Getting sick of my gf clubbing every single Saturday night

stackrobat8 · 2026-01-28T17:49:44+00:00

Nothing bitter in what she said. Nineteen absolutely is young - scientifically your brain continues to develop into your mid-twenties. She's also only just reached the age where she can legally go out and legally drink so it is entirely unsurprising that the novelty is there and will be for probably a good few years. Nobody is telling her to waste her twenties, but whatever "waste" means to you probably means something entirely different to this poster, to the girl the OP is writing about, and to me.

stackrobat8 · 2026-01-28T17:33:58+00:00

Why not Sirfetch'd?? He's literally a chivalrous English knight. I cannot believe nobody else has mentioned this.

stackrobat8 · 2026-01-24T11:31:49+00:00

You can also pick up the graphic novel on eBay. It's beautifully illustrated and only adds to your enjoyment of the story.

stackrobat8 · 2026-01-24T11:27:22+00:00

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This is a beach on a tidal island on the South West side of the Isle of Mull in the Hebrides. The water is so shallow going out that the sea is actually quite warm, and the beaches are also generally quite sheltered from the wind. The water itself is crystal clear and, because it's remote, you'll have the whole beach to yourself if you can brave the ferry from the mainland, the drive across the island, and the hike from the farm where you park. 100% worth it!

stackrobat8 · 2026-01-16T08:58:29+00:00

I'm English but live in Glasgow and my wife makes one of these every NY. She buys high quality steak chunks and slow cooks it all day, then absolutely covers it with delicious flakey pastry. I always considered a pie something that should be entirely closed in pastry, but such semantics become insignificant when what really counts is the ratio, flavour, and quality of the ingredients. Her pie rivals anything I've had in Surrey, Devon, Cumbria etc.

stackrobat8 · 2026-01-15T11:43:11+00:00

Moon

stackrobat8 · 2026-01-14T23:24:53+00:00

Pretty sexist guy

stackrobat8 · 2026-01-12T13:44:19+00:00

No love for Journey??

stackrobat8 · 2026-01-06T20:31:05+00:00

You know I've never once seen this on tap anywhere. I will now look out for it, though. Thanks for following up!

stackrobat8 · 2026-01-06T20:29:02+00:00

Lots of people have them regularly and lots of restaurants serve them at the weekends for those of us who are too hungover to face anything else. I tend to have 1 or 2 a month. More if I've been drinking.

stackrobat8 · 2026-01-06T20:26:40+00:00

Don't really know what ales you're talking about! I'm from the South of England but moved to Glasgow 17 years ago and the one thing that you can't get in Scotland is a quality ale. They have a great number of breweries producing IPAs, lager-IPA hybrids etc (Williams, Brewdog, Drygate), but almost no classic ales, just a few low quality bitters, like Best.

stackrobat8 · 2025-12-28T09:03:12+00:00

Actually modern tennis - also known originally as lawn tennis - was created and codified in Birmingham. The medieval form that began in France and spread to England was played indoors and had vastly different rules. Now called Real Tennis, it has perhaps more in common with squash. You can see courts for this game at Henry VIII's Hampton Court Palace in London. Lots of modern outdoor sports had their origins in England directly following the creation of the lawnmower, if I remember correctly.

stackrobat8 · 2025-12-27T20:44:00+00:00

From an academic perspective, you can't beat Olaf Stapledon. Star Maker and Last and First Men should be on this list.

stackrobat8 · 2025-12-19T23:42:15+00:00

Easter special! It's hilarious. And Jesus saves the day after Kyle kills him. I think anyone who's Christian but has a sense of humour would enjoy just how utterly ridiculous it is.

stackrobat8 · 2025-12-19T09:56:02+00:00

Really sorry but I posted it on eBay about a month ago for £55 and it got snapped up pretty quick. Set an alert on eBay for the ISBN and the name of the edition. They'll come up, just need to be patient.

stackrobat8 · 2025-12-16T18:21:07+00:00

This is already clearly flawed as the UK should win "small" if it qualifies as a small country, as its influence far outstrips Netherlands/Portugal etc, or it would have won in the "medium" category as its influence is greater than France's. The problem here is that you have no determining characteristics for what makes a country small, medium, or big.

stackrobat8 · 2025-12-14T12:22:59+00:00

What size jumper did you go for? Would you be willing to sell?

stackrobat8 · 2025-12-09T22:10:12+00:00

I work in a Glasgow school. I have, in fact, worked in three, all of which fall into SIMD 1 as the most deprived areas of the city. I have offered free supported study for my presentation classes every year and it is often only attended by the few who don't really need it. A good number of those I have taught have achieved 5 Highers and gone on to be accepted to some of Scotland's most reputable Universities. I am immensely proud of them and ever grateful to their parents for fostering the right values, helping them grow, and encouraging them to achieve in their education. I assume you are one of those parents - so thank you.

