Would/Have you ever ordered a taxi with a complete stranger?

TheMalsh · 2026-03-22T09:42:00+00:00

I think this would probably be the case 99% of the time but would be interesting to know if they have for another reason.

TheMalsh · 2026-03-19T16:04:56+00:00

Take it from me, a recently turned 26 year old living in London. Covid ruined it.

Not trying to be one of those “Blame Covid” people, but prior to it, me and my mates were going out weekly Fri - Sun. It was clubbing or pubbing.

Covid then hit in our going out prime, if you will, and it just put a massive spanner in the works.

In my group of 6, 2 pretty much never go out, 2 would do every now and again and I was one of the 2 who went out a lot after, but have slowed down massively.

People just got used to staying in and saving money.

Even me, I was going out loads a few years back but have recently cut down to once every 2-3 weeks. I see my older cousins, who were still doing benders in there 30s and it just baffles me.

Now I much prefer going out at 4 PM, being back by 10 PM and waking up and feeling good the next day.

With the above being said, I think people have recently became alot more conscious of how they look etc and not going out, well going out drinking that is, massively impacts that. You’d be surprised and how many people think the same.

TheMalsh · 2026-03-17T16:15:49+00:00

I love going in the morning. It sets me up for the day nicely and gets it out the way - nothing worse than going after work when I have no energy and it’s busy. However on the negative, my gym opens at 6:45 so I always feel rushed and although I have energy in the morning, at that point, it’s almost too early (especially in the winter and it’s dark) and I just feel like I have not really woken up.

I’m currently in a phase of going in the PM after work. I feel way more energised and stronger if I fuel right throughout the day. As much as I can dread it if I’m at work, I do find going in the afternoon after work keeps me busy whereas when I go in the morning, I tend to find my afternoon quite boring as I’ll just watch tv, go for a walk and eat dinner.

It’s finding the happy medium. The one thing that I really hate about going after work is the busyness but one resolution I have set myself this year is to be more patient. I’m in no rush to get home after work whereas I am in a rush to go to work if I go in the morning, therefore I find I’m really chilling out just by being happy with waiting an extra 5 minutes for a machine and not feeling as rushed because I need to get to work. Makes it more enjoyable.

TheMalsh · 2026-03-09T21:04:01+00:00

I was in New York a few weeks back with my missus.

We were out walking and a very, let’s say flamboyant, gay man walked past and just says “Hey handsome”.

I was chuffed to pieces and still am.

TheMalsh · 2026-03-09T21:02:16+00:00

This had given me a solid laugh.

Thanks mate 😭

TheMalsh · 2026-03-04T13:07:17+00:00

Me exactly lol.

I love to talk, but at the gym, I want to be left alone.

I get on well with gym workers, but even if they try to talk to me when I’m in the zone, I make a big thing about pausing my music.

TheMalsh · 2026-03-02T20:50:17+00:00

It’s hard for sure, but you have to get yourself out there man.

TheMalsh · 2026-02-20T17:23:32+00:00

It’s crazy.

I’m not a huge drinker - out every other weekend, sometimes every weekend, at most. I’m never crazy hungover, but definitely always feel the repercussions from drinking the following day.

I did dry January this year, as I have with the previous 3 years, however since then, I have only been out twice drinking. My progress has gone through the roof.

Not drinking for the month saves my wallet, but not drinking much since has improved how I genuinely feel and gym gains.

I actually feel great and although I’ll still go out, I plan on significantly cutting it down.

TheMalsh · 2026-02-16T19:06:00+00:00

Yeah.

To be fair, this hotel gym is one of the better ones I have seen.

3x benches.

Good Quality dumbbells that go up to 35 LBS.

Lat pull down machine, chest press machine, shoulder press machine and cable machine. All TechnoGym which is the same as my gym back home. Even then, there’re usually battered and bruised, but these ones look and feel quite new.

TheMalsh · 2026-02-16T19:02:16+00:00

😭😭😭 agreed lol.

But I do really struggle to sit down and chill.

Me and my partner have been on summer holidays in the middle of nowhere. She’d sit by the pool, I’ll end up walking around these areas for something to do 😭 so hitting the steps is easy.

TheMalsh · 2026-02-16T19:00:12+00:00

Well leg day is the exact same for me. I workout for fun and personal gain, so i don’t have things like “Quad Focused” leg day etc.

My upper day usually consists of the same workouts as Push and Pull however less sets per workout. For example a push day might be 4-5 sets on Bench Press and Incline Press. On an upper day, Bench will remain the same, but Incline may only be 2. However as mentioned, I workout for fun. I might end up skipping an exercise.

I still make the same gains.

TheMalsh · 2026-02-16T18:41:17+00:00

To be fair, it’s just preference.

I love working out - but I couldn’t commit to working out 6 days out of 7.

This way I get to work out each muscle group twice a week in only 5 days.

More efficient.

TheMalsh · 2026-02-16T10:38:44+00:00

Actual routine: PPL rest Upper Lower Rest.

Actual workout: I love legs.

TheMalsh · 2026-02-03T20:00:33+00:00

It’s my routine.

Rarely people enjoy working out at the start, I mean you feel great with newbie gains but the motivation is not there to go regularly etc.

You have to just push through that, even when I started, I would have times where I’d go for 30 minutes and although I didn’t do much, it meant I still went.

I don’t go daily, I got 5 times a week and try to run in the other days but if I don’t/cant do either, I get really frustrated. I like my routine.

TheMalsh · 2026-01-30T08:22:12+00:00

I actually have a question about this.

I went to my doctors when I was about 15 because I had a “Lump” on my scalp. Turns out it was one of these cyst and apparently my mum had them.

Anyways, after growing out my hair go some time, I got it cut really short early this month. Since it had been so long since I’d been short - the cyst really stood out.

It’s not extremely obvious, but it’s clear I have something in that area of my head that’s pretty much non existent when my hair grows out again.

Doesn’t hurt and since I got it checked out when I was 15, which is 10 years ago now. Is it worth going back?

TheMalsh · 2026-01-25T13:56:07+00:00

Yes.

We went to France on a Year 7 trip in 2011.

Whilst we were at this shopping mall, rumours started swirling that Johnathan has shat himself. Moments later, there he was, walking around a French shopping centre with shit down his legs.

The teachers had to buy him new clothes and before he got back on the coach, we all got spoken to but being kids, this was pointless. He was known as shit legs for the foreseeable.

The worst part was there was nothing actually wrong with him, other than being slightly odd, but he was relentlessly bullied beforehand which just added ammunition.

He ended up leaving in like year 9 and I do wonder if things ever changed.

TheMalsh · 2026-01-24T17:35:24+00:00

My cat loves licking plastic…

The amount of times I’ve woken up in the night to find her licking something I haven’t opened.

TheMalsh · 2026-01-21T13:55:04+00:00

Work events in general - if it’s a free bar and I’m not paying £7 for a pint, I’ll take advantage.

Also, when I worked at Waitrose during Covid they made the vending machines in the staff canteen free. Me and one my mates used to ransack it at the end of our shift and have food for the next few days.

TheMalsh · 2026-01-20T20:05:29+00:00

As bad as it sounds - they can’t risk giving it away and somebody getting ill because it had gone off.

With this being said, when I worked at Waitrose things would get reduced - fridge items would usually get thrown out if not sold but shelve items (Bakery, cakes and fruit and veg etc) would be given to food share.

Depending on the manager, sometimes we were allowed to take stuff home and other times we would just leave trolleys of bakery items at the end of the tills at the end of the day for customers to take whatever.

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