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751.
by growlist 7y ago
I'm going with these guys - nothing to disclose and can't comment on them yet as the switch hasn't happened - but according to the comparison site I used I'm going to be saving £400 a year or so :-o http://www
752.
by growlist 7y ago
Just a quick warning - I've saved hundreds switching away from Ecotricity. Personally I'd rather give the money saved to a tree planting charity myself, should I wish to do so.
753.
by growlist 7y ago
It does have some pretty unique properties e.g. ductility - imagine gold foil as cheap as aluminium foil. I'm sure we'd find plenty of uses from that alone, not least better heat shielding.
754.
by growlist 7y ago
So we plant a few million more trees. Win win.
755.
by growlist 7y ago
Welcome to the wonderful globalised utopia of 2019 in which shared culture has been deliberately destroyed and genuine, wholesome, worthwhile, spiritually nourishing experiences and a sense of community are replaced with empty consumerism a
756.
by growlist 7y ago
There is definitely too much sensation and information for me these days. When I was a kid and being a natural geek I had so little technical literature in the house that I used to pore over it. I'd read my computer magazines cover to
757.
by growlist 7y ago
You need to not have anything to do. Just go and lie down in a barely furnished room with no distractions for a while. The boredom will surely come!
758.
by growlist 7y ago
> more regularly fall back on gut feelings and intuitions also known as heuristics. And let's not pretend that younger people approach every problem through some kind of rigorous logical analysis. Young people round here look less p
759.
by growlist 7y ago
I wish I had enough cash to purchase a chunk of pasture and reforest it, but everywhere in the SE is stupidly expensive I think. Possibly moving up north soon, so I may well purchase an acre of two if I can. I'd want to be near enough
760.
by growlist 7y ago
I'd imagine it was far easier to be an unknown spy 250 years ago, and the passing of time is only likely to make it more difficult to establish her identity, bit like Jack the Ripper.
761.
by growlist 7y ago
Can't come quickly enough in the UK as we have a significantly lower percentage of tree cover compared to Europe, and I love forests dearly. It was said that after WW1 there was barely a tree left standing in the country, and we'v
762.
by growlist 7y ago
What surprises me is that (at least judging by job adverts) so many people still think to seem OOP is the best thing since sliced bread, as opposed to a just another tool to be approached pragmatically.
763.
by growlist 7y ago
Fully remote for 4+ years now. I consider it worth £5-10k on top of my salary due to cost of commuting (cash + time). I think it can definitely negatively impact career if the company is not properly set up for it, and can also act as a dis
764.
by growlist 7y ago
Yeah generally I used to find a sleeping pill mandatory for sleepers, the downside being that one tends to leave at least one possession behind in the cabin the morning after.
765.
by growlist 7y ago
Err, perhaps the fact that the majority of the population are not ethnic English people?
766.
by growlist 7y ago
Sure, sadly lots of crime and drugs in Sussex - I'd imagine Brighton on its own accounts for a lot of it, and there is the county lines phenomenon everywhere. That doesn't change the upsurge in London. I'd also be extremely
767.
by growlist 7y ago
> almost surely the result of tory austerity Just a laughable assertion.
768.
by growlist 7y ago
But the unspoilt places inevitably require more effort both upfront and whilst there. The holiday starts to become more like work than relaxation!
769.
by growlist 7y ago
That's ok, I prefer England.
770.
by growlist 7y ago
Max Hastings may well have an axe to grind, no? > so bitterly divided > very strange times I'm not so sure we are as bitterly divided or that the times are as strange as we are led to believe, and I think both of above have been
771.
by growlist 7y ago
West Sussex.
772.
by growlist 7y ago
It is comparable in kind - an influx of the masses spoiling things for the pioneers.
773.
by growlist 7y ago
Yeah. Much of the 'real world' is turning into something like a Center Parks (if you know of it) experience, where what we believe to be reality is nothing of the sort. At least some trips are immune though, like a tropical chill
774.
by growlist 7y ago
Mass tourism has ruined travel for me.
775.
by growlist 7y ago
At first they were just shitting up the Web - now it's the real world too :( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
776.
by growlist 7y ago
Objective measures say different. Just look at the bloodbath on the streets, about which Kahn appears to be perfectly sanguine.
777.
by growlist 7y ago
Not sure if you're kidding, but Eton is one of the finest schools in the UK, probably the world, so it's a bit much to be quite so disparaging. Also I'm guessing you've never heard of CP Snow: 'The Two Cultures is t
778.
by growlist 7y ago
One of the things that brought home to me how far China has to go was an episode of The Grand Tour in which Jeremy Clarkson was driving along one of its countless new highways, only for a rain shower to render the road virtually undriveable
779.
by growlist 7y ago
Say what you like about Boris, but there is good evidence he's not stupid as lots of people would like to believe: 'Johnson excelled in English and Classics, winning prizes in both, and became secretary of the school debating soci
780.
by growlist 7y ago
He did pretty well in London - certainly better than Kahn, who has been disastrous.

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