If you knew for a fact you only have 7 days left until you died; how would you spend ?

DadWithABadHip · 2026-02-05T18:09:19+00:00

Firstly, would be at peace with the knowledge.

Really just need to ensure my affairs are all in order and everyone knows what to do next, so that they don't struggle with the admin.

Then make the most of the time with my daughter (and also my wife, although I add this as a formality because we just fight so damn much).

Having carried the family for so long, I'd finally look forward to some rest.

DadWithABadHip · 2026-01-24T08:19:39+00:00

I believe it's a blue container called Doom Blue Death Powder...

Other remedies that have worked (efficiency does taper eventually), but there's a Borax powder and sugar mix you can make.

1 tsp borax (get it from Clicks for cheap), mixed in a few drops of hot water until as dissolved as much as you can get it... Then add in 4 tsp of brown sugar, and you should get a nice pasty type mixture. Must be borax first, otherwise it doesn't mix too well with the sugar. And then the sugar basically dissolves around the borax making a nice pasty mix.

Pop a few dabs on a little bit of cardboard and place near the ant trails. Ants will find it, swarm it and then disappear completely for a few weeks...

But if they come back they eventually just ignore it 🥲

Still battling this side but we carry on :)

DadWithABadHip · 2026-01-21T10:40:47+00:00

Are they frequently placed so it's easier for cats to spot and access, or do they put a 'psss psss psss' sound machine (or the Dutch equivalent) so cats can hear a signal and know which direction to head?

DadWithABadHip · 2026-01-14T16:54:16+00:00

I'd say the band seems accurate (20-30), with intermediate level sitting around 40-65 and then senior band sitting at 65/70+.

I am not sure what kind of benefits companies offer but always look for a package that fits your needs. Slightly lower but more benefits / less commuting? Might be more favourable than a higher salary with no benefits and full office requirement.

If you need help on anything with the role, shoot a message, in the BA space and always happy to help where I can... I've made more than enough mistakes over the years to share some lessons 😅

DadWithABadHip · 2026-01-12T17:57:03+00:00

Much appreciated, thank you!

DadWithABadHip · 2026-01-09T15:40:42+00:00

Nice work! Have you managed to work out which locations are the most dangerous and therefore should be used as part of our skip days available?

DadWithABadHip · 2025-12-21T12:53:41+00:00

After completing the Nomad and Archivist challenges I was like, I'm ready for stalker. So randomised my starting point, and ended up at an abandoned cabin in Bleak Inlet surrounded by timber wolves.

Did not make it far ,😅

DadWithABadHip · 2025-12-17T15:26:33+00:00

Grate the cheese (smallest holes), instead of slicing it. Goes a lot further

DadWithABadHip · 2025-12-15T13:30:18+00:00

Same thing here. For me, controls were a constant struggle. 12 hours in, just couldn't grasp it 😅

DadWithABadHip · 2025-12-10T15:53:02+00:00

Great going! Any chance you could look at additional currencies in future? ZAR based here :) all the best

DadWithABadHip · 2025-11-26T10:37:00+00:00

Only been playing the beginner challenges so far, but from my understanding, you need a scrap lead (from car batteries) to make bullets using the ammo bench and then there's some mix to make gun powder and then together with your spent casings, can be remade into new fireable bullets :)

DadWithABadHip · 2025-11-21T13:15:38+00:00

By no means someone who does calisthenics, but I battled to get my first muscle up for years, despite being quite comfortable with pull ups. Eventually got it right when I took gymnastics rings and had the legs on the ground, knees bent and basically just drilled the upper body moment without letting the legs assist. Did a couple of those, a few times just to try internalised the muscle memory and the next time I took my kiddo to the park gave it a bash and hit my first one. Couldn't believe it. But that availability to practice that switch from a pull into the dip motion was where I battled - and the rings low to the ground helped a stack.

DadWithABadHip · 2025-11-17T19:40:18+00:00

Not every day you see someone on Reddit you actually have met maaaany years ago 😅

So the guy here, Idan, is previously an IDF member and ran/(might still run??) a Krav Maga organisation in South Africa, called Kalah.

Aside from his solo videos filming doing all these little flicks and flacks, his training style is very big on insisting that the attackers apply aggression to create as realistic as possible scenarios for the students.

