Bruncvik
@Bruncvik@lemmy.world
- Comment on Not gonna lie, I kind like it 1 day ago:
As one legend to another: Before the Ancestors, there were Legends. That’s what the 70’s kids are.
- Comment on Been putting a lot of thought into this 6 days ago:
Don’t know a day-to-day equivalent, but in winter, taking of your ski shoes after a day of skiing is straight up orgasmic.
- Comment on Dogs welcome 6 days ago:
That’s Crunchbang.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Bastard…
- Comment on 64$ the ticket, 1040$ surcharge. 1 month ago:
I recently did a return trip from Dublin to Boston and back. Each ticket was 1 Euro; rhe rest was airport taxes, government levies, etc.
In the past, pre-covid, 1 Euro tickets were not unusual. Part of the reason why Ryanair became so dominant was that they contracted with secondary airports that had much lower fees, so the final price was below what the competitors could offer.
- Comment on THIS is a real test of how old you are. If you score 20 your future is short 2 months ago:
Dude. I still use 8 of them. And you’ll only take those eight from my cold, dead fingers. Which, apparently, won’t be long…
- Comment on If you are a guy living with a woman you know THIS 2 months ago:
We have separate bathrooms, but I still have PTSD from the time I changed the skirting boards in hers.
- Comment on Someday, someone will invent something that can ‘envelope’ small flat items so they can be shipped more efficiently. Until that day … 2 months ago:
On the other hand, Anazon once shipped me a lightbulb for my oven in and envelope. It came nice and flat, in many, many pieces.
- Comment on Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon 2 months ago:
I’m in Ireland, shopping mainly in the UK Amazon. I buy there mainly mid-range supplies, and I have a few physical stores in continental Europe where I get the more expensive stuff. But flying with anything liquid or large paper pads is almost as risky as having them shipped from Amazon, with the added bonus of my wife complaining that I take up too much weight in the suitcase with my “useless toys”.
- Comment on Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon 2 months ago:
For me, local is improving, but slowly. Living in Ireland, the local market is, well, insular. Until recently, local shops faced very little competition, so their prices were exorbitant and customer service non-existent. This attitude is slowly changing, and my shopping habits are shifting to local, so hopefully in time I’ll stop buying from Amazon, Ali Express, and the likes.
- Comment on Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon 2 months ago:
I agree with the quality aspect. We got some solar lights for the garden that are brighter and last longer than those you buy in local stores for a much higher price. That said, I prefer to buy such no-brand items from Ali Express, which charges a third or half the price Amazon does for the same item.
- Comment on Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon 2 months ago:
Thanks! That’s actually what I’d be looking for. I’ll check whether they deliver hassle-free to Ireland. Relatively few speciality stores do.
- Comment on Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon 2 months ago:
My wife uses Temu for disposable party items, but that’s it. I’m of an age where I unironically ask for socka for Christmas, so I’m already beyond Temu’s target audience.
- Comment on Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon 2 months ago:
If I ever find a bag with with an ICQ logo, I’d pay in gold.
- Comment on Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon 2 months ago:
I’m not going into such depth (unless it’s technology I don’t understand), but I usually shop on Amazon after I figured out what exactly I wanted, and what price below other stores I was willing to pay. I found that only two categories I still overwhelmingly purchase from Amazon are books and branded art supplies.
- Comment on Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon 2 months ago:
I looked them up now, and they look very good, but for my purposes I’d like a bag that costs less than the contents.
It turns out that I was looking at the wrong type of bags. What I really needed (and got) was a thin, lightweight laptop bag, which holds my notebook (of paper variety), a few pens, and some odds and ends. For anything that’s capable of carrying significant bulk and weight, I prefer a backpack.
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- Comment on Most often are you doing the first or the second? 2 months ago:
This shouldn’t be a binary question, but a spectrum. And based on the answer you could guess the person’s age pretty accurately.
- Comment on Why do some Men think all dish washing should be done by their GF or wife? Their help is really appreciated 2 months ago:
Why do women have smaller feet? So that they can stand closer to the kitchen sink.
But seriously: whoever is free, does the dishes. And we have the microwave rule: when the microwave is running, don’t stand around waiting, do something useful. Obviously, this is applicable not only to the microwave. So, cleaning the kitchen is an ongoing process, but thanks to that we never get to a stage where doing the dishes or cleaning the counter feels like a chore.
- Comment on Adding stickers to my fruit so it's harder to recycle 2 months ago:
That’s what I’m doing. Of course, it’s easier with an apple when I clean it anyway, rather than a banana where all I have is hands and teeth.
- Comment on Adding stickers to my fruit so it's harder to recycle 2 months ago:
I usually shop at Aldi, and their brand comes in plastic bags, with no stickers on the fruit. Still not ideal, but at least it’s easily separable.
- Comment on Adding stickers to my fruit so it's harder to recycle 2 months ago:
Ireland
- Comment on Adding stickers to my fruit so it's harder to recycle 2 months ago:
My rubbish company told me not to throw them into the compost bin; that it’s better to put your peel onto regular rubbish if you can’t get them off.
- Comment on As you age your fantasies change 3 months ago:
Funny enough, in some countries the Christmas presents are delivered by baby Jesus, and not Santa Claus.
- Comment on hmm breakfast 3 months ago:
This is also the reason why Metamucil doesn’t sell in Europe. Seriously: just looking at the left picture gives me constipation.
(I understand that the pic is a joke, but anyone who has a coffee and a fag after breakfast can attest to their wonderful laxative powers.)
- Comment on thats all 3 months ago:
At first I thought I was on c/running and was about to agree.
- Comment on Gee I always thought that they were 3 months ago:
One more week till Halloween. The next day the Christmas season starts, and I’ll gave the three TSO Christmas albums on loop.
- Comment on Back in my day... 3 months ago:
I used to live in the US back then, and it was cheaper to leave voice messages than text. So, I did. One time I called my sister in Europe, and since she didn’t answer, I left a voice message. She called me back later, pissed off, because she had to call her provider to set up her voice mailbox, because “normal people just text when there’s no answer.” These days, she sends me long voice messages on Whatsapp, which I ignore for weeks at a time. Oh, how the tables have turned…
- Comment on Fuck 3 months ago:
Looks like they used CSS on that tree, instead of tables…
- Comment on What would you name this New vehicle outta science fiction movies 4 months ago:
