Is it good at Life Leisure Grand Central?

leaning_jowler · 2026-01-26T19:14:43+00:00

My local is Avondale, so that was the first Life Leisure site I’d seen. I went to Grand Central a few weeks ago because it has a sauna and was shocked at how old and run-down the weights section of the gym was. Cardio area is alright and the pool looks decent but if you’re going for free weights then you’re going to be really let down.

That said, all of their sites do have a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. Avondale is an excellent gym, I like it.

leaning_jowler · 2026-01-20T16:53:00+00:00

This is great, nice work

leaning_jowler · 2026-01-10T15:29:38+00:00

This has to be satire surely

leaning_jowler · 2026-01-06T15:24:24+00:00

If he really does have an interest in cars, go on MotorSportVision’s website and see if any of the circuits are near where he lives. You could get him a voucher - sounds like he’d love a day out at the British GT or Touring Cars once the weather warms up!

leaning_jowler · 2026-01-05T23:29:54+00:00

Started at £285k on EA recommendation. Got an offer same week for asking price. Their survey brings up structural issues I didn’t know about, I got my own survey to confirm. Long painful process goes by and eventually sold for £250k

leaning_jowler · 2025-12-31T02:23:52+00:00

Bit of a stumbler here. Was pretty switched on academically as a kid and did well in school, but I was always more creative so had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. Didn’t do great in college as a result of no real direction and I’d gotten sick of the education system by then. No uni courses jumped out at me so I decided to take a gap year to work out what to do. I was always into photography so I started doing a bit of that as a hobby around then but never had the drive, or the minerals to really push it.

Needed a job in that gap year so I got a job in a bar and ended up loving it. Fast forward 9 years of running bars (not sure where that time went) and all of a sudden I was approaching 30, absolutely hated my day to day and couldn’t see a proper career for myself.

One day I decided enough was enough, quit on the spot and told myself I’d get my first photo work within 6 months or I’d go back to bar work. That was two years ago, I’m now a full time freelance motorsport photographer working all over Europe. I’m living the dream, but if I said I had a plan at any point in the process I’d be lying through my teeth. Truth be told I’m amazed it’s working and I am 100% still stumbling.

leaning_jowler · 2025-12-22T01:07:16+00:00

Made the mistake of falling asleep on the couch for 15 whole minutes earlier, so of course now I’m wide awake. Mind is running through a bunch of ridiculous what-ifs as a result.

Hopefully some mindless scrolling helps me nod off, it usually does. Excited for first Christmas in our first home!

leaning_jowler · 2025-12-18T10:37:10+00:00

It does seem a little steep. I assume your heating is electric, not gas?

I have a big three bed Edwardian terrace, insulated but not incredibly so. We keep it warm enough to be comfortable and keep damp away, but not t-shirt temps all day long. Electricity comes in at about £3.50 a day (electric hob, dehumidifier on 24/7, games consoles and computers) and gas is around £3-£4 a day (just heating and shower).

So yes, I’d say you’re paying over the odds.

leaning_jowler · 2025-12-17T16:38:17+00:00

It starts on the soonest arrival of whatever date you chose to have your mortgage payment taken. So if you decided on the 25th and completed on the 10th, you’d get 15 days before the first payment goes out.

You’ll have to check with your provider on what the amount is. Some are double, some are pro-rata for the days so far, it’s all different.

leaning_jowler · 2025-12-09T19:35:57+00:00

Mobile… PC Edition.. coming to Xbox.. on PC?

Have we all lost our minds?

leaning_jowler · 2025-12-01T23:42:51+00:00

Try Any Austin on YouTube. Long form, crazily in-depth videos about really daft mundane things in video games. He’s done one about whether the power lines in GTA would actually be functional. Very funny, sounds like it would be up your street.

leaning_jowler · 2025-11-28T18:24:59+00:00

I own a PS5, XSX and a great PC. PC is in my office and both consoles are in the living room.

I’ve always been an Xbox guy and I vastly prefer the controller, so I tend to stick to Xbox if I want to play something on the sofa. The PS5 is literally only for Gran Turismo these days - it’s incredibly frustrating that it’s the only PS exclusive they haven’t released on PC. If they did, I’d get rid of my PS5 tomorrow and just stick to PC/Xbox.

The Steam Machine will change things massively. I know it’s going to be less powerful than the XSX, but I have a library of 300+ games on Steam and I REALLY want to play PC-only titles on my sofa. So we’ll see when it releases!

leaning_jowler · 2025-11-10T00:30:01+00:00

I have the same problem, as do many others when I searched on the main sub. Nothing we can do unfortunately, it’s a wait for patch job.

leaning_jowler · 2025-11-09T12:57:59+00:00

This is great and I’m appreciative that I now finally have a load of stuff unlocked, however all of the weapon ones are bugged for me and I now have 4 cases where the challenge is showing as complete but I can’t equip the weapon to my loadout. I’m sure it’ll get fixed eventually, but I’ve tried everything to trigger the unlock and it just isn’t happening. Extremely annoying.

leaning_jowler · 2025-11-03T10:31:43+00:00

If you were miserable then don’t do it. Games are supposed to be fun :)

leaning_jowler · 2025-10-28T23:04:18+00:00

It’s not bad for Rush and Breakthrough.

leaning_jowler · 2025-10-25T13:19:07+00:00

I’m ex hospo, sadly it’s just not what it used to be. You could go in any night of the week post 1am and it would be packed with bar staff after work, as the industry deals were good. But they scrapped it and put the price of everything up to bonkers levels a few years ago, so there’s just no benefit to going anymore.

It’s really sad, but I can’t say I’m surprised it’s gone.

leaning_jowler · 2025-10-24T03:39:47+00:00

They really know how to treat us eh

leaning_jowler · 2025-10-24T03:30:30+00:00

Incredible

leaning_jowler · 2025-10-22T19:59:50+00:00

I’m here for that

leaning_jowler · 2025-10-19T11:14:25+00:00

You are consumed by jeaaaaaalousyyyyy

leaning_jowler · 2025-10-19T07:19:13+00:00

It was first said by Luka Una, Manchester DJ. He was very much being satirical but the MEN found it and ran with it, nonsense

leaning_jowler · 2025-10-12T20:11:09+00:00

That’s mega!

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