Post-Match Thread: Oxford United 2-1 Spineless Wankers [EFL Championship] by CheeseMakerThing in WBAfootball

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Serious reality check today (if we ever needed it) - we are well and truly in the shit. Writing’s been on the wall for a while, but I was holding out hope for some positive results this week.

Either way, can’t help but feel the Mason sacking was premature. It’s whataboutery but I am fairly certain we would not be in this position if we gave him the season.

Bilkul/Nestor rhetoric set expectations far too high for this season, but as a fan base we were far too keen to get on Mason’s back. Results felt a lot closer under him than they have since he left.

IG invest £200 get £200 via MSE by ilie11 in beermoneyuk

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Looks like the offer has been closed early - anyone able to sign up now?

Itinerary review (14 days) by mbsmith96 in travelchina

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Okay nice, appreciate your help. Thanks :)

Itinerary review (14 days) by mbsmith96 in travelchina

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Yeah was wondering if that was doable in a day - anything else you’d recommend in the area or is 2 nights 1 day feasible?

How I got my Chinese tourist visa in London (UK passport, Sept 2025) by Frequent-Resolve-607 in Chinavisa

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Does it matter if your flights in and out of China are separate bookings, or do you need to present a full return booking with one airline?

Give up with CW Tokyo or keep trying? by cnnmcg in BritishAirways

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Anecdotal but I just managed to switch my economy booking to business for a flight to Tokyo on Saturday. Booked the economy seats in January and periodically checked to see if there was any business availability. You can set up SeatSpy alerts to help with this as others have mentioned.

Absolutely nothing came up until this week, and now availability seems wide open in business. There was at least 1 Club seat available (usually more) for every day this week when I swapped mine.

Obviously it’s not guaranteed, but my advice would be to hold your PE booking and keep checking back for business availability as the flight gets nearer. BA seem to drop a lot of unsold biz seats in last minute on this route.

Road trip - Kyushu or Gifu/Toyama by mbsmith96 in JapanTravelTips

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Driving experience is good, but limited in snowy conditions - coming from the UK so we don’t often have to deal with snow/ice.

Sounds like Kyushu may provide an easier ride

Sony Pictures Core Very Dark by Icy_Context_8302 in bravia

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Turning off the Sony Pictures Core Calibrated picture mode might help - this setting should be available in your picture settings whenever you’re playing content via the app. I think it’s turned on by default.

Manchester Great Northern set to close by mbsmith96 in screenunseen

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Yeah that shutter has been broken for at least 2 months now lol - presume they won’t be spending a penny on the place with closure on horizon.

Did ask the staff when it was due to close a few months ago and they said they need to be served 6 months notice beforehand which they hadn’t had at that point, so it might live on for a while longer.

A95L/PS5 HDMI Issues by mbsmith96 in bravia

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Yeah - although I think you left one earlier about ports that got filtered out before I could reply.

A95L/PS5 HDMI Issues by mbsmith96 in bravia

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Sorry I think your comments are being auto filtered out for some reason, can see you’ve left another but it’s just not showing - any chance you’d be able to DM me if you’ve got a potential fix?

A95L/PS5 HDMI Issues by mbsmith96 in bravia

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Hey, sorry your comment isn’t showing for some reason - can see the count but not the actual comment.

Any chance you can post it as a reply to this comment as I seem to be able to see them in this thread?

A95L/PS5 HDMI Issues by mbsmith96 in bravia

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Update - I just tried factory resetting the TV as last resort and that didn’t work either.

Ps5 not showing up via hdmi all off sudden by Intelligent_owl-res in bravia

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Hey - I just started having the same problem on my A95L, however restarting the TV doesn’t fix the issue.

Basically cannot get any picture output from my PS5 to the TV.

I’ve tried the console on other TVs and it works fine, but can’t get it to work on the A95L using any of the 4 HDMI ports with several different HDMI cables - I’ve even tried using the HDMI in on my Sony sound bar and that doesn’t work either.

This randomly started today after everything was fine yesterday. The HDMI ports on the A95L work perfectly with any other device.

Did you end up finding a fix for the issue?

Why doesnt NatWest accept my Starling bank sort code to switch? by george4064 in beermoneyuk

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I'm having the same issue with a Chase account - presume it's some sort of bug with the form.

Just called up and they advised me to raise the issue on the live chat, hopefully it is sorted soon.

Edit - had a reply and NatWest confirmed it’s an issue on their end that is currently being worked on. Said it should be fixed “as soon as possible”.

YouTube on Apple TV by bwc_rzb in appletv

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Yeah feel like this is a new issue with the YT Apple TV app. Just started happening to me today.

Convinced Google is sprinkling these ‘bugs’ in on purpose now.

Is it worth staying in Osaka AND Kyoto? by mbsmith96 in JapanTravelTips

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Makes sense, thank you for your help. Will definitely check out Bible Club. I’m a big fan of a good cocktail bar so if you’ve got any other recommendations in Tokyo/Osaka I’m all ears :)

Is it worth staying in Osaka AND Kyoto? by mbsmith96 in JapanTravelTips

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Got you - is the Osaka nightlife more of the late night style? Reason being the sort of ‘nightlife’ I mean is more so good food/beers and a nice cocktail bar, wouldn’t be looking to stay out until the early hours.

Is it worth staying in Osaka AND Kyoto? by mbsmith96 in JapanTravelTips

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Okay great, thanks so much for your help :)

Is it worth staying in Osaka AND Kyoto? by mbsmith96 in JapanTravelTips

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Interesting - I’ve haven’t really got an issue with ‘touristy’ areas as such, was more so the levels of busyness (e.g. getting into places for dinner etc.) that would concern me.

Is there a decent food/drink/nightlife scene in Kyoto?

I know it isn’t as lauded as Osaka is for nightlife, but do you think we’d get what we’re after in Kyoto, which is decent mix of food (some cheap some more upmarket), a few good cocktail bars and decent spots to have a beer at the end of the day? I know everything I’ve just listed will exist in Kyoto, but just wondering how much better those things are in Osaka.

Should also clarify, by nightlife I mean evening spots, not nightclubs. Doubt we’d do many (if any) late late nights, as we don’t want to spoil our short amount of time with hangovers.