Just want to wish everyone happy Pride! I'm autistic and find the crowds overwhelming so I will prob stay in today, but much love to all of you!<3
And to you!Just want to wish everyone happy Pride! I'm autistic and find the crowds overwhelming so I will prob stay in today, but much love to all of you!
Yeah, they’re basically the same shop now except Waterstones has a reward card that gives you a £10 voucher once you’ve spent £100 and Blackwells doesn’t. Can’t say I’ve found much reason to choose Blackwells over Waterstones recently.
), and some of the time I wipe them off my hard drive when they have received a region B release.
Kind of on the fence about this, I mean scalping might be morally questionable, but buying something and selling it on at a huge mark-up is not prevented by law with any other commodity and if it was, the global economy would probably collapse because that's what every retailer does, not to mention the stock market. It is just basic supply and demand, sellers are only able to charge those prices because buyers are willing to pay them and those people are just as much to blame for the high prices as the scalpers.
Bit of a brain fart here. I've been very close to buying a region-free player the past few days. There's a few Discotek titles I've seen that would be nice to have physically - namely Digimon (Japanese), Shaman King 2003, and Rainbow.
But no, I came to my senses and talked myself out of it (again). I could get a region free Blu-ray player for £150~, but I know what I'm like. If I buy one, I'll start buying loads of physical region-A releases that would be nice to have, but I could easily live without (and my wallet will hate me). I have several drives of "region-A" loot from the high seas after all, and a load of physical region B releases to be watched anyway.
I then, in my head said, why don't you use purchasing a dedicated 4k UHD player as an excuse to get a region free player? I was eyeing up the region-free Panasonic UB450 for £300 on TPS. I have a good enough TV to take advantage of Dolby Vision (Sony XH950), but I've seen Dolby Vision content running off a good dedicated player and I don't think the difference between that and the films running off HDR on the PS5 is worth the cost (imo). Perhaps the difference is more significant with a high-end OLED TV, but that would be a significant investment in itself. However, I'm more than satisfied with my current setup at the moment.
Maybe I'm lucky. My taste in anime is probably rather limited compared to a lot of others on here and there has never been a title that is region-A only that I have been dying to own physically. If I want to watch something that's region A only, I'll use alternative methods (or Crunchyroll now, as I'm a new subscriber thanks to that recent deal
Additionally, when I do buy physically, I'd rather be supporting UK distributors, as at the end of the day, I would like better and more UK releases in the future (ignoring the fact that I have a fair few AUS releases).
Then the little devil on my shoulder whispers in my ear: "Just buy a region-free player, you can't spend your money when you're dead".
Bit of a last minute decision. I was surprised at how cheap the flights and hotel were. I mean, it's all relative, but I expected it to be twice the price - which is why a holiday there was always something for the future.
They did the right thing with that shortbread, that stuff's legit. I could eat it for days!Yesterday my oldest daughter, her fiance, and my Ex came to see my mother and I over the Labor Day holiday weekend, to show us some photos and video that my daughter and Ex took on their 10-day group tour of Scotland two weeks ago. They visited Glasgow, the Highlands, and Edinburgh areas during their stay. I wrote down some of the places they visited specifically for this post, so I could list them here.
This was in the order they showed us the photos and videos, so they may not be in the order they toured. I haven't checked the spelling on all these, so forgive me for any spelling errors!
Loch Lamond
Inverary Castle
Scottish Highlands
Blair Castle (with Queen Vitoria's Bedroom)
Glasgow Catherdal
Kelvingrove Museum (lots of Historical artworks)
Glenn Finnian (where some of Harry Potter was filmed)
The Hogwarts train (they saw it running along the tracks from their bus tour)
Loch Ness
Urquhart Castle
Calloden Battlefield
Glamis Castle
Blair Athol Distillery
St Andrews
Edinburgh Castle
My daughter brought us a few little souveniers of the trip. I had wanted her to get me a Loch Ness t-shirt of some kind, but I wear a 4XL size shirt and she said there were no t-shirts she saw around Loch Ness or anywhere else on her trip over a 2XL size. What the heck, Scotland, are all you blokes malnourished or something over there?!?
Being the heavy drinker that I am (lol!), my daughter brought me a copper Jigger/shot combo from the Blair Athol Distillery - Cheers!
In place of a t-shirt from Loch Ness, she got me a Nessy Key chain:
and a couple of snack foods:
She also got my mother a large, fancy towel or wall-hanging from one of the castles they visited:
Did alright there, but it's Loch Lomond, Inveraray Castle and Culloden ;-)
