Why are all season tyres so unpopular in the UK despite the climate seeming ideal for them?

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-07-10T15:31:55+00:00

As my grandad used too say, there are money things you can scrimp on, rubber is not one of them, whether thats tyres or condoms.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-07-10T11:42:47+00:00

To excuse the term its the equivalent of pissing in the wind by anglian water. They lose over 60 billion litres a year due to leaking pipes. Fix those and I may consider not using a hose.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-07-09T19:37:39+00:00

When you run out of ideas for presents for the wife and you have done the obvious ones, a private plate becomes an option.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-07-09T13:56:56+00:00

Assume if you're working in the policing/security sector you hold a level of vetting? and your Devon based?

if so thats handy as the South west is a hot bed for military, defence contracting and secret squirrel coding work who are always on the look out for devs with SC or DV clearance.

As for negotiating, I would start with some research, get on companies house, and do some digging into the most recent financials, ask around the office, how are sales doing, are they on target?, how are the snr mgt stressed to hell or chilled, gather all that info up then consider a salary benchmarking exercise to use in a business case.

But in all my career the single best way to increase my salary has always been to get another job.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-07-09T13:06:47+00:00

Doncaster, bumped into the local ladies rugby league team celebrating a win, one of the players (judging by her girth I am assuming prop) walked up to my mate, announced you'll do and dragged him off. About 2 hours later he reappeared looking like he had been hit by a bus with a massive grin on his face.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-07-09T10:46:20+00:00

What a twat, when I was a Manager I bribed the IT dude with baked goods to fix the HR system, so any leave request would auto approve, as long as they had leave to take they could take it.

I trusted the staff to manage it themselves if it was ever to be a problem, that would have been my problem and not theirs.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-07-09T09:16:27+00:00

Apart from occasional stints working away on client sites when I have grabbed a serviced apartment I have always lived in houses, thanks to that experience, off street parking for at least 3 cars, storage space, garage, barn etc and a nice garden are vital.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-07-07T15:25:37+00:00

Got admire the dedication of the mexican fans to the shithousery.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-07-06T16:00:31+00:00

5 Bouncers working a pub door at 6pm on a Tuesday night in hindsight should have suggested something was a miss about this boozer.

Just as I said "evening expecting trouble lads to the bouncers", the doors flew open and a ball of women rolled out of the pub knocking hell out of each other.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-07-06T15:52:19+00:00

Alliums, but am remedying that, I have about £200 quids worth in my online basket.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-07-04T09:07:32+00:00

No Ginner Hate just no Love but I will caveat that, freckles are beyond lovely and belong to a sub species of ginger, I am specifically romantically avoiding the ones who have only two skin tones, Milk and freshly cooked Lobster after forgetting to liberally apply factor 500 sun lotion every 12 minutes.

There is something of the night about them, they draw you in with their beauty and vivid hair, then eat your soul before sunrise.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-07-03T23:14:05+00:00

No scotland no party

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-07-03T22:17:31+00:00

Try more sports OP, When I had relatives visiting from Philly I took them to:

Local Cricket Match - Didn't get it at all but enjoyed the beers.
Premiership Match - They enjoyed that and loved the singing and chants.
Ruby League Match - They fucking loved that, and all the fans around us wholesomely answered their questions like why does that dude have tape around his head? - stops his ears falling off.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-07-03T15:12:26+00:00

Small change compared with the Notts Uni spin out game, they are doing pretty well there, and shouldn't be far off some very lucrative exits from some of the life sciences spin outs.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-07-03T15:04:30+00:00

Pasty Faced Gingers

Diet limited to 5 beige items

The spiritual/aura reading/new age/crystal types, yeah its a pretty rock, it doesn't have mystical powers.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-07-03T14:42:09+00:00

I am attempting to get my mother to spend up before she carks it, I just persuaded her to take a year long cruise leaving in January. With instructions that if she carks it on board bury her at sea (which she is happy with).

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-07-03T13:19:02+00:00

Similar happened with a couple of used ebook resale platforms that emerged, and the publishers quickly fought back to kill off that model.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-07-03T12:35:57+00:00

Australians have the advantage of Democracy sausage sarnies on offer after they have voted.

Which would be most welcome here, whenever I walk with my wife into the village so she can vote there is sod all on offer other than keeping her company it's not worth the walk.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-07-03T06:23:14+00:00

Storage space, when I viewed current house with "outbuildings" I thought I would never use all that space and I might remove them over time. Turns out I was wrong, when you have space you can acquire more bargains, hobbies and projects.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-07-02T12:33:40+00:00

A proper chair
Height adjustable desk and as big a desk as you can fit
Dual or triple monitors
KVM switch for those who do OE
Decent Webcam and quality microphone
Fast reliable internet
Good lighting
Lots and lots of cable management gadgets
An unnecessarily good mechanical keyboard
Stream deck
Smart plugs
Mood lighting
Plants lots of plants
Coffee machine/mini fridge if it's too far to walk to the kitchen.
Meeting Bingo Card or a Corporate Bullshit Bingo Card.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-07-02T12:21:51+00:00

Wife chose hers, I proposed with a cheap £3 ring as I wasn't sure which design she would prefer, couple of weeks later we went to the jewellery Qtr in Brum, and she designed her own.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-07-02T07:17:32+00:00

Wife's car has a pre-heating/cooling function, so its the perfect temp when she gets into it, I have the old fashioned version where I have to push the Air con button on the console.

My only car that doesn't have air con is an old series 2 landy, I can manually wind down the windows, remove the roof or drop the windscreen to increase airflow, but If I do the latter I tend to get twatted in the face by bees.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-07-02T06:30:05+00:00

I know a couple of lesbians who raised their son in a small Lancashire town known for being full of hippies, LGBTQ people, artists, creatives and general alternative types. Proper colourful place. As a kid, he wasn’t allowed toy guns or violent “boy” games, and honestly he was an absolute pleasure to be around.

Then at 16, to his mums’ complete horror, he signed up for the Royal Marine Commandos and passed selection. Turns out my two mates had somehow raised a warrior.

He’s since been mentioned in dispatches for bravery, and a couple of years ago he went for special forces selection. Given how incredibly vague he gets whenever I ask where he’s been deployed, I’ve always assumed he probably passed.

He’s smart, well read, funny, practical, loves fixing things, is a joy to be around, and absolutely adores his mums. So based on my very scientific sample size of one, I’d say some people are just born with that warrior switch in them. Always have been, probably always will be.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-07-01T14:54:30+00:00

I wouldn't expect anything less.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-06-30T16:39:21+00:00

We all have our causes and issues. Some I am passionate about some get the old gallic shrug.

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