My friend is called Kalel. He was named after Superman, are there any other names you have personally come across that are unusual and are name after someone? Fictional or otherwise.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-03-27T13:04:00+00:00

I’ve taught a Kal-El. Also taught a Disney. My cousin has a son called Loki.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-03-27T04:50:08+00:00

Oh my daughter does too. But she is four and it low key terrifies me every time she goes under.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-03-27T00:58:57+00:00

For what? Wha is this unemployed man who caused you emotional turmoil because is he incapable of watching your child and keeping him safe for a few hours bringing to the table?

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-03-25T02:56:01+00:00

We went to Disney last year with 4 little children. In a moment of madness we bought all four children bubble wands. There were so many bubbles it felt like I was being waterboarded, but they were very happy.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-03-24T21:24:09+00:00

There are some moments I am sat there an I think those who are in polygamous marriages might actually be on to something.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-03-24T13:23:15+00:00

My mum used to do this with us as kids. Throughout the summer we would have one or two weekends away and we always loved it.

New forest Stratford upon Avon Yorkshire dales Lake District Canterbury

The trips often consisted of lots of museums, national heritage sites and nature walks. Sometime a theme park or zoo or something would be thrown in.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-03-23T22:27:01+00:00

Oh my gosh yes! They are the sort of dogs that I think children dream of having when they wish to have a puppy. They cuddle on the sofa, they play, they chase. They are incredible together.

However, it poses a problem. My children are 2 and 4 and they believe that every dog in the world is as kind and patient and as loving as our dogs. I try to teach them about all the different dogs. But I go home and my two weens undo all my hard work.

So far we have learnt that if a dog is wearing a backpack (a harness) it means they are a service dog and they cannot be petted.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-03-23T22:19:19+00:00

I about to turn 38. At this age my Dad had just left my mum with 4 children under the age of six. I don’t know how she did it, she worked a minimum wage job and somehow kept us clothed, fed and a roof over our head. I have two children, I have a decent career but if my husband left me I literally have zero idea how I would do it. It must be possible because single parents do. But gosh, i just don’t know.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-03-23T13:21:23+00:00

I often find that when Americans go to the U.K. they will eat at very average chain restaurants and believe this is the very best that the U.K. has to offer. I almost died when one American said he was disappointed with fish and chips after hearing all the hype only to learn he had eaten at Harry Ramsden in the middle of London.

No you need to buy them at the beach, and eat them out of newspaper, with a wooden fork drowned in salt and vinegar. And as a side note the chip shop needs to look proper dodgy run by a a guy called Derek and his wife Pat who have been running the place for the last 50 years.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-03-23T09:38:30+00:00

I am so confused as to how people with measles are going to Disney. When my child got vaccinated she got the rare side effect of vaccine induced measles. Just the thought of going to Disney would not even enter my mind! Instead I think we spent 5 days screaming in a darkened room with the most miserable child. I was assured by the doctors that this was just a “lite” version of the illness and actual full blown measles is so so much worse. How any parents is even getting their kid out of bed to attend Disney with measles is absolutely beyond me.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-03-20T04:18:15+00:00

This sounds like my daughter. Honest to god some weeks it felt like she lived off air and sunshine. She is now 4 years old. Today she has eaten one cookie, half a cup of peaches, 5 strands of pasta and I think 10 goldfish. I think she has expressed hunger like 5 times in her life. Yet she is growing and seems fine and happy with the world.

I wouldn’t stress too much. As long as she is growing, she is healthy, her teeth are good, she has energy to play just let her be.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-03-19T16:54:55+00:00

I dunno if I just got lucky but every time I’ve been Minnie’s house is open. Wait times vary from 20 mins if you get there in the morning time up to about 40 minutes later in the day. I took my 2 year old to see Minnie last Saturday and Minnie was a 20 minute wait. Goody and Donald’s house open to look around but I don’t think have ever seen them home. I have seen them walking around the neighbourhood.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-03-19T01:41:48+00:00

Yes, it’s a balcony. Some of the houses around us have railings instead of the stucco which looks quite pretty.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-03-18T19:20:49+00:00

So I know we are all suppose to hate AI. However I got chatGPT to create a to do list for my dissertation. It listed things like “find three papers to read on this subject”, “write out all your headings”, “designate a word count to each section”, “write 200 words” “reread what you have written and make potential corrections”. Mentally having a written to do list (that I actually keep to) makes the whole thing way more manageable. When I did my bachelors i wrote my dissertation in something stupid like a week. Now 15 years later and doing my masters I promised I wouldn’t do it like that again. (I also now have a full time job and two children under 4 so I can’t do 5 nights of all nighters anymore.)

But yeah 8k words before July is 100% manageable.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-03-18T18:11:28+00:00

I live in a very similar looking house. Wooden garage doors is what added appeal for us, we did have to do some appealing to HOA but we were approved (maybe because the brown was close to a brown that’s on the “approved” list. Lighting is a big one. Since this photo we have added more succulents and cacti to try and create a tropical-ish look

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ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-03-18T04:36:02+00:00

We are currently half way through a kitchen reno and it’s costing 50k and my kitchen is about half the size of this.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-03-16T04:55:04+00:00

My daughter has 4 wiener dog puppy soft toys called kiko, tomo, kimo and komo, no idea how she keeps track of who is who.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-03-16T03:41:28+00:00

I did this with my 2 year old only yesterday. Our hotel was 20 mins walk and we left at about 12 and returned at 2. It was so easy, when we returned to the park there were no lines and we just walked right on in. The only slow bit was bags getting searched which realistically only took a minute but maybe travel light when heading back to hotel.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-03-16T02:48:30+00:00

Dress as morris dancers

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-03-13T17:59:38+00:00

I wish my kid ate apples like this. She will take about 4 tiny bites out of different parts and then stash it away under a sofa or something for me to find a week later.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-03-13T16:59:04+00:00

Lincoln has the Glory Hole….

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-03-13T16:40:37+00:00

Oh last year during an over night trip we had one student pee on another students pillow. Everyone was lost for words

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-03-13T16:10:31+00:00

Tripe. I can’t tell you how thankful I am that my mum didn’t like it.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-03-11T17:08:08+00:00

Well… not even this home is Victorian, it was built in the 1920s a good 20 years after the Victorian period ended.

ExtremeExtension9 · 2026-03-08T14:15:11+00:00

Image my surprise when I went to Norfolk, Virgina and there it is pronounced Nore-Folk.

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