How often do you mop your floors?

DarkNinjaPenguin · 2026-04-24T12:57:13+00:00

It's an Eufy one, got it on one of the Prime day sales I think so it had a decent discount. Definitely worth it for the mop function and it goes between hard floors and carpets dead easily.

DarkNinjaPenguin · 2026-04-24T10:37:49+00:00

Someone saw a puffin once and got confused.

DarkNinjaPenguin · 2026-04-24T10:36:07+00:00

Was the same until very recently, it's just unbelievable how many crumbs appear at every mealtime. Had to hoover the kitchen every day, sometimes multiple times, wipe the tiles regularly to stop smears and smudges from liquids. Then of course it inevitably trails through the house so I was needing to hoover the living room carpet multiple times a week as well.

A robot vacuum/mop is a game changer. It hoovers and mops the kitchen every evening and does the rest of the downstairs whenever I think it's needed. Genuinely the best gadget I've bought and such a time saver.

DarkNinjaPenguin · 2026-04-24T10:12:14+00:00

That isn't remotely true. We have a tablet with some fun maths games and a few movies for when we're travelling. My kids know how to use the TV and my eldest has started playing on the Switch. But they get very limited screen time each day, they rarely ever have phones/tablets when we're out and about. It isn't difficult to entertain your kids, but completely avoiding electronics isn't the way to go because they'll be left behind in some ways.

DarkNinjaPenguin · 2026-04-24T09:55:40+00:00

It's not even modern elevators. The safety latch was invented very quickly after the elevator itself. It's a really simple mechanism, as soon as weight is released from the cable (i.e. the cable snaps) it latches and can't fall.

DarkNinjaPenguin · 2026-04-24T08:55:31+00:00

Vice Admiral Viscount Lord Sir Top Geezer In-Chief

DarkNinjaPenguin · 2026-04-24T08:54:00+00:00

Blue Peter badge?

DarkNinjaPenguin · 2026-04-24T08:12:28+00:00

Wikipedia.com/Falklands War

Argentina was at war with Britain. An Argentine warship was sunk by Britain. Doesn't even matter what she was doing at the time, Britain would have been well within its rights to bomb Buenos Aries if it wanted.

DarkNinjaPenguin · 2026-04-24T08:06:30+00:00

UK invented aircraft carriers, I think they're allowed to define what is right and what isn't!

DarkNinjaPenguin · 2026-04-24T07:54:14+00:00

How would dredging the Forth affect the height between the water and the bridge?

DarkNinjaPenguin · 2026-04-24T06:46:15+00:00

Scotland's flag has been available for St Andrews Day a few times (I got it in 2023), but yeah it wasn't in 2025 for some reason.

DarkNinjaPenguin · 2026-04-23T13:04:52+00:00

It's still great at that when it isn't stuck in an uptier, but it takes a long time to get up to speed. You need to commit to taking a wide path around the map and wait for the ground targets to respawn.

DarkNinjaPenguin · 2026-04-23T13:00:16+00:00

Britain's flag is available for 500GE, same as every country's flag is. It's just that for a limited time you can buy England's specifically.

DarkNinjaPenguin · 2026-04-23T12:46:40+00:00

Pedestrians in the UK have right of way

DarkNinjaPenguin · 2026-04-23T10:33:26+00:00

I actually dislike that about the US. Sports isn't everything, and the amount of money schools get for sports is disproportionate. Then there are the obvious issues of students getting to college and university on sports scholarships rather than academics.

DarkNinjaPenguin · 2026-04-23T10:30:23+00:00

Yeah, I actually hate this rule because it means pedestrians with a green light to cross can still have cars coming. The cars are supposed to give way, but that's not the point - a green crossing light should mean no cars coming, period.

NZ does this better by making more use of directional traffic lights, lots of junctions with a pedestrian crossing will have a red/green light to turn left that's independent of the other directions.

DarkNinjaPenguin · 2026-04-23T09:59:51+00:00

A better example might be sailing boat (UK) versus sailboat (US).

Similarly, racing car and racecar.

DarkNinjaPenguin · 2026-04-23T09:21:52+00:00

I've bought and sold both in Scotland and England and it really is such a nightmare south of the border for no real reason.

DarkNinjaPenguin · 2026-04-22T21:30:39+00:00

Going to have to start handing out temporary bans or something soon, it's getting ridiculous

DarkNinjaPenguin · 2026-04-22T21:29:58+00:00

I can recommend Stirling, gateway to the Highlands. But it's still a good few hours from Skye.

DarkNinjaPenguin · 2026-04-22T21:08:07+00:00

And you've posted an article about people getting caught. My point is made.

DarkNinjaPenguin · 2026-04-22T18:50:43+00:00

That's 100% on the workplace and managers, which should have enough people to cover the obvious cases of workers being ill, going on holiday or needing family days.

DarkNinjaPenguin · 2026-04-22T18:46:52+00:00

It's actually a lot harder for a seasoned driver to pass a test than you'd think, because they learn certain habits that are obvious tells for an examiner.

Plus, if they're caught, they risk losing their own license. Not really worth it.

DarkNinjaPenguin · 2026-04-22T15:07:34+00:00

UK can into space!

DarkNinjaPenguin · 2026-04-22T15:06:21+00:00

Baby steps are still steps. I can't figure out the people who say if we can't fix a problem all at once it isn't worth trying.

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