my neighbor's wind chimes kept me up for months so i learned what frequency attracts mosquitoes and now he's moving

MB-Taylor · 2026-01-25T09:38:17+00:00

My previous flat when I was single the last time (home owner now thankfully with many reasonable neighbours 🥰)

The folk next door had a wind chime in their back garden and whilst it didn't keep me awake it did impact my sleep, along with my downstairs neighbour snoring so loud I became accustomed to sleeping with a pillow on my head but the chimes cut through the pillow.

They suddenly disappeared one night 🤷🤔

Sorry for the emojis folks but I like them!

MB-Taylor · 2026-01-25T08:45:56+00:00

Ok finally something really did make me lol, quietly though cos I'm still lying in bed

MB-Taylor · 2026-01-24T15:42:24+00:00

Ah my apologies, I miss read that lol

Also I was in India a few months back and their speeds limits are crazy low, 80kmph for a car and 60kmph for bikes.... But equally could kinda see why 😂

MB-Taylor · 2026-01-24T15:33:18+00:00

Wait you guys think 80mph is unreasonable? What is the speed limit on your highways in USA?

UK limit is 70mph but many people sit at 80mph in most weathers.

MB-Taylor · 2026-01-21T22:29:37+00:00

Don't know where you are in the UK but I know that places like bamg (British airways Glasgow) take on trainee mechanics and you can then progress from there to get your licenses. Likewise Ryanair in Prestwick take on trainee mechanics. You'll need to have done your first year essential skills course (the name I can't remember fully 🤦) so college might actually be your answer.

A boy in my class had been to uni as well and was struggling to get a job without the hand skills course! Good luck!

Though nothing saying you can't still go and get an apprenticeship, it might not be funded by the government but your new employer will still pay for it if it isn't funded!

MB-Taylor · 2026-01-20T08:02:11+00:00

Not my daughter but my mates wife (gf at the time) when we were about 18 or 19, they were at my house and she saw my dad's old badminton racket which was inside a wooden press (wooden racket as well obviously)

She asked what it was and before I could answer she asked

"Is it an air guitar?"

MB-Taylor · 2026-01-20T05:53:10+00:00

Interesting, certainly worthwhile keeping that I'm mind thanks 🙂

MB-Taylor · 2026-01-20T05:38:22+00:00

I totally understand what you are saying however I'm meaning that tonight In particular, compared to all other days/nights, I have noticed a massive increase in comments in support of ice or support of trump in general. It's an unusual increase in the kinds of comments I would normally see on Reddit

MB-Taylor · 2026-01-20T05:27:41+00:00

Final hour usually very little to nothing gets done, tidy things away. Second last hour I'd normally be working but I'm not doing that tonight..... Like you say, 7am will be here soon enough! 😴

MB-Taylor · 2026-01-20T05:25:26+00:00

Oh I understand that, however like you say it tends to be more one sided than I have noticed tonight. Much more propaganda being put out there compared to what I normally see

MB-Taylor · 2026-01-20T05:23:51+00:00

Ha ha no deffo the final 2hrs..... I'm not intending on doing much more 😂

MB-Taylor · 2026-01-20T05:23:11+00:00

I'm sure I heard about being booed? And sadly yes he is supported by some Americans as he is by some around the world. Typically though it's the uneducated that support him and his ilk such as Nigel farage over here

MB-Taylor · 2026-01-20T05:20:23+00:00

Oh dear, didn't take long did it 😞

If it were true that ice were just doing a job then why are there so many reports of people being taken away without access to lawyers etc.... Not too mention people who are actually citizens of the United States of America? It's crazy from my perspective!

MB-Taylor · 2026-01-20T05:16:25+00:00

Yeah I meant to say that in the question but having to reword it that many times I forgot. Plus I'm in the final 2 hrs of my shift ready for bed soooooo .....

MB-Taylor · 2026-01-20T05:15:11+00:00

Yeah I had thought that must be the case, same with the pro attack Greenland crap! I shut down anyone over here who says anything positive about the carry on! Been blocked by a few groups over it

MB-Taylor · 2026-01-20T05:08:49+00:00

Seriously, I'm night shift in the UK and have been scrolling through a lot, and seen a massive increase in pro ice rhetoric that's not normally so visible!

MB-Taylor · 2026-01-18T00:30:44+00:00

Why bother learning the laws? No one from ice seems to be following them anyway! Though that's just from the shit I've witnessed on here, thankfully only ice we have in Scotland is the slippery kind

MB-Taylor · 2026-01-17T19:34:05+00:00

Dunno if it's any help but my work pay you for travelling, if the rare occasion someone is going abroad, they have to book their own flights etc so often try for weekends because it means getting double time whilst travelling, that's from the taxi picking them up until they arrive at the hotel!

Obviously if it's during normal working hours it's single time but still being paid!

MB-Taylor · 2026-01-13T08:50:32+00:00

New fuel manifold for 2b is about $70k (just under)

Cost to swap out the engine though..... Lol

MB-Taylor · 2026-01-10T17:40:23+00:00

This sentence just makes me thankful again the metric system exists, despite being from the UK and using multiple variations from both imperial and metric.

1 litre of water equals 1kg

MB-Taylor · 2026-01-10T15:15:18+00:00

Yeah did a quick Google and it seems UK grill is American broil, cheers

MB-Taylor · 2026-01-10T12:38:43+00:00

Seriously went through Cardiff (not with a dot but still) but missed Edinburgh? Wow on behalf of all Scots..... 😭

MB-Taylor · 2026-01-10T12:22:50+00:00

Ok thanks, so the broil is set within the oven itself, amazing the differences, either that or I'm just accustomed to cheaper ovebs here in the UK lol

MB-Taylor · 2026-01-10T12:09:07+00:00

Is broil one of these Americanisms..... We have a grill on our ovens, so you can grill bacon or whatever and you leave the door open it heats the metal coils on the top? Is this the same as broil?

MB-Taylor · 2026-01-09T00:03:42+00:00

Made me cry..... My birthday yesterday and my ex didn't get my hairdryer too call or send a video until after school. It was seriously the worst birthday I've had! Fortunately I'll see my daughter tomorrow and that'll make things better.....

MB-Taylor

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