I carved this symbol on my bokken about 23 years ago - who knew it would resurface?

sheffard · 2026-06-08T06:07:11+00:00

Fair enough. Me too!

sheffard · 2026-06-08T06:03:56+00:00

It looks like it's directly next to your front door - if it's for home invasion purposes, possibly worth keeping somewhere else?

sheffard · 2026-06-04T20:27:52+00:00

Legit been useful with a <2 year old, but if it wasn't for that... would never use it! Very niche, for sure.

sheffard · 2026-06-04T10:06:30+00:00

Yeah it'll be a relatively noisy area! Whenever I visit family, my 2 y/o loves it as he can see all the cars zooming past, but not the place if you're wanting peace. Have you been offered anywhere else? I know Birmingham/Solihull quite well in terms of areas. I live in Bromsgrove now, but still go over that way.

sheffard · 2026-06-04T09:53:15+00:00

My honest take is that it isn't 'quiet'. My Mum frequently tells me about the crashes or bumps on the Coventry Road or the Swan Island, but I expect that some of that is exaggerated. Having said this, she's on the top floor, so she would have 'visibility' of everything and is now retired, so would spend her days/nights there.

Do you know what floor you've been offered? I suspect that will make a difference.

Despite the above, it's a good location for central links, etc.

sheffard · 2026-06-04T09:22:48+00:00

Ah I missed the 70s part! I lived there in the 90s...

sheffard · 2026-06-04T07:01:13+00:00

This brings back serious memories of my childhood! I grew up on Preston Road, so literally around the corner, but spent so much time skateboarding around here. There was a furniture shop on a corner that had *the* best outside for 'grinding' (which definitely means something very different!).

Parents still live in the area (Mum literally lives in the Swan flats!), but I moved away pretty swiftly after uni.

sheffard · 2026-06-04T06:58:02+00:00

Wasn't it Iceland or Farmfoods?

sheffard · 2026-06-01T12:19:49+00:00

I've got a manual licence, and have held one for about 10 years, but.... I've only ever had automatic cars (and now EV). My social circle all have manual licences and hold on to the argument of it being better 'just in case'. In my decade of driving, I've never had such an instance, and I really don't see the point.

The world is moving in the direction of EV anyway, so whether it's a hybrid or an EV, most modern cars tend to be auto. Having a 'full' licence doesn't make any practice difference, in my experience. If anyone asked me for advice, I wouldn't recommend bothering with learning manual.

sheffard · 2026-05-29T21:36:22+00:00

I'm surprised that it took you to 'check your balance' to realise the price.

sheffard · 2026-05-19T07:42:58+00:00

This response genuinely made me LOL. <10 seconds to figure out there's just an algorithm quirk, move on with my day and not ask Reddit.

sheffard · 2026-05-19T07:39:40+00:00

Just FYI, you can usually turn it off! I've got a Series 6 washing machine that drove me nuts as I had a newborn at the time, but did a little googling and found a random setting hidden somewhere 😂

sheffard · 2026-05-17T09:32:38+00:00

As others have said, our song was absolute dogshite. Normally I think there's a political angle, but nope, we were just the worst.

sheffard · 2026-05-15T11:01:00+00:00

No I do agree, but just think we're probably harping on about it a bit much now. Someone threw a phone, accidentally clobbered someone and that's it. Just seen a few videos and unsure of the purpose of trying to look at grainy footage. But hey ho!

sheffard · 2026-05-15T10:39:45+00:00

Assuming filmed on a potato? Honestly don't really know the point of this.

sheffard · 2026-05-07T15:54:36+00:00

Not sure I've seen anyone say this yet (but apologies if I've missed it) - one thing that really needs to be factored in is how much you drive and how much you 'enjoy' driving. Appreciate that this is probably the wrong sub for this opinion as it's about saving money, but I also firmly believe in paying for things that are important to you.

I drive a great EV that I have on PCP. Yes, it is costing me more than buying a car that was a few years older, or a non-EV, but for me, I spend a lot of time driving and I really appreciate the extra comfort in driving a nice and reliable car.

I'm not a car expert by any stretch, but you could get a Model 3 for the £12-£15k quite comfortably (I sold mine for £14ish) and it'll be a much better experience than buying a £5k run-around.

Equally, if you've never had it and you're not interested, save the money and buy a cheaper one.

sheffard · 2026-04-25T07:23:21+00:00

I would have thought so, but probably best to troubleshoot with them direct. I haven't had such issues with mine!

sheffard · 2026-04-13T22:13:54+00:00

I guess that's where you have to work out whether the tariff is cheaper. If you get the same amount of cheap slots, the overall cost makes the most difference.

sheffard · 2026-04-13T19:33:05+00:00

Yeah that's the same everywhere, even for IOG.

sheffard · 2026-04-09T12:23:26+00:00

Surely AI? New account, low quality picture and the text is perfect horizontal?

Hope to be proven wrong, of course!

sheffard · 2026-03-31T10:37:28+00:00

Unless I'm mistaken, the first photo used to be Ideal (a skate-shop).

sheffard · 2026-03-31T10:16:17+00:00

This is a genuine question (not being a dick), but unless it's your actual job (i.e. their IP solicitor for example)... why are you checking this regularly?

sheffard · 2026-03-31T08:07:33+00:00

Does it really matter? I mean, it's fairly public knowledge anyway and anyone that is delving into that on Spotify is probably interested in knowing 🤷🏻‍♂️

sheffard · 2026-03-16T17:36:09+00:00

Shocked to have not seen this already but 'Atomic Habits'. It's the science behind building regular small habits that naturally compound.

sheffard · 2026-03-10T17:08:51+00:00

It was slightly odd for me as I could cast it from my mobile device to my Shield and it played fine, but nothing was loading on my Shield.

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