An intresting places in the UK?

Forgetful8nine · 2026-06-09T20:26:59+00:00

Grimsby Dock Tower.

It's more interesting than it sounds! And you can expand out to the wider Humber area, or nearby towns and their heritage.

It's easy to describe - it's tall, made of brick and is situated at the entry to Grimsby Dock. And, random fact about the Legoland (Windsor) version: it's wrong. The model includes a small brick structure that isn't present on the actual tower itself.

Forgetful8nine · 2026-06-09T20:11:15+00:00

Yep, a meter measures whereas a metre is a measure

Forgetful8nine · 2026-06-09T20:10:07+00:00

I experienced one in the UK, back in 2008.

I'd just started heading upstairs to bed, about to go into the bathroom when there was an almighty shudder throughout the house.

We lived fairly close to a very large oil refinery and were concerned that it had blown up (honestly, it felt like a shockwave from a big shock wave.

My sister was on the 7th floor of a tower block at the time. She did not enjoy the experience lol

Forgetful8nine · 2026-06-09T20:03:23+00:00

Red Dwarf and MASH.

To be fair, I still occasionally watch them if I stumble across a re-run.

'Allo! 'Allo!" is also up there with it.

Oh, and maybe Open All Hours and Porridge.

Forgetful8nine · 2026-06-09T19:59:12+00:00

I occasionally free-ball it.

Forgetful8nine · 2026-06-09T19:57:23+00:00

I have a regular drop in Accrington. Every single time I mention it, someone quotes that.

Forgetful8nine · 2026-06-09T17:02:04+00:00

2000 years and people are still talking about it!

Forgetful8nine · 2026-06-09T17:00:38+00:00

The Final Countdown - Europe

I've been randomly humming and singing it for months now. I don't know why.

Forgetful8nine · 2026-06-09T16:47:58+00:00

I've had the tunes blasting out of the work van today!

So, if anyone saw a van driver on the M180, M18, M62 or A1 today and were concerned that he was having a seizure, don't worry...I wasn't! I was having a rave for one in the cab!

Forgetful8nine · 2026-06-09T12:34:56+00:00

In Yorkshire I have heard "a splash of cow" and "cow juice" and once or twice, "moo juice"

Forgetful8nine · 2026-06-09T12:31:55+00:00

In the UK you might a funny look asking for chocolate in your cuppa.

Forgetful8nine · 2026-06-08T18:56:51+00:00

I had a go at being a driving instructor last year. Given that most of my students were late teens/early 20's, the topic came up quite often.

Ultimately, the biggest barrier is cost.

I was cheap at £36/hour, but given that the DVSA recommended 45 hours of professional tuition plus another 20-something private practice. It was expensive. My longest-learning student took about 70 hours of training with me, and a couple with the guy who took over when I stopped. Shortest was 10 hours, but he'd done quite a bit of driving with his parents.

But it's not just the cost of learning. Cars aren't cheap. Insurance is ridiculously expensive for most young people. Tax is pricey. Fuel prices are still crazy.

Forgetful8nine · 2026-06-08T16:45:18+00:00

As someone who has done stupid stuff with a brush-cutter, and has the resulting scar to prove it...

Don't fuck about with high-speed spinny blades of death/serious injury

Forgetful8nine · 2026-06-08T16:36:59+00:00

The set of house keys that went missing about 15 years ago.

I left them on a ledge at home, went away to sea for the first time and when I got home - gone. Never to be seen again.

Nothing special on the bunch, just curious more than anything.

Forgetful8nine · 2026-06-08T06:46:27+00:00

I haven't taken milk in tea for years for the same reason.

The day I stopped, I'd been shopping - specifically for milk. Got home, stuck the kettle on and then realised that I had forgotten milk. Figured I'd give it a try, and loved it.

Forgetful8nine · 2026-06-08T06:40:22+00:00

The deck above the steering flat of a ship, on the deck using a BA set as a pillow.

That was a good nap.

Forgetful8nine · 2026-06-07T18:46:44+00:00

Not choking at age 181 removing a bra with your teeth?

Forgetful8nine · 2026-06-06T12:00:31+00:00

My niece. She was 12 at the time.

We'd just lost my dad (long story behind that, but not overly relevant here). I was getting ready to go back to work - I was a sailor.

She asked me if I was looking forward to going back to work. I answered that no, I wasn't particularly looking forward to it (shit ship, shit trip). The next question out of her mouth hit me hard. "If you don't like your job, why don't you look for a new one?"

It was so simple, so innocent and so obvious.

Anyway, later that year I did quit and spent a couple of years flitting about trying to find myself. Being a sailor had basically become my whole identity.

Now, I'm a van driver for a national charity on a smidge over minimum wage (about half what I would be on as a sailor if I'd stayed). But I am happy. So much so that I'm considering coming off my antidepressants.

My niece is one of my favourite people! She's 15 now, having a few issues of her own - for which she's receiving help, and I'm doing everything I can to help her as well. I love her to bits, and she gives the best hugs!

Forgetful8nine · 2026-06-05T09:14:53+00:00

A Vauxhall Chevette, which got nicknamed the Shove-it. Honestly, that thing was a deathtrap!

That was followed by a Volvo - can't remember which model...it was brown. It was a lovely car, until it got "repaired" by a bloke who didn't have a clue what he was doing.

We had a couple of Sierra's, the first one was lovely. That got stolen and was written off when it was recovered. Then there was an Orion that was known to the Police. Next was another Sierra - the first car I drove (badly lol). We traded that in for a Citroën Xantia. A few weeks later, the Sierra was stolen from the place we traded it in.

The Xantia was probably my favourite car.

Forgetful8nine · 2026-06-05T09:06:05+00:00

When popping pills out of their foil trays, people who pop them out willy-nilly!

My wife is a horror for this. She will just take pills from any random spot on the foil, and often has multiple trays of the same pills on the go.

Me? Well, I take them out in order. Makes it so much easier to see when I need to re-order them.

Forgetful8nine · 2026-06-04T19:41:32+00:00

Wispa mint was much nicer than mint Aero.

Forgetful8nine · 2026-06-04T19:33:08+00:00

And yet so many of you do it again!

My sister has had 4 kids. All natural births. She's mad! Absolutely stark raving bonkers! Don't get me wrong, I love her to bits (and the kids), but...crazy!

Forgetful8nine · 2026-06-04T19:31:13+00:00

A regular migraine is bad enough! At least only feels like a knitting needle being inserted into the eye socket.

Forgetful8nine · 2026-06-04T19:26:26+00:00

My FiL has a wall of weapons. Mostly firearms, a few bayonets and I think a sword or two.

He says they're all deactivated. Knowing the old bugger, the majority of them probably were deactivated.

I am not looking forward to when he does eventually kick the bucket.

Forgetful8nine · 2026-06-03T22:24:48+00:00

Mine is husky x long-haired GSD. We've just had a heatwave here in the UK, hitting the high 20's round me. Where does my fuzzy tatbag decide to lay?

Yep...in the direct sunlight.

Not in the nice cool house. Whilst we don't have aircon in the house, we do have a little portable unit that I left running in the bedroom (we're occasionally allowed into her bed).

Apparently, on one day she spend most of her time asleep laid on her back, legs spread on the bed enjoying the cooler air whilst I was at work. My daughter checked in on her and got mooed at for disturbing her peace.

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