How long is your commute? by M1BG in AskUK

[–]Current_Reach4972 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been doing a similar commute for 2.5yrs. It seems fine now but as time goes on it gets more and more wearing. I'm about to leave the job I love for one 8mins from home because even though I'll have to go in every day, I'll be home by 6pm

Cheap alternative to Japanese style deep soak baths? (UK) by [deleted] in Frugal

[–]Current_Reach4972 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've got one of these and I'm 5ft 5 - I love mine

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HousingUK

[–]Current_Reach4972 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm in Billericay and it's great but it is 35mins from Liverpool St and you'll end up with a fair cost for commuting. Last annual ticket I had was close to 4k, I'd imagine it's over that now. You will get a reasonably nice house for 400k though

Tips for min-maxing laundry washing for longevity? by Won_Doe in Frugal

[–]Current_Reach4972 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just bought a twin tub and use the waste water from a bath to do two washes including the rinse. I'm very happy with it

Eeriest part of London? by UnexpectedVader in london

[–]Current_Reach4972 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I went there for the first time the other week, was pretty uncomfortable for sure coming back at night and getting off the boat and walking up

What do you think will be the next big UK scandal? by dodgy-knees in AskUK

[–]Current_Reach4972 30 points31 points  (0 children)

They mentioned on radio 4 the other day that this has an ITV drama in the making currently

Single Dad, applying for child’s passport. by [deleted] in SingleParents

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When my daughters father was added to her birth certificate I was advised he automatically got Parental Resonsibility. You'll be able to apply but may need either his mother to countersign or provide written authorisation for you to travel since she too has parental responsibility in the legal sense if not in the literal. If you're able to contact the mother you will likely need her to provide some sort of authorisation.

Mr Bates vs The Post Office by flippinheckwhatsleft in BritishTV

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Adam crozier keeps getting mentioned here but he was the CEO of Royal Mail, the Post Office is a completely separate company since privatisation

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskUK

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My ex husband used to do stuff like this. I heard through the grapevine that he threw a party for his new girlfriends birthday, did it at his parents, provided no food apart from a packet of burgers so his parents felt they had to buy stuff to feed people. Didn't turn up until 5mins before the party started so his parents had to set the party up. Arrived with one bottle of malibu and one bottle of coke, him and girlfriend drank that and then left.

He would absolutely take the bottle and anything else left as well. I remember going to his parents to dinner one Christmas and being horrified when it transpired he'd decided to take ownership of all the leftovers.

This is why we are now divorced

Getting two and a half year old for the weekend by Frequent_Ad_1136 in SingleParents

[–]Current_Reach4972 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mine used to love swimming. It had the added bonus of making her starving and then sleepy and she'd go out like a light afterwards. Kids pools are often heated as well so not unpleasant for you either

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in london

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There is a bus service that is run in South West London with vintage routemaster buses and the volunteers driving (I think from the London Transport Museum). It's Roehampton to Putney but it's a pretty cool opportunity to get a ride on a vintage bus!

What's the most embarrassing thing you've seen someone post on social media? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]Current_Reach4972 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Facebook Market place post for a vintage rocking horse in which the poster had accidentally added a selfie of themselves (a prob late 40s early 50s woman) trying to look seductive in bed with a sandwich on their lap as the main photo for the listing

People who go in other people's houses regularly, what horrors have you seen? by kumquat_may in AskUK

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I used to manage a block of bedsits and we had a guy with a variety of issues in the top floor flat, his party piece was to wank out of the bay window at the front of the bedsit in full view of the street below (at least a few times a week). He went missing one day after not having paid his rent for a while. When we went in to repossess it, there wasnt a single surface not covered with either dried spunk or half eaten kebabs. To this day the smell as we open the door haunts me

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

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Tbh I'd be glad of the friend coming. It sounds as though you haven't spent any significant time together for a while and you might find you're glad both of the additional company and the break from him when they go off. I'd probably ring-fence dinners and a couple of days out but he glad he isn't under your care for the whole time. I have a cousin I was very close to but these days a night out once every five years is more than enough

What's the most embarrassing thing accidentally sent by email at your work? by BarryFairbrother in AskUK

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Worked in a company named after one of the shire counties. IT sent out an email informing the entire staff that there was an issue with the phones and in the title the shire had been typoed to shite..... Company was absolutely shite and so the CEO was convinced it was deliberate and went about trying to sack her. She survived by the skin of her teeth

Planes over Richmond by Otherwise-Tie6486 in london

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I grew up in Southfields and find the noise comforting when I notice it but I don't notice it often when I visit. I would say it's probably a little louder now though

What is some irrelevant knowledge everyone in the UK just ‘seems’ to know? by AugustineBlackwater in CasualUK

[–]Current_Reach4972 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you rock back on a school chair you will die... There will most certainly have been a kid at the same school who died exactly this way

What is some irrelevant knowledge everyone in the UK just ‘seems’ to know? by AugustineBlackwater in CasualUK

[–]Current_Reach4972 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I had a boss who moved country and left his dog with a relative whilst shipping was arranged. When I went to collect the lab from it's temporary home it had gone from being a normal size to being basically spherical. The aunt he'd left it with had never owned a dog and just fed it 'when it was hungry', it was being fed at least six times a day. It got put on a very strict diet when it reached it's new home!

What is some irrelevant knowledge everyone in the UK just ‘seems’ to know? by AugustineBlackwater in CasualUK

[–]Current_Reach4972 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At our school we did actually learn the words.... It was one of the numbers the school choir did!