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Arizona Coyotes players told team is moving to Utah (www.sportsnet.ca)

submitted 7 months ago by Oneeightnine@feddit.uk to c/hockey@lemmy.ca

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I feel bad for the fans in Arizona, but I think it's time. I also think the NHL will be back at some point. They'll give it another go like in Atlanta, and who knows, maybe they'll be more successful.

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Fanatics LEAK Reveals NHL Retail Jersey Plans (youtu.be)

submitted 7 months ago by Oneeightnine@feddit.uk to c/hockey@lemmy.ca

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Not sure how important this is to most people, but I'm a bit of a jersey nerd and this has a lot of important information regarding the upcoming switch to Fanatics as the official NHL uniform designer.

Retail pricing, a new Pro version that offers a true on-ice feel and more besides. Definitely worth a watch if you're looking at picking up a jersey in the next year or two.

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Everton deducted two points for second breach of Premier League financial rules - BBC Sport (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 7 months ago by Oneeightnine@feddit.uk to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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Second time this season no? And with my Leicester side, and Forest also catching heat it looks like the Premier League is taking this stuff very seriously.

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Does blowing on our hot food before we put it into our mouths actually make a difference to how hot it is? (feddit.uk)

submitted 7 months ago by Oneeightnine@feddit.uk to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca

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I'm thinking that no, it doesn't. Which begs the question of why we do it? Is it a psychological thing?

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Let's go! (feddit.uk)

submitted 7 months ago by Oneeightnine@feddit.uk to c/bluey@lemmy.world

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How do we feel about the opening titles? (feddit.uk)

submitted 7 months ago by Oneeightnine@feddit.uk to c/houseofthedragon@lemmy.ml

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Lots of talk across season one about the opening credits. How do we feel about them?

Personally, I'm a big fan of them using the iconic music, and I wouldn't touch that with a ten foot barge pole.

The actual visuals? Utterly perplexing to me, and I say that as someone who's familiar with the source material. I understand what they were going for but I think everything is a bit hard to parse.

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And so it begins. (feddit.uk)

submitted 7 months ago by Oneeightnine@feddit.uk to c/dads@feddit.uk

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It's been a fun four years since I last had to have these around the house....but alas it's time to bring the potty out once more.

Hopefully he takes to it as well as his sister. I am not confident.

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Handy guide for today's eclipse. (feddit.uk)

submitted 7 months ago by Oneeightnine@feddit.uk to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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Although not very handy for me because I live in the midlands. I didn't want to see it anyway. Nope. Looks like another evening of sitting on social media and regretting my life choices. Sigh.

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Have you replaced any British words with their American versions? (feddit.uk)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Oneeightnine@feddit.uk to c/askuk@feddit.uk

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For example, switching out the word 'boot' for 'trunk', or ditching the word 'rubbish' for 'garbage'.

This is something I've noticed my 6 year old does pretty regularly. We went through a stage where 'sweets' became 'candy', 'holiday' became 'vacation' and 'courgette' became 'zucchini'.

That last one didn't happen but if you're still reading you've got my respect, or as the Americans might say '...mad props'.

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[Weekly Thread] What We're Playing for April 8th 2024 (feddit.uk)

submitted 7 months ago by Oneeightnine@feddit.uk to c/letstalkaboutgames@feddit.uk

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Morning all. It's Monday morning which can mean but one thing....What have you been playing this last week?

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How do you balance playing with your kids and leaving them to play by themselves/with siblings? (feddit.uk)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Oneeightnine@feddit.uk to c/dads@feddit.uk

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This is something I've always struggled with and I think it's put my daughter in a spot where she's very reluctant to do anything by herself.

Don't get me wrong, she plays well with others and her younger brother, but when he's not available she basically just wants to play with me rather than going off on her own and playing by herself.

Now I don't mind, but I wouldn't mind a bit of...not playing time but also I'm worried it's going to affect her going down the line.

Thoughts?

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Saturday Moanings for April 6th (feddit.uk)

submitted 7 months ago by Oneeightnine@feddit.uk to c/dads@feddit.uk

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How has your week been? How are the kids? What's going on and what have you got planned?

Welcome to Saturday Moanings, your safe place to vent, moan and otherwise just....have a good whine about the world, your household and everything in between.

More than a fifth of UK adults not looking for work by Oneeightnine in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

[-] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 53 points 8 months ago

But business groups said more needed to be done to get more people into work amid concerns over the UK's long-term weak economic growth.

Hmmm. Maybe better pay, better conditions and improvements to our work/life balance could do the trick here....nah it's the workers who are lazy.

There should be a law that says employers cannot ask you about employment gaps nor discriminate against you because of gaps. by Oneeightnine in c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

[-] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 53 points 9 months ago

I'm 35.

I left school at 16. Did a year at collage before deciding it wasn't for me. I then spent a year doing nothing. Not totally unusual for a 17/18 year old. I then spent 15 years working for the same company, without any gaps in my employment.

To say I was surprised when the interviewer asked about the gap in my resume from 15 years previous when I'm a 34 year old would be an understatement; it was literally half a lifetime ago.

Fifteen years at the same company bro, that's the important part of that résumé, not the 8 months that a 17 year old kid had off. Fuck me.

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[-] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 44 points 9 months ago

The problem here isn't that libraries need to stop catering to parents with young kids, it's that they've not set up an appropriate space, or time for these little kids to come visit.

My local library (and lots in the UK) have a designated time for things like group reading and kids corner sessions. That way they're not disturbing random folks just trying to get about their day, and they're also giving what can be a vital space for young children to discover books, and parents to interact with other parents.

Sounds to me like your library is failing to enforce it's own rules.

UK state pension age will soon need to rise to 71, say experts by Oneeightnine in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

[-] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 49 points 9 months ago

At what point do we have to have a serious conversation about just what sort of work we can expect a 70 year old to be able to do?

It's all well and good raising the retirement age, but eventually you'll get to a point where you've got people who are simply unemployable because of their age.

Does anyone feel like an actual adult? by Oneeightnine in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

[-] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 141 points 1 year ago

No one has any idea what they're doing.

I'm 35. I've got two kids. I make it up as I go along. There's no plan, no blueprint. There's just the day to day crap that life has for us all. I wake up, I go to work and my only real aim is to get home to my kids and partner.

Judges to rule on whether tenants in England have right to keep a pet by Oneeightnine in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

[-] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 44 points 1 year ago

If you're forced to rent because you can't get on the housing ladder, you should be allowed to have an animal as a pet. Full stop. That's the sentence.

If the landlord doesn't like that it may affect their investment, well... sometimes investments go bad. Might I suggest selling the house and investing in a market that isn't built around the exploitation of regular people trying to not die on the street.