I was thinking about just turning off new registrations completely, but haven't done so on the off chance an old boy turns up that can't access their old account (however unlikely that is to happen)

Check your Windows Wi-Fi settings and disable automatic connection to unnecessary known networks, then update your network adapter driver.

Sorry missed that.

bear... what are you doing likeing ai slop?

tut tut tut


:-p

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We went to 3 different places, 1st one was by far the best, 2nd one didn't really give a sh*t, 3rd one was pretty crap, was more of "here's 3, pick one"

1st place pretty much said pick any ring, any stones, any design you want and we'll make it... lab grown £1500, real £10,000   :-o

Just be mindful they can and do grow diamonds in labs for retail, so the whole discussion of "fake" Goes a step further nowadays.

I had a period where I kept picking up nails in my tyres in my old BMW (at £200 a quarter for their odd sizing it was ridiculous) and the TPM would alert me as you'd hope, but even after that because the TPM system was so flaky and overly sensitive it would still set the dread in motion every time it kicked in to the point where I wished I didn't have it!

Even if they're not fake they're not worth the retail price in terms of stones and metal, but I guess you can't try a lot on because they only have limited sizes/range shown? If you went to a chain maybe go to an independent jewellers instead to compare, might get a better deal or something a bit more bespoke?

Quote from: matt5cott on September 13, 2026, 00:32:36 AMGreat it's working, I love seeing the old guard* posting 

*I include myself in that terminology, none of us are young now!

I was about to post, "no, I'm still young!"

then I realised actually I'm dropping to bits, everything hurts, I'd love a nice little nap


but also if I sleep in it cripples me with back pain