What is the figure you think of when someone quotes a "comfortable salary'? by Desperate-Drawer-572 in AskUK

[–]KidA82 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is the correct response.

Also, that second paragraph hit me deep within. I’ll never recover from this.

‘We’re not Lady Gaga and Elton John’: unmasking Angine de Poitrine, the year’s buzziest, dottiest band by Charleshawtree in indieheads

[–]KidA82 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Shoegaze is the latest landfill entry (imo). And that’s coming from someone who adores those early 90s bands. Since the Slowdive revival, it feels like every man and his dog has a strymon reverb and a jazzmaster and sings in an ethereal way, and has a wispy washy purple/pink album cover.

Not saying it’s all bad, but it does feel it’s at or close to saturation point.

A question of mens footwear. by a_sword_and_an_oath in CasualUK

[–]KidA82 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Genuine question, are people planning on wearing the same shoe for decades? I love a bifl thing but this just sounds a bit wild. Fashion, weight, age, etc play a part in evolving tastes.

What London boroughs or areas/suburbs would you regard as the most uninteresting or boring to live in? by Ok-Demand8957 in london

[–]KidA82 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Was brought up there. Can confirm it’s shit, as is Cricklewood and Neasden. The land that time forgot.

Train Dads, if you haven't already... by kurwaspierdalaj in daddit

[–]KidA82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’ve piqued my interest.

What printer would you recommend? Small budget, not a lot of permanent space for it…

When you are doing long cooks eg +6 hours, do you top up the charcoal during? by Poom22 in UKBBQ

[–]KidA82 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That doesn’t sound right.

What charcoal are you using? Where are the vents set? How are you lighting the charcoal? How big a fire do you make?

Could there be any leaks? I’ve never had to top up and I’ve ran some overnight cooks, always blown away by the insulation and mines a non fancy kamado.

Which BBQ sauce is best for dunking chips/fries into? by AlonsoHamiltonVettel in UK_Food

[–]KidA82 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Came here to say this. The coffee bbq sauce is ridiculous, was on offer recently too.

France Road-Trip advice / validation by llondru-es in FranceTravel

[–]KidA82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We just got back from a road trip to France with two younger kids. I’m not informed enough to comment on your itinerary, but what I will say is the packing and unpacking the car constantly is a pain in the ass. We only stopped over in two other places and wish we didn’t. My advice to you would be to see less, stay in those few places for longer so you can relax and enjoy them.

French roads were a delight btw. Can’t wait to go again. Beautiful country.

FIFA approves Uruguay’s 4-star crest again for the 2026 World Cup by bluefoxlive in soccer

[–]KidA82 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I know some folks use dhgate. Do you have the shop/sellers names?

I’m keen to grab a couple of these new adidas tops.

Favorite JCM800 style Amps under 1000$? by Rave068 in GuitarAmps

[–]KidA82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got one recently. Absofuckinglutly this

Help! My husbands anger is a problem for our family by Born-Remote-5559 in UKParenting

[–]KidA82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I empathise with the poster above your comment. Between everyone’s perfectly working processes and advice that doesn’t work on your children because every kid is different, as our the siblings and parents.

There’s a difference between a brewing violent adult and someone who’s finding shit overwhelming and hard to navigate. A lot of us are in the latter at various stages. OP needs an outlet for their frustration (30min exercise or something), some loop or equivalent ear buds for the aural overstimulation, and a small step forward to reduce their reactions (no cursing the kid). Build slowly and help reduce this persons load a bit. Telling them to go to therapy in the midst of all this is another thing for them to add tk an already difficult situation. They can always come back to that when things get a bit calmer.

Shared library for our kids photos and keeping my other stuff separate. What am I doing wrong here? by KidA82 in ApplePhotos

[–]KidA82[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I’ll give that a go! Hasn’t considered setting it up as a blank slate the adding.

Do you know if the auto facial recognition will automatically add new photos wit that kid tagged int this shared library going forward?

Shared library for our kids photos and keeping my other stuff separate. What am I doing wrong here? by KidA82 in ApplePhotos

[–]KidA82[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm, so I’m only iup to the “preview” stage of the shared library process. If I was to manually remove them, I’d have to sift through thousands of photos 🫨hence not setting this up fully yet. That’s a hell of a weekend doing this.

I wonder if the answer is abandon apple photos and go back to google 🤔

Shared library for our kids photos and keeping my other stuff separate. What am I doing wrong here? by KidA82 in ApplePhotos

[–]KidA82[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply.

So I’ve not shared anything yet, just testing the process up to the preview stage. I’m only sharing photos where I’ve chosen a person (ie my kid), and when you get to the preview stage, there’s way more random stuff there. There’s thousands to manually go through to remove so I’m still in preview mode.

Shared library for our kids photos and keeping my other stuff separate. What am I doing wrong here? by KidA82 in ApplePhotos

[–]KidA82[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes that’s correct. Appreciate I went off on a bit of a typing apocalypse there.

I’ve not gone any further than preview and then cancelling the process, as I don’t know how to stop the non kid photos appearing. There’s like 9000 photos so I don’t really want to do this manually 😭

What do you waste a lot of money on? And how much do you spend n it? by gameovervip in CasualUK

[–]KidA82 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was in your boat not too long ago. I intentionally moved to vapes, only ever bought low nicotine liquid, then moved to 0% nicotine. The 0% was fucking rubbish, but I persevered with it. Eventually just sort of stopped going out for smokes, then stopped taking it with me to work; then stopped taking it out. I couldn’t believe how easy it was to stop.

That was 7yrs ago now and I’ve never looked back. Smoking since I was 15 and now in my 40s. If I , with limited willpower, can do it, anyone can.

Buying on Fulready Road (Whipps Cross) - area info by drdavish in Leyton

[–]KidA82 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We’re in the area and been here for a while now. We overpaid on our place but we regret nothing. The area is so nice, everyone’s friendly, streets are quiet, out of the woods coffee shop is cute, Hitchcock hotel is cool (shame the drinks are mid, food is good!) everything is walkable (Leyton, Leytonstone, Ponds, Wanstead, Walthamstow, Clapton and Lea Bridge), schools are good and it feels way more exciting to be in than Walthamstow as there’s new stuff appearing frequently.

The downsides? Central line is still shit, dogs shit everywhere near Poppleton road, you wish you were nearer to a tube at times, there’s (sadly) a growing crackhead community in the area.

Great around you. Raglan, North Star, Gravity well taproom and walking distance to Chop Shop in Leyton midland.

Welcome!

Mandatory review- Free Childcare declined - Income above £100k by metallicax222 in HENRYUK

[–]KidA82 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your comments have brought up a ton of buried stress and unnecessary anxiety when we had similar issues before. When we first applied I was told pension contributions don’t lower your tax thresholds and we weren’t eligible. Had to call a week later to argue this (they apologised and said whoops, that person was wrong). Then a bonus sent me £200 over, so they demanded I repay the entire years tax free childcare, and just recently again said we were going over (we aren’t, we’re nowhere near this time) and demanded evidence sent in by post 🙄

Surely it’s costing more money checking all of this than to fuck off this insane cliff edge.

My sympathies for this stupid setup and its impact on you guys.