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• Owning your own home

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 16 hours, 37 minutes

  

  But aren't you in a ground floor flat in the middle of a terrace?

• Home DIY

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 20 hours, 11 minutes

  

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• Owning your own home

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 day, 1 hour

  

  It took me 3wks to paint one feature wall when our first was ~1yo.

  With Covid WFH + nursery I managed to repaint a whole room in a week.

  Progress, but a long way from when we first moved in and the two of us knocked out rooms in a day.

  Still, my folks lived out of two rooms in a semi derelict house, when I was born and decorated the whole place with full time long hour jobs - so it's doable.

• Does anyone know anything about gardening?

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 day, 20 hours

  

  Leaves are the one thing the savagely destructive wind tunnel our garden sits in is good for.

  Trees all around, but as I look out now they are all congregating in two spots. One small messy pile I need to move. One large drift in the bottom corner next to the compost heap that I can take or leave.

  Still given the choice, I'd rather sweep leaves than constantly repair and reinforce fence panels.

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 day, 20 hours

  

  Can't you just ride it until it reaches the correct mileage?

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 day, 21 hours

  

  Which they should because they’re often the leasing company

  Not sure I follow.

  If the car is doing a n extra 2-7k pa it'll only become apparent after 5yrs or more, by which time it'll have been through a couple of leases and sold by the manufacturer.

  Can't see how they'd gaf.

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 day, 23 hours

  

  I had a barber mate with a petrol head regular customer. He always had at least 2 cars on the go and constantly changed them. At the time (early '00s) his previous Omega was one of the few cars he regretted selling.

  Heard other people wax lyrical about them for some reason. Which was part of my reason for suggesting it. Plus its not expensive and unlikely to devalue a meaningful amount.

• Owning your own home

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 day, 23 hours

  

  Cheers.

  I'm not under any illusions about the beauty of the estuary. But it's quite nice being able to walk and play on a beach.

• Owning your own home

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 days

  

  whistable

  I haven't checked prices, but I'd assumed that if we could afford the cost of somewhere nice in Whitstable we could afford somewhere nice in London. In which case I'd be lobbying to move back.

  Also it's Kent. And while I'm sure the prestige has pushed natives out, I worry that there might still be a few.

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 days, 4 hours

  

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