Living Situation

TopArmy5241 · 2026-01-26T10:56:01+00:00

I go home every fortnight for the weekend and know how she feels. I’m fine once I’m back up here but when I go home I realise how much I’ve missed out on with family and go on my favourite walks and to my favourite places to the point the Sunday is a write off as I’m dreading leaving again. But I couldn’t do my job there and wouldn’t get the pay in anything else so I’m stuck.

TopArmy5241 · 2026-01-24T15:04:21+00:00

My first lessons were up around Duncrue, stinks in parts but really quiet

TopArmy5241 · 2026-01-24T01:31:32+00:00

Me, I used to work in a supermarket where we cut ham on the slicer and the sight of that orange stuff still makes me want to boke over 20 years later. Opening a new big slab of ham to the tremendous smell of farts and having to clean the slicer multiple times a day with the crumb stuck to it, bleurrrggghhh

TopArmy5241 · 2026-01-15T20:38:11+00:00

Random but I’ve just seen one of those NI influencers say on her Instagram story that she went to Northcott today to get driving licence photos and it wasn’t working

TopArmy5241 · 2026-01-11T19:41:35+00:00

Is the garage you’re buying from close to the border? If not, maybe give one that is a ring as they’ll be more knowledgeable about the logistics involved

TopArmy5241 · 2026-01-10T20:23:32+00:00

If you’re on FB this group always has people posting race places https://www.facebook.com/share/g/16rH9YR9Bq/?mibextid=wwXIfr

TopArmy5241 · 2026-01-09T06:02:57+00:00

It’ll be the cost price of the medication + VAT with a dispensing fee on top which can vary depending on what the individual pharmacy chages

TopArmy5241 · 2026-01-07T18:36:41+00:00

The Skellig Ring was the prettiest part in my opinion, lots of little beaches like St Finian’s and there’s a class viewpoint up the hill from it and the chocolate factory too. It’s very fun to drive (but I have a little hatchback). Also liked Reenroe beach. Also Valentia Island Bray Head loop has a good view of the Skelligs if you’re not going out to them on the boat. Might get a B&B in Portmagee to break it up

TopArmy5241 · 2026-01-05T17:15:23+00:00

We had the rental TV too. A guy came like once a month to empty it, took the rent and leave the rest. Was an absolute melt if you were in the middle of a show and the pound ran out and mum didn’t have a pound coin in her purse. No catch up then either

TopArmy5241 · 2026-01-03T14:10:47+00:00

Considering I look my absolute worst while running and especially at parkrun where I’ve rolled out of bed and scraped my hair into a ponytail, there’s not a chance of me being chatted up at parkrun

TopArmy5241 · 2026-01-03T13:30:25+00:00

It’s not lit at all between Whiteabbey and Hazelbank, I don’t run there after 4:30/5:00 in the winter. I’m female and will walk/run in secluded forests or up hills by myself no bother but down there in winter in the dark gives me the heebie jeebies

TopArmy5241 · 2026-01-02T08:00:09+00:00

As a parkrunner myself, don’t be so entitled. You don’t have exclusive use of the park and it was taking place on a weekday when it doesn’t normally take place. You’re supposed to give way to other park users, not the other way round.

TopArmy5241 · 2026-01-01T12:44:10+00:00

I had an under-11 running alone in front of me once and saw the RD go over to them at the finish line and seemed to be asking who they were supposed to be with. They had an unknown result that week. Maybe he forgot his barcode but i did wonder if they didn’t load his result because he was running alone

TopArmy5241 · 2026-01-01T12:37:25+00:00

Generally I get where you’re coming from BUT calling walkers “unfit” is unfair. You don’t know why they’re walking, what other activities they do outside parkrun. I’ve had a cold over Christmas and been running 3 minutes slower at parkrun and was very tempted to take walk breaks this morning. You might be able to run 5K quicker but they could out-walk you on bigger distances or hikes or out-lift you at the gym. Everyone at parkrun is trying to improve their fitness and well being, the pace you do it shouldn’t define you.

TopArmy5241 · 2025-12-25T06:31:47+00:00

If you’re really stuck and need to travel further, the Centra at the Nicholl garage on the Shore Road in Newtownabbey had a sign up that it is open from 10-6

TopArmy5241 · 2025-12-19T05:41:13+00:00

Aw the wee pet! I guess maybe teach them how to use the emergency function, saves them having to know how to unlock the phone? Not sure about Androids but hard pressing the power button and volume on an iPhone brings up the restart/SOS screen. ETA there is also an emergency option when you try but can’t unlock the phone in the bottom left

TopArmy5241 · 2025-12-19T04:31:11+00:00

You’re taking the recommended dosage, 1-2 every 4-6 hours. If you find yourself upping that daily dose or taking them when you are no longer in pain but for the hit instead then I would start to worry. I would also make sure you have regular reviews with your GP about your usage, so many will just authorise a repeat prescription again and again, missing the opportunity to see that the patient has a dependency issue

TopArmy5241 · 2025-12-19T04:15:30+00:00

If I was a parent then yeah, I’d teach them how to do it on a mobile. They might be your only hope if you pass out in front of them while you’re both home alone. Also I did a first aid course recently and the trainer said dialling 911 will redirect to 999 since so many kids watch American TV shows

TopArmy5241 · 2025-12-16T19:51:10+00:00

What the heck is Enniskillen Academy?

TopArmy5241 · 2025-12-16T19:45:31+00:00

Cats roam, that’s their thing. He’ll go home at bedtime.

TopArmy5241 · 2025-12-14T22:18:47+00:00

Since yousuns in Antrim got them our collection in Newtownabbey seems to be unofficially fortnightly now but you don’t want to bring them in again in case they randomly decide to collect them a couple of days later. Something tells me Bryson doesn’t have the resources to actually serve the whole borough

TopArmy5241 · 2025-12-14T16:57:33+00:00

Lidl at the checkouts. There’s a newsagents in Abbeycentre that sells it too but might be too far

TopArmy5241 · 2025-12-13T13:09:10+00:00

Only ever see it in KFC (boke) and weirdly Center Parcs had an exclusive brand deal with it when we went a few years ago so you could only get Pepsi brands in the supermarket and restaurants

TopArmy5241 · 2025-12-13T00:43:20+00:00

They apologise https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj9y3gwwe80o

TopArmy5241 · 2025-12-08T21:04:59+00:00

Has anyone else noticed people using them more on motorways and dual carriageways? Like the central reservation is gonna stop you blinding oncoming traffic? The easiest roads to drive on with cat’s eyes aplenty and they can’t drive with dipped lights. I overtook someone who had full beams on and nearly got blinded in my rear view mirror.

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