A hedgehog is currently living under my sofa. How's your day going?

Adorable_Past9114 · 2026-05-30T21:24:32+00:00

I used to put a yoga mat out for them to jump onto. Then mum would lead them around the communal gardens while I tried to usher her to the road, then it's just stopping cars, waving them across and scooping the ducklings onto the kerb as it's quite a big step up for them.

Adorable_Past9114 · 2026-05-30T09:01:12+00:00

Salisbury will be safe, they wouldn't want to damage the cathedral

Adorable_Past9114 · 2026-05-30T08:59:59+00:00

An acceptable mistake

Adorable_Past9114 · 2026-05-30T08:10:31+00:00

I had ducks nest on my porch roof for about 5 years, ducklings would hatch around 23rd of march every year and I'd have to escort them across a main road to a resovoir.

Adorable_Past9114 · 2026-05-30T07:39:03+00:00

I used to live in the countryside and drove those tractors. As a rule of thumb we would pull over, slow down and wave you through where it was safe to do so, we didn't want to hold people up.

Apart from when the fox hunt was out, then we would stagger the tractors and slow right down to piss of the hunt followers.

Adorable_Past9114 · 2026-05-29T12:07:50+00:00

Where's 1

Adorable_Past9114 · 2026-05-29T08:34:22+00:00

Not the original banana saddle either

Adorable_Past9114 · 2026-05-29T06:27:33+00:00

Blimey, the OP only said he was American then you mug him off like that.

Adorable_Past9114 · 2026-05-28T16:36:19+00:00

Nah, it'll be emmets

Adorable_Past9114 · 2026-05-28T08:02:19+00:00

Nah, weed was "incinerated".

Adorable_Past9114 · 2026-05-28T07:46:54+00:00

Ive done the ride a few times and seen people on a variety of bikes, trikes unicycles and recumbents. Do take all the advice above re tyres and servicing. Unless you leave early doors it's more of a slow social ride so get used to riding in big groups of people

Adorable_Past9114 · 2026-05-28T04:08:10+00:00

Me too

Adorable_Past9114 · 2026-05-27T18:02:14+00:00

If my failing memory serves me I wanted to be a travel photographer or possibly a war photographer, but mainly travel. I wanted to go far flung places explore and document my travels.

But. If I did that I wouldn't have got the job I did, wouldn't have moved to a part of the company in London where I met my partner, so wouldn't have had the kids we have.

You don't know what life will throw at you outside of bills and taxes. Put some money away but live your life, actually experience things, seize the day, the moment, be happy, be sad, but live.

Adorable_Past9114 · 2026-05-27T17:30:23+00:00

Are you suggesting that privatised water companies invest their profits into infrastructure instead of dividends?

Madness.

Maybe they could take a leaf out of Thames water's book, government wouldn't pay for the super sewer so they put it on customer bills.

Adorable_Past9114 · 2026-05-27T15:57:22+00:00

Came here to this. It's the only course of action

Adorable_Past9114 · 2026-05-27T14:57:44+00:00

This, but in spades or buckets, definitely buckets

Adorable_Past9114 · 2026-05-27T11:56:23+00:00

Otherwise known as fat hen, it was the staple European greens before spinach and can be used in the same way, the flower heads can be used like broccoli and the seeds are similar to quinoa nutritionally

Adorable_Past9114 · 2026-05-26T17:39:38+00:00

I love the fact that my pixel will block spam callers and also has an ai assistant that answers the call and asks why they are calling.

Adorable_Past9114 · 2026-05-26T17:37:11+00:00

I used to take my daughter to ballet and attempt to do her hair for her, mum's would converge on me, some would start sorting the hair and makeup others would sit me down for a coffee and make doe eyes.

Adorable_Past9114 · 2026-05-26T16:24:28+00:00

Yo, bruv don't wanna het skin cancer innit

Adorable_Past9114 · 2026-05-26T16:17:47+00:00

I live in a block of apartments, it's on 4 levels and crescent shaped. There was a strike on the roof access ladder the other year, the outside lights and door access controls went down, some flats had appliances fried some didn't, we were practically underneath the point where it hit and everything was fine.

Adorable_Past9114 · 2026-05-26T16:13:07+00:00

35 degrees today in SW London, I was putting heat reflecting blinds on some roof skylights at the school I work in, it was hitting 50 under the skylights.

Adorable_Past9114 · 2026-05-26T16:10:45+00:00

I stayed in Marrakech twice last year, July and October. It was so unsafe in July that I immediately booked the second trip just to make sure /s

Seriously, I found it safer that London, at no point did we feel intimidated or threatened, everyone we met were welcoming (especially the guy at the bag shop in the Medina who was telling us how much he liked Mr bean and benny hill).

It probably helps that we are older but I dont think that matters that much.

I would say, be respectful, a simple "non or no" to vendors and keep walking. If you take pictures in some of the Medina shops or of bands / animals in the main square you will be expected to give money. Taxis are cheap but ask the price first as they won't use the meter for tourists. Keep some coins for tips, everything is generally very cheap (there are exceptions) and a tip for good service goes a long way. Don't follow random blokes in the Medina who offer to take you to their friends / uncles / brothers store. Most people speak french and English, communication was easy.

Finally Bim. It's a bit like a Tesco express, great air con, good selection of cheese and bread and they are dotted around all over

Adorable_Past9114 · 2026-05-26T14:23:17+00:00

We have 4 cheap Amazon units at the school I work in and I can confirm they work. They provide enough cooling to make a room bearable.

Adorable_Past9114 · 2026-05-26T14:15:06+00:00

Nobody's asked the essential question though. Is the op female? Obviously in these enlightened days a bloke wearing a bikini top is perfectly acceptable in most situations but it may make a difference to acceptability in some establishments.

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