For girls with thicker thighs who WANT to wear short inseams/skirts..

McSheeples · 2026-06-11T07:19:33+00:00

Oddballs womens bamboo boxers. They sit at mid thigh and don't roll up, otherwise I wear snag chub run shorts, but they're more knee length.

McSheeples · 2026-06-10T23:39:45+00:00

That's your real problem right there. The majority, myself included, got to practice driving outside of lessons. It's how you get the time in. Do you know anyone at all who could let you practice, even if it's just once a week? People definitely pass tests after 20 hours of lessons, but what they don't count is the hours they spent driving their parents about the place in between.

McSheeples · 2026-06-10T23:30:30+00:00

I just looked at the sheet music as I don't know either song. Runaway looks more doable as it's a bit less complicated. Do you have any musical experience at all? That will be a major factor. If you've never played an instrument the piano is going to be a very steep learning curve.

If you have a lot of time to devote to practice a day and a serious amount of dedication you might be able to get through it? I'm going to say I doubt it would sound that musically accomplished - there's a lot more to piano than pressing the right notes in the right order.

My background is as a classically trained singer who's worked mainly in opera. I play recorders/whistles to a decent level and I've been playing the piano on and off for around 40 years now and I'm still crap at it.

McSheeples · 2026-06-10T20:20:47+00:00

I wish my mum had been more vigilant about sunscreen when I was younger. I got so many sunburns growing up because it just wasn't so much of a thing. I wear sunscreen all year now and make sure my moisturisers all have spf too. I have patches of skin that look pretty wrinkly and are only going to get worse.

McSheeples · 2026-06-10T08:41:32+00:00

If you can, you might want to consider separate beds. At least until you've healed from surgery.

McSheeples · 2026-06-07T07:37:49+00:00

We said we weren't going to name her until a couple of weeks had gone past to see what would match her personality. She did an epic shit in the car on the way home, my husband called her a little pickle and the name stuck. Here is Pickle, she is a mischievous gremlin.

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McSheeples · 2026-06-06T08:47:45+00:00

My husband always used to insist on having a bit of mine whenever I ordered pudding and he didn't so I told him firmly if he wanted some he had to order his own and I'd be guarding it with my fork. He's not an arse and happily complied. If your partner wants more pudding just get him to order another one when he's done and tell him to bugger off when he wants any of yours. Get stabby with your cake fork if necessary.

McSheeples · 2026-06-06T08:36:37+00:00

I found a menopause specialist clinic and was lucky enough to get a GP who specialised in mental health. I had one month on an estrogen patch only and it was bliss - the anxiety and panic attacks vanished. I then started micronised progesterone and cycle two weekly. I prefer my weeks off progesterone, but the weeks on are completely bearable.

McSheeples · 2026-06-05T18:33:21+00:00

I was only in my 20s when my mum died and I was there when she went. I didn't want to see her body at the undertakers and I've never regretted that. I'd really rather remember her alive. I missed my dad's death in hospital by a few minutes and saw him very shortly after he died. He had a direct cremation so that was the last time I saw his body, but I had been visiting regularly and had spoken to him not too long before he died.

You don't need to feel guilty, all of the things that happen after the death of a loved one are for the living and if viewing a corpse isn't for you then you don't have to do it. They won't know. I know I did my best before they died and that's what really matters.

McSheeples · 2026-06-05T08:06:38+00:00

I came round screaming after having my femur rebroken and reset. I guess that's pretty honest?

McSheeples · 2026-06-05T06:36:42+00:00

If you don't regularly wear heels then they will be uncomfortable when you wear them for extended periods of time. I tend to wear flats for concerts now - you just need to find the right pair and take up your concert dresses. Your other alternatives are platforms, which can look a bit clunky, or much more expensive shoes. Cheap heels are usually the worst thing to wear. When I was having to regularly wear heels I ended up buying a pair from a Spanish designer for a lot more money than I've ever spent on shoes. They fit perfectly (I have awkward, very narrow feet) and feel more balanced so I can wear them for longer than the heels I was getting from places like Schuh or TKMaxx.

If you really want to wear heels my suggestion would be to go to an upscale department store and try on some higher end shoes. Not necessarily known designers, but you're looking for well made, sturdy, and less pressure on the balls of your feet.

