mrpwase posted:

The last time you mentioned Alnwick I made a note to look into going there, now every time I get home from work my smart speaker tells me to go to Alnwick and I can't work out how to stop it.

Camrath posted:

Bit of good news I wanted to share with you all.

Finally had my kitchen inspected by environmental health after nearly 8 months of living here and 6 of trading.

5-star food hygiene rating obtained once again (had to stop using my old 5* rating when I left London)

Ngl, feeling slightly smug- last time I had a cleaner to help me prepare; did it all myself this time round.

Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:

Solefald posted:

TBF Moana is very good.


Hope Mrs Boat has a swift recovery and Mini Boat is being a good boy ❤️❤️❤️❤️

fridge corn posted:

I've been told by my new boss (who was my old workshop controller) to put my name in for the workshop controller position that's recently opened up

Ratjaculation posted:

Also here is a kingfisher I drew and watercoloured from my own photo

I am not arty but it's relaxes my big fat brain. Plz be nice

Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:

i'm still quite surprised that the aeropress is good. i thought it would be like the coldbrew craze, which is not

NotJustANumber99 posted:

off down dick street later this week

Dogatron posted:

I will try to do better.

I replaced a broken pull cord light switch today. It involved electricity and ladders, two things which terrify me. Quite proud that my house has not burnt down and I've saved some money.

Dogatron posted:

I also found a surprising amount of wires in the switch. I'm guessing they all went to the extractor fan. I just took a photo and put the wires in the same place and it all worked.

Jose posted:

the light in my bathroom was tripping or something so i paid a guy to fix it because of the danger involved and apparently it had bits inside the fitting that were live that shouldn't have been there and aren't actually legal lol

CancerCakes posted:

Counterintuitively, the posh services are CHEAPER, because they have often have a Waitrose. That means instead of buying a can and a sandwich for 5 quid, you can buy a 2.5 litre bottle, a loaf of bread, cheese and ham and butter for 5 quid - Waitrose is an expensive supermarket but a cheap services.

Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:

bread in a hedgerow is quite low on the "ecological catastrophe" scale

it might lead a weasel into bad dietary habits but that's about it

CancerCakes posted:

I'm normally useless in the morning but I feel pretty chipper today, told the wife as much and she just growled.

Turns out it was my turn to feed the baby during the night but I didn't wake up so she did it and I am in the doghouse until I take up a chocolate croissant and a tea in about 30 mins.

NotJustANumber99 posted:

Full Self-Driving

NotJustANumber99 posted:

do not make the vehicle autonomous

the sex ghost posted:

Imagining Richard Hillman driving his family into the canal but he's driving a Tesla

learnincurve posted:

Tiny rice maker owns bones, loads on Amazon warehouse for £22 as people open it up and go “that’s not for six!” (Spoiler: it does 4 normal 2 cups portions, 3 cups would make it boil over) difference between it and the £150 ones seems to be size and you got to clean the lid.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B083V96Q9G/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Dell_Zincht posted:

I've just read that whole thread, wow.

In my early to mid twenties I was part of the Cybergoth scene up in the North East of England, it was very selective, there were a lot of judgmental people who looked down on you if you weren't "Cyber" enough. Just listening to the music wasn't enough, you had to have an undercut and wear falls with goggles etc. or you weren't taken seriously.

I started off by blowing my student loan on shiny crap from Cyberdog but soon developed my own identity and was known as "The guy with the UV bodypaint" as that's what I started to wear to places like The Wendyhouse in Leeds and Slimelight in London. I went through a prolonged period of promiscuity with both women and men.

I wore eyeliner, mascara and UV nail polish to these events and yeah, I felt like a totally different person when I did it. Coupled with the large amounts of ecstasy I was doing back then I fell in *hard*. It's difficult to escape something like that when you're surrounded by people living it 24/7 while you have a job and are desperately trying to balance the two.

I have no idea how I managed to go to work so many times either coming down or still on a high. Either my managers were just totally oblivious to it or they didn't care as long as the job got done.

I too, felt that I had to escape the community as it was doing me more harm than good. I'm now happily married with three children and a career, I look back on my early twenties and ruefully smile at the carefree lifestyle, but I wouldn't change being a parent for the world.

Wow, that was a bit heavy for the UK Chat thread!

Ratjaculation posted:

Sat in the garden in the 3 minutes of good weather due today, old woman in hers opposite telling her friend she's going to get some cameras for her front garden because she keeps finding pitta breads in her bush every Sunday

lmao

Ratjaculation posted:

Got a thermal imagery thing to play with

It's fun

fridge corn posted:

What happened

NotJustANumber99 posted:

maybe there is a solution to this (citation needed) slightly perhaps maybe disappointing self driving car business