u/Moorpheusl9

Bought a nice IKEA BILLY bookcase with OXBERG doors for displaying my sets.

It's looking really nice but the doors are booping 71411 Bowser on the nose when shut. It's not an issue with Bowser's stand unfortunately, it's just how deep the set is.

Any suggestions? I've tried angling his face which has helped but still contact. I suppose I could remove some shell spikes or his tail to help. But any other tips are welcome!

During Floodgate, Half-Jaw and the Shadow of Intent shows up and assists with the Flood-infected ship. At the end of the mission, we see the Sangheili ships glassing the area to sterilize.

Without them present, the mission goes as it does - Chief retrieves Cortana and then has to overload the Flood-infected ship to try and contain the situation.

Presumably, Chief would have enough time to retreat to safe distance before said overload occuring. But, would it contain the Flood? Obviously we don't know about any blast radius but you can bet the Flood would be attempting to breach that radius in time.

I think we can assume the glassing ships were probably extra cautious in how far and wide they glasses to make sure.

So, when Hood wonders if he should be worried about the Shipmaster - maybe he should've thanked him instead...

Thoughts?

We were listed for OIEO 400k. After not seeing much interest, we figured we'd drop to 399,950 to make it show in a different price bracket on Rightmove.

We've seen similar properties around us sell for 425k (listing price, not necessarily agreed) which is why we're keen to stick near the 400 price point.

We spoke to our EA, who said they couldn't change to that price as Rightmove needs to see a >3% price reduction for it to show on the site.

Our EA wanted us to change to OIEO 390k for it to show but we didn't want to drop that much. Past experience says we would get offers of 380k at that price point at best.

We ended up compromising on just taking the OIEO off so we're now guide price 400k.

Is it true what they said about Rightmove and changing price? Or is it just to show it on there as "reduced"?

Last April, we had a great viewing at our house and got an offer. We went out and found a house we liked very quickly, put an offer in and accepted.

Then 3 days later, our buyer (FTB) pulled out, claiming the area was high in crime. Never had an issue in our 9 years here but they'd closed their ears by that point. They then moved to an area known for higher crime...

Fast forward to September and we get another offer that we accept. We find a great house with no forward chain and we get an offer accepted. Things progress rather slow. The house we were after is on a 10 year old estate so there was management pack info to gather, charges to understand etc. It all goes painstakingly slow. But finally, by early February we finally reach exchange day.

Our buyer pulls out. Goes to ground and can't be reached by anyone. It turns out they've bought in a totally different county and were concerned about the length of time our purchase was taking (but never asking questions to us about it).

Our seller agrees to wait for us (as we're ready) - we drop our price and get a new buyer. Things progress again, slow still but moving.

Then our buyer's buyer gets their survey done a week or so before exchange and finds damp, woodworm, bad electrics and gas fittings. They quickly pull out. Chain collapsed.

Our sellers have now gone back on the market. As have we.

We have had a positive viewing today so we'll see what that brings. But if this doesn't work out, I think we'll just stay where we are. Sick of the whole moving process at this point.

How's our luck? Is this typical for current conditions or are we actually unlucky?