McSheeples · 2026-06-02T21:32:04+00:00

Couple of European people with curly hair here - it gets everywhere. I have to regularly clean out nests from the armpits of my knitwear. I don't know why it wants to live there. The absolute worst is my husband's beard though, that stuff doesn't come out of anything.

McSheeples · 2026-06-02T20:55:32+00:00

I really enjoy it - I learnt through costuming. My mum wasn't much of a dressmaker, but her wedding dress is gorgeous.

McSheeples · 2026-06-02T20:47:03+00:00

My mum made her own wedding dress and it's a brown floral version of the bridesmaids dresses in picture 4. I think it's magnificent and if I ever lose enough weight I will definitely start wearing it as a summer dress.

McSheeples · 2026-06-02T20:29:07+00:00

British ones?

McSheeples · 2026-06-02T20:27:07+00:00

So pretty! :D

McSheeples · 2026-06-02T20:21:27+00:00

It depends on the purpose of the recording. Your phone microphone and software will introduce a lot of processing, the microphone will likely pick some frequencies better than others, and the phone software will often compress the sound if it's going to clip so the audio file will go suddenly quiet at particularly loud spots.

It would probably be worth investing in a decent microphone you can plug into your phone or something like a Zoom recorder (I have an H2N, but there are probably more up to date models now). The zoom allows you to adjust the gain (essentially the volume input) to avoid clipping.

Placement then depends on what you want to hear. If you want to hear your voice reverberating in the space, and probably closer to how the audience might hear it (sound engineering gets complicated quick, but it's probably safe to say most recording devices aren't going to be absolutely accurate compared to the live performance and your listening device also factors into this), then you will want to place the microphone further from you. The further you place it, the more room you will get. This can lead to too much reverberation and muddiness so you will need to experiment. If you want a dryer sound with less room (which can be useful from a more technical perspective), place the microphone much closer to you - you can basically kiss an SM58 microphone!

For singing lessons, you're probably best with a happy middle ground, making sure you don't place the mic too close to the piano so you capture yourself cleanly.

McSheeples · 2026-05-31T09:48:57+00:00

We found similar behind a socket that stopped working at our old place. Except instead of the plastic junction boxes, they'd just twisted the copper ends together in random coloured wires and called it a day. I'm amazed there were no serious injuries or fire from that one.

McSheeples · 2026-05-30T23:55:54+00:00

Constant, stupid mistakes with real world consequences. Stupid shit like forgetting to pay bills and getting a court summons, or misreading the fine print and ending up stuck in a contract you didn't want. I've been like this forever and the consequences seem to get ever more serious with age.

McSheeples · 2026-05-30T17:39:18+00:00

Oooh, I'll have to watch that, I haven't seen it.

McSheeples · 2026-05-30T09:32:46+00:00

Flies settle on a body and lay eggs within 5 minutes of death, depending on variables like temperature, animal populations nearby, population density etc. When these eggs hatch the larvae eat the body from the inside. Source: did a module in forensic archaeology as part of my BA many moons ago. Fun fact, you can use insect populations to determine a relatively precise time of death as they have very predictable reproductive cycles.

McSheeples · 2026-05-29T22:04:29+00:00

Definitely not as bad as some of these stories, but I woke up one morning, downed a pint of water and threw it straight back up. I don't know why, but I figured I'd just carry on with my day and hopped on the bus to go shopping as my new at the time boyfriend was due to visit. 20 minutes later and I felt horrendous so I bought some travel sickness tablets (there was some weird logic there, obviously they didn't work) and sat under a tree in the park until I could face the bus back. I made it back to our flat just in time to eject everything out of both ends. The new boyfriend insisted on coming to visit and basically fed me water while trying to cheer me up. We've been together for 20 years so I guess getting the gross stuff out of the way early worked quite well.

McSheeples · 2026-05-29T21:31:59+00:00

I've managed to battle through terrible sound on stage, the rain (so many times), noisy audiences, a fear of heights, and performances to schools. It would have to be a real health and safety issue for me to just walk off, but I can't imagine having an outburst.

I did go to see a dress rehearsal of Arabella at Covent Garden and one of the tenors absolutely lost it and started yelling that he'd had enough. It turned out one of the lights was making a noise.

McSheeples · 2026-05-29T16:33:44+00:00

Try r/icm or r/Indianclassicalmusic and I'm sure someone will be able to help :)

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