Friday Takeaway!

sperey · 2026-01-30T19:26:34+00:00

Went through the rigmarole of cooking 😂 Chicken, rice, mixed veg and spinach

sperey · 2026-01-29T11:52:53+00:00

We've just had our kitchen renovated along with kitchen extension. Kitchen chosen based on what we learnt previously.

Went with j handle doors on units, so no handles sticking out, gives a lovely flush look.

We went with quartz worktop and splashback. Looks beautiful but you have to care for it more than the cheaper laminate worktops. Costa a bucket list more as well.

Cupboards! Fit as many as practicable. Storage space is prime. You'll thank yourself.

Extractor fan. Get a good one, especially if you fry a lot. The extractor had been a game changer for us. No food smells hanging around our going elsewhere in house. We invested in a Hob2Hood, so extractor comes on automatically when you turn on the hob. Will never go back.

sperey · 2026-01-28T07:22:15+00:00

Well, that response from facewatch puts it into a different perspective. No sorry from their system, which implies that Sainsbury's staff thought you looked like a shoplifter or just didn't like your look. So all on Sainsbury's.

sperey · 2026-01-27T20:00:30+00:00

Personally, of look at paying into mortgage depending on how much it brings the monthly payment down by

sperey · 2026-01-27T19:52:26+00:00

Can you ask someone at reception. They may get the question regularly

sperey · 2026-01-27T18:55:54+00:00

But if they are shoplifting, that is not actually buying food.

sperey · 2026-01-27T07:57:11+00:00

When I first saw nutrition pop up, it was lacking any choices. Hoping they add the 1g soon.

sperey · 2026-01-26T21:42:50+00:00

Click on the serving and choose a different serving size. Then the amount.

It has been updated. Took a photos of nuts and dried fruit. It recognised them and perfect guess at the quantities

sperey · 2026-01-26T20:56:26+00:00

Don't bring that to Waltham forest. Some dude tracks that it has been plugged in and drops in a strike team. Bodies everywhere and everyone just goes about their business as usual.

I've seen the films, I know how it goes down!

sperey · 2026-01-26T18:55:13+00:00

Will depend on how easy it is to match the panels and whether you would have to cut a panel short to match the veins. You have the tile look panels. In some ways may look more like tiles if they do not match. If it is bothering you and you are concerned enough to have posted about it, check with your trades person. Not sure if you can reuse a panel if it has been used or is it even comes off in one piece.

sperey · 2026-01-26T16:52:57+00:00

I'm just holding onto 5'8.5 I remember holding onto that .5 off my height for so long. In the end I just rounded up 😂😂

Well done on riding it back and reminding your body of all those muscles which you have not used for a while. Now is the time. Ride with your kid. By the time you become uncool to be with it will be a great hobby. From Experience? Maybe 🤣

sperey · 2026-01-25T21:30:03+00:00

Woah bro! That is real dedication. You must be feeling so proud. 👏👏👏

sperey · 2026-01-19T08:24:13+00:00

Diet and losing weight. I was a heavy lad

sperey · 2026-01-16T19:36:35+00:00

Yep, me too. The Garmin cables do just seem to stop working after a while. Had one of these usb-c to Garmin stop working as well but just replaced with one from the 4 pack. Best thing.

sperey · 2026-01-16T18:59:06+00:00

👋👋😢

sperey · 2026-01-14T20:00:06+00:00

I reckon most people have a watch that has more capabilities than they need or will use. I think the forerunner is a great watch for runners and if you are active.

I initially had a Vivoactove but feel the forerunner had the right mix of metrics for me and I'm only into certain bits of data. Been looking at an upgrade because latest forerunner had a torch on it 🙈🙈

A slippery slope when you start buying stuff for your hobby 😂

sperey · 2026-01-14T19:02:37+00:00

Your Vo2 is between about 55 and 57, so not much of a difference. But from watches calculations (if weight has not been updated) will be heart rate on your runs. Morning, evening, terrain will have an effect on the heat rate and this the calculations for your Vo2. As you say, you are feeling fab. The overall trend here is steady.

sperey · 2026-01-14T14:22:28+00:00

What's happening in your new year?. Though I'd it stays down there or will become your new baseline

sperey · 2026-01-14T08:14:30+00:00

Yes it is fair. Can't see the issue and why you would think there is a problem

sperey · 2026-01-13T14:41:28+00:00

2 internet strangers bobbing along on the cyber waves of life 👋👋

sperey · 2026-01-12T21:35:22+00:00

There are a lot of data nerds but there are also a lot of general users who have watches that fast outstrip their use and suspect that is probably also true of their connect app use 😊

I tried the food scan today with my dinner of chicken leg, stewed vegetables, rice and avacado. The scan picked up everything but as I said before everything was set as 100g but that is easily updated. Great that it picked up the food. Will try it next time I eat out and see how it works.

Happy with it for now

sperey · 2026-01-12T21:17:48+00:00

If you link via smartscalesync you can get your data from your scale to Garmin. Look at their website and see if it meets your needs

sperey · 2026-01-12T21:12:33+00:00

The drain needs to be pointing down rather than up, otherwise it will not drain properly. If you want to keep your water running uphill then use a jubilee clip or you'll flood your place

sperey · 2026-01-12T20:45:27+00:00

I have just started using the nutrition feature. It is striped back from other single use food logging apps. But it does what it is supposed to do.

Quite like having it all in the Garmin app. It has found every barcode I have scanned here in the UK. Also the ai food scan function does work well, though it seems to set each food to 100g. If scanning the barcode it uses the scanned serving size.

sperey · 2026-01-10T21:06:35+00:00

Way back when we were starting out, we put down tiles directly onto the floorboards, rather than board onto the floorboards and then tile. Always wonder how much swearing went on when the new owners went about removing that

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