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I'm amazed at the size of garden a relatively small robot mower seems to be able to cope with


I presume that's because they can go out every night, and if they are going out every night they aren't doing much cutting as there's not been much growing so they can cover more ground.. Or they can ...

IanF wrote: Wed Feb 04, 2026 8:44 pm Tokyo is epic, but journey times from Europe are currently horrendous.. you need to be going for a long time for it to be worth it currently imho

He lives in NZ, he's used to sitting on a plane

The Shinkansen is amazing. It's so much more than just a fast train. The whole system is just everything done utterly right.


I'd say all the trains - not just the Shinkansen.
What was stood out for me was that all the train systems, from overground, tube equiv, regional or bullet - they all ...

Also, only 30 mins an ep and 6 of them? A lot of effort for not a lot..


Yeah, I think releasing it weekly was not the best idea - the first three episodes have had a nice build up, and the last three will finish it up.

Still, can't get that water cooler hyyyyyyyyyype if you release it all at ...

The first episode is very much "setting the stage" baseline stuff - it's entirely from the view of Dunc and Egg so there's not going to any other explanatory POVs or zooming around a continent etc so I suspect they kinda had to do that and pace it the way they did.

Also, there's no 'internal ...

Beany wrote: Tue Jan 20, 2026 7:10 pm A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms

A bit like when they just happen to have someone getting out of bed naked so they can hang dong on camera,

S01E02 goddamn, you have your wish

And yet it's Sweden that the Nobel organisation is based out of

240PP wrote: Mon Jan 19, 2026 9:03 am Isn’t that basically how Coleen Rooney caught out Rebecca Vardy

The Canary Trap.

Wild London

Attenborough's latest docco.

Enjoyed.

However, they must have found the most photogenic foxes and pigeons in London! They are certainly not that good looking round my way

Enjoying the second season of Fallout (Prime).

IanF wrote: Sat Dec 27, 2025 1:06 pm Tapo P110 are reliable.. mesh WiFi though

Got several of these - no issues.

jamcg wrote: Mon Dec 29, 2025 7:58 am

Rainlights - oh yes, amen!

mik wrote: Wed Dec 24, 2025 7:59 am Safety First

Gotta love ratchet straps!

Personally I don't think there should be any phone laws, we had driving without due care and attention and that should be enough.

The problem being as Jobbo says it will be a grey area and then too open to abuse.

I was quite happy being on my phone when it was legal but possibly affected my ...

I wonder if the law has/needs changing due to stop start tech?



It’s in the uk_gov link Jobbo posted


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The law still applies to you if you’re:

stopped at traffic lights
queuing in traffic
supervising a learner driver
driving a car that turns off the engine when you stop moving ...

It's not ambiguous - it is holding the phone in your hand which is an offence. Hands-free means it's in a mount, not that you're using Siri. Other resources are available to remove ambiguity: https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/ask-the-police/question/Q955 for example.
" Pushing buttons ...

I wonder if the law has/needs changing due to stop start tech?

Is the car running if the engine isn't on? Or do they just go from ignition being live - I guess that covers EVs too..

We had sausages in bacon with our Christmas roast as children. They were just called sausages in bacon.

Pigs in blankets feels fairly modern and also stupid. I would usually assume it had come from the US of A


This is what 'mericans consider Pigs in Blankets - hotdogs in pastry.

https://www ...

NYT are going for it...

‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women
The president has tried to minimize their friendship, but documents and interviews reveal an intense and complicated relationship. Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were ...

duncs500 wrote: Thu Dec 18, 2025 9:55 am but I think they've oversimplified it at test level.

They seem to have forgotten the art of the 5 day format