I do get it but I also did find it really sad and upsetting when in the aftermath I saw a little independent sewing machine shop in Croydon that had their frontage smashed and all their stuff stolen or destroyed.
Was at a customer site all day yesterday desperately trying to find out why the analyser was sending garbled data to our system to keep our go live date on track. Very much the blind leading the blind, randomly swapping cables, adapters and magic boxes but we got the thing working at the last possible second!
Ive started using Microsoft todo so it combines with this approach
This is the saddle stitching tutorial I was talking about - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIGT_RXi8ZM - there are plenty of tutorials that do it the more "traditional" style with a stitching pony, a stitching awl and pricking irons, that really isn't necessary for beginners.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/317041430785 is the kind of mallet I'm referring to, perfectly decent for the job and the price is more than acceptable.
For a decent tool quality-price balance for beginner stuff the "Wuta" branded stuff from China seems pretty decent - available on aliexpress or ebay - recommended for stuff like stitching chisels. Otherwise you roll the dice and get unbranded and unknown soft stuff that are instant paperweights or you are looking on the expensive professional side of things.
There are normally plenty of stores online that can help with a starter kit, you do tend to get quite a markup on it, most of the tools I realised were in my kit were just that - the mallet I linked above is less than £5 online but sold for £18 by the place I did the workshop at.
It looks like it is indeed dead...
I enjoyed Code Vein and that has a rifle as a weapon option.
Maar is de cuckstoel nog vrij?
https://leminal.space/c/Sidehustle. I seem to be the only one who joined after seeing it in new communities. I don't have much to contribute to it just yet as sonebody who wants to have a side hustle but isnt ready to start planning but i was hoping it might kick off with some discussions and info i could start absorbing from in the meantime.
Im still scarred by my english teacher enthusiastically reading certain scenes of Equus to the class.
Monster hunter world, by a long way
Honestly I'm still in a rough place and I know I'm being a bit one-dimensonal with what I keep posting about but my relatively new found hobby in leatherworking is really making me happy. Its not just the fun and fulfillment of designing and making something but I've had so many nice comments on my work from so many people, family, friends, internet strangers and even from professionals who have praised me on the designs and execution to the point where they expressed interest to work with me and my patterns. I even made a new friend from it, an older lady whom I keep in frequent contact with over email about things we are making.
It has been my dream for a while now to have a side hustle with this and this feels like a good first potential step into that world.
I mean, a lot of damage was done pretty much all over the town, Croydon was on fire and was recorded. I think that might be a step to far for me to believe.