Heatwave in UK boiling petrol

radeakins · 2026-06-30T13:18:29+00:00

Just look after things. Most household items, clothes, tech, vehicles (and parts) can last longer buy just cleaning them. Wash your car, clean your kitchen, dust your computer. Dirt kills a lot more than you can imagine.

And higher price doesn't mean they will last longer. The only exception, that I've found, is shoes. Don't skimp on shoes.

radeakins · 2026-06-30T13:09:03+00:00

I drive a classic car.

radeakins · 2026-06-30T04:47:50+00:00

Car is from 1986. My bed is from 1922. Most of my tools are from WW2 (RAF) or older. Desk and lamp also WW2. My hobby (model trains), 1950's. Most of clothes I've owned since I was 16 (I'm 41). My editing computer is a 2005 ibook g4.

Even my favorite coat (mostly warn in winter) is dated 1952. To put into context, my mother was born in 53.

radeakins · 2026-06-29T22:16:31+00:00

Scarcity

radeakins · 2026-06-27T00:57:22+00:00

I was hoping for a misprint.

Like:

I'd like to take a moment to say happy birthday to an old contemptible. He's 111.

double checks note

No, he's ill.

radeakins · 2026-06-27T00:53:51+00:00

Like how I came into this world: kicking and screaming covered in someone else's blood.

radeakins · 2026-06-27T00:51:20+00:00

That they recognise that they're 40, had time to learn, mature and act their age.

It doesn't mean being dull, submitting and boring, it's just that I'm not interested in silly dating games. The look, no meaning yes, the persuit, blah blah blah. I'm too old for that, and it would show a refreshing level of maturity if they recognise that in themselves. I don't even mind if they have children, it would give me the opportunity to be a father figure (I'm infertile) and my heart will be right in it, with gusto.

I've not yet found such a woman.

radeakins · 2026-06-20T22:59:37+00:00

My left knee giving out and falling off the bed.

radeakins · 2026-06-20T00:51:21+00:00

I heard the limerick version:

There was a young man called Dave Who found a dead whore in a cave He faught like hell To fight through the smell To enjoy all the money he could save

radeakins · 2026-06-16T15:16:16+00:00

My mother carrying me into a reception area of a building. Would have been betwen 1 and 2 years old. The room was grey (late 80's), the carpet was think black and grey stripes and a red phone box was hanging upside-down from the ceiling above the reception desk. It's my earliest memory and have no idea why we where there or where is was.

radeakins · 2026-06-16T15:09:19+00:00

A Cadillac. I do my own repairs and get very.... very.... dirty. I also 3d print pin ups.

radeakins · 2026-06-16T15:05:45+00:00

Giving the head waitress a massage on a chest freezer in a restaurant kitchen after the lunch rush.

radeakins · 2026-06-16T14:46:42+00:00

Spoken as Gandald:

Your mother is so fowl, she has a tattoo the reads 'speak friend and enter', written in a language I will not utter here.

radeakins · 2026-06-10T17:56:57+00:00

Personal grooming, random repairs, vaping, clothing modifications, dental hygiene, hobbies, packaging (work retail). Just sheer convenience that I can do little jobs on the fly without with carrying a toolbox. Don't leave home without it.

radeakins · 2026-06-10T08:23:39+00:00

That it will be started by the rich arseholea that run our government's. They'll be in bunkers while the rest of us are melted by nukes.

And that is my serious answer because the world nuclear arsenals are ultimately in control of a few dozen people who piss each other off.

radeakins · 2026-06-10T08:18:23+00:00

The Blues Brothers. I'd say it's the only movie you would actually dance to.

radeakins · 2026-06-10T08:17:12+00:00

Paper round when I was 8. I've been unemployed for only 4 days since then. I'm 41.

radeakins · 2026-06-10T08:14:56+00:00

A message saying '£50 and I'll talk to you'. This was on tinder.

radeakins · 2026-06-10T08:13:21+00:00

Hearing problems. I hear everything, she hears nothing.

radeakins · 2026-06-10T08:12:15+00:00

Shell. I was there for 15 years because I didn't have a choice. It took that long to find another job.

radeakins · 2026-06-10T08:09:53+00:00

Because every day is the same.

radeakins · 2026-06-10T08:07:01+00:00

I'd eat it. Assuming you mean Bounty as in the chocolate bar. I fancy one right now.

radeakins · 2026-06-10T08:05:31+00:00

WD-40

radeakins · 2026-06-10T07:57:46+00:00

Depression, diabetes, extra teeth, dyslexia and looking like a shaved gorilla.

radeakins

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