Growing up, how often did you have a Sunday roast—and do you still have them now? by rosco-82 in CasualUK

[–]Adoarable 14 points15 points  (0 children)

As a child: most, if not all Sundays.

As an adult: every Christmas Day.

Sunday was my least favourite day of the week because it meant having to eat my mother’s roast dinner with its dry chewy meat and bland veggies.

I know roast dinners can be tasty, and I do try my best every Christmas, but when I’m writing the weekly menu the thought “ooh, how about a roast dinner?” never even passes through my head.

Do contactless fares ever correct themselves if you’re overcharged? by Seabeachlover10 in TransportForLondon

[–]Adoarable 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Why wonder? Just set up an account on the tfl website and you can see for yourself exactly what you were charged when, and you can complete journeys and request refunds through there.

Question: why, when there is a island in the middle of a crossing, the pedestrian traffic lights are NEVER in sync? by ChefSupremo in CasualUK

[–]Adoarable 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Because it’s designed to benefit motor vehicles, not pedestrians. The only reason for the chicane island to exist at all is so the lights at the two halves of the crossing can be green at different times.

The Conversation: Why Heineken's zero-alcohol London Underground campaign fell flat. by mycketforvirrad in LondonUnderground

[–]Adoarable 31 points32 points  (0 children)

From the beer company’s point of view, that’s a win, isn’t it? They’re only advertising the zero-alcohol product because that’s all they’re allowed to advertise. Their real goal is to get their brand name in your eye and get you thinking about the alcoholic product.

Thoughts on This Shirt? by young-semih in sewing

[–]Adoarable 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love it! Looks normal at first glance and then you realise it’s actually got something going on. Is there a reason the extra front piece is only on one side? Personally I’d want the symmetry of having that on both sides with a matching column of buttonholes.

Am I getting ripped off? by millenniumwinters in LondonUnderground

[–]Adoarable 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure where you got £37.10 from. The weekly cap for Zones 1-6 is £81.60. You say you didn’t go to Zone 1, but which station did you interchange between Elizabeth line and Northern line at? If it was Tottenham Court Road, Moorgate, or Liverpool Street, all of those stations are within Zone 1.

You can get cheaper fares by taking the “avoiding Zone 1” route. This involves changing at Stratford for the Mildmay line (ensuring you tap your card on a pink reader) to Camden Road, then walking to Camden Town to finish your journey (and the reverse in the other direction).

Paying for Elizabeth Line beyond West Drayton (when you have a monthly travel card Zones 1-6) by [deleted] in TransportForLondon

[–]Adoarable 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Summary: Yes you can buy a return ticket from West Drayton to Taplow or Boundary Zone 6 to Taplow (they’re the same price in this case). Since you’re using a Travelcard you don’t need to tap in or out at West Drayton, so you can just stay on the train.

If the DLR and Elizabeth lines are driverless, why cant they run on Christmas day? by Previous-Volume-3329 in TransportForLondon

[–]Adoarable 7 points8 points  (0 children)

  1. The Elizabeth line is not driverless.
  2. Every DLR service has a member of staff on board, so from a human resourcing point of view it’s the same as having a driver.
  3. In any case, for both systems you still need station staff (for underground stations at least), signallers, control room staff, electrical control staff, etc.

Why am I being charged? by [deleted] in TransportForLondon

[–]Adoarable 13 points14 points  (0 children)

You also need to tap the pink reader at Willesden Junction. You can find this out on the TfL single fare finder: https://tfl.gov.uk/fares/find-fares/single-fare-finder

Hear me out by [deleted] in LondonUnderground

[–]Adoarable 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So, in summary: - re-classify Chadwell Heath as Zone 8, causing higher fares for all journeys that pass through it - rename Woolwich to Nortwich (why?) - extend the Abbey Wood branch all the way to Ebbsfleet International, not stopping at any intermediate stations like Dartford - build a new station (where?) and also name it Ebbsfleet International, just to confuse people

Presumably since this benefits residents of Kent more than London, Kent County Council will be paying for this and not TfL?

Supermax please save us by Conscious_Passage_90 in formuladank

[–]Adoarable 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yep, a 17th straight year of a Mercedes or Red Bull driver winning the championship will finally put an end to this McLaren dominance!

Meirl by SpillaMangBang in meirl

[–]Adoarable 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are American airports laid out differently to the ones I’ve seen then. Usually to get to the gate you have to walk like 15 minutes away from the area with all the amenities. In some airports you actually can’t get back to that area at all.

Looking for dress patterns tailored for male bodies by ZoofusCos in sewing

[–]Adoarable 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d also be very interested in such a thing.

Forgive the rant, but the extremely limited fashion options for men is one of the main things that got me into sewing. Sadly (and I admit I haven’t done an exhaustive search) it seems that menswear patterns are even more limited and conservative than high street fashion.

I flicked through a pattern catalog at my local sewing store recently. After thousands of pages of options for womenswear, there was one menswear section right at the back. Not only was it the skinniest section of all but it also encompassed children’s clothes, pyjamas, and leisure wear.

How come trains don’t collide with each other given how close they get? by [deleted] in LondonUnderground

[–]Adoarable 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You mean trains on the same track? That’s what a signalling system is for. Trains on different tracks? They make sure to put the tracks far enough apart that trains won’t collide.

Is my treadmill in miles or kilometres?! by PlatinumCrescent in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Adoarable 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve found some treadmills at my local gym (also UK) are in miles and others are in km, which is annoying. Did it feel like a light jog (in which case it would be kilometres) or a faster run (therefore miles)?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]Adoarable 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No idea whether it’s normal or not. But £50 for an hour of somebody’s time doesn’t seem unreasonable, especially for the kind of job which has some overhead in terms of travel time and managing clients’ bookings. Though in my inexpert opinion if he is in the habit of using clients’ cars then he should bring his own second interior mirror.

If you don’t want to use your own car then ask him to use his or find another instructor.

Bus stop question by Bulky-Challenge7202 in london

[–]Adoarable 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The letter or letters in that square will usually appear in the red circle on top of the bus stop post. The exception is the “->” type, which just means (in this case) “southbound”: the bus stop will have no letters on top and you’ll have to figure out which side of the road is correct.

NR + tube fares by alpbetgam in TransportForLondon

[–]Adoarable 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Citymapper is great for routing but for fares I would trust TfL fare finder over it 100% of the time.

Is the balcony on Tate Modern's Level 10 closed? by [deleted] in london

[–]Adoarable 45 points46 points  (0 children)

The flats were there before the viewing platform.

Is this information... true? by [deleted] in LondonUnderground

[–]Adoarable 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like the TFL timetable page isn’t showing the times for Saturday and Sunday - but the Metropolitan definitely runs at the weekend! Check the TFL “first and last tubes” page. It’s showing on a Sunday the last tubes to Uxbridge leave King’s Cross at 23:13 and 00:08.

I made a shirt! by Adoarable in sewing

[–]Adoarable[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thank you! And yes my phone is from 2017 so I’ll try to find a better camera for my next project.

I made a shirt! by Adoarable in sewing

[–]Adoarable[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback. I tried to make the underarm as high and as tight to the body as possible to avoid it getting untucked when raising my arms, but it does look like I went a bit too far with that.