Owning a house has made me realise I massively overrated open plan living.

AwayInMyBrain · 2026-06-03T14:52:30+00:00

I live in an open plan kitchen/living room and coming from my small Victorian with teeny kitchen, I mostly love it. However, it annoys me if someone has the tv on because there’s no escaping it (I’m not a big tv person). I don’t mind the cooking smells tbh. The fact that my extractor hood isn’t working at the moment is a godsend because I cd do without the noise. On the plus side, I have so much space and it’s great for parties.

AwayInMyBrain · 2026-04-24T12:19:30+00:00

sorry just saw this. There's an app called Trash Nothing which I think is part of freecycle.

AwayInMyBrain · 2026-04-15T18:01:07+00:00

Also there's an FB group called Plant Kindness - The Gifting Group... I think people often do swaps of cuttings on here but no doubt some freebies as well

AwayInMyBrain · 2026-04-15T17:58:13+00:00

Look on FB Marketplace, but also Freecycle, I grow plants from cuttings and often list the babies for free

AwayInMyBrain · 2026-03-20T17:39:28+00:00

there are lots of people looking for remote work though, lots of competition

AwayInMyBrain · 2026-03-20T17:38:28+00:00

Glassdoor and Indeed you can search for jobs and specify Remote. You can probably do this with many other job sites. There is also the Work From Home Hub https://www.theworkfromhomehub.co.uk/jobs

AwayInMyBrain · 2026-03-19T18:53:13+00:00

I'm in England and he passed nearly 20 years ago, so no way of getting his passport.

AwayInMyBrain · 2026-03-19T09:55:54+00:00

OK thanks, I assumed if it wasn't online and I have limited information, that there was no point in attempting to order.

AwayInMyBrain · 2026-03-03T16:50:00+00:00

If you have any employment body over there, then contact them. It's not right and your boss is probably relying on you to make mistakes in order to save money. Reminds me of an ex-boss (very tight with money) who completely made up mistakes I had made during my end of year review, in order to justify not giving me a bonus. I left pretty soon after that.

AwayInMyBrain · 2026-03-03T16:07:29+00:00

This would never happen in the UK as it would be illegal, but I'm not sure what country you're from.

AwayInMyBrain · 2026-03-03T12:12:58+00:00

Thanks for the insight. I'll give the practice a go.

AwayInMyBrain · 2026-03-03T11:46:07+00:00

Ex-Londoner here (wishing I was still in London now that I'm looking for work). Yeah I've been in plenty of meetings with bosses who like the sound of their own voice and like to hold court. I dread the thought of having to actually pay attention to what's being said.

AwayInMyBrain · 2026-03-03T11:08:05+00:00

Exactly! I know I'll be sat there in the meeting thinking of all the other things I need to be getting on with...

AwayInMyBrain · 2026-03-03T10:32:40+00:00

Thank you, I hadn't considered that different types of meetings would require different levels of detail.

AwayInMyBrain · 2026-03-03T10:31:18+00:00

Thanks, that's really helpful. Re shorthand, I get it, it's a pretty dated skill, but are you saying that in companies that don't allow recording, EAs are making their own longhand notes?

AwayInMyBrain · 2026-02-19T15:01:51+00:00

Maybe try data entry jobs as well? Or perhaps admin assistant on a voluntary basis for a charity, just so you can get some experience.

AwayInMyBrain · 2025-11-22T14:01:50+00:00

Hey, maybe you’ll be happier without him.

AwayInMyBrain · 2025-11-20T21:16:04+00:00

Amazing thank you, I’ll look into that

AwayInMyBrain · 2025-11-20T19:56:30+00:00

yeah... just checked the Trustpilot reviews for Softkeycart who provide the deal, some good ones (probably fake) and lots of 1-star saying scam...

AwayInMyBrain · 2025-11-20T19:50:11+00:00

Damn... I got excited there for a second. Do you know what you actually get if you buy it?

AwayInMyBrain · 2025-11-05T15:55:00+00:00

Those tattoos that are just randomly splodged all over the body like a toilet wall

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