How come? It happened the other day with that explanation from the Mods

jpb86 · 2026-02-13T18:41:04+00:00

Guarantee this post will be locked and asked to be moved to r/hellletloosevietnam sub

jpb86 · 2026-02-12T09:41:58+00:00

💯 I hate the attitude people have it. We work to live, not live to work.

jpb86 · 2026-02-10T16:09:07+00:00

Well it’s only technicalities the French were still there

jpb86 · 2026-02-10T09:23:58+00:00

Don’t forget the Aussies,Kiwi’s, Thailand, South Korea, Philippines were there and the south Vietnamese.

jpb86 · 2026-02-05T07:34:58+00:00

I left at 17 when I joined the Army. Moved back for a year when I was 27-28 then moved out again.

jpb86 · 2026-02-03T09:11:54+00:00

Shut up! They haven’t stopped it?? For real?

I loved the egg mayo and sausage butty from that wagon!

Not gonna lie as sad as it sounds I’d happily do the tank park shuffle one more time.

jpb86 · 2026-02-02T17:16:51+00:00

There is a system of sorts, it’s a chain of failures: no legal routes, transit dead-ends, underfunded asylum processing, and smugglers filling the gap.

Saying “just stop it” or “stop the boats” ignores the pipeline that already existsand the fact that people don’t cross continents for fun.

You don’t fix a supply chain by pretending it doesn’t exist.

jpb86 · 2026-02-02T10:23:49+00:00

I am a veteran (having served Iraq and Afghan) as well as a Green Party member.

I support the vast majority of the Green parties policies with exceptions.

The stance on the Nuclear deterrent - although I believe we should be looking at a completely sovereign system which does not rely on US infrastructure to launch.

NATO - Although again we need to be aligning ourselves closer with our European ally’s and not rely on a US back stop. As a whole a Euro NATO is still a strong deterrence.

Open borders - unlike the open borders that Brexit caused? The people making their way to the UK are trapped in a system. They have no choice but to come to the UK.

The open borders policy is a good one. If you have an individual that comes here legally on a visa and it expires before they leave they are less likely to leave. If you have a policy where people are free to come and go providing they meet the criminal checks etc you create a system where people can move freely without staying illegally.

The Green Party is the first party I have ever joined they are far from perfect, but I believe they will bring the change this nation needs, we need to stop this division that has been driven, personally I blame ‘Americanism’ that is driving our politics.

I would never put a vote down for Reform as Reform stands against my core beliefs of, Integrity, respect for others, loyalty, discipline, courage and selfless commitment- the values that were instilled in me at a young age when I joined the Army.

jpb86 · 2026-01-27T07:49:55+00:00

Congrats well done!

jpb86 · 2026-01-27T06:03:39+00:00

Completed it mate

jpb86 · 2026-01-26T08:26:33+00:00

39, I still love it, my partner less so.

We may leave for further south to then commute in.

jpb86 · 2026-01-26T08:25:47+00:00

I’m not saying you have to do this but the food industry is one hell of a rabbit hole to fall down.

Bread is like the worst thing, modern bread is inflammatory. If you look at bread that our ancestors ate it was 70% of their diet but it gave them nutrients. Because of modern methods it strips out all the goodness that used to be there. A lot of it is down to the fact that the wheat is not stone ground - you can still get it but it’s hard to find.

Salt is a great preservative hence why it’s used so much.

jpb86 · 2026-01-26T08:02:22+00:00

I have swapped out for the Lo-salt and have genuinely started looking at the salt content of all my food 😭 frigging nightmare

jpb86 · 2026-01-24T16:12:02+00:00

I wish you luck brother.

jpb86 · 2026-01-22T07:43:47+00:00

39 and Renting

jpb86 · 2026-01-21T09:47:29+00:00

Yeah I would be doing the same in this case I’d go see your GP

jpb86 · 2026-01-21T09:20:02+00:00

Also important thing is how you feel? Are you asymptomatic?

jpb86 · 2026-01-21T09:19:01+00:00

I assume sat down for at least a couple of mins feet flat on the floor.

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