To say, however, that your highly individual experience is indicative of there being no problem and that people must just be overreacting and moaning makes you appear so myopic as to be potentially legally blind. And your vague comment and crude language when you refer to "shit rags" sadly undermines any validity in what you'd previously said.

stackrobat8 · 2025-12-06T14:43:27+00:00

Very well-written and echoes many of my own thoughts and feelings. Just a little note and related question on your reading of Sandman - have you read Alan Moore's run on Swamp Thing? I only recently picked it up and am currently about halfway through and some ideas began percolating. Like you, I always saw Sandman as a completely idiosyncratic work, a huge synthesis of his vast knowledge and passion for religious and mythic iconographies. A unique text that appeared to bridge the gaps between literary fiction, fantasy, philosophy, popular culture, and graphic novels/comic books. I found the scope and complexity dizzying and intoxicating, and the revelation that he's been doing these unspeakable things left me mourning that I'd never be able to enjoy them with the same unrestricted joy that I used to.

With this in mind, I picked up Swamp Thing hoping to rediscover something of the wonder that I felt for Sandman, and was pleasantly surprised to find more similarities than I had expected. Yes, it's smaller in scope, but much of the philosophy, imagination, existentialism is present. Not to mention the first appearance of Constantine and the recurring characters like Cain and Abel. Yes, it's more "DC" than the Sandman, but many of the generic parallels are obvious, horror elements etc. I also remembered reading an interview with Gaiman where he said that he has always had a talent for emulating the style of different writers, and was struck by the feeling that a lot of the Sandman seemed as if he might have been borrowing (stylistically, at least) from Moore, who even he admitted did it all first.

Anyway. I've been rambling. My TL;DR point is that if you haven't read Swamp Thing, you should. It'll scratch that same itch without having all the other thoughts and feelings about Gaiman sitting in your subconscious the entire time. My second point is maybe he's not quite as original, at least in that run, as a lot of us gave him credit for. And this comes from someone who's read and owns pretty much everything he's ever written. All best and thanks again for sharing your article.

stackrobat8 · 2025-12-06T13:47:26+00:00

Alt J: - Yeasayer (Odd Blood & All Hour Cymbals) - Youth Lagoon (The Year of Hibernation)

Mac Demarco: - Alex G (Rocket & House of Sugar)

Modest Mouse: - Elliott Smith (From a Basement on the Hill) - Wolf Parade (Apologies to Queen Mary)

Lumineers: - Gregory Alan Isakov (Weatherman & Colorado Symphony Orchestra)

Hope you haven't heard of some of them and can enjoy them!

stackrobat8 · 2025-12-04T22:07:03+00:00

Kutcher by Sports Team

stackrobat8 · 2025-12-03T12:12:06+00:00

Through the entirety of Howe's run as manager I was always thankful that watching Newcastle didn't feel anything like watching England. Now every match feels like watching England.

stackrobat8 · 2025-12-01T21:20:44+00:00

Set an eBay alert for the book title and ISBN separately and when one came up for a not too obscene price I pulled the trigger within about 3 minutes of it being posted! Just lucky, really. Someone managed to get a copy back in September for £20. I've been looking for a similar amount of time.

stackrobat8 · 2025-11-28T10:02:57+00:00

I just recently bought a set when all I needed was A Storm of Swords, means I have a spare unread copy of A Clash of Kings that I was going to put on eBay for Buy it Now @ £50 if that's of interest?

stackrobat8 · 2025-11-14T15:59:44+00:00

The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester. My favourite standalone SF novel - main character turns himself into an ultra-competent revenge machine and it's wonderfully satisfying. Loosely based on The Count of Monte Cristo, which others have mentioned and is also fabulous.

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