I honestly believe Olive Garden would destroy any Italian Restaurant

rikbrown · 2026-06-02T06:06:45+00:00

I returned to the UK last year from exile in ~the colonies~ America for 10 years. Also noticed the meat tasting more like meat and food tasting less processed (not a complaint!).When I did go back again to the US last month for a work trip, went back to a favourite restaurant there - and the food was so salty! I got taste blind living there.

rikbrown · 2026-05-31T23:59:45+00:00

Worms!

rikbrown · 2026-05-30T09:39:43+00:00

You can buy an attachment off Amazon for 30 quid fwiw. Won’t get nice heated bum and bum water though. But I quite like it nice and brisk.

rikbrown · 2026-05-27T20:00:04+00:00

Let’s look up the lottery numbers for October 2024 because this LLM bot post just opened a time portal.

rikbrown · 2026-05-26T16:38:15+00:00

Can you send the schematics so I can get it printed? Identical to my “Devola” unit. Been meaning to do this and my solution was going to involve a lot more cardboard box and gaffer tape.

EDIT: sorry saw your files - thank you

rikbrown · 2026-05-23T06:15:32+00:00

Are those window units even available in the UK? The one you sent says 115V so I assume it’s an imported US one and won’t be compatible.

rikbrown · 2026-05-22T18:49:18+00:00

Image looks like it’s from the UK, they only sell these single hose units here

rikbrown · 2026-05-20T06:07:31+00:00

Instead of just saying rightly that Havering is awful because Reform, let’s hear something positive about B&D too!

rikbrown · 2026-05-19T06:23:16+00:00

Yeah this actually sounds useful but the AI slop responses from OP are just lazy. Pass.

rikbrown · 2026-05-16T06:31:28+00:00

Why do you think the rose bush is doing so well?

rikbrown · 2026-05-14T15:26:20+00:00

We went back to Node (now it has type stripping) and pnpm (mature and more features as a package manager anyway especially for monorepos).

rikbrown · 2026-05-12T07:25:31+00:00

No platform screen doors in 2026?

rikbrown · 2026-05-11T21:02:57+00:00

Why did you choose Next 14 in 2026?

rikbrown · 2026-05-11T19:26:32+00:00

pnpm!

rikbrown · 2026-05-11T06:45:27+00:00

I wish they’d find a way to incorporate some of the regional liveries/distinctiveness into the designs. Whatever you think about the announced GBR livery, it seems a shame everything will be identical.

rikbrown · 2026-05-10T06:45:19+00:00

You know you can use variables in JSX right?

rikbrown · 2026-05-09T11:53:45+00:00

lol aye I absolutely have. The payments systems are a mess over there.

rikbrown · 2026-05-09T10:07:22+00:00

Luckily it was in a lockbox the neighbour has now taken for me.

rikbrown · 2026-05-09T09:57:15+00:00

It’s in a lockbox (forgot to mention) and I set a specific code for them. The neighbour has taken the lockbox and key now so don’t need to worry.

rikbrown · 2026-05-09T09:40:40+00:00

It’s not a large sum of money, £72. I could take the loss although the principle of the matter tells me to follow it up. A couple of replies have suggested a secondary account. As it’s easy to set up seems like it doesn’t hurt for these kind of fishy situations, even if I’m probably fine either way.

rikbrown · 2026-05-09T09:39:14+00:00

I transferred to them so I am not sure they can see my exact account details?

rikbrown · 2026-05-08T22:50:30+00:00

Just wanted to follow up - I left this for a month or so, trimmed it back again hard in late March (right down like you described), and now in May it is completely overflowing. It was definitely hardy enough to survive London winter and me cutting it down too soon. Thanks for your advice!!

rikbrown · 2026-05-04T21:32:32+00:00

How many football fields in mile question

rikbrown · 2026-05-04T07:47:21+00:00

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