I noticed the new logo is a duck. Are ducks, then, allowed here?
I was going to add a photo of some ducks but couldn't find any. I just took this photo of baby swans this afternoon though!
๐ I'm from Torquay originally. Living in Manchester these days, though.
Not so sunny now!
If you're interested in a Manchester based group, btw, I've set one up at !manchester@mcr.town
I live in Manchester, so I have tram lines to contend with. With them you're often going along the lines so it's extra terrifying!
Ooh. I've never ridden a Brompton but I could see how it would present extra difficulties!
I'm feeling like I should add a sausage to mine!
Oh wow! I only just realised you were talking from your Mastodon account and I'm on a a thread on Lemmy. I'm completely amazed at how well that works!
As someone who used to cycle Dartmoor a lot, I have a technique for normal cattle grids.
Speed up at much as possible, grip the top tube with your knees, cling onto your hoods with white knuckles, close your eyes and pray to any gods you can think of. It's always worked so far.
In all honesty though, stop pedalling, hit them at 90โฐ and do not turn the handlebars and you're fine.
Funnily enough, we got a new mattress recently (it's amazing after the ill-advised rolled up foam one we've been using for years) and also had a crap experience with Dreams. We ended up at Benson's and they were great
There's a word I had to look up and will now annoy everyone with as much as possible!
Also stirred a memory of a Terry Pratchet book from a scarily long time ago!
Let us know what you win at the tombola!
I completely agree.
Also lemmy's UI is shocking, especially on mobile. Although I've spent much of my career working on that sort of stuff so I wonder if I'm over-sensitive to it. Which suggests maybe I should have a look and see if I can offer some improvements. I think a few small fixes would go a long way.
Here's a community for Greater Manchester: !manchester@mcr.town