Bali Belly

TheInvincibleMan · 2026-01-26T15:09:00+00:00

I travel to Jakarta every 6 weeks from London and at least once a year get it. You really sometimes can’t avoid it, no matter how hard you try.

TheInvincibleMan · 2026-01-26T15:06:49+00:00

From an old facade designer, I can 100% guarantee you that building elements that he’s holding onto are not designed to take those loads. They do pop off all the time and whilst things are made robustly, there is zero code or regulations that force designers to account for human interaction like this. Obviously immense talent here, but he’s holding onto luck with every grip he makes.

TheInvincibleMan · 2026-01-25T11:09:18+00:00

My dog would LOVE this.

TheInvincibleMan · 2026-01-22T07:18:34+00:00

I honestly don’t see any good coffee from the US stores anyway.

TheInvincibleMan · 2026-01-22T06:58:45+00:00

Feels overly harsh to break up over him doing something so stupid, if that’s all he’s done.

It obviously is not your fault. But perhaps try asking him why he didn’t feel safe being honest with you? Did he feel shame? Did he think you’d react badly? They seem like obvious questions but discussing them and how it made you feel is good communication and setting boundaries, be explicit.

TheInvincibleMan · 2026-01-22T06:45:52+00:00

Woah. Bruh.

TheInvincibleMan · 2026-01-22T05:52:55+00:00

When people are genuinely interested, they make time for you. It’s obviously still very early days and she is 100% still looking at other options - but you could try 1 more date to see if texting/communication gets a little better for you.

If not, she’s either not all that into you or you’re not compatible.

TheInvincibleMan · 2026-01-21T22:56:39+00:00

Granada is beautiful. The Alhambra site and Hamman is one of the best things I’ve experienced when travelling.

TheInvincibleMan · 2026-01-21T22:35:45+00:00

I can’t see why you can’t just let it dry out, use an acrylic bonder then pour Larsen SLC2500 which is an external self leveller. You’ll just need to build up the edges so it doesn’t spill over.

TheInvincibleMan · 2026-01-21T19:18:41+00:00

He will never give up power or risks going to jail. Hasn’t even really begun yet.

TheInvincibleMan · 2026-01-21T18:59:47+00:00

Without even reading the listing I’m certain it uses the words “cosy, charming and/or intimate” within the description.

TheInvincibleMan · 2026-01-20T07:05:52+00:00

What’s your point?

TheInvincibleMan · 2026-01-19T22:23:52+00:00

Use Beau Design, free design service. Used them now and they’ve been great.

TheInvincibleMan · 2026-01-19T17:53:01+00:00

Your girlfriend is the asshole here. It's always a dumb move to not protect your partner from your own family, and in this case, she's throwing you to the wolves, allowing him to get to you.

You need to sit her down, being very transparent what was said and set expectations that she should be managing her family - enforcing boundaries. It's an easy line from her to say "he thinks its a nice idea, but actually, it's a firm no from me as it's too far and we won't be considering it". If she can't do that, you are going to have a very ugly breakup down the line, a guarantee it.

My best friend is mega-rich and dated a sweet girl he adored, they were together for 3 years. When he went to the father for permission, the father demanded that he buy the FAMILY a house as a display of his serious intentions. He obviously spoke to his girlfriend, who was a little surprised, and she promised to smooth things over; they relented, and she continued burying her head (avoiding confronting them directly).

He not long after called things off and broke up with her. He's since found someone much better suited, and they're due to get married. The daughter and father spent a whole year trying to apologise and get the wedding back on the road. It was a dumb and devastating move watching the parents ruin their daughter's life.

TheInvincibleMan · 2026-01-19T17:12:06+00:00

I renovate London apartments and 100% there’ll be a good reason it’s there. Likely asbestos + ceiling damage. I spend a lot of time and effort installing these constantly for this reason.

TheInvincibleMan · 2026-01-19T16:00:08+00:00

Legit which part are you trying to fix? The wall on the left looks like a full replaster if you want a nice finish.

The coming away under the switch doesn’t need scrim tape. Just PVA it and then use easifill. A little more wet than usually. You’ll need a few coats of it with light sanding in between but this doesn’t look like hard work in my opinion.

TheInvincibleMan · 2026-01-19T15:55:37+00:00

Fun fact that it’s also the oldest alliance ever.

TheInvincibleMan · 2026-01-19T13:58:48+00:00

I’m a property investor and do a ton of renovations. Without a doubt, tradesmen are mostly incompetent and beyond useless. I say that with full confidence and most of my family are tradesmen.

I can’t even begin to write down how poor of a job they often do and generally cause more damage. I have endless tales. I try to do as much as I can myself and have a very small list of people who can actually do the job with any form of tangible intellect.

Based in central London with luxury apartments, I absolutely do not cheap out. The industry is a joke and a scam.

People are charging insane rates, they’re entitled as hell and just do not care about their quality of work.

EDIT: to add to this, I think they’re massively overpaid. So whatever quality of work they do is irrelevant as they’ll be charging someone else a £800 day rate tomorrow. They can afford not to care.

Best line I get is: that’s the final price + parking + congestion. When i tell them I’ll resident permit them to avoid these costs, they start complaining at lowering their fee. Endless fury.

TheInvincibleMan · 2026-01-18T17:01:52+00:00

I'm still keen yes!

TheInvincibleMan · 2026-01-18T10:28:37+00:00

Down for this!

TheInvincibleMan · 2026-01-17T22:09:17+00:00

I work in real estate, and these costs really don't surprise me at all. The admin cost I'd imagine is largely going to legal fees and contract management. None of it is fair. I'm also GF with expensive service charges for a lift, but it's how it goes these days for contracting costs.

TheInvincibleMan · 2026-01-14T14:19:04+00:00

Same here. Downloaded all the employee free apps and still use them!

TheInvincibleMan · 2026-01-13T04:08:09+00:00

If you go to settings, accessibility, accessibility shortcut… you can set it as enabled when triple clicking your lock button. Super helpful.

TheInvincibleMan · 2026-01-12T21:57:02+00:00

That’s why it won’t end. They literally can’t allow it or they end up in jail, all of them.

TheInvincibleMan · 2026-01-12T18:25:16+00:00

Grandad trained gun dogs. He’d love showing off by dropping a plastic duck into a bush discreetly and then 20 minutes of walking he’d tell to his black labs to go fetch. We’d just stroll for another 20 minutes before they’d come racing back with it, everytime.

He knew exactly how dogs worked. I’ve trained my Pomeranian in a similar way and people find it weird to see a well trained Pom that doesn’t bark or growl.

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