What Have You Bought?

[martinist]

I don't really buy a lot of comic books. The last lot I bought were the Invincable compendiums, but i've heard good things about the IDW Sonic comics.

[Happenstance]

Few games and a new 2tb ssd for my PS5

[drahkon]

Flights to and from Bilbao and also rented an Air BnB there with 3 friends.

Never been to Spain. I'm so fucking excited  

(cost me way too much money, though )

Edited 2 hours ago by drahkon

[Ashley]

How have you never been to Spain!?

I should hopefully be going there twice this summer.

And to that point; forked out about £100 for a new passport when you include postage etc.

Going to get one of those ugly Brexit black passports

[drahkon]

13 minutes ago, Ashley said:

How have you never been to Spain!?

Good question.

I thought it was because I'm not a well-traveled person, but I've been to quite a few countries. Just not Spain  

[Julius]

Hell yeah, have a great time @drahkon 

Speaking of holidays – I'm planning to be in Berlin in June  and hopefully somewhere in Europe a good bit sunnier in October, as me and my docs are looking into me having pretty severe SAD, so this seems like a wonderful way to give myself the excuse to leave the UK behind for a week before it all goes to crap 

(well hopefully not this year but we'll see)

22 minutes ago, Ashley said:

Going to get one of those ugly Brexit black passports

Mine needs renewing in the next 12 months as it expires next spring, but I'm really not looking forward to joining the Ugly Passport Club 

[Ashley]

8 minutes ago, drahkon said:

Good question.

I thought it was because I'm not a well-traveled person, but I've been to quite a few countries. Just not Spain  

Choosing to believe you just have an aversion to entering France's airspace. 

1 minute ago, Julius said:

Hell yeah, have a great time @drahkon 

Speaking of holidays – I'm planning to be in Berlin in June  and hopefully somewhere in Europe a good bit sunnier in October, as me and my docs are looking into me having pretty severe SAD, so this seems like a wonderful way to give myself the excuse to leave the UK behind for a week before it all goes to crap 

(well hopefully not this year but we'll see)

Mine needs renewing in the next 12 months as it expires next spring, but I'm really not looking forward to joining the Ugly Passport Club 

You say that but I went to Berlin in August and ended up trying to buy a hat because it was so sunny but it was a Sunday and apparently Germans don't open shops on a Sunday?

Although speaking of make sure you don't fall foul of the 10 year passport rule. Mine actually expires in July, but if you renew a passport and there's months left on it they get carried over so you end up with 10 years + remainder. However, now we've left the EU if your passport is over 10 years it won't be accepted and that's the case with mine - it was issued in February 2015 and expires July 2025, but can't now travel to the EU on it because its been 10 years since it was issued.

[Julius]

8 minutes ago, Ashley said:

You say that but I went to Berlin in August and ended up trying to buy a hat because it was so sunny

Ah, I meant sunnier than here in the UK in October, rather than sunnier than Berlin. My bad  I'm expecting nice weather in Berlin in June! Maybe some showers though?

9 minutes ago, Ashley said:

it was a Sunday and apparently Germans don't open shops on a Sunday?

I mean, @drahkon please confirm for Germany, but I definitely found that to be the case for most shops across quite a few countries I visited that shared borders with Germany growing up (Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands) so wouldn't be too surprised! 

I've technically been in Germany before, for all of 30 minutes as we parked the car there and walked back over the bridge to visit a park in Luxembourg, but still  

12 minutes ago, Ashley said:

Although speaking of make sure you don't fall foul of the 10 year passport rule. Mine actually expires in July, but if you renew a passport and there's months left on it they get carried over so you end up with 10 years + remainder. However, now we've left the EU if your passport is over 10 years it won't be accepted and that's the case with mine - it was issued in February 2015 and expires July 2025, but can't now travel to the EU on it because its been 10 years since it was issued.

Thanks for the heads-up – yeah, I'm planning on having this Berlin trip probably be the last one on my current passport and then send off for a new one before my travels (hopefully) in October/November, as I know some countries can get a bit weird about having 6 months or less on your passport! 

[drahkon]

51 minutes ago, Julius said:

@drahkon please confirm for Germany

It is indeed true.

[Ashley]

Stupid religion. 

Assuming that's the reason anyway.