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« on: Today at 10:46:22 AM »
Yay for the Ficus! So glad it's starting to show green  The Dill is clearly a trooper, too
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« on: Today at 10:45:12 AM »
We had a conversation about this at work today, and it transpires absolutely none of us knew it was going to happen xD. We're so well informed.
My trivial complaint is that I had a borderline creepy conversation with the security guard guy today. He's a joker kind of a guy and we all often have banter with him, but I also don't really like when people make intrusive comments or questions...it's just something I don't really enjoy. I don't think he meant any harm by it, but I was definitely not comfortable.
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« on: Today at 10:36:21 AM »
I just caught up with Yona. Honestly everything is so O.O at the moment I'm not quite sure where we are from one chapter to another. But I liked this chapter anyway. I feel like it was a good chapter for Yona and who she's become overall. I also feel like...the author has been messing with us big time and is still messing. Ponyfan, you might want to hold onto those volumes a while before you read them... Genuinely a spoiler Spoiler Also, this is an actual spoiler. So just saying... Spoiler I'm so amused that Zeno got a good telling off from his dragon. I love Zeno but this time he needs a proper good shake.
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« on: Today at 10:31:21 AM »
I really don't have one. I do think Oakly and ChaCha are nice, but these weren't ever part of MLP in the UK so I always look at them a bit weird...lol  They're cute but I can't pick one out over the others. I do think Cutesaurus is the maddest one though. Nope, dinosaurs didn't go extinct. They moved to ponyland and became radioactively neon...
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« on: Yesterday at 01:39:39 PM »
The media here keep saying the Czech entry is the favourite.
I admit, I don't really watch Eurovision anymore - I used to as a kid but haven't in a while. I have heard samples of most of the songs but I don't really know what folk are likely to vote for.
Just that there seems to be a bit of 'weird'...
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« on: Yesterday at 09:47:19 AM »
Okay, got it! I thought I'd have to put them all in the sink or something 
Well, you know, you can always ask them if they fancy a spa bath xD
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« on: Yesterday at 07:41:44 AM »
What's the best way to do that. water from the bottom? I have shallow saucers.
Depending how shallow the saucers are, then I would put water into that directly rather than onto the top of the pot. If it's very shallow, you may need to do it in small bits and let it absorb it up. The plant shouldn't need to stand in water, so it should absorb into the soil relatively quick and if it doesn't, then it probably doesn't need water. That depends as well on how good the drainage in the bottom of the pots is, though.
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« on: May 09, 2024, 04:22:16 PM »
You could try dish soap, but also as I said on the trivial complaints thread, they lay eggs in the moist topsoil, so watering plants from the bottom for a few weeks should break the cycle. We had this with one of our plants over the winter and that sorted the issue out (along with nasty sticky cards).
Today was hot, and the decorator has finally finished, so I took my poinsettia outside and repotted her. I took off some of her more rangy and unstable branches and her new pot is a bit taller so she is now well above the rest of the unit (it will be a while before she can reach my fire tablet again, mwahaha, she won't be changing my audio books any time soon). I am always nervous when I repot her because poinsettias hate their roots being messed with, and she's an oldish plant, but I think it went quite well. Fingers crossed.
Yesterday, I went out to water the greenhouse and found dad's tomato plants had blown over. One of them was hanging UPSIDE-DOWN off the edge of the staging. No idea why it didn't fall headlong, except luck. They're all fine, thankfully.
With the weather warming up, hopefully I'll get tubs and the basket planted up soon. It's been a stressful few weeks with one thing and another...getting out in the garden will be a nice break (watch it rain now for the next fortnight, LOL).
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« on: May 09, 2024, 11:53:52 AM »
I'm not so hot on G3 anything, but iirc wasn't she very limited in her release outside of Europe? I am 99% sure she's one I have still MIB, and the main reason for that would either be that she was a European release or I got her very late and never deboxed her... I can't speak for what a current good price would be, but being that you're in the US - where I have a feeling she was less common if not nonexistant - you might get more interest (because of lower shipping) from domestic buyers. Hopefully someone with more specific G3 knowledge will be able to give you a good benchmark. She looks in nice shape
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« on: May 09, 2024, 07:25:10 AM »
The stickies are gross but they do work.
