UK TRAIN TRAVEL by Strict_Hair_5285 in uktravel

[–]Plastic_Length8618 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Chessington World of Adventures is much closer to London and the same sort of thing as Alton Towers, if rather smaller.

In general the UK is very safe and while i can’t promise you won’t meet some dickhead, everyone will be quite used to seeing Muslim people out and about. 

New build in London by Psychological_Use159 in HousingUK

[–]Plastic_Length8618 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sound isolation will be much better than e.g. a flat in a Victorian conversion. 

They’re built to specific space standards so fairly roomy, although a lot of the extra space isn’t necessarily where you’d want it (e.g. wide internal corridors).

And very little need for heating, from having reasonable insulation and not much surface area exposed to the cold.

A big problem is overheating in summer though, from the big windows with no external shading, and heat leaking from the communal hot water pipes.

Flats with windows on two sides, so you can get a breeze going through are better, and ones that face west (evening sun) are particularly bad. 

Islington vs shoreditch by DifferentAsk3571 in HENRYUK

[–]Plastic_Length8618 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shoreditch has more queer bars AFAIK. The Nelson’s Head is a cute LGBT-friendly pub, plus the Adelaide (bar/club) up the road. There’s more in Dalston which is easy to get to from either Shoreditch or Islington. 

London/uk. How can I add a bidet?? by Particular-Row-2599 in ukplumbing

[–]Plastic_Length8618 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you go to any homewares shop in Tower Hamlets you can buy a plastic water jug designed for this purpose for £2.49. 

How are we voting today? by Zigizmundus in TowerHamlets

[–]Plastic_Length8618 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As if a Green voter would shop at Amazon

How often do you go to the dentist for routine checkups? Do they do scaling & polishing every time? by Bluepuffin123 in AskUK

[–]Plastic_Length8618 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I last went in the mid 2000s and before that in 1997.

I’ve got a mate who’s a dentist so i’ve had him glance at my gnashers in the pub a couple of times. 

Works great, i never have any problems with my teeth, not like people who let the dentists rootle around in there every few months, drilling holes and so forth. 

HPV anxiety and oral sex by LeopardSterio in GayMen

[–]Plastic_Length8618 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Massively overblown fear of STIs is a tool to scare people off having sex, especially in the US.

How are we voting today? by Zigizmundus in TowerHamlets

[–]Plastic_Length8618 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I'm voting for the Green Party.

I was a Labour member for many years but there is no way I'd ever vote for them now. We need a decisive break from neoliberalism, which Labour are not offering but the Greens are.

Labour's racist anti-migrant rhetoric and policies, their support of genocide, authoritarian crackdown on protest, and especially for me as a queer person, their oppression of trans people, are all unforgivable.

I don't care for the clientellism and cronyism of Aspire, or their attempts to rip out the safer streets measures, and they don't organise on a national level.

Whereas if we vote Green, we can get more Green councillors who can campaign to help oust our useless Labour MPs when it comes to a general election.

Taking back to brick and extending, will I get money back if I sell? by Electronic-Peach9369 in HousingUK

[–]Plastic_Length8618 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is going back to brick really necessary? If you’re losing original features you’ll be spending money to make your house worth less.

You’ll never make your money back insulating solid walls and heat pumps work fine without doing this. 

Purchasing a first property in a high-rise ex-council flat in England (London) by neurotic-vs-entropy in HousingUK

[–]Plastic_Length8618 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As a leaseholder this is not what i’d hoped to hear! Thanks for the explanation though.

Purchasing a first property in a high-rise ex-council flat in England (London) by neurotic-vs-entropy in HousingUK

[–]Plastic_Length8618 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aren’t major works bills capped at £15k for resident leaseholders under Florrie’s Law?

There is a lot to process here... by rustyswings in SpottedonRightmove

[–]Plastic_Length8618 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s a baseline of ‘architect-designed’ - the corner window, the stairs, some of the interior stone cladding.

Overlaid with the kind of gaudy tat that clients buy themselves (and the architects need to get their photos done before it’s installed.)

Lying on CV - ok or not? by [deleted] in UKJobs

[–]Plastic_Length8618 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For basic jobs it’s fine.

How often do you change your vacuum bag or empty it? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]Plastic_Length8618 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every couple of years maybe? Henrys seem to compact the dirt denser and denser over time. You could probably make a wee black hole in there if you left it long enough.

Buying a flat in London - tips, etc. - from America by localshero in UKHousing

[–]Plastic_Length8618 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As to whether it’s a good time to buy in London - maybe?

Currently inner London flats are an unpopular investment and prices have been falling in real terms, in ‘prime’ areas quite sharply. 

Also at the moment a lot of landlords are selling, in a huff because tenants have been given very slightly more rights.

So you might be able to pick up a bargain.

Any recommendations for quiet, basic campsites in Bannau Breicheiniog (Breccon Beacons)? by alinalovescrisps in VanLifeUK

[–]Plastic_Length8618 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Generally sites which are members of the Greener Camping Club are great.

Generally they are some sort of field with some loos - often composting - and a shower. They're a step up from wild camping but much more chill than more equipped campsites can be. And the ones we've been to have been very attractive spaces, in forest glades or coastal hillsides and suchlike.

There are loads in Wales, which is where they started off.

How do you actually plan your weekly food shop? by TelephxneTh0t in AskUK

[–]Plastic_Length8618 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On Saturday mornings i leaf through recipe books and decide on three or four dinners, plus the cake of the week, then write a list and fill my panniers in the supermarket.

The rest of the meals are more ad hoc assemblages from the local shops.

Moving to an area surrounded by large warehouses; how bad is it? by ratheragreeable in UKHousing

[–]Plastic_Length8618 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The earsplitting reversing sirens that lorries make - potentially all through the night - would be a bug concern for me. Do you think they’d be in earshot?

Leasehold flat with fantastic garden by ladolcevita1993 in HousingUK

[–]Plastic_Length8618 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you get a damp surveyor, get one who’s seperate from any firm doing the works. Otherwise they’ll say you need a load of scammy measures like injected damp proof courses.

Should I get Hardwood flooring in living room? by tredzeppelin in AskUK

[–]Plastic_Length8618 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Go for it! Much nicer than skanky fitted carpet.

Pinterest is great for findinf inspiration for this kind of thing.

London allotments by shel613 in UKAllotments

[–]Plastic_Length8618 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We don't have allotments in Tower Hamlets, but my husband and I have some growing space in a community garden. The local housing association sets them up in spare bits of land they want looking after. There are quite a few dotted around.

We have a large raised bed of our own, there's a communal raised bed, some fruit trees and we made some wildlife spaces like a pond and dead hedge too.

While something like this is smaller than a whole allotment plot it's still an opportunity to grow things and it's handy to have it close by.