Well_is_it

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• Digital photography

  in Photography • 3 days, 6 hours

  

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• What camera do I buy? / general gear talk

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• I got 99 problems but my WiFi ain't one

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 3 weeks, 1 day

  

  Community Fibre have offered to buy me out of my Virgin contract. Is it worth the jump? I mainly want to switch for the symmetrical speeds as I use Dropbox for heavy media schtuff.

• Digital photography

  in Photography • 3 weeks, 4 days

  

  So much great stuff in here to catch up on. I had a kid in Feb 2020 and it’s reduced my photographic output to essentially just sprog pics. Was already waning in 2019 but really want to start doing more again somehow.

  The most frustrating part is I had the chance and half a plan to potter around various parts of Germany and the Netherlands coast for a project in summer ‘19 and put it off, thinking it could happen later. Oops.

  Got some vague ideas now so let’s see.

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

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 3 weeks, 5 days

  

  Yikes. Glad everyone’s ok.

  Hope everything is straightforward with insurance.

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

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 3 weeks, 6 days

  

  Mexico City has an interesting policy which is something like cars with even/odd numbers on their reg are only allowed to drive on alternate days of the week. Always thought that was cool but then someone just pointed out that people who can afford it just buy two cars.

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

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 3 weeks, 6 days

  

  Yeah, forgot to mention that. If you live in a new build, no car.

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

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 4 weeks

  

  Nope. It’s pretty hardcore but also a bit necessary as congestion/pollution is mental enough, let alone actual parking spaces. It’s always a nice surprise visiting other parts of the country and you can pretty much park wherever you want and not spending 45 minutes going 200m down Romford road.

  Basically, cars in London are just a massive pain in the arse. I managed to not need one for the first 30+ years of my life here but had a kid and suddenly doing anything outside ever became tricky without one.

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

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 4 weeks

  

  Some (most?) councils in London only allow residents on-street parking permits for one car per household. It’s fine if you have off-street parking or a garage, though.

  There are exemptions if you are/require a carer or if one resident has a disability permit etc.

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

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 4 weeks

  

  Spotted a rather neglected bmw 850i parked near by. Every time I see one of those, I’m shocked at how pretty they are.

  Unfortunately it’s a one car per household borough so can’t even dream about it.