Also, watering the plants from the bottom so the topsoil dries out can help as well. The flies lay eggs in the top soil when it's moist, so if it dries out it breaks the cycle.
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« on: May 08, 2024, 01:48:37 PM »
I honestly don't know what the state of play is with releases of most English manga over here but I suspect it's probably worse than the US or Canada, honestly. Whenever I see anime or manga related stuff here, it's only from a limited handful of pretty mainstream and popular shows. My library has manga but it's all pretty old as well xD.
I haven't checked up on the new Yona chapter yet. It's been a stressful month, and I think I need to be more Zen (zeno?) before I read it, given that each month ups the drama.
I love the Apothecary Diaries but there are moments that the story dabbles off in a funny direction before coming back to Maomao and Jinshi. Or maybe I just like Maomao and Jinshi interacting and don't care so much about some of the broader themes.
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« on: May 08, 2024, 07:56:20 AM »
I have been saving from my salary for the last several months to get a new PC, as this old warhorse of mine has a keyboard that is...well, half stuck on with sellotape is not an exaggeration. I love this computer, it's been absolutely brilliant, but it's battery is shot and it has seen better days.
So I got my new PC this morning. I had it all beautifully set up. Then Windows did an update and...it refused to boot. So I had to reset it back to factory and start over again.
And the decorator is still here so I can't even rant and swear about it.
Not only that, every time it goes to reboot during reinstallation I am here worrying it won't boot up again.
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« on: May 04, 2024, 02:01:42 PM »
Very small gripe but hopefully someone else understands; you know the pumps that come with beauty products or shower/hand gels? Normally, you twist to 'unlock' them and start using them. But sometimes the pump nozzle twirls WITH the stem that goes into the liquid, so you're spinning it without it unlocking  So you need to open the tub, HOLD the stem and force the twist that actually allows the pump to be freed. Now imagine trying to do that in the shower!! My conditioner was like 'if you want to actually condition your hair, solve my puzzle!'
And then there are the ones which think their job is to splatter the tiles rather than deposit stuff into your hand for helpful use...
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« on: May 03, 2024, 09:43:22 AM »
Unfortunately this shows me that a change of government may not be the solution to all our problems. Our local council is not Tory.
we have similar issues here too. unfortunately  i'm curious about the political parties in Britain. I know there is a parliament instead of the 3 branches we have in the US. But i only ever hear about 2 political parties, the Tories and Labour. are there other smaller parties that don't make in into the US coverage?
Yes...I'll put this in spoilers though so it doesn't detract from the thread. Spoiler Historically the main parties were the Tories (Conservatives) and Whigs (Liberals). Labour was actually a later addition because of workers rights and are traditionally the socialist voice, albeit it's a bit more complicated. Liberals are now the Liberal Democrats, basically the UK's third party albeit some way behid the others. They did go into coalition with the Tories in government back in around 2010, but it didn't end well for them. Ideologically they are closer to Labour than Tory but they're not the same. The coalition lost them a lot of support and they are clawing some of it back but still a long way from power.
We also have the Green party who are environmentally conscious and Reform UK who are...right wing.
In Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland there are also parties we don't have in England. Scotland has the Scottish National Party, who currently run Scotland's devolved parliament. Wales has Plaid Cymru, though their devolved parliament is I think run by Labour. Northern Ireland have Sinn Fein and the Democratic Unionist Party who are in a power share agreement following the Good Friday agreement. Sinn Fein support union with Ireland and the DUP with the UK.
These parties are also represented in local Council authorities. The administrative borough where I live covers two parliamentary constituencies, and the MPs are currently both Tory. But the borough Council is overwhelmingly Labour and has been for a long time. This is one of the reasons for the bus issues, as the Labour Council took off the existing buses and, aside mine, all the new buses only serve Labour wards. Most of the wards in the north where I am are not Labour, so transport sucks. It's just been a really long and tiring week. What with the nastiness in the goverment's consultation, the decorator still being here, and trying to get on with sorting (impossible when someone is papering outside your door)...and I'm working tomorrow, so no respite yet. It's a bank holiday weekend, too. Which means no buses on Monday.
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« on: May 02, 2024, 01:47:20 PM »
Well done you! The wonderful thing is they are now in a collector home where they will be properly appreciated, rather than just grabbed and hiked up on ebay to get a quick buck somewhere else.
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