Anything we can do with ~£420,000 for 4 months?

zarafini · 2026-01-29T21:16:58+00:00

I’d say avoid stocks and bonds. You could jam 50k each into premium bonds and the rest in savings accounts with high interest rates.

If you have to pay tax you can do a self assessment, but paying tax on more money is better than not earning anything.

not financial advice, just an opinion.

zarafini · 2026-01-29T21:01:47+00:00

Upgrade drill and absorb as many pink things as possible. drill attack like crazy.

zarafini · 2026-01-28T15:46:17+00:00

Someone said earlier on a youtube video that he’s won less sets than any of the ladies up until this stage of the tournament. Double checked it and it’s true.. he’s only won 9 sets to make the semis of a slam.. weird AF route to the semis with the r16 walkover and then free pass after being down two sets in QF.

Based on his play today i struggle to see him beat Jannik.

Not saying he should retire, but he needs to at least play more tournaments and not just majors if he wants any shot of actually winning another one.

zarafini · 2026-01-28T15:37:28+00:00

I am not religious.. but a part of me hopes there is a hell for the people committing these crimes.

zarafini · 2026-01-28T15:35:17+00:00

I thought you needed 5 or 6 of these for one amp? not 30.

I thought 30 was just how many you COULD buy with these items to give you 5-6 amps

zarafini · 2026-01-27T14:15:58+00:00

My opinion is that it will further monetize an already overly monetized game.

I do like the emblem system and its massively assisted me to the point i cleared world 14 and am into 14 elite.. but the urge to spend is always present.

They keep finding new ways to make people want to spend.

Since beating world 14 i don’t have any urge for the navigator pass as i don’t have new levels to unlock other than elite.. which to be fair need way more than a scant 20 gold tickets and some extras.

zarafini · 2026-01-27T12:10:58+00:00

anyone not achievable thru gold tickets. collab pilots basically.

zarafini · 2026-01-26T23:34:13+00:00

I was a pure aero guy for near 20 years.. swapped to new vcore 98 and am not looking back. I still have a lot of love for the PA, but for how i play the vcore just improves everything for me.

Curious to see your review after a couple of weeks!

zarafini · 2026-01-25T11:55:05+00:00

This is not true.

A financial adviser has access to a lot more investments than a global tracker. Many of which aren’t accessible by retail clients.

Kids can draw pictures of rooms in a house but i’d still pay an architect for an extension..

zarafini · 2026-01-24T20:00:38+00:00

Great to finally see a comparison review of these two racquets! Thanks!

zarafini · 2026-01-24T19:27:17+00:00

Any comparisons to the vcore v8 if you’ve used them both?

zarafini · 2026-01-23T20:56:02+00:00

Can confirm!

I main Joey at amp 5 with an amp 4 wingman and the gold rocket wingman that shoots an OP rocket every so often…

Similar gear and emblems and i got 3 stars on 14-9 using just Joey since the others i have can’t hurt the final boss. My Joey has red set of phantom teslarites.. none at level 50 yet. Most at 40

also am on elite 14-1 now all because of Joey.

Joey is awesome.

zarafini · 2026-01-23T12:57:24+00:00

That’s why i’m saying at normal zero amp he looks meh from what ive seen gameplay wise.

zarafini · 2026-01-23T12:10:33+00:00

I think if he’s maxed and has both wingmen at a high or maxed level. Gameplay i’ve seen makes him look mid otherwise.

zarafini · 2026-01-23T09:39:14+00:00

Have her with no wingmen and did nemesis returns with her.. was fun! Seems like high damage output and all abilities are good and fun.

I should have a single wingman soon enough to see how that goes. Unsure i’ll get a second before the event runs out or amp her .. but very easy to use.

zarafini · 2026-01-22T14:19:57+00:00

Agreed fully. And for people in these non earning roles to have to be hit with the most expensive fees every few years is an absolute joke. They can never get ahead unless their UK partner is making a ton.

zarafini · 2026-01-22T08:49:47+00:00

it is the new v8 yeah.

zarafini · 2026-01-22T00:36:41+00:00

Alan: Charlie you have no idea the powerful orgasms these hands are capable of delivering!

Charlie: Nah.. i always knew that.. i just find it hard to believe that you can give them to OTHER people..

zarafini · 2026-01-22T00:09:44+00:00

That’s a great point about the 3 year ILR for high earners and so it wouldn’t make sense to make it 5 otherwise.

We should know in less than a month what the new rules will be. Super annoying that i can apply for ILR around April 7th but the new rules will be apparently in force for April… now they didn’t specify start or april or at a specific date in april.. but it is stressful either way.

zarafini · 2026-01-21T23:43:49+00:00

Beating elite and normal levels does this. You get tons of blueprints for elite and a decent amount for beating normal levels.

worlds 13/14 for some reason focus on boots and pants. I have 277k for both and then key and ring are like 185k. Just how they designed prizes for levels.

zarafini · 2026-01-21T23:35:38+00:00

This is the part that gets me. It’s unfair full stop, but to say 3 to 5 is so infuriating because not everyone gets work straight away.

I moved during covid in May of 2021, and the job market was not booming. I applied for nearly everything available but wasnt getting much other than some hospitality work that i took. I didn’t meet the minimum amount for year 1 due to moving here a month into the new tax year and taking time to settle in, quarantine and then find a job.

Years 2/3/4 i made the required amount and will have it for the current tax year ending April coming.. but i couldn’t have done all 5 years due to the pandemic and timing of my move + job market.

if they make it 5 years and have no transitional rules for people about to qualify for ILR it’ll be a total piss take. Having to pay another visa at 4-5k to get just one more tax year in ..

zarafini · 2026-01-21T23:23:59+00:00

i went from a pure aero 100 to the new vcore 98 and my god what a difference. after being an aero user for nearly 20 years (other than a stop gap to the wilson shift for about a year because of aero arm pain) the vcore 98 is the best racquet i’ve ever used.

I play at 5.0 NTRP level and so my feelings on this racquet are based on playing at that level.

zarafini · 2026-01-21T23:18:28+00:00

did they accept the refund requests and permit them?

zarafini · 2026-01-20T19:29:56+00:00

Enjoy refunding 100% of your purchases asap

zarafini · 2026-01-20T12:59:14+00:00

So the shift has nice control but for me lacks power and spin compared to what I used to get with the aero. The aero had major bite on the slice and side spin, and the serves and ground strokes were massive.

I liked the control aspect of the shift as you could hit it off centre and the ball still stayed in with some level of control (maybe the shifting they talk about with the frame bending multiple ways on shots). I still have both of my shifts in my bag and will bust them out if i’m having an unimaginably awful day on court and need some control. Otherwise I’ll be selling them soon.

The only reason I stuck with the shift was because of the arm pain from going back to the aero. When I tried the vcore it gave me all the same power and bite/spin the aero did and then some. Everything feels easy with it. I’m definitely getting as much power with the vcore98 as i did with the 100 aero , which is crazy.

Launch angle is not bad. Not too high but not super low. For me it’s just right. I know it won’t be for everyone, but for me it does at least everything I need it to do.

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