u/ExpensiveFinger4165

Hi folks beginner looking for advice on kits. I haven't played drums in 18 years but I took some lessons during my school years. I owned a sonar acoustic kit but I was forced to sell it during my college years due to space and noise complaints.

I am looking at the roland td 316 and td 513 kits. The 316 is more in the price range that I would like to spend but i dont mind paying for the 513 if its a significant difference. I am a beginner at best and want the kit to learn and play by myself at home as a hobby, possibility that my son will learn on it when hes a bit older.

I was looking into alesis nitro ultra xl but ive seen complaints about it and alot of recommendations for the roland kits. Td 316 and 513 are the 2 that I have narrowed it down to but im unsure. I'm not buying the kit until closer to Christmas just doing research at the moment.

We're currently in our planning phase. We are a non drinking couple in our 30's. We will be travelling with our son who will be 17 months old by the time we travel. Our plan is 3 nights in bangkok (silom area), 3 nights in khao sok (khlong sok village), 11 nights in koh samui (chaweng area) and finish off with 2 nights in bangkok (maybe riverside area).

Any reason to choose somewhere else to stay in bangkok or go with riverside? also is 11 nights in koh samui too much not sure wether we should do day trips to the other islands or stay a night or 2 to break up the time in koh samui.

We're going late September, we have picked rainy season on purpose hoping its cooler since we have our son with us. We've been to Malaysia during rainy season which we found fine and coming from Ireland it wasnt as bad as what we're used to. Open to suggestions or tips.

We've already travelled to Greece, Japan, France, and Morocco since having our son and out of all our flights we have only had one bad experience which was coming home from santorini. We take him everywhere at home and don't tiptoe around him so he sleeps through noise and is used to crowds so we're not worried about him. (Throwing this in before the "don't take your baby" comments start he is well travelled).

Heading to Belfast for a concert at the limelight in 2 weeks. Anyone got any food recommendations worth trying.

Looking for a sit in pizza or chicken place but open to other options.

My mother has a plum tree in the garden that hasn't grown any leaves or fruit in a while. Not sure how long but they have bought a new one to replace it so im assuming during the winter at some stage. Is there anything I should look out for or do before I cut it down.

My plan is to cut it up into small chunks and store in the shed for a year before I use it. Is there anything to look out for to avoid poisoning myself.

My wife asked what I want for my birthday, I originally said a walrus julianna but im interested to hear any other chorus recommendations.

I have an evh 5150 chorus but I find the lack of rate knob limiting. I have watched some reviews on the julianna that has me interested in getting one but I'd like to check other options before committing.