It’s not too bad. The key thing if your in the UK is to open a stocks and shares ISA (similar to a cash ISA, but for stocks) that means you don’t have to worry about taxes.

Other than that… Be aware that things are very volatile due to trump. He can say something and stocks drop 10% then recover by the end of the month… Or not.

If you are in for the long term, the worst thing you can do is panic and sell when that happens.

Liebherr is European and good. Expensive though.

Depth is the measurement most forget, check it fits. A deeper one is a good way to get more capacity.

Make a decision on your fridge freezer split. I do a lot of batch cooking, so went for 50/50 to get more room in the freezer.

That’s fair.

Didn’t think about coops, I assume that if they went completely underwater their creditors would still own them though.

Could all still work, but could be clunky, would probably all get worked out in time.

Even if we ignored the immediate collapse of the world economy, if you were starting from scratch how would you get anyone to take risks and put money/time into creating a business?

Even if people did decide to do it, no banks would be able to lend to you (what banks? They need a massive amount of money to start) as they would have absolutely nothing as collateral.

If the signer (government in this case) is signing everyone’s attribute with the same private key, then the public key will be able to verify all of them.

Yeh, but it’s public and normally has a decent validity, so you could fetch it once and then use it for years.

Depends on the ISP, my old one just handed out Fritz box routers with nothing locked down. Still using it now with the new ISP!

Works I’m my 1L petrol car. You just need to be gentle.

As someone that works from home and eats a lot of sandwiches; a bread maker. Great for pizza dough too!

Having two could be useful - allows you to separate anything that virtual you wants to host from anything real life you wants to host.

(Without having two domains pointing at the same IP)

The hill upto the finishline on my local park run this morning was way harder than usual, so (almost) that one today!

For me at least: getting out into nature. Cycling can easy get you out and into the countryside. And is easy on the joints etc. I prefer road bikes as I can see more.

Otherwise, I often drive to walks or runs with good views etc. I cycle to a nice forest park run.

The other trick that works with me is statistics. Going for Strava or park run segments/records can really motivate me. I also now use the wanderer.earth extension to get ‘points’ for exploring new places I have never been.

Going to the gym sucks. Swimming is nice in moderation.

I think that’s just the main coop group? There are other coops + Nisa that almost exclusively use their own brand items and distribution network (as shown by the post ransomware shortages)

So probably more if they cut all Israeli stuff from their entire network.

Is this a new build, or an existing building?

If it’s an existing building, with an existing HOA, then it should already have a bank account? (Probably with funds in it!)

If it’s new, build up an emergency fund, but leave it in a bank. putting it into stocks is crazy, it’s an emergancy/maintenance fund, you need to know how much is there, trust it’s not going to just disappear and be able to access it quickly.

Make sure you understand the voting rights and who has authority to access the money if there is going to be a significant sum in there.

Probably 20 years ago

Places with the wireless battery powered payment terminals will still work without power for a while. Lots of them don’t even need network, they just sync up later.

But for the most part, if there is a significant power outage, things are screwed anyway.

I remember going to the natural history museum as a kid and feeling sick from all the pollution.

Now it’s not a problem at all there.

If you sort by top, there are some quite funny ones.

The marshmallow is eating the kid, not the other way round.

Do most fridges not have shelves that can be put practically anywhere?