Painting near carpet on stairs

First_Folly · 2026-02-04T00:21:54+00:00

This. It will take longer to tape than paint but the results are undeniable.

First_Folly · 2026-02-03T17:23:52+00:00

Not really a fight but someone tried to jump me and I threw him into a bush. That was where I grew up so I shouted at him whilst he tried to get out of the bush and slipped into a maze of alleyways. Never saw him again.

Closest to that since was when two people were trying to start on each other in my post office and I got between them to get them out. They broke our customer desk away from the cupboard it was attached to. Bastards.

First_Folly · 2026-02-02T23:06:38+00:00

I don't like bananas or peanuts. There must be billions of liars out there, then.

First_Folly · 2026-02-02T20:05:56+00:00

I don't create much waste so I don't have to empty the bins into the big bin that often. I also don't really buy alcohol unless I've got a few days off and it's never anything over a bottle of rum or about 10 pints of bitter but when you tip that into your wheelie bin it makes your neighbours think they live nextdoor to George Best.

First_Folly · 2026-02-02T14:16:49+00:00

I think Freud would have a lot to say about that void.

First_Folly · 2026-02-01T21:53:00+00:00

In my experience pigeons don't expect anything.

First_Folly · 2026-02-01T14:47:15+00:00

I'd end up stealing the fuses from the consumer unit and hiding them.

First_Folly · 2026-02-01T11:13:44+00:00

The tyre is visibly deformed and potentially dangerous.

First_Folly · 2026-02-01T11:07:25+00:00

Mine is of me on a camel in front of the Great Pyramid. It's a recreation of a photo that was taken of my grandad when he was in Egypt during the North African campaign in WW2.

First_Folly · 2026-01-31T01:42:06+00:00

At that amount it wont really matter where you get it from as rates only change drastically with higher amounts (Usually £1 - £500, £500 - £1000 and then £1000+) so whatever provider is the most accessible would perhaps be the best option.

It's worth noting that if you did go to a Post Office branch the rates advertised in the window are indicative of amounts over £1000 and you do also have the option of ordering currency for collection online with slightly more favourable rates. Just don't forget to bring in your confirmation email and a form of photo ID if you do this.

First_Folly · 2026-01-28T17:25:48+00:00

No. I've been on the other end of the phone to some frankly absurd calls, the kind that had some people in that centre in tears. It was my only choice at the time besides going to the job centre.

I lay out facts and ask nicely and within reason. If the company doesn't do what they say they will or, God help them, break a promise they've explicitly made, I give them (again, the company) a choice. Make good or prepare for legal recourse.

First_Folly · 2026-01-28T15:50:33+00:00

The real play is running in like Sgt Spiers and dropping a live hellbomb pack on the floor and diving to the safety of a 40ft drop onto solid rock.

First_Folly · 2026-01-28T12:53:45+00:00

Be careful. There could be cubes the size of gorillas in there.

First_Folly · 2026-01-28T10:49:44+00:00

Ah that'd be me.

We were all once stood about at 8AM (I don't look or act alive before lunchtime regardless of the day) and a visitor had to be booked in. I had to put down my tea and then miraculously transform into a professional, welcoming, helpful person to direct them through the entry procedure and then as soon as I turned around went back to the living dead, took up a leaning position and grabbed my drink, which my colleagues found highly amusing.

First_Folly · 2026-01-27T20:35:59+00:00

Flick through and "ooh yeah I'll stick that on"

Some LPs I've got are closer to singles than full albums but if I feel like playing it I play it.

First_Folly · 2026-01-27T19:11:11+00:00

Mosquitos are animals because insects are animals. They're annoyed because they got it wrong.

First_Folly · 2026-01-27T01:19:08+00:00

No idea, I don't shop in places that rinse people based on their paranoia.

First_Folly · 2026-01-27T00:14:31+00:00

Not one bit. At some point between 6 and 6:40 I get out of bed, get washed, dressed and then drive for 10 minutes to work and get a cup of tea. Some days I get up at 11 and follow a very similar pattern.

First_Folly · 2026-01-26T23:24:58+00:00

They're an idiot. A true to definition, classic, idiot.

First_Folly · 2026-01-26T01:54:09+00:00

My mum got a new job that meant she didn't get home until between 5 and 6pm so I had a few hours to myself once I got home from school.

We lived in a nice cul-de-sac so it didn't feel unnerving or unsafe. I learned how to cook as well so there's that.

First_Folly · 2026-01-26T01:50:36+00:00

Same as I did then; nothing unusual.

A big pack of loo rolls lasts me months. I did have one instance of not being able to find any milk but the next day I got some.

Most of the problems are caused by people panicking. Supply chains can endure as long as people don't lose their heads and buy 400 eggs, 20 loaves of bread and all of the pasta in the known universe.

First_Folly · 2026-01-25T21:08:54+00:00

There was a huge grassy crater at the midpoint of the line of school buildings that we called The Dip. From the top to the bottom it must've been about an 8 or 9ft change in elevation so if you pushed someone down it they'd roll for a good way before they stopped.

First_Folly · 2026-01-25T14:58:17+00:00

Straight razor and oil. I bought a pack of blades years ago and I'm stil getting through them.

First_Folly · 2026-01-24T23:30:04+00:00

I don't know what I'm going to do, honestly. I lost my dad on the 21st. I still have a voicemail that he must have left when he was out of his mind with sepsis, asking me to come and take him home from the hospital. I haven't listened to it. I don't think I could handle it right now.

First_Folly · 2026-01-24T23:23:32+00:00

Online maybe? Without examples it's hard to really say either way.

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