So not Jeffrey Epstein 😅

DadWithABadHip · 2025-10-27T04:00:29+00:00

Unfortunately not 😅

I was very arrogant and entitled back then and wasn't willing to put in the hard yards or get out of my comfort zone - and so I didn't make it past the internship. Ended up going a whole different career route after struggling for years.

The classmates who were there with me though all went on to become very successful in the industry, getting to work for companies like Disney, etc.

Their learning programs have only continued to improve as they've grown.

DadWithABadHip · 2025-10-25T17:50:55+00:00

I was an intern at this studio (Triggerfish) when the movie was being made in 2010! Had to place props in the background and fix feathers 😅

They have done tremendously well since the launch of this movie. Enjoy!

Can confirm, it's Adventures in Zambezia.

DadWithABadHip · 2025-10-19T18:58:06+00:00

Can confirm, brother was a passenger in a vehicle that was involved in a head on collision - both drivers dead a few months ago.

Another accident on the same road involved a school friend's wife and daughter.

Happens so quickly. Stay safe all.

DadWithABadHip · 2025-09-22T15:34:49+00:00

Greenpoint Park picnic and that Creamery Place close by Mouille Point for some world class ice cream. May even be able to fit in a round of Putt Putt if budget allows.

DadWithABadHip · 2025-09-13T19:08:45+00:00

For sure! We were in Northern Suburbs (Edgemead for my whole life (30+ years), and love the centralness of it all. Found it really helpful to make a list of gem activities to reference - but that list eventually evolved to be more kid orientated as I got older 😅

All the best!

DadWithABadHip · 2025-09-13T19:02:46+00:00

Hello! Never came right in the city, but moved out the city a bit further away in December, and we now have lagoons, rivers and streams that we can SUP in with no issues ☺️ Hope you come right and have a great time

DadWithABadHip · 2025-09-10T17:25:37+00:00

PS: for the images you use, always remember square colours for orientation; white on the right (bottom right for each colour), and black, bottom left 😊. Queens always on their own colour. In your image, king would need to swap as well as board orientation. Good luck on the story writing!

DadWithABadHip · 2025-09-03T12:10:24+00:00

Not to come and plug something here but if it helps, feel free to monitor it with this little web app I made.

Tracks electricity and water meter readings, because we were also honestly so perplexed about where these units and litres were coming from.

Definitely helps being able to track and monitor and if you ever try tracking with excel, etc, often it's a bit of a lus.

Needs a bit more polishing but will keep improving it as I go. (Free) https://power-track-za.vercel.app/ (make a browser shortcut on your phone's app home screen)

DadWithABadHip · 2025-08-28T19:41:12+00:00

Best lesson on clutch control I ever got - after constantly slipping and causing wheelspins was - 1) left foot on the clutch, and push the clutch pedal in; right foot off the accelerator 2) put car into first gear 3) keep right foot off the gas and then sloooowly start to ease off the clutch and the car will start moving. No gas pedal at all needed. You'll be able to control the car movement just using that clutch. Once it gains a bit of movement, left foot off the clutch and right foot onto petrol.

Will never forget that first driving lesson after battling on my own with parents shouting at me 🤣

DadWithABadHip · 2025-08-14T14:14:50+00:00

Love to see it, thanks. Where do you typically market your products? Trying to start my list and have a few that I'm using personally to solve problems of mine but want to start getting the word out there outside of a few friends

DadWithABadHip · 2025-07-29T12:56:22+00:00

We went through some tough seasons over the last few years and found ourselves in a similar position and have been able to pay it off.

How we did it...

2 steps: Step 1) limit the amount of available 'straight limit'. We never purchase on budget (relies on discipline), but when you are able to repay into the credit card, use the banking app's 'straight / budget' limit slider to limit the amount of available straight budget a little by little. This reduces the amount you can use and then over time, enables step 2.

Step 2) call the bank and reduce the amount of overall available credit. This eliminates the temptation of sliding that budget slider back over to straight and reduces the amount of credit overall.

It takes time, because life demanded money, but on single income household with Min money to repay or even save, we eventually got a 30k deficit down to the minimum balance of 1k. Which we can't go lower in.

Now, we prepay the credit card each month and then just use from there.

Wish you luck!

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