Skua

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[–] Skua@kbin.earth 10 points 4 days ago (6 children)

France already has them, though?

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 6 points 4 days ago

You don't become this rich in the first place if you have a concept of "enough"

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 1 points 4 days ago

I hope I'm as tough as people like that if and when I get to that age. I like hillwalking and bump into them every so often. I'm fairly capable out on the hills but I take a pretty leisurely approach; I'll bring a good sandwich and stop to eat it somewhere with a nice view, take a little detour to see something interesting, that sort of thing. One time when I was out I overtook one very old lady four times because every time I stopped she just marched on by like a goddamn machine. On the fourth one she made a joke about the tortoise and the hare. I was glad she said it because I was definitely thinking it

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 1 points 4 days ago

They are at least a lot lighter than an actual motorbike, but yes there should be a line drawn on how fast they can go. The motors are capped at 15.5 mph / 25 kph here, which is a fast but manageable pace for a decent cyclist. Anything above that counts as a motorbike and has to be taxed and registered as one

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 17 points 4 days ago (9 children)

The opposite happens to me frequently because they have electric assist bikes and I don't. Holy shit that old boy is keeping up a pace- ohhhhh he's barely pedalling

I'm kinda envious to be honest

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Well justified, though it'll be a goddamn miracle if it actually happens. Even outside of the invasion, Russia is one of the world's worst polluters

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 10 points 5 days ago

It's a lovely feeling knowing they trust and feel safe enough around you for that

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 2 points 6 days ago

I am glad to report that he does indeed enjoy getting his belly tickled while being cradled like a baby, because he is a fearsome apex predator panther

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 16 points 1 week ago

Nokia and Ericsson

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 7 points 1 week ago

Okay I might actually try that with my cat, he likes to investigate my phone already

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Someone recommend me cat games so I can install them for him

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 7 points 1 week ago

Every so often there are still stories that get enough traction to make the news of elusive big cats being spotted here (though I'm in Scotland rather than Ireland). We have also had a few real instances of non-native big cats (as in, cats substantially bigger than a house cat, not necessarily genus Panthera) being released intentionally or unintentionally that no doubt help fuel the stories, including a couple of lynxes earlier this year that are thought to have been someone's personal attempt to reintroduce them to Britain

The "caught shee" pronunciation is for the singular cat sìth or cat sí rather than the plural form given in the image

 
 

Thanks to m3t00@lemmy.world for enlightening me of this important occasion

 
 

Title edited as it has been pointed out to me that the sale has actually ended

I picked up Descenders and Absolute Drift. Only tried the latter so far, but it's great fun. Feels like there's an extremely high skill ceiling to it that I am unlikely to reach. It only cost me £1 too!

I normally go for sim racers like Assetto Corsa and Automobilista, but I have a real soft spot for the old Wipeout games and the similarly-aged N-Gen. Pacer (a touch light on tracks but a perfect spiritual successor to Wipeout) and Jetborne Racing (basically a tech demo and extremely demanding with a gamepad, but worth checking out) have been fun releases in somewhat more recent years

 
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