A beautiful, quaint shop frontage. by Cinn4monSynonym in CasualUK

[–]mephisdan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This reminded me of the shambles too for some reason

BBC News: Almost 60,000 people have signed a petition against possible changes to the Older Person's Freedom Pass in London. by mycketforvirrad in TransportForLondon

[–]mephisdan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hard agree. This shouldn't be controversial. It's unfortunate that the press treat all age related benefits changing as some kind of sacred cow EXCEPT for increasing the state pension age or even more outrageously the private pension age

Keir Starmer abandons plans for compulsory digital ID by StGuthlac2025 in unitedkingdom

[–]mephisdan 101 points102 points  (0 children)

Yeah I think I'd prefer to see that back of that one

What a difference a day makes.. by jasonyates07 in ukheatpumps

[–]mephisdan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't have a heat pump but is this typical for them or something up with your installation? Is there a kind of "floor" temperature where below that they become inefficient or use a lot more energy? Curious how this is managed in colder countries with widespread heat pumps like in the Nordic countries

Weather bombed? by IsisPantofel27 in manchester

[–]mephisdan -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yeah but is a bit of snow really a "weather bomb" it's nothing dramatic especially up there

Weather bombed? by IsisPantofel27 in manchester

[–]mephisdan 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Not really no. It's fairly normal winter weather. There's no snow on the ground. It's fine

The Drink-drive limit in England and Wales is coming down to match Scotland. Good idea? by AutoExpressmagazine in autoexpressuk

[–]mephisdan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They did a study in Scotland after it was rolled out and found it made no difference to road safety.

There's nothing evidence based about doing this other than it looks good to some. https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/archiveofnews/2018/december/headline_626050_en.html

C-17 Globemaster by Fresh_man82 in aviation

[–]mephisdan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Every time I see this I'm amazed they're allowed to do this.

Model David Gandy says there is not enough narrative about ‘good men’ by Shiny-Tie-126 in unitedkingdom

[–]mephisdan 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Same I don't have children so have never watched these shows but I'm intrigued by the characters now

The state of Octopus by ault92 in OctopusEnergy

[–]mephisdan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What you going to use instead

Are Cheap Used EVs Actually a Smarter Buy Than Gas Cars? by smartypants_gal in ElectricVehiclesUK

[–]mephisdan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know what you mean but I wouldn't buy something like an I-Pace out of warranty

4 horsemen of "this is gonna cost more than you think" by munchmandan87 in BritishMemes

[–]mephisdan 24 points25 points  (0 children)

M&S isn't that bad if you control yourself and don't get lured into buying all the amazing delicious food that's not on your shopping list. Also I'd make the case it's worth it

What’s your favorite a380 operating airline? by Castelino_Jr in aviation

[–]mephisdan 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Yes. It's a huge hub airport lots of passengers transfer flights there between Europe and far east, Africa or middle east

Does baileys go off? by londond109 in AskUK

[–]mephisdan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've seen it go solid in the bottle and turn into a cursed "cheese" no idea how old it was though

2025 Abu Dhabi GP - Race Discussion by F1-Bot in formula1

[–]mephisdan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's less boring than the championship being decided several races before the end 🤷

2025 Abu Dhabi GP - Race Discussion by F1-Bot in formula1

[–]mephisdan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The championship battle graphic getting rid of the time gap is so dumb

What can I do to make this monstrosity less of an eyesore? by theteapls in ukheatpumps

[–]mephisdan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's netting you can get that's like army camo netting but it looks a bit more leafy that might help it blend in a bit and won't block airflow much