u/EmperorsChamberMaid_

I often see a lot of small independent record shops that buy and sell records, often just offering cash for any records bought in. They don't give any receipt for purchases they make - so when it comes to sales and submitting a tax return, how is this tracked? Do they just start the day tracking the money in the till and compare it to the total at the end of the day?

I ask as I one day want to open my own business, but I've no idea how it all works and how to properly track it for a tax return, especially if items are bought and sold for cash in person.

I have this awful habit of my mind running off to imagine bad scenarios, either actual past events or fictional new ones. I.e, my dog running away and getting lost/injured. Family dying, or myself being bullied on the street.

I don't intentionally think of them, it just pops into my head either when watching TV or reading a book, it just appears and my mind runs with it, then I feel the dread and fear as though it's really happening at that exact moment.

This of course causes my anxiety to spike and I go into fight or flight mode. Over an imaginary scenario.

Is this normal or can I somehow overcome this? It's becoming slightly crippling to my daily life. I wish I wasn't so imaginative.

I've got a job offer based on Horsham and it seems driving is the best bet as it's roughly an hour during rush hour. I'm just wondering if that's optimistic and if there are any pitfalls in the journey?

I'm partially considering not taking the offer and sticking to commuting to London. While it costs more, it is offset by a slightly higher salary and it feels quicker - even though that isn't always the case. So I would love to hear if anyone has experienced it directly and if it's better or worse than the Google maps estimate.

It's daft but I cannot tell what is best. I know if I have it fully screwed in, I have to hold the binoculars away from my eyes to avoid vignettes.

But if I fully extend it (screwed out) while I can see without vignetting, it feels like the circular field or view is reduced? Is this possible or am I imaging it?

I feel like at this stage I should just wind them in and hold them far away from my face as it's easier to adjust, but I don't know if that's the proper solution or not.

Maybe I'm paranoid but whenever I've used my binoculars with my glasses, I see the smudges of the eye relief on my glasses. So far it's easily removed with a microfiber cloth, but I am concerned it will just take one piece of dirt or grit to get trapped between the two and my expensive glasses will be ruined. Are there any kind of aftermarket soft covers I can add to my bins, or is this just the risk of using binoculars with glasses?

I've got some bins with good eye relief. But whenever I go to use them with my glasses on, it takes me three or more tries to get the binoculars in the right position without bumping the frames.

Does everyone have this issue and does it get easier with time, or is it just part of the issues of wearing glasses with binoculars?

Debating trying to make a neck strap that has a carabiner attachment to then quickly clip my binoculars to them when needed and unclip for use, but wondering if it's a bad idea - the fact I can't find anyone online who has done similar suggests it's foolish, but I'd love to know if anyone has tried it before and how they did it. My current plan was to somehow tie two straps to the bins, then attach them to a keyring loop - but just trying to figure out how to securely connect the strap to the bins without it going via a buckle

Surely that's impossible to focus on anything over a set distance, yet I see many bins listed as focusing from 5 metres to infinity. What is infinity in this context?

Trying to get some use out of a pair of Carson RD 825 binoculars. I've adjusted the dioptre but find I can't get a reliable focus across the range of the focus wheel. The close focus is rated at 4 metres, but I seem to only get it to focus at roughly 6 metres. Everything else across the focus wheel seems to be put of focus, no matter how I adjust the focus wheel for the chosen object.

Is it just a chance the prisms are knackered, or is there an easy way to resolve the focus being out? I hoped collimation, but I gather that's only really for resolving double vision.

My new bins didn't come with either rain guard or objective lens covers. Debating buying some aftermarket ones to fit, but ok just wondering how often do you use them and have they ever saved your binoculars from damage?

Been trying out my new binoculars today and they're great. But I've found with the eye cups adjusted so I can see the full view, I still end up resting them in my upper eye socket/brow. This has led to some slight pain.

Are you just meant to hold them in front of your face hovering freely, not touching? Or are you meant to gently stabilise them against your brow/eye socket?