I decided to stop drinking for Xmas and new year. I've been hyper emotional for the last few weeks and didn't want to make it worse. It's actually not bad so far tbh. I've had more thoughtful conversations with extended family that I wouldn't usually have
@LN78 cheers, yeah well it might not be permanent but at least until I settle down a bit. If I can settle down that is.
I also decided to not watch the traditional Xmas EastEnders this year for similar (but jokingly light-hearted) reasons as I seem to be living in an episode of it right now.
Stay safe LN, Xmas is tough. Not sure why, might be the extended time off. Maybe life is just always like this and we attribute more importance to events at this time because of the date.
This emotional barrage seems to have reduced my appetite (along with a double whammy of COVID and a stomach ulcer a few weeks ago) as well so I seem to have naturally cut out my excessive over eating that I was using to cope. Despite how intense I feel, I am kind of hoping that part of it stays and I can take advantage to lose a bit of weight.
@LN78 I genuinely have felt much better after cutting out Eastenders. Caught a bit of tonight’s and it’s just bloody miserable. At least I’ve done two thirds of a really great Lego hotel set I got, although the fiddly repetitive bits make my brain want to escape out my ears. The sausage fingers and bottle of cider probably didn’t help much.
@MightyDemon82 Unfortunately not. The dog mostly wants to lick the baby’s hands/face and then runs off to her crate as soon as the baby starts crying.
@ralphdibny I’m not much of a drinker these days and yesterday was probably the most I’ve had all year, and that still “only” came to splitting two bottles of beer with the father in law and a couple of glasses of red at dinner (plus some booze free Buck’s Fizz in the morning).
The mother in law got me a collection of 24 beers which would probably last me the year. But it’s got a best before date of mid Feb on it so most of those will probably end up down the sink.
As some of us have come into some ps gift cards over the holiday season, we may be eyeing up those pre-orders more closely. As I thought about it, I think I might hold off. Do you think it is still worth it to pre-order as most games come out not in the greatest state? I'm looking at Hogwarts, but holding off for now.
@Elodin No, always wait if you can unless it is something special that you can not wait to play. I think I only pre-ordeded one game released this year and that was Elden Ring.
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@Thrillho fair play, that's always the trouble with having lots of alcohol at once. Spirits and unopened wine last forever but beers do go off. I've done a fair few "smugglers runs" or domestic "booze cruises" to the west country over the last few years to get some local beers (not only for that reason but I usually ensure I come back with a trolly full when I do visit to see friends).
This means I normally have a cupboard full and I think what I have left will expire in 2023 so 🤷♂️. That always kind of puts pressure on me to drink them up but I can't have more than a case of 12 left at the moment so I'm not as fussed if they go to waste or if I give them to a friend.
I think having one or two beers is kind of worse for me sometimes. It has the depressing effect but I don't get drunk enough to move past that bit. I know there is a week long follow up feeling both from just a couple drinks and also a heavy night but that always seems to be more random. Either I feel it really heavily or I'm just in so much physical pain that I can't focus on the mental part. Or I just know what's going on so I try to stay positive.
Either way, all too much for me right now!
Will probably buy a few boxes of Punk AF at some point. It's just annoying that alcohol free is just as expensive as real beer 🤦♂️
I also think the beers I do buy from Cornwall (Mena Dhu and Proper Black) are not amazingly popular so I do worry sometimes that if it weren't for me buying 30 bottles of each twice a year that they might actually stop making them 😂
@MatthewJP oh really, cheers for the tip - I'll have to check it out.
I haven't tried a huge amount of them but I find punk af to be not too bad. A lot of the others I've tried have been lagers (Becks blue, grolsh 0, Heineken 0 etc) and I have not liked them that much. But then again, I don't like alcoholic lager (particularly those brands) so I am not amazingly surprised lol.
I've tried that Guinness 0 which again is ok, but I've never felt compelled to drink it. I still have a couple cans in the fridge from last year
@ralphdibny I’ve never actually seen any of the St Austell beers you mention on sale anywhere. Punk AF is the best ones for me too; most of the rest just taste a bit flat.
@Elodin I can’t remember when I last preordered a game and I rarely even buy a game in the first few months as most big games have patches galore in the first weeks and prices plummet so quickly.
The only games I’ve bought in the early days over the last few years were The Division 2 (to get the most out of online), RDR2 (Rockstar games normally launch finished), FF7R (I had a week off at its launch), and Elden Ring (I knew I’d never be able to play this after the baby was born!).
Most preorder bonuses are just rubbish cosmetics which don’t interest me at all.
@Thrillho they seem to be rare even in Cornwall tbh. There's only one Tesco I know of that sells both if they have them in stock, the brewery obviously sells both as well as others. But other asdas, lidls, tescos etc might have none, some or a combination of both.
Proper Job, their IPA, is sold nationwide though. I can buy that in my local Tesco. I even saw it on tap (even though they'd run out 😅) in a pub in London a couple months ago. Not that I've looked but I doubt they sell their lager Korev nationwide, probably too much competition.
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Some of my PS3 games are movie tie in games such as Hannah Montana, Up, Bolt, Surf's Up, Megamind, The Golden Compass, Kung Fu Panda, Rango, TinTin Adventures, Toy Story 3, G-Force, etc.
Well, I just curious of their gameplay.
I knew their games are sometimes hit or miss, it doesn't really matter for me as long I can finish the games.
Just now I tried the PS3 games above, it was pretty quick to adapt the gameplay from those games.
Megamind was like standard side scrolling action games.
Kung Fu Panda was like 3D action platformer games.
Surf's Up was like standard surfing or skateboard games with emphasizes on making high scores from doing the tricks in the air.
The Golden Compass was like linear adventure games with commands to trigger.
They are decent enough to entertain me.
I will try to finish my purchased PS3 games which is the easiest and the fastest to finish first since I still have hype with Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town PS4.
The PS4 games I bought took very long time to update despite the GB size of the updates are not so big since my PS4 machine location was quite far away from internet Wi-Fi.
I cannot play my PS5 games yet since I don't have the machine but I will keep them safe for future investment when I able to buy PS5 machine someday.
Actually, I knew about The Golden Compass from a kids book inside my school library with actual screenshots from the movie for the pictures. The book was like this.
I have never had any interest with The Golden Compass before nor even read that book entirely but I knew it was an old movie back to early PS3 era in 2006 - 2007.
But I dared myself to play odd games from franchises that I have never had interest before, as long they are still for the kids, i just follow what will gonna happen from the games.
My first impression about the game was the voice acting of Lyre was really very British accent. Used to hear American accent dubbing so it was a new experience. The battle system from the armored bear was pretty standard action games. It was about exploration with some specific commands to trigger the events.
Well, games like this oftenly have locked camera angle so I wasn't surprised.
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