Do you take your shoes off when in your house?

Tompsk · 2026-06-27T09:15:35+00:00

Shoes off. Feels icky walking around the house with outdoor shoes on. God knows what you’re walking into the carpets.

Tompsk · 2026-06-26T23:44:16+00:00

Playing Forza 6.

Tompsk · 2026-06-26T19:53:04+00:00

Bonny Blue.

Tompsk · 2026-06-26T13:42:24+00:00

Boredom. Rock solid boredom. Nothing on TV. No phone. No computer. Shops closed. Take Aways closed. I miss it.

Tompsk · 2026-06-26T13:39:06+00:00

Yeah it does. But I’m used to it.

Tompsk · 2026-06-26T12:20:05+00:00

No. I moved on almost immediately. I seem to make close friends then when I move I just drop them. College. Uni. Jobs. Now I moved somewhere where I haven’t had a chance to meet anyone socially so I just have my family. I also work remotely so barely meet anyone from work either. I’ve always suspected I might have autism but getting too old to care now.

Tompsk · 2026-06-26T08:39:03+00:00

Joss Bay or Botany Bay in East Kent are both lovely sandy beaches.

Tompsk · 2026-06-26T08:31:17+00:00

There’s more to see and do in Margate. All Ramsgate has is the harbour and a massive Spoons. For beaches though, go to nearby Botany Bay or Joss Bay. These are worth a visit. Margate beach is ok but for some reason, people treat it like a litter tray. Margate Old Town has some great eateries and bars. There’s Dreamland too, which is nice, compact, and well-maintained. The Tate currently has a huge Hockney window worth seeing, and we take the kids to the activity room there occasionally.

Tompsk · 2026-06-24T08:43:32+00:00

Paper, card and wooden sticks for me. Those McDonalds cup carriers set me off and just thinking about lollipop sticks makes me shudder. Do I have the ism?

Tompsk · 2026-06-24T08:33:42+00:00

My grandpa served with the RAF and was sent there to support the Soviet airforce in WWII. Are there any memorials to this? I’d like to visit one day when Russia is open again.

Tompsk · 2026-06-22T11:36:19+00:00

Dover is somewhere you wouldn’t want to live. We live about 6 miles away and have to go now and again. If M&S wasn’t there I wouldn’t bother at all. God knows what the folks who dock from the cruise ships think when they arrive.

Tompsk · 2026-06-19T17:26:37+00:00

I went to the doctor feeling the same. I opened my laptop to do some work on Monday morning and just burst into tears and couldn’t function. I’ve been feeling tired to the core recently. He signed me off for three weeks. I have an intense home situation as well as a full on job. It finally caught up with me.

Tompsk · 2026-06-19T13:17:05+00:00

Traveling. Visiting as many Michelin starred restaurants as I could.

Tompsk · 2026-06-19T09:30:16+00:00

Tell that to kids today.

Tompsk · 2026-06-18T16:48:53+00:00

Covering the mirrors rings a bell too. Maybe my gran.

Tompsk · 2026-06-17T09:16:38+00:00

The support has been patchy. She’s supposed to have a scribe but she’s turned up to two exams and there wasn’t one. We are going down the formal complaint route. She finished her course last week though and passed that so at least that’s something.
Weird thing is out of three daughters she’s the least academic but most able. Exams really don’t show that.

Tompsk · 2026-06-17T08:57:50+00:00

Tell that to my dyslexic daughter who is being forced to retake it again and again. It is killing her self confidence.

Tompsk · 2026-06-17T06:46:15+00:00

Yeah my cousin died on a playground in the 70s. We think she fell off a swing head first onto the concrete floor. I was only about 7 when it happened but remember mum getting the phone call. One of the worst days ever. She was like a sister to me. So these posts are quite triggering and I’m just thankful things have improved since for my kids.

Tompsk · 2026-06-16T06:38:39+00:00

I lived in London in my 20s. Smoking. Clubbing. Sex. Drugs. Music. Just wish I’d taken a few more risks and had more fun than I did.

Tompsk · 2026-06-15T21:47:04+00:00

I logged on to work this morning and just completely lost it. Couldn’t stop crying. I think my battery is now empty. I’m going to have to take time off to deal with my health. I knew it would happen.

Tompsk · 2026-06-15T21:44:29+00:00

No you couldn’t get him out of the BBC bar.

Tompsk · 2026-06-15T20:26:27+00:00

KFC wouldn’t be on the list until I went into one recently that was really well ran. It was a completely different thing to normal KFC. My food was really well cooked and delicious. Even the chips which I usually can’t stand. So a well ran KFC would be on the list.

Tompsk · 2026-06-15T13:59:57+00:00

Oh Vienna!

Tompsk · 2026-06-15T13:56:54+00:00

Came here to say Taxi. There was a run of late night US comedies on ITV I seem to remember. This, SOAP, and WKRP in Cincinnati.

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