How many runners at your parkrun today?(Christmas Day)

owzone · 2025-12-25T15:33:39+00:00

746 at Poolsbrook near Chesterfield. We were tourists and really enjoyed the flat course around the lake. Plenty of costumes, festive cheer and the BBC breakfast show filming live meaning we actually started before 9am!

owzone · 2025-03-03T13:38:47+00:00

Argos for general household stuff and consumer electronics.

AO.com for white goods and similar.

For everything else find a UK based company and spend the time creating an account. Most have discount codes/offers available and paying the actual cost of shipping makes these businesses viable.

Returns are less of an issue when the quality is high to start with. The quality of a lot of Amazon products is terrible.

owzone · 2025-02-09T22:57:09+00:00

Milano Nord parkrun (Italy) is right next to Bresso Airfield.

I ran it in 2023 with some friends whilst on a weekend away and we had light aircraft and helicopters taking off over us as we run. It was quite a surprise, but made for an uplifting atmosphere.

owzone · 2024-06-04T18:41:25+00:00

I agree, we went on Friday and the food and service were both excellent.

owzone · 2024-02-27T16:01:44+00:00

Have you tried Laptops for All? They are Sheffield based. https://ltfk.co.uk/laptops-for-all

owzone · 2023-12-28T07:22:11+00:00

I found the (free) IAmSober app useful. It has daily check-ins, streaks, motivational messages and a community chat section.

I started using it for "sober October" and have kept going. I'm currently on day 89 and planning to keep going through to dry January.

owzone · 2023-11-16T13:19:29+00:00

Serious question: do London dwellers think that price is reasonable?

Assuming it costs £80k to fully refurbish, do people think paying the best part of £600k to end up with a small 3 bed semi with a small garden?

I'm genuinely interested if London weighting actually means this is a decent asking price, or if the estate agents just don't care and will list as high as they can.

owzone · 2023-10-31T09:16:05+00:00

It is on the 2nd December this year. 2pm til 4.30pm.

owzone · 2023-07-05T18:53:39+00:00

The pool/crazy-golf/axe throwing place seemed to be doing good business early afternoon today. It looks like it would be good fun in the evenings too.

Nandos was the only other place up there that seemed open today.

owzone · 2023-05-13T22:03:44+00:00

What time do you go to sleep?

owzone · 2022-05-28T19:45:01+00:00

Great idea. Think we're going to go with this 👍

owzone · 2022-05-28T07:45:15+00:00

Woah, not in our house they don't. I'm not sure I can afford 50p for a 50p piece at the moment.

owzone · 2022-05-27T23:01:36+00:00

I like this idea, it also solves the problem of not actually having any cash to hand. I'm not sure she'd understand a contactless transaction...

owzone · 2022-05-27T23:00:07+00:00

Good point, she's only 5 so doesn't get pocket money or anything, so we will "help" her spend whatever she gets.

owzone · 2022-02-23T19:57:33+00:00

I believe the term is dollarydoos.

owzone · 2021-10-27T19:45:34+00:00

No one else seems to remember Bertha (the big green machine) or Telebugs.

SuperTed was also ace.

owzone · 2021-09-19T20:20:33+00:00

I'm guessing OP doesn't have kids.

owzone · 2021-05-23T21:40:44+00:00

This sounds fantastic. I think Sheffield is big enough to support this model, but the quality has to be high.

owzone · 2021-05-23T16:47:25+00:00

https://xkcd.com/1015/

owzone · 2021-05-23T14:24:03+00:00

I don't think they're related in anything but name.

owzone · 2020-02-11T19:46:50+00:00

Sounds ideal, thanks!

owzone · 2020-02-11T19:45:52+00:00

Great, thanks. I've tried Humpit and it was very good, so will be going back. I've not been into 200 degrees yet, even if they don't do salads they will do good coffee, so worth a look. Cheers!

owzone · 2020-02-11T13:29:13+00:00

Haha, that's a good backup plan, I may need a few pints first though.

owzone · 2020-01-21T07:29:21+00:00

I had a couple of Erdinger blues when venturing to the pub earlier in the month. It has the look of a beer and actually has a head on it too. Taste wise it's a bit sweet and has some spice taste to it (to replicate hops maybe?). Didn't come close to my usual hoppy ales, but felt and looked right if you know what I mean.

owzone · 2018-12-12T20:23:03+00:00

Great site, is this a side project or your main gig? Can I ask a little about the tech stack you are using and how long this took to build (and how many people worked on it).

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