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- docpoz1
Just saw fear and loathing in las vegas again. still funny. Interesting camera work that gives me acid/high feels. Depp and Del Toro should work together again.
- docpoz0
the temperature in nyc is finally down to a manageable level where it doesn't feel like humanity's armpit of hell
- kingsteven0
Is there a discogs for books? I have a bunch that are listed for insane prices on Amazon, is there anywhere I can check how much they actually sell for?
This one was a real surprise (currently propping up a speaker):
- I have a book that is sometimes valued at a grand, and whenever times "aren't great" I check out eBay and see if it's time to sell.detritus
- ...but then I'd have to sell on eBay, which all signs point to being a terrible idea.detritus
- Problem with Amazon is that prices on 2nd hand items are often derived algorithmically and bear no relation to market reality. I remember seeing a book for £40kdetritus
- abebooks is the equivalent i thinkhans_glib
- abebooks showing even higher prices :-s is there anyway to see value of sold items? may stick em on eBay and just drop the price by 20% every month.kingsteven
- Boo, my book's valued at £430 there. I might just try and sell it anyway - its spent the last 3 years bound in cling wrap - no life for a book :(detritus
- shapesalad6
I love botanical gardens.
Tropical plants that with a bit of imagination transport you to another part of the planet - to times of world exploration and undiscovered lands.
I love the Lisboa and Belem ones.
The one in Singapore was good too.
Kew Gardens, sorry it's meh and far overpriced.
Any others worthwhile a visit? in Europe?- The Glasgow Botanical Gardens are worth a visit if you happen to be up that way. It's not huge, but it is free, I think.detritus
- There's a tropical conservatory on the roof of the Barbican in London. UK is is not the best place given the climate.Fax_Benson
- Trebah Garden and the Eden project in Cornwall.Fax_Benson
- Lotus Land in Santa Barbara is one of the most beautiful private gardens anywhere. Also the New York Botanical Gardens is breathtaking and large.monospaced
- http://www.lotusland…monospaced
- @fax +1fadein11
- I've still not been to the bloody Eden Project. It's only been open 17 years...detritus
- same here. I really want to go to Cornwall again. It's glorious but so full of idiots like me in the summer.Fax_Benson
- I took a girl on a first date to the botanical garden in fort worth, tx. that was 9 years ago, we have been married for seven years.BonSeff
- ^ Nice story Bonseff! Congrats. Indeed plant genitals(flowers) are the best way to seduce a woman.shapesalad
- ^ and a man!mugwart
- * I feel really shy when my posts are front page of QBN.shapesalad
- paging Gardener.sted
- if you're in london you should pop into the chelsea physic garden. amazing little oasis, tho sadly beginning to realise it (=££)hans_glib
- Edinburgh Botanics are ok, still free.PhanLo
- shellie0
I woke upl to my lips and eyes swollen shut. What did I eat? This feels so weird. I can fell the thickness of my eye lid when I blink.
- you aren't aware of anything you're allergic to? obviously see someone ... at least you can breathe!monospaced
- Pink eye?robotron3k
- fixed? :)sted
- docpoz-4
i think extra-terrestials from cyberspace are leading me i strabge directions while trying to find a kmart in union square. i have to return a product. i walked in circles for an hour
- MrT5
Must remember: before a client drops in for an over-the-shoulder annoyance meeting, check one's FontExplorer sample text. Rather embarrassing.
- docpoz-1
feels like a mistletoe
- docpoz-1
just returned from the k mart. i shuffled my way through the line and ended up disagreeing with the exchangepolicy wholeheartedly. If K Mart dies, its exchange policy may have something to do with it.
- docpoz-1
for some reason left wingers always assume Im a right winger. their closed mindedness can be baffling. I was an ally at one point but now Im finding them dazed and confused. which is fine. im mostly crazed and unused.
- as long as you can comfortably categorise your entire political view into 1 of 2 sides you'll be fine.inteliboy
- tbf you talk nonsensical shite all the time yerself. but y'know fuck em' don't change.kingsteven
- Krassy7
The guitar playing in this song makes me feel so alive!
