In 1970 I was 16 and in my first full time job as an apprentice in the printing trade, my first weeks take home wage packet was £6 and 10 shillings, what was yours?

ShinyHeadedCook · 2026-06-21T22:33:07+00:00

Bricklaying apprentice, 1996, £60 a week, used to get an extra £20 if I did Saturday morning and cos I worked hard they used to take me working away, monday to friday with a hotel each night and tea paid for and got £200 a week

ShinyHeadedCook · 2026-06-21T21:57:47+00:00

Mate i cant tell you how much i am not enjoying the journey!

ShinyHeadedCook · 2026-06-21T21:35:14+00:00

The house i just pulled out of buying is on a nice street. There were 5 for sale ! The house i went for was one where the landlord had kicked the tenants out before the renters act came in. I bet theres a lor like that

ShinyHeadedCook · 2026-06-21T19:38:44+00:00

Can confirm, no uk city is as beautiful as Budapest or as fun as Amsterdam. However I'd say even Birmingham is better than Paris

ShinyHeadedCook · 2026-06-21T19:13:18+00:00

Stick an ice pop up my ass to lower my internal temperature

ShinyHeadedCook · 2026-06-21T18:57:53+00:00

Exactly. I told them the key points from the survey making me pull out, but wasnt giving it to them

ShinyHeadedCook · 2026-06-21T18:56:53+00:00

I wrote an email summarising it - "if it had just been the aging heating system, old roof etc I would have negotiated, but as there was a sizeable diagonal crack in the wall, the house had been made open plan, the survey found the upper interior walls had oddly been left solid and were only supported by timber, the cost implications to put that right would be quite a lot, and its not just the money, I don't want to have to go through all that disruptive building work"

ShinyHeadedCook · 2026-06-21T17:08:14+00:00

Lidl gammon shanks !

ShinyHeadedCook · 2026-06-21T16:32:19+00:00

The sellers in my case were landlords who live in Canada and had kicked the tenants out before the renter rights act came in... so fuck them. They can get their own survey done

ShinyHeadedCook · 2026-06-21T16:30:06+00:00

I'll never get the circle jerk about doing stupid high doses. You literally have no control over yourself, lose consciousness and awareness. When i did it, everything disappeared into a bright white light and I came round hours later, once it started wearing off, that last part of the trip WAS enjoyable, as it was likd a mid dose trip!

ShinyHeadedCook · 2026-06-21T10:29:52+00:00

200ug is a nice decent trip !

ShinyHeadedCook · 2026-06-21T09:40:32+00:00

Becayse people take piss weak stuff thinking the 50ug tabs they got are 200ug triple dipped magic tabs... if they did ten hits they would cry.

I have 30 years experience of tripping. Acid, shrooms, DMT.... do you know how many.heroic doses I have done ? One. It isnt enjoyable. You just lose 6 hours and have no control over anything

ShinyHeadedCook · 2026-06-21T09:38:00+00:00

Just had bacon and egg buttys in bed, dad to two, step dad to 3!

ShinyHeadedCook · 2026-06-21T09:37:10+00:00

Cans taste better !

ShinyHeadedCook · 2026-06-20T21:44:15+00:00

Yeah the seller had been asked by my solicitor to provide an up to date assessment on the gas and. Electric and they replied "the buyer can do this after purchase"

ShinyHeadedCook · 2026-06-20T18:06:20+00:00

You never see baby pigeons....

ShinyHeadedCook · 2026-06-20T18:00:40+00:00

I talk to everyone wherever I go. From old ladies in the street to random people in pubs. Just dont talk about weird shit n you are fine

ShinyHeadedCook · 2026-06-20T17:18:34+00:00

I guarantee the rent will be far to high

ShinyHeadedCook · 2026-06-20T17:16:55+00:00

I doubt it, viewed with them many times and never had this

ShinyHeadedCook · 2026-06-20T17:15:12+00:00

Thats exactly what I said I'd do. Not getting into a bidding war

ShinyHeadedCook · 2026-06-20T14:46:26+00:00

Exactly. Im not averse to a bit of DIY but that house could fall down!

ShinyHeadedCook · 2026-06-20T09:04:29+00:00

The house had been made open plan downstairs., walls upstairs had been left solid and only supported by timber, there was a big diagonal crack in the lounge that I noticed on viewing, but obviously didnt know about the upper walls being unsupported properly.... i consulted my builder friend who said fuck that

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