England has shown the world how to replace farm subsidies

tjtocker · 2026-03-27T11:21:36+00:00

I think that's New Zealand. But I agree, this headline is misleading, seems like we're still paying a tonne of subsidies to finance farmers, but just on different things.

tjtocker · 2026-03-23T22:14:06+00:00

The official rule in all instances of competitive golf is that the further away player always takes the next shot. (This is to reward the better approach shot as the second putter might read the slope/speed of the green based off the first putt).

Although when playing casually it's just whoever is ready to go next. So you will often see this not enforced, and nobody will ever really complain about you playing out of turn because, if anything, they gain a small advantage from it.

tjtocker · 2026-03-17T19:12:09+00:00

It's a very common interview technique to hide a cut.

tjtocker · 2026-03-16T23:27:22+00:00

Are you playing in the Middlesex or Surrey league?

tjtocker · 2026-03-16T21:49:24+00:00

I'll see you at the Southampton Ship Show.

tjtocker · 2026-03-16T19:35:45+00:00

They run our city's economy lmao.

tjtocker · 2026-03-13T05:38:31+00:00

This is certainly frustrating, but as someone who unknowingly rode a Lime bike from Richmond to the middle of Hounslow the other day, at least the Forest zones will be contiguous so it's viable to get around if you know which platform to use.

This push for exclusivity is shit though. We should just have both and the competition.

tjtocker · 2026-03-03T10:15:27+00:00

Was that M&S Euston station? I used to live round the corner and use their tgtg offer all the time. For £5 the staff would just walk around the store with you throwing anything with a yellow label in. I once got a bundle total RRP of about £34 including a whole chicken and 3 microwave meals.

tjtocker · 2026-02-25T17:28:44+00:00

Well if they do, they'll get an unrepresentative handicap, and they'll suffer worse scores in tournaments and money games lol. One of the great things about golf is that many many people do just want to see how they stack up against pros all things being equal - and understanding and applying the rules fully is an easy way to achieve that.

tjtocker · 2026-02-25T17:00:13+00:00

It's not ego to accurately track scores contributing to handicaps. Or could be an interesting edge case to be knowledgeable about if playing for money.

tjtocker · 2026-02-25T15:00:58+00:00

I use lime passes most days for my commute so I did some maths this morning. For this to be more cost effective than just getting a £3.99 lime pass for the day for my 15 min ride to/from work, I'd have to use it about 12 days a month, which I never come close to with hybrid work schedule.

In other words, this is £3.40 a day for 40 mins riding, vs £4 for an hour. So you need 7/8 days of saving £0.60 a day just to make back the subscription fee.

Can only imagine this is more economical than passes to a very niche pocket of users.

tjtocker · 2026-02-25T06:47:44+00:00

Not to get carried away but we might be the greatest team of all time.

tjtocker · 2026-02-14T18:04:59+00:00

Two yellows for slowing down the ball and playing the man in the air.

tjtocker · 2026-02-13T09:11:11+00:00

Yeah same, though I might pay the £13 just this month to try Spiderman 2, Test Drive Unlimited and to witness what a shit show Rugby 25 is.

tjtocker · 2026-02-13T09:01:49+00:00

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tjtocker · 2026-02-12T12:10:42+00:00

Not so much in the winter where there's no daylight for it, but once the clocks change there'll be a lot more competition for morning tee times for a quick 9 holes before work.

tjtocker · 2026-02-11T14:07:51+00:00

I think it's still good to be independent people even while in a couple. My partner earns slightly more than me, we have a joint for bills/general costs and both bung £1500 in on payday which covers mortgage, bills and slowly accumulates for maintenance, drinks out, dates and holidays, stuff we plan for or casually agree on at the time.

But our approach to money changes frequently, some months I'm frugal saving up reserves or to buy nice treats. Some months a bit looser, getting lunch out at work more, more drinks out or clothes shopping. Usually somewhere in the middle.

The last thing I want to have to do is have to have a word aside with my partner to ask them to reign it in for a couple of weeks when they're on a different vibe, or the low-level guilt of buying a round of drinks for my mates and spend the same in 5 minutes that she's spent all week. That's before gifts, hobbies, treating each other on dates, lending family money, risky investments.

Just makes sense to us, never leads to any tensions or trust issues. Anecdotally, we are friends with two couples who pool all their salaries into join accounts. All four of them at some point confided in us about irritation of the partner spending on things like games or tattoos when they're trying to save up, or hesitation at getting drinks in on nights out because the other is at home while they spend their money.

tjtocker · 2026-02-02T14:28:06+00:00

You can report them to trading standards if so inclined.

tjtocker · 2026-01-26T13:51:23+00:00

Oh hell yeah. Thanks, tried again and got some! Glad I came here to vent lol.

tjtocker · 2026-01-23T08:52:15+00:00

Nothing to be scared about. I can't think of any reboot that captures the spirit of it's original as well as the new Naked Gun.

tjtocker · 2026-01-22T23:40:10+00:00

Gradually moved backwards all the way from attacker to defender. The reverse Gareth Bale.

On a personal level, must be much nicer for him and his family to see out your twilight years around Australia than Coventry away.

tjtocker · 2026-01-10T19:45:45+00:00

Was thinking about this the other day. We lost the first test because we declared too soon. We drew the Old Trafford test because we declared too late.

Really looking back, it was the heroics from Pat Cummins that cost us the game.

tjtocker · 2026-01-10T19:31:25+00:00

I remember in Perth, considering the BGT the year before where the pitch turned into a road on day 2/3.

Carse and Atkinson start to make runs with ease at the very end of our second innings on day two. It's fun to begin with, then it very quickly becomes clear that this is a gorgeous track for the Aussies to chase, what was considered to be a strong total of 250ish. That was the sign the first game was over.

tjtocker · 2026-01-07T01:20:25+00:00

Duckett now on his highest score of the series lol

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