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I used to have 2 hours daily commute (1 hour each way) just to get from one part of a big city to another, but it was on trams/trains/buses so I could just read something to stay sane, if you had to drive that much every day it would be horrible
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vyelkin posted:I used to have 2 hours daily commute (1 hour each way) just to get from one part of a big city to another, but it was on trams/trains/buses so I could just read something to stay sane, if you had to drive that much every day it would be horrible Same. People asked me why I didn't just drive and it was baffling. The distance is like 6 miles, it's just insane traffic every day. It took longer to drive than it did to take the circuitous train route.
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kcer posted:i've been reading your ylls bike posts because seeing everyone buy new bikes made me also want to get a newer bike but you can't buy them for love nor money here right now You're in the UK, yeah? Try Decathlon. I got one off their Irish site a while back, seem to have more stock than anywhere else.
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When I lived in Atlanta I commuted 25 miles in my lovely Corolla each direction and I wanted to die. I wonder how many cumulative weeks I spent sitting on I-285 with traffic not moving. I've been a fully remote computer toucher for 3 years now and it's been the biggest quality of life improvement I can imagine.
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Mickolution posted:You're in the UK, yeah? Try Decathlon. I got one off their Irish site a while back, seem to have more stock than anywhere else. B-Twin quality is kind of hit-or-miss in my experience. Most of the time it's OK but you'll get a surprise product that wears out super quick.
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Bape Culture posted:If I had to buy a merc I’d have an e63 wagon op Agreed but there is a significant difference in tax bands over here between them. Means it will be easier to move on as well.
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Brass Hand posted:Agreed but there is a significant difference in tax bands over here between them. Means it will be easier to move on as well. I had an m9 at my last job who married an Irish woman and lived there for the better part of a decade. He told me that buying a car in Ireland is one of the most expensive places to do it in Europe, is that true?
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Mickolution posted:You're in the UK, yeah? Try Decathlon. I got one off their Irish site a while back, seem to have more stock than anywhere else. drat that's a good idea, i'll have a look
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greazeball posted:B-Twin quality is kind of hit-or-miss in my experience. Most of the time it's OK but you'll get a surprise product that wears out super quick. It was as much it being the only place I could find that had anything in my price range. I don't know anything about bikes, really. It's just for getting round the city and with that city being Dublin, it'll more than likely be stolen before it has a chance to wear out on me. kcer posted:drat that's a good idea, i'll have a look It was hit and miss with which sizes they had. Irish store isn't open yet, though, so stock might be handled differently. Only took 3 days or so for delivery.
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Your employer may have a help to buy scheme on bikes. Mine does but gently caress cycling I'm a tram b*tch
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Weaponized Cum posted:How on the world did you commute for 3 hours A DAY and not go insane? Podcasts and a Switch helped out a lot. But yeah, I was starting to go insane. Ironically this pandemic couldn't have come at a better time for me. I've been taking like 75% of the money I was spending on trains and donating it to food banks and anyone else I can help out.
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Gigi Galli posted:I had an m9 at my last job who married an Irish woman and lived there for the better part of a decade. He told me that buying a car in Ireland is one of the most expensive places to do it in Europe, is that true? Correct OP, for a new car at least. We pay VAT @23% on new cars and a Vehicle Registration Tax which is based on the CO2 emissions of the car which goes from 14% (anything below say a Prius)of the price of the car (including the cost of any options, not the sticker price!) to...36%. So for something like a Golf, we pay €31,500 where someone in the UK is paying €27,700 or thereabouts. For something like the Giulia, the UK sticker price is about €66,000. In Ireland....€99,945 so 100k new lmao. Worse still is to keep the prices somewhat competitive with the UK, they have to strip equipment from the cars so for an equivalent trim you may be short a few things on an Irish car. That’s why nearly everyone imports a used car from the UK as used prices are so cheap. For the price of a flight (can be €20-30 if you are lucky) and the boat back home with the car (€140) you can save megabucks on some cars. The car has to be over six months old though. 
