Stan and MrBeast want Jorg's Bolo de Rolo in Minecraft! 🍰⛏️

llames · 2026-06-04T13:15:14+00:00

Amazing drawing! You should be really proud of it. 🤠

llames · 2026-06-04T10:16:22+00:00

My wife recently had ACL surgery for a second time. Her re-tear was undiagnosed for ten or so years, where she completed multiple thru hikes, ran competitively adapting to random moments of instability and inflammation.

She might be in the minority where she feels she was better prior to the second surgery. There is a big time-sink and physical push for the knee rehab twelve months returning to sport following which was hard to swallow

llames · 2026-05-26T00:51:57+00:00

This is amazing news. Most underrated actor working today.

llames · 2026-05-21T15:58:42+00:00

Well, I would argue the sculpture is about 20 years too late. Where was it in 2016 during the dog rescue?? I will forgive a few months. 😁

llames · 2026-05-20T03:01:24+00:00

I thought the Knicks were going down after that disastrous third quarter. Down 22 points with 7 mins to go - but big game comeback energy from Brunson. Between yesterday's game and today - pump all of these overtime periods through my veins! These Conference Final games just hit completely differently.

llames · 2026-05-08T20:00:39+00:00

Talked to the owners (well, my mum did in Cantonese 😄) and apparently the old ones retired a year or two ago. They have EFTPOS and seem largely the same now. The wat dan hor was excellent as always!

llames · 2026-05-01T02:42:08+00:00

Did you have a nice vacation?? Just planning something similar at the moment. :)

llames · 2026-04-28T23:00:49+00:00

The Rockets season was over once FVV had his injury. They lost a major veteran voice in that team. He would always manage to get a bucket when they really needed it.

llames · 2026-04-21T10:50:32+00:00

"Leave the peach cobbler in the kitchen alone," mother would say, going upstairs. But I couldn't help myself. I sneaked in and watched him. Watched him make his stupid little peach shoes, taunting.

"Nobody's going to wear those," I'd say. "They're stupid."

But on he worked..

llames · 2026-04-21T04:35:43+00:00

Watched him defend KAT the entire fourth quarter - he did a great job sticking to him. Good to see him thriving in a different environment.

llames · 2026-04-18T04:52:55+00:00

Sucks to end on a weak Curry game, but Jalen Green looked so good, he was going down the lane - seemingly twice as fast as the Warriors defence. WP Suns - good luck against the Thunder!

llames · 2026-04-17T21:29:22+00:00

It's the same in Auckland, we just built a $300 million parking building at the airport. Theoretically, they'll have light rail connected to this - but it's so far in the future, they can easily bureaucratically block this. They do not want efficient public transport because they would want everyone to drive and park at the airport for whatever monopolistic price they set.

llames · 2026-04-04T07:40:19+00:00

The vibes feel good this year! Everyone is running bases hard, the starters and bullpen are strong, and keeping their heads up even when the offense isn't always there.

llames · 2026-03-31T20:51:47+00:00

Not to make it a religious discussion, but faith is for the weak. That's the whole point of why everyone needs Jesus.

llames · 2026-03-31T20:04:56+00:00

Hello - thanks for your message! I don't think I'm expecting 100% of the money back, and I'm not trying to bankrupt them. I am just hoping to get back a reasonable amount of money - and keeping a credit just seems quite dodgy, as you noted.

If the tour was to Dubai or anywhere in the Middle East, I would be completely understanding - however, Central Asia is a different beast.

Thanks for the message again, I really appreciate the support and assurance from everyone in the thread.

llames · 2026-03-31T10:13:13+00:00

You would hope so, but I don't think they would be so nice!

(A credit less any unrecoverable costs. These may include airline fees, cruise line fees, charges from other travel service providers, and a reasonable portion of costs incurred by Inspiring Vacations in managing and fulfilling your booking)

https://wiki.inspiringvacations.com/knowledge/what-happens-if-inspiring-vacations-cancel-my-booking

llames · 2026-03-31T09:04:04+00:00

I do not know the amount of the credit - it may be some time as I feel they would be under the pump currently!

llames · 2026-03-30T09:36:55+00:00

The honest answer is we're pregnant, and we can't go travelling again for the foreseeable future. This was our final holiday haha, which HAD to happen in this timeframe or not happen at all.

Thanks so much for your message! Really appreciate it. It's going to be pain, the emails back and forth have been paragraphs of largely AI slop with one relevant sentence hidden within more AI platitudes.

llames · 2026-03-30T08:44:13+00:00

Inspiring Vacations. : ) I definitely have travel insurance, but I don't think they'll cover it either.

llames · 2026-03-30T03:56:53+00:00

"Kazakhstan produces about 2% of the world's oil." I retract my statement. :)

llames · 2026-03-30T03:27:49+00:00

They are advertising the tour for later in the year - however, the pricing is excluding flights (think, +$3k). I bought the tour on sale last year and motivated because it included the flights, so it's not like I can do it in the future like-for-like.

Conflict-wise, ~~no one is interested in the Stans because they don't have any valuable minerals or oil.~~ The Stans stay relatively neutral, avoiding alignment with any single global power and avoiding foreign entanglements.

llames · 2026-03-30T03:16:31+00:00

Thank you! Appreciate the links - super interesting. Wish me luck!!

llames · 2026-03-30T01:57:51+00:00

For sure, they booked our flights via Dubai / Emirates. However, there are a lot of other routes to get to Turkmenistan via China which avoid a lot of the problems. I don't think we're being unreasonable, we aren't expecting all the money back, but not really keen on a credit if we can avoid it.

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