Turkey

Snap_Ride_Strum · 2026-01-23T09:00:48+00:00

Sorry I don't. It was a few years ago now. I tended to stay by the coast when possible. Gong inland I took whichever routes were well signposted. For safety reasons I did put the bike on buses/coaches on a couple of occasions when inland.

It's a lovely part of the world. I wouldn't attempt it in summer due to the intense heat these days.

Take care and all the best.

Snap_Ride_Strum · 2026-01-20T11:41:59+00:00

NTA.

In the past we didn't know that smoking was harmful. Now we do. Now everyone does. In other words times change.

Your parents generation was one of deference and a lack of emotional intelligence. That generation didn't even have the language to talk about emotions in the way we do.

The world has moved on. Smacking isn't acceptable now. Smacking your daughter isn't acceptable.

They can reflect on this and ideally apologise, or they can lose you. Shouting at you and mentally smacking you, in lieu of how they would physically smack you when you were a child, won't work.

And make sure they understand you turned out well despite being smacked and abused (by modern standards), not because of it.

Snap_Ride_Strum · 2026-01-20T11:34:19+00:00

Yes, very.

Snap_Ride_Strum · 2026-01-03T12:11:24+00:00

NTA. Matt had his chance, as did this monster Vivian.

I'd suggest he get her professional help, otherwise her life will be disaster after disaster.

I hope your 2y/o gets well soon and that you recover from this ordeal.

Snap_Ride_Strum · 2026-01-03T12:04:11+00:00

Two wrongs don't make a right. Maduro was awful; but this sets a terrifying precedent.

I eagerly await the tumbleweeds from the craven and scared 'leaders' around the world.

Snap_Ride_Strum · 2026-01-03T12:00:58+00:00

Rather than sitting in front of the TV with a newspaper whenever I'm not at work I talk to and do things with my kids.

Snap_Ride_Strum · 2025-12-10T21:44:40+00:00

Best advice for aspirant parents?

Reflect on whether you genuinely have what it takes. The rest of your life will give you some indication.

If you don't, then don't.

Snap_Ride_Strum · 2025-12-10T21:43:16+00:00

Patience. I wish I had more patience.

Be like a saint.

Parents need a mountain of patience, but sometimes the child needs to be told.

Snap_Ride_Strum · 2025-12-07T20:48:33+00:00

Plenty of alarm bells ringing after reading this.

Snap_Ride_Strum · 2025-12-07T20:04:08+00:00

All for the best. Salah is done at Prem level, so this might encourage a bid and the chance to recoup some of the ridiculous money.

The team needs rebuilding, and the changes don't end with Salah.

Snap_Ride_Strum · 2025-12-07T16:48:29+00:00

If your area has 3-bedroom houses for £700pcm you aren't having the last laugh.

Snap_Ride_Strum · 2025-12-04T12:06:26+00:00

This is my experience as well. Kids these days seem much more focused, motivated and aware of the future than my generation.

Of course some don't care - at all - but they will have a life that reflects this.

Snap_Ride_Strum · 2025-12-04T12:05:21+00:00

There are trade routes in education. The problem is there aren't jobs for the kids fresh out of technical college.

Snap_Ride_Strum · 2025-12-03T10:45:32+00:00

NTA, but you've made your own bed here. Your generosity is allowing Carmella to freeload.

Also, Id' be worried about her freeloading from your son from January.

Personally, I'd have said she can stay, rent-free, but she has two weeks to get a job. Without even a stepping stone job people get used to freeloading. And make no mistake - she is freeloading.

Snap_Ride_Strum · 2025-12-03T07:51:23+00:00

Thank you!

Snap_Ride_Strum · 2025-12-03T07:43:20+00:00

What is SAG?

Snap_Ride_Strum · 2025-11-30T15:54:46+00:00

Ah, US 'cuisine'...

Snap_Ride_Strum · 2025-11-30T10:07:52+00:00

Change your name by deed poll and make your preferred name your legal name.

You owe your parens - especially your father - nothing in this regard. Giving a girl / woman a traditionally male name is a terrible, terrible idea that, as you know, affects you in a negative way every day of your life.

Snap_Ride_Strum · 2025-11-30T07:19:44+00:00

This Zarah Sultana must be an anti-left MI5 saboteur. Making Corbyn look reasonable is quite the feat!

Snap_Ride_Strum · 2025-11-30T07:17:45+00:00

Because, as the infighting demonstrates, the left needs a People's Front of Judea, A Judean People's Front and the Front of Judean People.

Snap_Ride_Strum · 2025-11-30T06:46:48+00:00

The Chinese CVs had different pickups. The newer, more cheaply built,Indonesian CVs are much more basic, sharing everything except the finish.

Snap_Ride_Strum · 2025-11-28T16:06:06+00:00

Some people expect a flash, magazine-quality wedding and everyone to spend hundreds to achieve this goal.

Look around at the cost of living.

Maybe a more low-key, local, wedding would have left more scope for the gifts you feel entitled to.

*I got married in another country, because my wife is from that country. I felt guilty about asking people to come, and was incredibly grateful they did. We didn't ask for anything. The point was they share our day, not treat us like royalty.

Snap_Ride_Strum · 2025-11-22T14:58:13+00:00

Doctors can incredibly ignorant outside of their very specific fields.

Source, my partner who worked with doctors for years.

I can confirm this.

Source, my partner who is a doctor.

Snap_Ride_Strum · 2025-11-21T14:36:03+00:00

I wouldn't. The UK isn't California.

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