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Zen stopped lowering the value of goods to the UK in 2020.. whether thay have had a recent change of heart, i don't know but it was still the case up to 05/25. If you want to avoid charges with a slight increase in fees, i'd suggest Japan Rabbit. Unless of course this is a private arrangement with WH.. dunno, i'm a tad sceptical.

What happens with all your lovely house plants @chicote Do they make the move with you like Léon or do you take a select few and donate the rest?

One of my friends looks for reduced meat in the supermarket, finds 400g of out of date pork mince for example where the reduced label hasn't been particularly well attached.. finds a 400g ribeye, peels the label off the mince and sticks it to the steak... This genius idea should get us through the cost of living crisis!

We used to have ducks when i was a kid.. alas, too many foxes around our neighbourhood.. This was a bizarre occurrence, i was riding to the Peak District a couple of weeks ago and i spotted a number plate on the opposite side of the road with some bits of plastic car bumper.. then i saw a huge black skidmark and a young deer just laying dead at the side of the road.. in perfect condition, like it was asleep.. i carried on my ride, then last week, i rode past the same spot but the deer was on my side of the road around 30meters down from the skidmark with it's carcass open and it's innards missing.. what i can't figure out is how the hell it got there? In the US, it could be a whole host of culprits but over here, it could only be foxes but this young deer was probably the weight of a large Labrador and stood waist high at the haunches.. i would struggle to lift it so this would need to be a gang of foxes.. maybe they got their woodland friends involved.. a couple of friendly rabbits, some bluetits, a passing badger and they all worked together to haul it's ass across the road and down the verge.. but if so? .. why the effort when they could have just eaten it where it lay? Where i used to live.. i'd get hens eggs from the farm across the street.. but here, it's a 20min bike ride for me to fetch goose eggs from the local farm so i just grab a box at Tesco with my weekly shop.

A few months ago, I noticed the large free range eggs in Tesco were getting smaller.. wait/what!.. akin to medium sized eggs. Then a couple of weeks later, I noticed the introduction of extra large eggs.. which surprise, surprise are no bigger than the large eggs from a few months previous, yet they cost 40p more? ..so I’ve been opening 2x boxes of eggs, and swapping the large eggs for the XL eggs.. the box is barcoded (it’s not a weighed item) so it’s all good.. 👍 I do the same with spring onions, you can easily shove 3 or 4 more into the elastic band holding the bundle together, scan the barcode.. 69p, bobs yer’ uncle. My mrs says this is shoplifting (if I was swapping XL for Med, then maybe so) but I like to see it as ‘redressing the shrinkflation balance’.. Does anyone else have any other hints and tips for getting the most from your weekly shop?

Wait till you hit your 50s JW, recovery takes an age.. i've only just recovered from an achilles injury from June 2024 I'd had time away from tennis while i'd been working on the bathroom project.. then i played one of the neighbours on the local clay courts.. i'd never played on clay before and wans't used to the loose powdery surface.. maybe Chucks wern't the best choice of footwear either? At the end of the match i limped home, elevated / iced but by the time i went to bed, i had to go upstairs, backwards on my arse... i couldn't play tennis for 6weeks although cycling was fine. @MJF9 is sick of hearing about it First match thereafter, post-physio.. i strapped my ankle up tight af but tore the calf in my left leg (typical tennis-leg injury) i heard an audible POP! .. I was trying to put less pressure on my injured achilles.. to add insult to injury, i had an allergic reaction to the lycra in the strapping so my lower leg was covered in what looked like burn blisters.. for 6mths after just carrying bags of shopping from the car would hurt my heel.. i couldn't even put my feet up on the footstool. 14mths later i'm now pain free again.. 10am this morning, waiting for the offspring. Do you think Taylor Fritz has to bring a brush to sweep the court..

Have you posted a fit pic of that Junky 46 jacket? Sorry if I’ve missed it, Ive been in and out of the waywt thread this year.. mostly out

Ice-T on the right ?

I'd say 36 too.. i can swing a 38 or a 40 in these.. 38 over a tee which looks better but i wouldn't be able to wear a sweatshirt underneath or a 40 for a more trad / comfy workwear look.. i would never be able to shoehorn my ass into the one above.

It looks perfect @okimoto .. i think your synopsis is spot on, these jackets do tend to look better in photos when they're a little more fitted but that doesn't usually equate to comfort, especially when you're bending over and they ride up at the back, if it's had a recent wash, it might gain a cm here and there.. The size is always on a neck label.. it's thick and uncomfortable so folks cut them out.. you can just see remnents of yours to the right of the patch.. the other size label which i was referring to.. ..is sometimes found here.. alas, missing from yours. Thanks for the sizing

Back to full speed this morning

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Sufu is slow af for me today and i'm not talking about the post count, i thought it was an issue with the broadband at work but it's the same here at home.. Speed check is fine .. but the site is taking an age to refresh, even uploading that^ 38kb screenshot took over 30seconds. Same for anyone else?

Phew!

I even look down upon charcoal BBQ's which are not made from cast iron.. Cast iron is amazing for searing steak.. it gets mad hot so even when the heat from your charcoal is ebbing away, the heat retained by the iron grill is enough to cook with.. i fill my BBQ with an oak / charcoal combo.. chuck some 99.9% isopropyl on.. stand well back to retain eyebrows, light it and leave it to burn down.. by this time the entire cast iron BBQ is almost glowing .. sear the steaks with tongues, especially the fat, wrap them in foil to rest for 5mins while the cast iron cools down a little.. then slap them back on for cooking.