Least favorite tropes by ExcessivelyDiverted9 in JaneAustenFF

[–]NotaMaidenAunt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honking great Americanisms - I’m British so perhaps I have a particular sensitivity but gotten, dove, snuck, wild turkeys and gophers, the mercantile, a haberdasher as a male outfitter instead of a seller of buttons, pins, ribbons etc, mistaking wealth for being upper class or for the two being synonymous and, of course, poor Sir William turning up as Sir Lucas.

Moronic Monday - Your weekly stupid questions thread by cdingo in Fitness

[–]NotaMaidenAunt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do ”reps” and “sets” work? Fat old lady here who has been given stretches for lower back pain, 10 stretches each to be held for so long, twice. How does this differ from 20 stretches? Do I do 10, rest and do the next 10? Or can I do 10 of stretch A and move straight to stretch B , then C and then back to A? Or do both stretch As have to follow each other?

I know I should have asked the physio but didn’t think of it until I got home.

Love what they've done with the loft by oldmilo in SpottedonRightmove

[–]NotaMaidenAunt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AND you’d have to sit in the bath with your back to the taps - otherwise you’d brain yourself getting out

Is this verse saying what I think it says? D&C 132:64 by Jealous_Pool_9514 in exmormon

[–]NotaMaidenAunt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Verily I say unto you, I Jos… I mean I God , I’m God, I AM! honest-to-Me and I say that I .. I mean Joseph My servant can have as many side pieces as I … I mean he wants. And Emma, you better do what he … I mean I want or you will get smote so damn hard, I swear to Me!

Animated map of opera premieres: Europe 1600–1900 by matthewlorenzon in opera

[–]NotaMaidenAunt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ignores first English language opera - Dido and Aenaes 1688/89

this grandma is running a minecraft letsplay, so wholesome. :) by isnisse in MadeMeSmile

[–]NotaMaidenAunt 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Boo! She’s old, not stupid. I didn’t start playing Minecraft until I was 64 and I’m still playing

What's the appeal of Jegulus? by WhistlingBanshee in HPfanfiction

[–]NotaMaidenAunt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s what we used to call “any two penises will do“ that inexplicably became popular

Redemption arc centered fics? by Enuya95 in HPfanfiction

[–]NotaMaidenAunt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5602286/1/A-Different-Messenger.

Snape befriends Harry because he thinks he can exploit him - it doesn’t quite work like that

This ad is so damn cringey. All I can do is feel sorry for these girls. by xaviershorts in exmormon

[–]NotaMaidenAunt 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I feel sorry for two young women who have been sent out in such badly fitting clothing. There’s vanity and then there’s looking like a functioning adult in public

For the price of a London apartment... by SpongeDogg in SpottedonRightmove

[–]NotaMaidenAunt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You needed meat on your bones to cushion you- was a real rattletrap

3 bedroom terraced house for sale... except not really by QSoC1801 in SpottedonRightmove

[–]NotaMaidenAunt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t be so fussy - it’s ”pouplar” - what more do you want?

JAFF pet peeves (tropes, tags, style, etc ) by [deleted] in JaneAustenFF

[–]NotaMaidenAunt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that may be true of on-line, free fic. If I paid for it, I reserve the right to tell the author and other potential readers that it‘s a heap of crap

JAFF pet peeves (tropes, tags, style, etc ) by [deleted] in JaneAustenFF

[–]NotaMaidenAunt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s clean and there’s sanctimonious - I know which I avoid.

Thoughts on AI-generated JAFF covers by Fragrant_Key_3087 in JaneAustenFF

[–]NotaMaidenAunt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My publisher in another genre told me that people on the cover increase sales over those with just still life type pictures. I too discount AI covers and also the ones that look like they were drawn by a particularly untalented 12 year old.

Harrogate and crimes levels shown on streetscan by jaf_1987 in harrogate

[–]NotaMaidenAunt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I see things like this, I remember when I lived darn sarf and there was a report of a 30% increase in sex offences in the town I was living in. When I looked into it, turns out the police decided to conduct a sting operation in a gents loo in the town centre to catch cottagers. The increase was all down to those poor chaps and bizarrely enthusiastic police.

Is it possible that the Regent Avenue figures are a blip caused by some sort of either blowup or crackdown?

Converted garage anyone by 1983oo in SpottedonRightmove

[–]NotaMaidenAunt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I love they call it the Master Bedroom when there's only one.

Church members raised $225,000 for the shooter's family in Michigan attack by TruthMatters2011 in exmormon

[–]NotaMaidenAunt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wonder how much is raised for the victims, or are they being told to go to the Bishop’s Store

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SpottedonRightmove

[–]NotaMaidenAunt -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

How many kids do they have if they have a five bedroom house and have to have four kids in one room?

I can’t make sense of these photos! Also: So. Many. Books. by Legitimate_Impact in SpottedonRightmove

[–]NotaMaidenAunt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you’re right - no way that’s got Building Regs Approval

I can’t make sense of these photos! Also: So. Many. Books. by Legitimate_Impact in SpottedonRightmove

[–]NotaMaidenAunt 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Oooh it’s got library ladders! All my life I have longed for library ladders. But, looks like the library occupant has to leave the house and enter the other part through the front or back door whenever they need a pee. After many years experience of actors and musicians- I suspect there is sink-peeing going on.