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And that’s before you have even taxed the car to drive it. Highest tax band is 226g CO2/km is €2350. So your car has cost you €195 each month before you have even turned a wheel. Giulia would be €1200 thanks to whatever bullshit they did in the official testing. Mad about car taxes irl.
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We bought a new hoover last week and the difference over the old henry was just insane
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Jose posted:finished cleaning my carpets and they were filthy Did you trim them too?
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tarbrush posted:Amazing. Buy a decent office chair! Gigi Galli posted:Any tech company that won’t allow this in the future will rapidly lose employees. It’s good. I worked for a big enterprise tech company for awhile and 6-7 years ago when I started to be able to work remote 100%, I "liberated" a couple of Herman Miller Aeron chairs from our local office to use in my home office. When I was eventually RIF'd (for completely unrelated/reorg reasons), there were no asset tags associated with the chairs (or multiple FP monitors for whatever reason) so I kept 'em 
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Jose posted:Rug doctor Is this like that treatment clinic Nasri went to but for Conte?
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Bundy posted:Is this like that treatment clinic Nasri went to but for Conte? 
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sticksy posted:I worked for a big enterprise tech company for awhile and 6-7 years ago when I started to be able to work remote 100%, I "liberated" a couple of Herman Miller Aeron chairs from our local office to use in my home office. 
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sticksy posted:I worked for a big enterprise tech company for awhile and 6-7 years ago when I started to be able to work remote 100%, I "liberated" a couple of Herman Miller Aeron chairs from our local office to use in my home office. I need to go collect my aeron from the office god drat it.
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CyberPingu posted:I need to go collect my aeron from the office god drat it. Pictured: cyberpingu taking his chair home on his multiple hour train ride 
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:Pictured: cyberpingu taking his chair home on his multiple hour train ride Legitimately would probably be the only way to get a seat on my evening train home.
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trem_two posted:When I lived in Atlanta I commuted 25 miles in my lovely Corolla each direction and I wanted to die. I wonder how many cumulative weeks I spent sitting on I-285 with traffic not moving. In the last 8 week since we have been in lockdown I've got to spend more time with my kid. Not dropped in work production. Don't feel tired all the loving time and also don't have to spend hours commuting. It's the loving best. I now get to work from here as opposed to a lovely office desk 
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I’m the completely empty daily calendar
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I’m the LED peripheral mat, set to streamer girl pink.
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Eau de MacGowan posted:2020's had plague, now war, i'm pretty sure pwm being reopened is the next horseman The faint clop-clop mouth sound and horrendous stench of the approaching 4 bronies. But, wait- there's only one because he's so fat and it's idiot race.
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Bape Culture posted:Boooooo A7h reminder 
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brocked posted::looks at OS screens: Our CTO hates windows so I've been making a point to make my zoom and desktop backgrounds windows through the ages. big crush on Chad OMG posted:I’m the completely empty daily calendar I printed that off that morning to laminate and hang on the office door so my wife knows what my schedule is for the week. It...fell by the wayside.
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The fact that'll likely be working from home for the rest of the year made us finally get a dog and he came home a week ago and hes shits everywhere and loving rules
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Post that dog
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CyberPingu posted:In the last 8 week since we have been in lockdown I've got to spend more time with my kid. Not dropped in work production. Don't feel tired all the loving time and also don't have to spend hours commuting. haha nerd
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pik_d posted:Post that dog
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Do you think Raffles' dog is named Ruffles?
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CyberPingu posted:In the last 8 week since we have been in lockdown I've got to spend more time with my kid. Not dropped in work production. Don't feel tired all the loving time and also don't have to spend hours commuting. phwoar tekken 3
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I post from a Huawei Android phone from 2014
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Gigi Galli posted:phwoar tekken 3 I would love to play some Tekken 3
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brocked posted:I would love to play some Tekken 3 Same, I have the disc, may do some epic retro gaming later
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I used to have an emulator on my old machine... Now I have a Nintendo Wii for the kids. But I have a Soul Calibur 2 disc I can play every once in a while
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