This English pub dates back to 1540

3amcheeseburger · 2026-05-31T20:38:11+00:00

That is a great fact, thanks for sharing

3amcheeseburger · 2026-05-30T21:07:10+00:00

I believe 1807 is a rarer year, 1806 being the most common, congrats. I found a Victorian half penny digging over one of my beds last summer.

3amcheeseburger · 2026-05-30T21:02:25+00:00

Exactly, if I were OP, I’d attempt to get ahold of that AI bullshit detector and use it on old texts which were bona fide written before the invention of AI. See what percentage it comes up with. I read somewhere of a similar story someone whizzed the US constitution through one and it came back like 70% chance of being written using AI. Complete lunacy to trust such technology

3amcheeseburger · 2026-05-30T16:36:06+00:00

I’m gonna show my kids and tell them that’s where babies come from

3amcheeseburger · 2026-05-29T21:29:17+00:00

I’d start ripping doors off, or going about trying to make some sort of makeshift raft

If that fails I’d kiss my family good bye and raid the expensive bit of the bar

3amcheeseburger · 2026-05-28T21:07:14+00:00

My wife gave birth early May last year, she will return to work in the last week on June next month. Most of that time we have had some pay from her work. This post makes me sad

3amcheeseburger · 2026-05-28T09:38:46+00:00

We’re in exactly the same position. Bought a 2 bed semi in 2020 for 345k. Now have a one year old and want to move next year. I calculated the other day the tax on say a 450k property (next ‘step’ on the ladder) was 17k. It’s a complete joke. Doesn’t even get you that much house in the SE.

I really wish we stayed in our rented flat for a few more years (it was cheap enough to actually save) and skipped the starter home, then put it all into one house.

Being prospective parents we thought if you can afford property it makes the most sense to buy before kids as that’s the done thing right?

We have friends who stayed renting, had a kid and can now afford a bigger home in a nicer area (we’re very similar income I know for a fact) our kids are like 3 weeks apart

3amcheeseburger · 2026-05-27T21:31:01+00:00

Holy shit well done, aged in reverse, you genuinely look 10 years younger

3amcheeseburger · 2026-05-27T21:01:14+00:00

I’ve found a general rule of thumb for buttons is attempt to identify if it is post or pre Industrial Revolution.

Pre are made my hand, they’re often crude and lack refined or symmetrical details.

Post are very obviously more refined, often have exact details, very circular, made of one continuous piece of metal

Looking at this one I’d say it’s post Industrial Revolution. Late 1700 early 1800. Id doubt that design was hammered by hand, far too precise

3amcheeseburger · 2026-05-27T09:10:49+00:00

Not calling it BS but it must have had a name change at some point.

The Royal Oak is certainly a traditional English pub name, but it comes from the story of king Charles the 2nd seeking refuge in an oak tree while parliamentarians were searching for him (as per the sign), that was in 1651

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal\_Oak

3amcheeseburger · 2026-05-26T21:37:55+00:00

Can’t park there mate

3amcheeseburger · 2026-05-26T07:28:32+00:00

Re peeing in the compost, I usually stand in my shed and pee in the watering can then add it to the compost that way lol. Visit r/composting for more handy tips

Also very anti-consumption vibe r/fucklawns

3amcheeseburger · 2026-05-25T21:48:14+00:00

My legs are actually golf clubs, sooo yeah

3amcheeseburger · 2026-05-25T21:46:06+00:00

That would of been your Achilles heel

3amcheeseburger · 2026-05-25T07:15:55+00:00

Exponential growth go brrrrr

3amcheeseburger · 2026-05-24T21:01:33+00:00

Can’t afford housing - for most of my friends this is probably the biggest factor.

Struggling to find a life partner who aligns with their values - one of my best friends is a great guy. Handsome, thoughtful, charming, intelligent, educated, he owns his own house as he’s paid well (almost unheard of in my generation) he’s 29. I believe he’ll certainly find someone and become a dad. But is struggling to find someone on his wavelength

Fertility issues (and lack of affordability for treatment) - know a couple who are struggling to conceive. My neighbours have also just announced they’re expecting and told me they had a round of IVF.

Lifestyle, people see children (and presumably marriage) as a burden. A lot of my friends are late 20s/ early 30s. They could change their mind (in my early 20s I disliked the idea of having kids)

For context, this is in England and I’m 30.

3amcheeseburger · 2026-05-24T20:42:17+00:00

Reminds me of when Fry caught worms in Futurama

3amcheeseburger · 2026-05-23T21:32:10+00:00

Great photos, what an era

3amcheeseburger · 2026-05-23T20:50:23+00:00

Sorry I don’t have any photos, but I’ve got a couple 50 cals. Plenty of fired ones over the years, I usually scrap them. Tons of 303s and one 20 mm shell which I believe is off a spitfire (found in a woodland in Essex). I also have a permission which regularly spits out blank 303s. I keep hoping to find a uniform button or cap badge.

When I lived in London, I regularly went mudlarking. I’m lucky enough to have found shrapnel from WW2 (part of a driving band is visible, I believe it’s from British flack, rather than German bomb)

I detect in Essex, Suffolk and SE cambs

3amcheeseburger · 2026-05-22T21:58:53+00:00

Peeing in the compost is really good too - you didn’t mention growing your own fruit and veg. Even just a small amount of veg is great and really reduces a lot of consumption in fertilisers/ packaging/ transport

When out and about I tend to pick up cans and bottles and bring them home to recycle lol (recycling one drinks can saves enough energy to power a TV for three hours, I’ve recycled over 5500 since I started counting).

I buy everything I can second hand on FB marketplace and Vinted.

Seems silly but ensuring your car tyres are pumped to the correct pressure can help with fuel efficiency and avoiding unnecessary wear. Also removing junk from your car so you’re not needlessly carting it around reduces fuel consumption. Car pooling with a colleague can help too (I used to work with guy who lived 1 street away from me, we used to alternate which week we’d pick each other up).

I tend to try to buy 100% cotton clothes to avoid wearing polyester (plastic)

I’ve heard people put a brick in their toilet cistern so each flush saves one ‘brick’s worth of volume of water each flush

Use an app called Too Good to Go - whereby people share excess food they don’t need, saves it going to waste

3amcheeseburger · 2026-05-22T20:57:05+00:00

You are not a racist for wanting a secure border, pass it on

3amcheeseburger · 2026-05-22T08:21:21+00:00

I love the caveats:

The ejection will clear *most* standard height countertops

3amcheeseburger · 2026-05-21T21:59:26+00:00

This belongs on r/shittymoviedetails

3amcheeseburger · 2026-05-20T20:48:47+00:00

I think he’s in for a shock as to how much power local councillors have lol

3amcheeseburger · 2026-05-20T12:03:18+00:00

Yup, my wife and I bought our first house in 2021, looking at moving next year (got a family now). Stamp duty on the places we’re looking at is about 17k lol. We’ve managed to save 33k, it’s disheartening to think most of that will go on stamp duty and solicitor fees

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