- ❤MrT
- wow I saw them on that tour...robotron3k
- me, tooSimonFFM
- I saw them so many times. During this tour too. This is one of the best albums ever made. I think it's their best with all due respect to Disintegration.CyBrainX
- nice!notype
- so good! the intro so long and in it! Have to admit that Robert Smith's initial demo is kinda weirdSquiddy
- docpoz-2
the city is my lover.
the city is my succubus.eat spinach.
- Bennn1
big trend over here amongst the hipsters; socks in flip flop and women not wearing bras, it's the nipples festival
- That's what I have been saying. Festival for the win!pango
- germans were decades ahead of those trends. go figure. :Pd_gitale
- ^ plus braided underarm hairrobotron3k
- But really. Only 1 or 2 extreme ones on internet.pango
- For the under arm braidpango
- Every cunt here's got ghetto slippers too. The older I get, the more ridiculous and drone-like I realise fads and fashions are.detritus
- docpoz-2
I responded to his moronic cubic composition with a green pasteurized milk. The gig was up. The hatred was born to full display. Certainly in the next drink session a full gallon of milk will be used for all to see. It will be hearty.
- notype1
Has anyone seen Blue Man Group?
- Is it any good?notype
- i thought it was really dope. one of the only redeeming parts of my las vegas experiencesarahfailin
- I would not call their show "life changing"robotron3k
- was okay... but there are far more redeeming shows in vegas (or other cities for that matter). If you go get one of them to kiss your ticketPonyBoy
- I saw em in London. Pretty good. Not life-changing.MrT
- I saw them in Vegas too. It was pretty cool. Worth seeing once, for sure.section_014
- Mentioned on the Moth's recent episode. I want to zone out to something this weekend. The hook for me is that it's about connection & community.notype
- i thought they were fantasticscarabin_net
- Tx scar, will report backnotype
- shellie2
I woke up this morning with the worst allergic reaction to sunscreen I used yesterday. I was up dumb early for a video conference to find my eyes almost completely swollen shut and it looked like I had lip injections. I'll skip the picture posting so i don't get "setted". It's a little better now but it was a hellava day trying to work and recover from that. All the benadryl had my fighting off the Zs and it made me stoney feeling all day.
I thought I was finally being responsible putting sunscreen on. I can naturally handle the sun pretty well being a POC, but i clearly ive gotta go organic if i use anything from now on I guess.
- Setted... LOLpango
- i think i coined a new one. Setted.shellie
- pics?drgs
- Need to go gluten free, ultra-veganrobotron3k
- How ultra is ultra vegan?pango
- I have to love ultra vegan gluten free or I'm off sick for days. Sign of the times but at least you feel better about yourself!
Also pictures!!!mugwart - Oh no, glad you know what it is now. funny you're having an issue with this... i'm having my own w/ sunscreen and it doesn't feel good...notype
- POC still need sunscreen. i keep forgetting (til recently), i hate the fucking white residue it leaves on me. feel better shellie.notype
- I think I figured out what caused this. There's some extreme construction happening and my roommates c.f. wire up this morning with the same reactionshellie
- They're putting in drywall now ripping out old 70s insolation over the weekend. Dat shit is poison and I'm not sensitive to much.shellie
- ommute while side of her face was like a balloon. Mine has gone away in basically 48 hrs.shellie
- WhiteFace0
Help me make a big decision! A bit of history - I moved to a small alpine town France 6 years ago from the UK, snowboarded in the winter, MTB in the summer, had steady freelance work, but not well paid, met a girl, everything was coming together. Then I badly broke my leg, permanently damaged it, couldn't socialise much because it's all based around the mountain, work was tough, plowed through my savings (and I had 4 bitcoin stolen!), and then my girlfriend left me, rough couple of years. Now I have 2 options...
1) Stay in France - bump into my Ex a lot, seeing her settle down with someone else etc which will be tough. Also difficult to meet someone new. And my snowboarding days are numbered. Try and build up my business (possible due to the low cost of living) and chase the dream of buying a house out there.
2) Cut my losses and move back to the UK - scrap the freelance gig and try and find a more sociable full-time job, have more chance of meeting someone else, and basically start afresh. But will probably always wonder 'what if I'd stayed'
I've been weighing it up for weeks now but still no closer to a decision so obviously I thought I'd ask the QBeens, how the fuck do you make a decision like this!?
