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HexMachina

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  1. UK trains (and also more localised transport like metros) are also routinely delayed, just FYI, sounds like you hit lucky when you used them! From what you describe I'd say we're probably about equivalent. I feel fortunate that I don't have to rely on public transport to get to work (I'm within walking distance, luckily)
  2. I agree, I couldn't really care les about Royal affairs but the memes and the jokes have me engaged for the entertainment value
  3. i like to have it on the side so I can have some bites dipped into the yolk and some with a bit of crunch from the toast
  4. Delighting in my hobbit lifestyle today, I had garlic mushrooms on crusty granary bread, toasted, with a poached egg on the side. Twas quick, delicious, and I want it again
  5. I've heard good things about Turkey for dental work
  6. I've also found that things like that taste better reheated next day, which again may be bollocks but I can at least see some logic in allowing the flavours to develop
  7. Instead of a Dark Lord, we would have a queen, not dark but beautiful and terrible as the dawn! Tempestuous as the sea, and stronger than the foundations of the earth! All shall love her and despair!
  8. my neck of the woods (North East) it certainly seems like a road has just been resurfaced and then a matter of weeks later there's more roadworks. I can't say the visuals of the Council spending are great though, in the past 4 years one of the main city centre streets has been re-envisaged 3 or 4 times - "Lets pedestrianize! Lets add a cycle lane! Lets remove the cycle lane! Lets widen the road! Let's widen then pavement for outdoor seating! Lets take that away!" There's been works pretty much non stop for years at this point
  9. Mushroom risotto. Which I "accidentally" allowed to catch on the bottom of the pan so I got some of those burnt crunchy bits. Ok, deliberately, but they are the best part, fight me on it!
  10. this is really funny because there's so much music out there all of us could post. And of everything, a live performance of a cover of an 80s song is reposted within about 10 posts in this thread But, worth it, its an excellent cover
  11. Interesting. The main one I remember growing up was The Royle Family and, at the time, it stood out for the lack of laugh tracks etc.
  12. In my experience dogs are just drawn to anything that appears remotely edible...or not edible for that matter.
  13. I say this every time he is brought up, usually by you, but I couldn't agree more. Its the one set of books where I go out of my way to get both the audiobook and actual book. The voices Pacey uses just makes it feel like a stage production
  14. yeah watch any kind of Britcom from early 2000s or earlier, you'll hear a laugh track. Hard to track when this started to phase out but I'd guess around the 2010's?
  15. I was feeling nostalgic and watched Return to Oz on a sick day. Horrifying to think this was one of my favourite films as a child.
  16. What are your final Oscar predictions? I know you've shared your thoughts throughout the awards season but interested to hear your final predictions before the actual awards EDIT: nvm saw your new thread
  17. And I wonder where Tolkein drew inspiration from? Not like there's innumerable sources out there where he discusses his own influences.
  18. I hated Ross intensely even the first time I watched the show, he was just the worst person imaginable. I enjoyed the earlier episodes most, I'm a bit blurry where each season ends so I'm not sure which I liked most. But after a certain point they took the already exaggerated characteristics and stereotypes into absurdism. Also the more things focussed on Ross the less I cared. And every single love interest he had really just showed what a terrible person he was. I don't think its a show that aged especially well, there's a lot of casual racism, homophobia and transphobia thrown in for cheap laughs. But I've certainly seen more recent shows that come off worse. Its been a whole since I last rewatched but my favourite episode at one time as "The One with Five Steaks and an Eggplant"
  19. I went heavy over the weekend (by which I mean went out Friday, woke up still drunk Saturday and didn't really sober up before I was out again). This isn't usual for me these days so spare the lectures. Anyway, the drinks were good, lots of tequila and gin. Woke up Sunday with no hangover, somehow, but now we're three days on and I feel like its caught me up because all I want to do is sleep. Regrets
  20. I do appreciate when a cover, or the use of a song in tv/film brings it new life and introduces it to a new audience. Its a bit baffling to me when people get annoyed by it ("urgh they aren't true fans urghhhhhh"). Like why bemoan an artist/band you love a load of new fans? I know that's not what you're talking about here, to be clear, it just popped into mind as a somewhat related topic. After a....'heavy' weekend I've needed something quieter to bring me back down
  21. I truly love this. From afar, I'd find her insufferable if I had to look after her myself. That said, I was also this brand of obnoxious child when I was younger. Have you raised her in the vicinity of 70s/80s/90s TV and film with an emphasis of Britcoms with lots of innuendo by any chance?
  22. In the UK Easter chocolates appear as soon as the Christmas stuff is out of the shops. Generally beginning of the new year At our school we always did an egg painting contest, which is how I first realised, walking around and looking at some of the masterpieces others had created, that I have not a since artisitc or creative bone in my body
  23. Something about these gimmicky restaurants/cook-your-own really doesn't appeal to me. Not so much the hotpot/korean barbecue stuff, but steak? I'm a pescetarian but it seems weird to ask you to cook your own steak at a steakhouse. For why am I here, if I wanted to cook steak badly myself I could do so cheaper at home. Made a very simple meal of cod with new potatoes in parsley butter and a "sort of" salsa (I.e. I had peppers, tomatoes and red onions that needed using so just chopped them up and threw them together with some chilli and lime)
  24. are you suggesting that her trek over the Helcaraxe was a good idea? Interesting take
  25. I can't decide if I like this idea or think its in poor taste. Stunning cast though.
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