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This is a really interesting one! Look forward to reading more. As I was reading I was thinking I really must get a 3DS again (no idea where mine is anymore) as I really enjoyed it. I had no idea there was a Virtual Boy emulator for it but now I know that I’m definitely going to pick one up and give it a try. I think pretty much my only gaming regret is not buying a Virtual Boy when I had the chance. I was in Japan on a business trip about 15 years ago (can’t believe it’s that long ago) and someone had obviously discovered some unsold stock somewhere - in Super Potato they had about 10 brand new machines and they weren’t too expensive. It was just way too big to get home easily so I didn’t bother with it. Damn.

Good luck @Cube! Hope it goes well. Was quite interested on the number of jobs front, I’m at 10 in 18 years just counting from when my “career” started. Not too bad, but I’ve jumped around a fair bit post-covid compared to before.

Yeah, for some reason I had it in my head they were coming out when the season started. Got me all excited for it now!

Didn't think these were meant to be out yet, but had to buy one when I found them while doing the weekly shop. First Speed Champions set I've ever done and I really enjoyed it. Looking forward to getting the rest of them!

It amazes me anyone would dare give a negative reference nowadays. I've had some terrible employees but the worst reference I can imagine giving it one that just confirms the details of their employment. Glad it seems like you've managed to sort something else - I'd have been tempted to bring up a damages claim if not. Hopefully you at least get a bit of cash and some time to sort everything out. Hope the opportunities you've found so far work out. Definitely one to try and see the positives from and move on to something better.

We got on to Severance after we finished Silo. Been quite enjoying it but now that we're up to date it's a bit of a pain having to wait for each new episode. I really love the premise of the show but can't help but think everything will end up being something of a disappointment when we find out what is actually going on.

Same for me, shame as I really enjoyed the one for the Switch.

Oh they have other platforms and use them, every week its a detective game trying to work out if things will come via email, the private app they have, the website, facebook. I suppose my main position is that there shouldn't be any social media of kids at school regardless of the audience.

I recently had to reactivate my Facebook account as my kids school for some insane reason put half of the school updates on there. It’s a primary school and they’re posting pictures of kids, trip details, school news, I just don’t get it. Personally I look at Instagram to keep up with friends and then Reddit for my idle browsing of stuff. I don’t have any desire to be signing up to any of these new things as ultimately they are all as bad as each other. Social media echo chambers are a huge contributor to a lot of the messed up stuff we see people doing and we’d all be better off without them.

Thanks for the reminder! I’ve gone for the Friday afternoon session.

I would guess at the very least they will work for original Switch games. I'd bet that they work for anything that doesn't need any additional functionalities of the new ones.

I think (hope?) they have the Switch 2 take the OLEDs place in the range and they charge £300 for it. If they don’t do that then I reckon £400. The last console I bought in the UK was a PS3. Where will be the best place to order a Switch 2 to get one on launch day? My immediate thought is Amazon but I have no idea if that is actually my best option.

Looks cool, I'll buy one. I went to the Switch event in January 2017 and I'm a little hazy but I feel like I remember knowing quite a lot of what was going to be there - was there a direct just before the event or did we find out stuff between the reveal and the first blowout? I guess what I'm wondering is will we get bits of info between now and April or do we have to now wait 2 and a half months to see anything else. I'm glad we're finally getting a new Mario Kart. If that was the only game at launch I'd definitely get one.

I hadn’t heard of this but thanks for bringing it up - I’m going to download it and give it a go this weekend.

Quite enjoyed Raw and can see myself watching at least through to WrestleMania. I do with these shows weren’t quite so long. Maybe I’m just getting old but 3 hours of Raw + (I assume) the same for Smackdown is just too much wrestling for me each week. I feel like 2 hours (so under 1.5 considering ad breaks) for each is quite enough for me.

We’ve hated our sofa since we got it, too small, not that comfy, so have bought some Ikea modular stuff that has storage under the seats. A sofa: And a chaise longue to go with it:

We just finished this too and enjoyed it. Some ridiculous bits but on the whole it all worked well.

That’s awesome! Would love to hear more about that if you have much to share?

These are not too well thought out but very loosely I think my goals for the year are in the following areas: Get Fit: I’ve been slowly slipping into worse and worse shape since moving back to the UK. I just hate running in the cold and haven’t really gotten going with anything else. I may finally join a gym but I definitely need to get more consistent with just doing something. Sort Finances: I’ve been spending an insane amount of money the last few months, new car, Christmas, new furniture, random stuff we don’t really need, etc. etc. I’m now regularly putting money away for big stuff like house things and car insurance but I need to get better at general saving. Work Success: My new job I pretty much have the freedom to do whatever I want. I’d like to launch a couple of products I’m really proud of during the year as I feel I haven’t done that in quite a while. Bonus points if I can work out some really nice partnerships to do that through. Apartment Uprising: I’m sick to death of the management company that runs my complex. I’m going to rally the other owners and take it over. Family Time: I don’t feel I’m bad on this at all but I just want to enjoy time with the family - its whizzing by and I just want to take the time to be in the moment rather than having a million other things fighting for time.

Can’t really blame you on that one. I feel like this information was somewhere in my head but I’m definitely surprised by the fact their are even more of us from that area.

I’d forgotten it was coming to Netflix until they started the ad push on Reddit in the last few weeks. I’m very happy it’s moving over, while I love WWE Network it was always the first thing that dropped off my list of active subscriptions once the excitement of the Rumble and Wrestlemania was gone. Will probably get into it more than I have in a good while with this change.

That sounds brilliant, enjoy! I’ve spent today making a huge amount of stuffing, pigs in blankets and prepping a Turkey for tomorrow’s dinner. We still have a load of wrapping to do but I’d say we’re far more ready than we usually are at this point. We’ve got some oven snacks for dinner tonight so hopefully fairly easy way to finish up the day. My parents are already here until Friday and my sister and her boyfriend come tomorrow for the day. Thank god I’ve got two weeks of work to recover from it all.

Oh, it has yellow seatbelts too which I absolutely adore.

It’s great, in a bit of a weird way. The performance is incredible, unbelievably quick, I have the dual motor performance model which does 0-60 in under 4 seconds and you can really feel it. But outside of that its just a bit… meh. As with everything else I tested, electric cars just completely lack any “passion” or feel of the drive. But then, it’s mega comfy, super luxurious, huge boot space, great tech things. I love it. But in a way I never thought I would.

As well as my smart glasses I also recently upgraded my car due to the Subaru being way too small for a family of four. Now I have a Polestar: