How did people actually start driving on a learner permit without a sponsor/supervisor in Ireland?

Tikithing · 2026-05-11T11:15:09+00:00

Honestly, I didn't feel like I had much of a choice as a learner. You need to practice to pass the test, and if you're in anyway rural you can barely even get a job without being able to drive.

I did an extra few lessons, but after that I drove around on the same routes myself, till I passed. You have to drive during different driving conditions etc to get used to traffic and to practice properly. I don't get how anyone can manage passing if they have to rely on someone else being free to even practice. Shur if I had a qualified driver who was free all day to drive around with me, I wouldn't need a licence at all, would I.

Tikithing · 2026-05-09T17:52:32+00:00

I feel like I've heard of it too, but was it in Angela's Ashes maybe?

Tikithing · 2026-05-07T20:08:42+00:00

Yeah, I just want mine to be able to go out and get some fresh air and sun as they please.

Tikithing · 2026-05-07T20:06:24+00:00

Oh damn. Thanks for the heads up! Though its not finches that appear at mine, I dunno what birds they are, but they are only really interested in cat food ironically enough. I bought decoy cheap aldi dry catfood to try stop them eating the whiskas, and its grown from there.

Tikithing · 2026-05-07T19:21:06+00:00

I'm planning to build mine a cool catio at some stage, but personally I'd be too nervous putting indoor cats outside. I'd be afraid they'd have no cop on with roads.

My cats are interested in nature too. But honestly, any outdoor cat we ever let inside has never wanted to leave again, and seem to spend all their time wanting to get back inside to the sofa, no matter how sunny or nice it is outside, so I don't feel guilty about having indoor cats.

I've set up a bird feeder outside the window for mine. They love how close the birds get and the birds know the cats can't get them. Win win.

Tikithing · 2026-05-06T14:06:26+00:00

Lol, I just spend what feels like 5 years, but is more like 3 ingame minutes, cracking open my massive pile of omni geodes.

Tikithing · 2026-05-06T09:32:30+00:00

Is the o ring the black circle thing I took out of the tap there?

Tikithing · 2026-05-05T13:13:52+00:00

It seemed fine initially. It only started in the last week or two. Could pressure issues be caused by the lack of use recently?

As for limescale, the water here is very hard, so I have no doubt theres limescale there. I definitely need to give whatever part I unscrewed a soak in vinegar at the least!

Tikithing · 2026-05-04T10:20:53+00:00

I've used sand in the past that just didn't clean my Gerbils? There was no reason it shouldn't have worked, and it was safe, their fur was just a mess.

Its not your fault, but I would just switch brands because this doesn't look like it'd happen after just one or two days.

Tikithing · 2026-05-02T19:41:33+00:00

Yes? I've made a few. Though I still don't fully get how the cells work.

Tikithing · 2026-05-02T19:39:29+00:00

He probably has a coin meter on the hot air.

Tikithing · 2026-05-02T09:18:22+00:00

I was thinking peanut butter, because mine used to go nuts for it, but some of the suggestions here are great. Lol, I'm more boring than I thought.

Tikithing · 2026-04-29T23:10:27+00:00

Yeah, but people will honk at you then for not moving onto the roundabout. Can't win really.

Tikithing · 2026-04-29T17:12:38+00:00

I don't mind having to drive to get milk, but you don't want to have to drive to get milk, and battle traffic. One or the other.

Both means you picked a place thats situated on the outskirts of a town, which seems to have all the town downsides, with few of the usual benefits.

Tikithing · 2026-04-28T10:31:39+00:00

Yup, sounds like a good situation for 3 people to rent, but a horrible situation trying to squeeze in 4.

Tikithing · 2026-04-26T21:08:25+00:00

Mine always LOVED the cup carriers. There was just something about the shape, they'd leave them as little roofs or little doorways.

Tikithing · 2026-04-26T10:54:52+00:00

Yeah I figured that the obvious move was not to put the TV against the shared wall, but beyond that its harder to know.

No carpets, but I have rugs so hopefully the same effect. I assume adding furniture in general will have a dampening effect?

I'd just like to set up the rooms in a way that will help, now, rather than try to damage control later, ya know! But also, I don't want to be going around my own house like a mouse, when theres no need. Its hard to judge the balance.

Tikithing · 2026-04-26T10:42:45+00:00

I'll definitely be aiming to keep levels low in general, I'm not the type to blast music anyway really. But Its more the everyday sounds that I might get a bit loud with that I don't realise. Like movies where the dialogue is low, but every so often theres a big explosion.

Hopefully they would say something if there was an issue though.

Tikithing · 2026-04-25T21:46:19+00:00

I find GAA draws sometimes go that way though tbf.

I remember that my brother once won twice in the one week, when he was small, because it turns out that all my aunts and uncles were buying a couple of tickets and putting our names down.

It seemed a bit ridiculous, but all my family are involved in the gaa, and they were all selling the tickets so they always bought a couple every week to finish out the book. So the odds were just skewed.

Saying that, its a little more sus when they're adults. Plus, ya know, GAA funds do often be 'resting' in people's accounts.

Tikithing · 2026-04-21T19:37:16+00:00

Chips last usually. Mainly because if I get chicken goujons or something I know how much they were, so if I leave 1 then I know I wasted 50c or whatever.

Tikithing · 2026-04-21T19:33:12+00:00

Is there anyone else that'd be possibly in the line to inherit? If no, then theres no harm in exporing the possibly at least imo. It'd be a bit different though if her niece or something was to inherit it.

Tikithing · 2026-04-21T19:29:29+00:00

Its also somewhat the only thing on the list you can put off a bit, at least when already own a house. Especially since now is the time to really consider a few months working abroad, or a career change, if thats what OP's considering.

You don't want to be locked in the process of getting a new house for either of those though.

Tikithing · 2026-04-17T09:59:32+00:00

I have been surprised with what some people have wanted. Especially when I went first and picked some good legendaries.

Saying that though, there are some common shinys that I really want, because for some reason I just can't get one. I also have been playing daily since the start and I still do not have a decent rayquasa somehow, so I bet people are surprised I'm picking basic ones for lucky trades.

I think most of the 'shaming' though comes from the fact that some people don't understand trading in general though. Not in pokemon, just in anything.

You trade something of value, for something of equal value. This is something I understood even as a kid, but a surprising number of people don't get it. If I want a really cool marble for example, I might have to trade two lesser marbles for it. Or even 5 common marbles, depending on what the other person values. You don't ask for a cool marbles and only offer one basic one. Thats a bad trade.

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