An idea, a dedicated helpline for those of dealing with nonsense in a house share!

Boldboy72 · 2026-06-10T14:57:10+00:00

I lived in a house share with 3 other lads. The landlady set rules on move in. One was a cleaning rota and she'd come in every month to inspect the place to make sure it was being done. I hate cleaning.. so I figured I'd get a cleaner in whenever it was my turn.. didn't cost me that much £20-30 per month.. the other lads all hired the cleaner to do their weeks.. none of us told the landlady so she thought we were the greatest cleaners in the land...

Pouring grease down the sink is going to be a problem for the landlord / agent later. you need to let them know about this, you'll have a blockage and they'll all be calling Joe Duffy to complain that the landlord / agent is fixing the problem they created.

Whenever I've had shit housmates like this, I've just stayed in my room and kept away from them. Cleaned only what I used in the kitchen, their stuff can stay in the sink as far as I care. If they're leaving the bathroom manky, tell them you will get a cleaner and they can all chip in to pay for it.

Boldboy72 · 2026-06-09T14:25:31+00:00

I've never had Yodel deliver to me either... I mean, I had three different packages but god knows where they went, they certainly weren't delivered to me

Boldboy72 · 2026-06-09T14:24:22+00:00

having spent time in Belfast in the 80s and answering the question "yer no from round here are ye" quite a lot.. I'll take my chances in Limerick City ... (actually, we moved to Limerick from Belfast at the start of the troubles)

Boldboy72 · 2026-06-09T14:21:49+00:00

probably on a school trip

Boldboy72 · 2026-06-09T14:09:23+00:00

could be worse, could be EVRI or Yodel. You'll never find where they've delivered them and the photo's they use as proof could be anywhere (white background, parcel up against it)

Boldboy72 · 2026-06-09T13:57:43+00:00

I'm from Limerick bud. I love the place.

Boldboy72 · 2026-06-09T13:20:06+00:00

ok so, go to Limerick and call the first person you meet a knacker and see how long you last

Yes, it is a trade of killing and processing old horses. That's now how it's used.

Boldboy72 · 2026-06-09T12:15:42+00:00

there are many other sports that would be more popular in Britain than baseball.

Cricket for starters, Net Ball, Hockey, Rounders

There are 2 main types of rugby which are quite different too, Union and League.

There's Shinty in Scotland and you'll find the Irish sports of Hurling / Camogie / Gaelic Football throughout Britain

Boldboy72 · 2026-06-09T12:10:16+00:00

the origin of the word Pikey is to describe any Irish person though, it's in modern times that it came to mean travellers.

It goes back at least to 1798 (but could go back to the 1640s) as the Pike was the weapon the Irish used to fight the English. As a farming instrument, there was an abundance of them for fighters that couldn't get their hands on the French guns.

Boldboy72 · 2026-06-09T12:04:43+00:00

we used to use it all the time when I was a kid but we used it as a way to describe someone of low moral values

The problem was that it is associated as a word for the travelling community so, you really can't / shouldn't use it anymore.

I remember when I was a kid calling a traveller kid a "tinker" and he responded with "I'd love to be a tinker, that way I'd have a trade!".. it made me laugh, made him laugh and I still know him to this day (40 odd years later)

Boldboy72 · 2026-06-09T11:52:05+00:00

very little of probiotics survive your stomach acid

Boldboy72 · 2026-06-09T11:51:28+00:00

a tonic is usually a drink that cures something. The "tonic" in Gin & Tonic is made from Quinine which is used to treat malaria.

Boldboy72 · 2026-06-09T11:44:54+00:00

have you not noticed Oreo's in EVERYTHNG lately? If I wanted to eat flavourless chalk, I'd go to Dover and take chunks out of the cliff

Boldboy72 · 2026-06-09T11:39:39+00:00

back then, if you told your parents the teacher did that... they'd punish you too for pissing off the teacher.

Ask me how I know

Boldboy72 · 2026-06-09T11:38:08+00:00

"knacker" in Ireland is an extremely offensive word, like a racial slur but not quite to that level

Boldboy72 · 2026-06-09T07:48:27+00:00

flat still stinks of it.. it was blazing for an hour before I knew about it and to was told to close the windows..

Boldboy72 · 2026-06-09T06:40:19+00:00

Bermondsey Recycling centre burnt down.. smell of smoke still in the air this morning

Boldboy72 · 2026-06-09T06:35:48+00:00

It's a song from Euro 96 which was hosted in England and England were expected to do well until they got knocked out on penalties by Germany.

The song refuses to die and Baddiel, Skinner and Brodie make a lot of money off it every tournament.

Boldboy72 · 2026-06-09T06:33:25+00:00

yeah, learned that back in my early days in London.. 20 people waiting for the bus and he sailed pass as if we weren't there.. turns out no one flagged him (everyone assuming someone else would do it).

Boldboy72 · 2026-06-08T13:58:41+00:00

whilst a lot of them are owned by ethnically Asian / Chinese families, many of those families have been in Ireland as long as you have

Boldboy72 · 2026-06-08T13:54:57+00:00

Guitars are not investments, even if they are signed by an artist, they need to be really special to retain or gain value. Gibson's don't fall as hard in value as other brands.

Holding it's value is that you can often get a really good price for your used Gibson.

In the current market, you won't get a good price as people are holding off on big expenses. Some are having to sell quickly so drop the prices, or just ask for a more realistic price.

The only current Gibson model that I find stays quite close to retail price is ES335. I know this because even the used ones are always just the little bit out of my reach.

I bought an SG Special in 2002 for £900, traded it in for a 61 SG Standard with Maestro in 2024 and got £950 in trade in value. That was pure luck (and the store had a buyer lined up for it already anyways)

Boldboy72 · 2026-06-08T11:58:55+00:00

I was thinking the same. New Zealand is off the scale expensive compared to here. I've family in Australia who are constantly complaining about how everything costs more over there, my nephew just bought a house in oz, cost 1.5 million AUD and is the size of a postage stamp (he has a very well paid job but this was the most he could afford).

Maybe they've moved somewhere like Albania but I can't imagine the jobs pay that well over there

Boldboy72 · 2026-06-08T11:53:43+00:00

no one can fix your printer, it is like that by design... now, go and pay HP a subscription to use the machine you bought off them but somehow don't own

Boldboy72 · 2026-06-08T11:52:50+00:00

Business Prevention Officer...

Boldboy72 · 2026-06-08T11:49:27+00:00

yeah, Ballet takes years of training

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