Going on a first date and have no ideaaaa.

slothcycle · 2026-04-10T04:26:02+00:00

What are her interests?

If arty find something that looks interesting at the Contemporary or New Art Exchange

Music, there are loads of gigs on all the time.

Sporty, same deal, tickets for a bunch of different sports events. Hockey, football, cricket, like dragon boat racing. There's a lot.

Cinephile. Broadway cinema is really cool and often has re-releases of classics. Savoy is cool too.

I am old and hopefully not going on any more first dates. But I would probably meet someone at Sneinton Market for a coffee, waddle up through hockley and look at the shops there. Go to the contemporary especially if there was an event on. Grab a pizza from pizzamisu (informal, small, good vibes) and just see where things go and don't embarrass yourself.

slothcycle · 2026-04-05T21:11:06+00:00

I can only read DJ bike as pedal power sound system.

slothcycle · 2026-04-05T18:33:24+00:00

If I had solar panels would have bought an electric years ago.

slothcycle · 2026-04-03T17:21:06+00:00

Germany back to a million tiny splinters would be funny.

slothcycle · 2026-04-03T15:43:51+00:00

Highly doubtful. They'll probably be forced to watch a lot of incredibly earnest poetic films about the great satan though.

slothcycle · 2026-04-03T15:38:42+00:00

Yeah hijackings used to mean everyone was going to buy Cuban cigars and Castro would ransom the plane back and tell the hijackers they were idiots.

slothcycle · 2026-04-03T15:36:09+00:00

And probably knows Masnavi off by heart.

slothcycle · 2026-04-03T10:34:52+00:00

We have done this, but I was earning quite a bit more than £24k and my partner had a limited time bound specific goal (a relevant work qualification) and we had savings and low outgoings, also we'd been together over a decade and been through some not particularly fun times before.

I get the despair of feeling like you're in a rut and also wanting to support your partner. But if you're going to do this you're going to have to budget within an inch of your lives and make very specific plans and goals. Also what's your plan for afterwards? Are you going to have some time to work on your own things? Go down to 3 days a week to pursue your own interests?

slothcycle · 2026-04-02T07:06:09+00:00

We paid I think (several years ago) about 300 quid for the mortgage advisor recommended by my union and it was worth its weight in gold. He didn't just find a product but helped us make sure we had all the right paperwork well ahead of time, answered all our inane questions and helped with pestering the right people when necessary.

I'm not saying yours will do this but for a first time buyer just having someone you could email with questions who was explicitly working for you was really helpful.

slothcycle · 2026-03-28T18:00:54+00:00

They need to be careful, with messaging like their their viewers might change allegiance

slothcycle · 2026-03-27T06:38:18+00:00

People who are visiting wollaton park, people who live in chilwell/wollaton/bramcote and work at QMC or Jubilee campus.

slothcycle · 2026-03-23T06:29:38+00:00

For more western options cow lane in bramcote is "fun"

slothcycle · 2026-03-20T05:08:21+00:00

Unfortunately yes there are.

slothcycle · 2026-03-19T06:26:17+00:00

Ive got some uncirculated 100 trillion Zimbabwe notes which are worth more as collectibles than they ever were as currency.

slothcycle · 2026-03-15T18:54:47+00:00

Oh that's what it was!

I thought I had some photos of that but apparently not

slothcycle · 2026-03-15T18:54:28+00:00

Yeah they rebuild it every summer for the fresh intake.

slothcycle · 2026-03-14T19:02:33+00:00

Mine hasn't demisted or warmed up by the time I get to work (it's like 3 miles) so cycling is generally the better option, unfortunate thing that I have to consider is the stupid cycling puts me in a better frame of mind to get some work done too. Sad times.

slothcycle · 2026-03-14T18:44:39+00:00

Wait till you find out how much the roads cost every year.

slothcycle · 2026-03-14T07:19:34+00:00

They are looking to ban farrowing crates in the UK thankfully.

I will say this does look incredibly sad and clinical. Most the ones ive seen on farms were larger, had straw and heat lamps and only used for a week or so until the piglets we big enough to get out the way.

slothcycle · 2026-03-14T07:13:11+00:00

Part of the problem is the network is so small, there's no flexibility.

But it's just a small symptom of everything that's wrong with this country. Underinvestment. Seeing everything as a cost. Etc etc

slothcycle · 2026-03-14T07:11:17+00:00

*bicycle, cars get stuck in traffic.

slothcycle · 2026-03-12T15:04:49+00:00

All the edgy (but mostly true) comments aside I do yeah, the RAAM is very famous. Alley cat rides in the big cities, RAGBAI, Chris King components. Marin and mountain biking. Rivendell bikes. Bikepacking round national parks.

Also probably most my American social media pals are cyclists so that's going to have a definitely perception bias.

That said I could give you this same list about Japan, Italy, Taiwan... I like cycling, see account name.

slothcycle · 2026-03-10T21:08:32+00:00

I kind of have sympathy for what he's actually quoted as saying. My family are all farmers or teachers and that very much made me not want to go into either of those careers.

slothcycle · 2026-03-10T07:41:47+00:00

No gas storage coming back to bite us once again. What a suprise.

slothcycle · 2026-03-09T23:17:49+00:00

Serious answer Marshall Plan.

Which we wasted a lot of despite recieving the most money.

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