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  • My array of cactii and succulents continue to look great, despite us being on year 2 of a drought. I have a painstaking reigeme of upkeep which is mostly looking at them and saying to myself "yep, that's a plant alright".

    So, all in all I'm happy with my garden.

  • It's interesting that different people take different things away from the game, I love the base game with small trucks - team Fleetstar!

  • It is the cost that's holding me back now, I paid €2700 for my 2021 Tango a year ago and it has an expected lifespan of about 10 years at my current rate / style of use. There are other factors, but that's the main one ... I figure it will be the last petrol bike I buy.

  • Thanks for replying - I'm always dubious of the claimed ranges on anything electric being shown on youtube!

    At the moment I use a small petrol motorbike, at some point though I'll make the switch I'm sure :-)

  • Ah yes, IIRC they're quick, light, but lack the sort of pulling power one would want in mud ... kinda hard to find that outside of a full-blown motorbike!

  • FWIW I did read all of it!

    Sometimes it's good to get a whole string of consciousness off one's mind :-)

  • Skating used to be whole life, my right leg has been held together by a metal rod for the last 7 years now.

    Like you, it was caused by an avoidable miskate that was my own fault. I can still get on skates (though that took about 3 years) and I'm limited to doing that for about half an hour and can't move fluidly.

    For me the solution wasn't to do everything I could to continue doing the thing I loved, but rather to let it go. These days I ride (small, quiet) motorbikes, walk my dogs, and have recently taken up archery.

    Had I not broken my leg there's a diversity of experiences I'd have missed out on, because I was enraptured with The Thing. There's more to the world than one single hobby!

    If you have close friends and family, do try and talk through how you're feeling with them, and think about seeing a therapist - these sorts of limitations are hard to adapt to for everyone!

    I wish you good luck in whatever sort of adventures you have next :-)

  • That's easy for me, the Snowrunner Year 1 expansion pack. Specifically Lake Kola and Imandra, when coaxing a heavily laden truck through the deep snow, day slides to night and the northern lights come out. A borderline spiritual experience because to get there you have to have got through things that seemed impossible.

  • Ok cool, I've added Cross Ange to the list and I'll have it a fair crack :-)

  • That is awesome! Do you have any plans to fettle it further, or are you going to start making other controllers for the game?

  • Nobody ever comes to the comments for The 51st State, despite it's brilliance

  • Thanks for the thoughtful reply! Since posting I'm about halfway through Yona and really enjoying it for the adventure and action ... less fussed about the romance TBH (I like a nice slow-burning romance, but this feels a bit forced).

    I might have a look at Cross Ange, it depends on how intrusive the fan service is!

  • I use Linux Mint at home and Windows 10 and 11 at work. The UI is basically interchangeable, I use both in the same manner.

    I've had zero reliability issues and Mint was easier to install than Windows when I did it 4 years ago (not had to reinstall it yet, just kept on updating).

    Games wise, I just play stuff through steam or classic emulators and it works well enough that typing this is the most I've thought about how it works for a long time.

    I'm guessing the people who complain are running some gnarly full-custom linux on new hardware and trying to get the latest games to run ... that was once me, I now use a PlayStation for newer games because PC gaming was just a bottomless money and time pit.