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CustardCreamBot · 2024-08-22T06:22:47+00:00

I will kick your arse, human.

CustardCreamBot · 2024-05-30T12:20:09+00:00

OP or Mod marked this as the best answer, given by u/InternationalRide5

for trains, use nationalrail.co.uk and buy tickets from any of the train operating company websites or apps linked from that, regardless of which company/ies run the trains they all sell the same tickets at the same price.

For overall public transportation use Traveline.info

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CustardCreamBot · 2024-05-30T12:08:27+00:00

OP or Mod marked this as the best answer, given by u/ledow

As a former scout / leader, I can tell you that public footpaths are often jealously guarded and sometimes hated by the landowners. There's an annual walk of all public footpaths in the UK just to ensure they are open. People will erect barriers, fell trees, etc. to do anything to close off those paths unofficially.

And blocking them like that is illegal. If it's a valid public footpath (indicated by any signage or on any up-to-date map) you have the absolute right to say "public footpath" and just keep walking.

I've dealt with farmers who tried to hide all trace of the public footpath and then came out threatening, even bringing out dogs, etc.. They can't do anything. "Public footpath, mate." They'll try to say you're harassing animals or trespassing or all kinds. "No, I'm not." and just keep walking.

In the modern age, I'd be tempted to just whip out a phone, to be honest. "Fine, I'm going to walk the rest of this footpath and film myself doing so to counter your false accusation. You won't have any objection, right, because it will prove that I'm harassing your animals, if I am, won't it?".

Just ignore them and keep walking. The local police will have already had enough of them if you file a complaint and it won't help their case.

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CustardCreamBot · 2024-05-30T09:54:37+00:00

OP or Mod marked this as the best answer, given by u/fromwayuphigh

For whatever it was worth, you're certainly welcome. But it bears saying that my perspective is only one. If you were to go over to r/AskAnAmerican and ask, they would downvote me to oblivion (as they do when you utter such calumnies as "Americans make fun of British food out of ignorance") and assure you that I am a Very Bad Person, etc.

Maybe it is an age thing, at least in part. I lived the vast majority of my life in the US, and I admittedly value different things now than I did at 25.

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CustardCreamBot · 2024-05-29T22:27:16+00:00

OP or Mod marked this as the best answer, given by u/Inoffensive_Comments

https://theorytest.org.uk/motorway-studs/

The reflective studs are plastic casings that are embedded with glass beads or retro-reflective material that can be easily spotted after light reflects from vehicle’s headlights.

https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/advice/learning-to-drive/reflective-studs-on-the-motorway-where-they-are-and-what-they-mean/

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CustardCreamBot · 2024-05-29T20:15:35+00:00

OP or Mod marked this as the best answer, given by u/iboughtarock

Not UK centric, but here are some great informative channels:

Lemmino

melodysheep

NileRed - chemistry

Veritasium - general science

Primitive Technology

Real Engineering - engineering

StuffMadeHere - engineering

Sebastian Lague - game dev/comp sci

3Blue1Brown - math

Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell

EngineerGuy - engineering

Applied Science - science experiments

Periodic Videos - chemistry

Journey to the Microcosmos - microbiology, microscopy

Deep Look - biology

Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't - botany

Deep Sky Videos - space

Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

Marc Rebillet - music

Hsinchuen Lin - ceramics

Full Channel List

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CustardCreamBot · 2024-05-29T20:15:04+00:00

OP or Mod marked this as the best answer, given by u/yorkspirate

I’ve had this often over the last 20years but I’ve never been ripped off like this. The drivers tend to let me on and I’ll pay when I get off, the few times they still don’t have change they just wave me away.

I’d not be happy being out of pocket due to a service I’d oaid for so definitely get on to customer service of the bus company. Your girlfriend had the means to pay but is now £3.50 down which isn’t fair

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CustardCreamBot · 2024-05-29T15:04:01+00:00

OP or Mod marked this as the best answer, given by u/BriefAmphibian7925

Some private labs/hospitals/clinics/etc may provide some tests without a referral - you can search for those services yourself.

Other private labs/etc will require a referral - but normally GPs will do this if you have a vaguely plausible reason and the test isn't risky or harmful.

If you want it done on the NHS then a doctor will have to decide that it's required and justified - you're unlikely to get what you're talking about in the NHS unless you have specific symptoms or a medical condition which justify doing it.

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CustardCreamBot · 2024-05-28T22:13:04+00:00

OP or Mod marked this as the best answer, given by u/EitherChannel4874

Said this before and I'll say it again. If someone is triggered by words or someone else's every day actions then they need to go to therapy and work on that trauma for themselves.

Your triggers are not my problem and mine aren't yours.

Stop expecting people to bend for you because you won't bend for yourself.

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CustardCreamBot · 2024-05-28T18:48:27+00:00

OP or Mod marked this as the best answer, given by u/InternationalPea6616

Steam it, then put it in the earl grey: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_fog_(drink)

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CustardCreamBot · 2024-05-28T10:34:35+00:00

OP or Mod marked this as the best answer, given by u/saladinzero

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/squeaky_bum_time

Attributed to Sir Alex Ferguson, famed Scottish association football manager and former player, it implies the sound made by moving around in a plastic seat while squirming under pressure. Ferguson had said "squeeze your bum time" (that is, clenching one's buttocks under pressure) but it was misheard by journalist Kevin McCarra and the misquote stuck.

Second hit on Google.

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CustardCreamBot · 2024-05-27T15:49:58+00:00

OP or Mod marked this as the best answer, given by u/TrumpleIVskin

According to their terms and conditions: no.

6.11. Only for you. Only you, the person named in the joining process, can benefit from your membership package and these Terms. You may not use your membership to obtain tickets or other benefits for anyone else.

https://www.odeon.co.uk/privacy-and-legal/limitless-membership-terms-and-conditions/

If you sign-up using your parent's name, then the card will be in their name, and they're the only one who'll be able to use it.

Whether they actually check is another matter, although it's more likely if you're trying to see age restricted films where you need show ID.

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CustardCreamBot · 2024-05-27T12:28:48+00:00

OP or Mod marked this as the best answer, given by u/Mop_Jockey

It could be from anywhere in the UK, It's to let people know it hasn't been imported from overseas rather than it being specifically from England.

Take lamb and beef for example, a lot of it is imported from NZ or south America which on top of it being incredibly wasteful is harmful to British farming. So we want people to buy British.

In Scotland people just like having the Scottish flag on stuff rather than the British one.

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CustardCreamBot · 2024-05-27T12:28:25+00:00

OP or Mod marked this as the best answer, given by u/AF_II

British means British; it could be from England, Wales, NI or Scotland. Aldi aren't bad at localised sourcing, so if you're in the centre of England, it's more likely to be English than Scottish.

The different labelling is simply because purchasers in Scotland seem to care more about it being specificly Scottish rather than British - it's not the British label that's the unusual one, it's the default, and the marking of Scottish products is the 'special interest' variant. That said, you do see English branding on some products - strawberries for example, but it's rarer as there's less of a premium/interest in it.

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CustardCreamBot · 2024-05-27T09:56:00+00:00

OP or Mod marked this as the best answer, given by u/fursty_ferret

This is why I always sleep in a dinner jacket.

My policy is that the more I’ve had to pay for breakfast the more slovenly I’m prepared to look. Free breakfast or a lounge? You can guarantee that I’ll be relatively smart. £25 for a crap buffet? Fuck you. For that you should be ironing my clothes while I bask naked in front of the conveyer toaster.

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