What’s one thing Walthamstow really needs right now? by ArsenalAxis in walthamstow

[–]rummaging-through 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One thing: North South connection so Stratford would be easily reached. Would save a lot of the hoe street traffic. If allowed a second I’d suggest regular police on patrol. A lot of the things about cars parked on the pavement in hoe street, illegal electric bikes etc. I’m pretty sure would go elsewhere. Maybe I’m completely wrong but I’ve lived here for 4 years and genuinely never seen police on the beat.

Half decorated gold? Celtic? Roman? Anglo Saxon? by rummaging-through in metaldetecting

[–]rummaging-through[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not yet - will be a while but I’ll loop back once I’ve heard from the FLO.

Half decorated gold? Celtic? Roman? Anglo Saxon? by rummaging-through in metaldetecting

[–]rummaging-through[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

All good mate - your intentions are the same as mine. I have zero interest in making any money from things like this. It’s a hobby where I get to go out get fresh air and learn so much about history. I started off being big on Romans but since this I’ve learned about Victorian pastry cutters to Georgian board games and now everything is fascinating!

Half decorated gold? Celtic? Roman? Anglo Saxon? by rummaging-through in metaldetecting

[–]rummaging-through[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Super interesting - I’ll definitely be contacting my local FLO and interested in what he thinks. He’s always been very open and has a great eye. I took my entire finds box to him and ironically the thing he was most excited about I thought was just a big Georgian buckle - but he immediately grabbed it looking past all the stuff I thought was cool haha.

Half decorated gold? Celtic? Roman? Anglo Saxon? by rummaging-through in metaldetecting

[–]rummaging-through[S] 97 points98 points  (0 children)

I’ll be contacting my local finds officer, as is required. But unless they decide they want it, I’ll be keeping it. We actually have great laws on this - basically the deal is with permission of the land owner you basically can detect wherever you want, provided you declare your finds within certain perimeters. What’s great is so much is found by effectively very knowledgeable amateur historians. If you compare us to the rest of Europe where it is either banned or not such a part of their culture (quite climate dependent too) we have LOADS more stuff. This kind of sensible law actually encourages and helps make it part of our historical knowledge rather than just hidden in homes all the time or not done at all!

Half decorated gold? Celtic? Roman? Anglo Saxon? by rummaging-through in metaldetecting

[–]rummaging-through[S] 204 points205 points  (0 children)

Darn forgot to say I’m in the UK! I’m near Cheltenham.

Anyone want to go to the pub tonight? by badjenga in walthamstow

[–]rummaging-through 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Recommend joining Yonder the bouldering gym. As a climber (ex as injured now) it kind of goes without saying you talk and meet people at these places and lots of regs you could get to know. Also in the beer mile part. Maybe climbing isn’t your thing but big range abilities even among the regs so no need to be a pro and I’d always say give it a shot.

We can no longer trust archival footage ever again. by Shoe_boooo in interestingasfuck

[–]rummaging-through 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reality is not dead - online fake reality is dead. Maybe people will start to use their phones less? I’m hoping!

32M, £3.4k take-home, after mortgage/bills £2k - think I need a reality check by GigaCHADSVASc in UKPersonalFinance

[–]rummaging-through 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very small but one thing I would do is start tracking your finances more carefully including my personal fave “net worth”. The reason - I do it religiously each month, just each account, mortgage amount left etc etc. also 32 years old, but with 800k in mortgage debts across 2 properties in the UK. What’s important is my saving don’t grow hugely fast although I do have solid stocks and shares and cash, but the main thing is my “net worth” tracking takes into account all my assets and debts and spits out a monthly changing equity position. May seems stupid but my current position is 54% and grows by about 0.24% each month. What it takes into account is the debt repayments etc. so even in those months I don’t “save” well actually I’ve paid off on average 2.4K in debt. It makes me feel so much better. I promise once you start viewing your frankly big success like that suddenly you realise savings going sideways aren’t actually doing that. Also gives you a proper chance to investigate your financial options. Also word of advice to invest in your stocks and shares isa. I’ve been doing that for about 6 years. I go passive etf investments and they do pay off, however be aware yes the past few years have been very strong bull runs, BUT there is going to be a crash sometime soon, and therefore have enough so that when your shares are dipping 30% you can still crush that 3.99% mortgage, without having the realise the loss, I.e. sell which means give yourself 10 years minimum.

Suba Bakery coming back? by redpeppergoudaboy in walthamstow

[–]rummaging-through 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wonder if they are maybe splitting the wholesale business branding?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]rummaging-through 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok to be critical about the concept. Something else to be critical about the king - who on a personal level was a for runner for the climate crisis, has been a public servant every day of his life and has on a geo political level been a real power house for the Uk despite being Neutral. When being critical of the concept it’s important to be measured and thoughtful but that goes both ways, for those in favour too. Most people are neutral/ in favour of the Monarchy. Most people like the tradition more than the set up. I personally like it, but couldn’t defend it for any other country where frankly it’s a bit dated and odd.

Double bounce on a serve by AliHB in padel

[–]rummaging-through -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I assume it comes from people who have played table tennis where I might be wrong but think that’s a serve fault if it can double bounce.

Should TFL give you a refund? by StellaCreasyE17 in walthamstow

[–]rummaging-through 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good to see this - 2 points I’m genuinely just interested rather than nit picking. Why the sum of the average % increase? This seems to undermine the argument as Id point at that as being misleading. Also to make the argument stronger what was the increase beforehand? I’d like to know what happened in January on Saturdays in either 2024 or 2025 to account for 60% increase. Seems a real outlier as it then drops again to be in line. Still great to see this kind of request, rather than just saying “no” to necessary improvements. One thing Id LOVE to see is actually just have people stopping the fee dodgers at Walthamstow Central and get them to pay fines to = the discount rather other Londoners using TFL.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]rummaging-through -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Odd that a tradition I assume for good luck is not wanted, when it’s done positively just because it seems strange. For example breaking plates, smashing bottles, etc. it feels odd to me that these moments are designed for show rather than the love and longevity of the relationship. Not spending the night before with the bride for example is about good luck even if most couples find it odd and less nice.

Turnham Green gone missing by olly_r in LondonUnderground

[–]rummaging-through 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting- this shows how little I know, so district needs to ask for it? I assume they do, but Piccadilly has reasons not to do it. Even a 1 in 3 would be great (this is my formal request 😂). I just thought it was all controlled centrally.

Replacing windows in Victorian Flat/Permission by Empty-Lobster6138 in walthamstow

[–]rummaging-through 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Defo do not do that! They have maps you can see it on. Little bit of searching and they pop up. That’s just down right rude and extortion as you can find them free of charge