- No one other than yourself can really answer this for you, imho - but given you're asking, it sounds like at least part of your mind is made up, but ...detritus
- ..the rest of you doesn't want to let go, to 'give up' on what is clearly an important stage in your life. Good luck. Big changes rarely seem as much afterwardsdetritus
- Are there no third ways? Do yu speak French well enough to get a job elsewhere in France?detritus
- My French is ok, needs more practice but yea in theory I could.WhiteFace
- i wouldn't give up france. what detritus said, find a full time job in france to build up some buffer and pull your shit together :)sted
- Yep, from the way you said clearly 2) is more appealing and excited, and if the only downside is 'what if' then that's nothing.set
- You could say 'what if' if you stayed! Sorry to hear you've had a tough time man. I say go and start a new life!set
- I'd wait it out another winter. Focus on those projects you want to do while costs are low and time is plenty.shapesalad
- Wait to see how this shitstorm of Brexit unfolds. Staying a bit longer might get you some EU options should you want to return/stay.shapesalad
- Leaving right now, probably also saying goodbye to any chance of returning if Brexit = "those living in EU country before 19 March get right to remain. "shapesalad
- "after 19 March, no right to stay in EU". Also the uk economy could tank and it be hard to get a job. < my main concern....shapesalad
- Try south of France.. some fresh sea air, swimming might be good for your leg, vitamin D for well being and chicks in bikini's to take mind off ex.shapesalad
- I'm stuck in Jersey, between France and the UK. If I could move tomorrow, it would be to France no question...JerseyRaindog
- Being a small island I'm always bumping into ex's as well. That shit becomes less & less important as you get older. Your ex shouldnt factor into your decisionJerseyRaindog
- What Shapesalad said ... get yourself to the South of France ;) The bottom of the west coast is pretty cool too - lots of surfing down Hossegor /Biarritzmicrokorg
- UK isn't much of an option. This shit storm is getting messy...messier. Why UK? maybe a different area in France. What is your expertise?mugwart
- Focus on your health. Put her out your mind and try and recover whom you are, this reads as your a bit lost and down trodden upon.mugwart
- Move to Scotland, tons of jobs in tech for designers/devs. Snow, MTB, IRN Bru, Buckie, hot girls, plus independence on the way :)mrAtor
- Irn Bru's dead to me since SugarTaxGate :(detritus
- Of those two choices, the hardest choice is the best decision you should make for yourself. That's how you decide.robotron3k
- go or stay where your network is. Everything will be shit one day but being lonely is the worst.mekk
- Read your own text over and over again until you find the answer. I believe, you've written it down already.SimonFFM
- Us millennials are so scared of decisions. Get rid of everything that ain't working for you mate. Worry later. It'll be okay... daddy's here.robthelad
- If you really can't decide, toss a coin.Morning_star
- I like the sound of Scotland but I'm a Southern Fairy!mugwart
- Try move to a different spot in france? New job - new start? No need to be somewhere if you cant snowboard and won't have to bump into your ex. Best of luck!pedromendez
- Didn't read all the responses here, but nothing in life is black and white. You have infinite choices. Not just 2. If your move doesn't work out it's ok...nocomply
- You'll learn and grow through your experience and move again.nocomply
- Take a vacation. Get out of your frame of mind. Then return and stay for the bounce back.cannonball1978
- Thanks guys, some great food for thought thereWhiteFace
- 1. therapy
2. find a mentor
3. only you know the answer (meditate)
4. read all the books n' hang in there.notype - +1 for mentor. I been thinking of getting one as well.mugwart
- this book is brilliant for getting those answers:
https://ixquick-prox….mugwart - -1 for therapy. Sorry, i really dislike that shit. Your social network and family should fill that void. Imho, obv.detritus
- Thanks mugwart, I’ll add it to my list. Taking a long break from non-fiction these daysnotype
- yo mug, link inoperable.notype
- microkorg0
Was making lunch and watched some of the flybys to celebrate 100 years of the Royal Air Force bombing the shit out of other countries.
Watching the crowds and royals cheer and smile as the war machines roared by across the sky made me think of the polar opposite someone feels when they hear this same sound approaching without friendly intent.
- https://imgur.com/ga…imbecile
- i saw the f35s wobble by (honestly, they seemed to struggle to fly smoothly, compared to the ancient tornados before them)hans_glib
- I felt the same. Turned my back on them when they flew over. Cuntsmugwart
- You're so fucking woke materobthelad