MurrayL

joined 2 years ago
[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I’m with you - celery is horrid. Right up there with coriander for me as something that completely overpowers and ruins anything it’s used in.

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I’ve always developed my own medium format Ilford HP5 with little to no issues.

Honestly, getting film on those plastic spools can be tricky regardless of the film. There are a few tricks people suggest that might help (e.g. lubricating the ball bearings with pencil graphite, and using an old scrap of film as a lead-in to get you started) but loading them is something you just have to get better at over time.

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 89 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The title is kinda ragebait here:

The video shows the contractor photographing the car after the painting is complete to alert the council not to issue a fine.

However, a parking attendant later placed tickets on the vehicle on separate days, as she was not made aware of the situation.

Croydon Council "apologised for the confusion" and confirmed that "the tickets were cancelled a week before the video was uploaded to social media".

The man decided to share the footage on social media after facing a backlash on Facebook from residents who believed he had parked in the bay knowing he was not supposed to.

Sounds to me like the real villains are the nosy neighbours looking for something to whine about and making the guy feel like he’d done something wrong. The council only made a minor mistake due to a communication error and rectified it quickly.

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Have always had artificial. My parents still use the same tree they used when I was a kid. When my wife and I bought our own place we invested in a good quality artificial and I expect it to last just as long.

Real trees are a nice idea but I’ve seen far too many horror stories about them causing fires, and even if they don’t go up in flames they still drop needles and insects everywhere. Why take the risk?

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If/when the bubble bursts we’ll have bigger problems than the price of RAM.

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Took me a second but I see it now - very cartoony. I like it!

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Off topic, but I’ve not seen that emoticon before (unusually left-facing too!) and it’s adorable.

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

They said ‘more than decimated’, so your semantic pedantry isn’t just pointless, it’s also wrong.

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Financial success is a poor measure for the worth of artists of any stripe. If anything, it has an inverse relationship.