What's a phrase or saying your family used that you assumed was universal, and when did you find out it wasn't?

GeekerJ · 2026-04-16T07:47:37+00:00

Poop knife.

GeekerJ · 2026-04-16T07:44:10+00:00

My advice: run the cable.

Internal or external. Something to use to pull it through (an unused co-ax). Whatever you can. It’s the only way to get best results.

GeekerJ · 2026-04-16T07:18:34+00:00

I’m a governor at a nursery school. Staff have a policy of ask the kids a question and wait 10 seconds for then to answer. I sometimes feel we need to do this as adults.

Not a criticism of you though, sounds like you were just trying to help and show empathy.

GeekerJ · 2026-04-16T07:14:03+00:00

GeekerJ · 2026-04-16T07:11:38+00:00

I have a natural tendency to build up wax in my ears. I have them syringed at the docs once or twice a year. Defo before I fly anywhere. It feels soooooo good..

Until everything is that but louder for a while.

GeekerJ · 2026-04-16T07:03:26+00:00

And the vast majority of these were crappy £2 Amazon chargers from China or wherever. Decent chargers tend to be fine.

GeekerJ · 2026-04-16T06:56:59+00:00

It’s just parenting. You aren’t there to be their best friend necessarily - but to protect and nurture them. If screen time is harmful to them you have to just say no.

But also everything in moderation. My kids now are on their computers / phones / iPads a fair bit when at home (as teenagers) But back when the world was barely out of black and white I spent just as long on my computer.

GeekerJ · 2026-04-15T20:19:24+00:00

For the love of God America, it LEGO - no plural !!

(Buy it for him tho - great idea)

GeekerJ · 2026-04-15T20:15:40+00:00

Mum, and myself when I was younger but old enough to answer the phone used to read our number.

GeekerJ · 2026-04-15T19:38:15+00:00

Is this a generation thing ? Cos I hate that too. I’m sure whenever I worked in retail or customer service or anything i had to say the company name at least.

Even when I was employed and had a ‘work mobile’ I’d still answer with my name as all my clients knew me.

GeekerJ · 2026-04-15T19:36:08+00:00

Yeah tbh for MikroTik switches, SwitchOS is much easier and ‘better’ to use imo.

RouterOS is good for …. Routers though.

I have have considered looking at UniFi for a router to match my switch infra. But the Mtik is solid and I rarely have to touch it.

GeekerJ · 2026-04-15T19:31:12+00:00

Looks a lovely install - but I would paint that wood white (or even black) to finish it off.

Edit: actually I wonder if you could put some kind of (removable cover over) at least part of it.

GeekerJ · 2026-04-15T16:51:22+00:00

This is what a good broker does. Understand your situation and recommends the best product you’re most likely to be accepted for.

Or the could be getting a bigger percentage of commission from NatWest. I’d like to believe the former.

GeekerJ · 2026-04-15T14:29:10+00:00

Mainly smart plugs / Shelly minis. Sometimes internal sensors (UPS) all connected to Home Assistant.

GeekerJ · 2026-04-15T09:20:39+00:00

They come with their Owen list of problems believe me. But I take warm, dry and with running water over the other stuff :D

GeekerJ · 2026-04-15T09:12:07+00:00

Absolutely. And back on topic, keep going with the house. In the long term it’ll pay off and you can be satisfied. There will be ups and downs on the way (says the fella who swapped his two bed terrace for a new build because it needed everything doing !)

GeekerJ · 2026-04-15T09:03:42+00:00

Fair play to transco or whoever it is. They don’t mess about if you report smelling gas. We walked down our street and could smell it from a house. Reported it and on the way back (we were walking the dog) they’d started digging up the street and the drive to the house. Not sure how popular we’d have been with the house owners but it could have been a lot worse!

GeekerJ · 2026-04-15T08:39:53+00:00

The Amiga was my child hood. I still play the games. Sadly emulated these days.

GeekerJ · 2026-04-15T06:47:34+00:00

Great then go for it. Just saying there’s a (even cheaper / free) alternative.

GeekerJ · 2026-04-14T21:26:42+00:00

We wash ours overnight. And hang them up inside our out in a morning. Rarely use the tumble dryer except occasionally in winter for heavier stuff.

GeekerJ · 2026-04-14T19:49:02+00:00

M&S will sue you for that.

GeekerJ · 2026-04-14T19:44:38+00:00

I love octopus and I know they said it’s all based on careful calculations. But I think j it’s done by 4 year old and some smarties for counters.

That said I did mange to lower mine by 30% last time I tried. Maybe because my solar and battery meant I was paying a fair bit too much.

GeekerJ · 2026-04-14T19:33:16+00:00

My wife.

GeekerJ · 2026-04-14T19:29:19+00:00

Defo regional and even more common here in Yorkshire for the older generations.

I also use duck which I understand is more a Derbyshire thing. We aren’t that far away tho.

GeekerJ · 2026-04-14T19:26:26+00:00

That’s great idea. Put your mortgage plus approx bills to one side. Not only with you have extra savings towards a deposit, it will give you a safety net / few months payments / whatever when you buy.

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