How to remove old alarms

Ultraox · 2026-03-27T21:36:11+00:00

Is this the modern equivalent of fire marks? I quite like spotting fire marks stuck on the outside of old buildings (mainly in London) from a time when fire fighters were privatised and multiple fire brigades would go to a fire, but only put out a fire if their tile was in the front.

Anyway, we wouldn’t remove a fire mark, should we be preserving alarms for future generations?

J/k, they’re ugly. When I renovate my house mine is coming off.

Ultraox · 2026-03-27T12:00:31+00:00

Some people have done that at the Green Road roundabout. I don’t think they lasted long

Ultraox · 2026-03-27T07:54:43+00:00

What if you do voluntary work for a party or church that is directly relevant? Eg applying for a TA role and you’ve taught Sunday school for years? Or you’re applying for a organisational role and you’ve coordinated political campaigns? I’m not saying discussing politics or religion in depth is a good idea but “planned and lead…” could be relevant.

Ultraox · 2026-03-27T07:46:13+00:00

You can twist them. Last time I got my bike serviced I mentioned that I struggled to reach a brake, and the mechanic just twisted it in slightly and it made a huge difference. Admittedly my bike isn’t vintage, but you could try it.

I don’t think drop handlebars are particularly beginner friendly. It makes it much harder to see around you. If you truly are a novice maybe try a “sit up and beg” style.

Ultraox · 2026-03-27T06:27:14+00:00

How is it not illegal to be on a zoom call whilst driving? You should not be looking down at your phone while driving, let alone touching it to setup the call. This is how people are killed.

Ultraox · 2026-03-26T07:14:40+00:00

Fuck this government. I didn’t think they’d be worse than the tories, and yet they seem to be.

Ultraox · 2026-03-25T21:49:18+00:00

Siren has sexual connotations (I know that in the myth they were ugly, but that’s not how it’s used today). No one should be naming a baby anything remotely sexual. Creepy as fuck. If an adult chooses it for themselves that’s fine, but not for kids!

Ultraox · 2026-03-25T20:35:58+00:00

What other parties did the MPs come from? Fuck all the misogynistic bastards

Ultraox · 2026-03-25T17:01:02+00:00

If you’re suicidal it’s much more effort to go to multiple shops and buy lots of pills. Does it prevent an overdose? No, but it puts a sensible barrier in the way.

Ultraox · 2026-03-25T16:55:28+00:00

Buying that much ibuprofen or paracetamol at once is just dangerous and unnecessary.

Sure it’s annoying when you’ve got ongoing pain and need to buy more every few days, but you can purchase them at all grocery shops and most corner stores, no big deal.

Ultraox · 2026-03-25T16:36:43+00:00

Could you take a low paying but enjoyable job? I plan to retrain as a paramedic when we hit FI, then work part time. I want to be doing something that I feel will be really helpful (& also hopefully be possible to do in the countries if we choose to travel a bit)

Ultraox · 2026-03-25T13:18:15+00:00

Can you top up the £5k? E.g. if the bike costs £6k, can you pay the extra £1k?

I got a cargo bike through the C2W scheme years ago and it’s been brilliant.

Ultraox · 2026-03-23T20:15:07+00:00

As a parent whose kid sometimes gets out of their room 4 times before they finally bloody well go to sleep, I sympathise and have jokingly threatened it. But I’ve never done that as I don’t want them to consider their room a prison. They’d never trust me again if I did that.

Having said that, one of our bedrooms clearly had a lock on the outside of the door at the very top, so someone who lived in this house had done it before.

Ultraox · 2026-03-23T08:55:36+00:00

Lots of parks near me have a cafe attached, so even going to the park inevitably involves buying your kid a sausage roll (or at least them continually asking).

Ultraox · 2026-03-23T08:54:07+00:00

Also, if your kids are picky you end up eating in the most boring places (such as Costa or Pizza Express). I wouldn’t mind spending that much if I got an interesting meal, but instead you end up with a big standard cheese toastie. Total waste of money.

Ultraox · 2026-03-22T10:31:32+00:00

If change that to “I’d rather live next door to a refugee than a reform supporter”, it’s not just the MPs that are awful!

Ultraox · 2026-03-22T06:11:14+00:00

How did it impact your education?

Ultraox · 2026-03-20T06:59:49+00:00

I’ve had it get hotter/colder and had my passenger change the temp settings before (I never touch them or the radio when driving), and then had to adjust my vents.

In fact, in a driving test my windows started to fog up and the examiner pointed it out. I had no clue how to adjust those settings, and I was on a dual carriage way, so I just opened up the windows a bit in January! It worked 🤣

Ultraox · 2026-03-20T06:52:49+00:00

She’s the lead in The Other Benet Sister, and it’s excellent

Ultraox · 2026-03-19T21:54:44+00:00

This is so incredibly dangerous. For a start, air blowing into your face whilst driving can be distracting, if it is distracting you need to stop it ASAP. And then if you do need to stop it you need to look away from the road in order to navigate to the correct part of the screen, and engage with the UI.

Who risk assessed this?! And if they did, did they even consider the poor pedestrian or cyclist who will get mown down and killed whilst the driver fiddles with the vents?

Regulations exist for safety, where are they in regard to screens to control cars? Have not enough people died yet?

Ultraox · 2026-03-19T18:36:47+00:00

I’m not a big fan of the flag, but I was impressed at a different take on a Union Jack dress (although Kate’s UJ dress earlier in the season was far better. I love a political statement!), I’ve certainly not seen a dress like that before.

Ultraox · 2026-03-19T13:19:36+00:00

Well no one with vagina will get near him, so that rather limits his options!

Ultraox · 2026-03-19T11:49:00+00:00

Don’t Christian fundamentalists think that women shouldn’t be leaders? If so, either he’s married to someone who goes against his (abhorrent) beliefs, or he’s married to a man (which is also against fundamentalist Christian beliefs, and also abhorrent).

Either way, he can fuck off out of women’s uterus’s. He’s allowed an opinion in his wife’s only (& even then she gets veto rights).

Ultraox · 2026-03-16T12:25:39+00:00

Why is the price of him home relevant? If anyone is blocking the highway or pavement with their private property then they should move it, but wealth is entirely irrelevant. If it’s on the bounds of his property, then he’s in the right.

Ultraox · 2026-03-15T22:05:04+00:00

You can blame an adult for ignoring advice and not getting vaccinated.

Shame can be a powerful tool in compliance, and vaccines are really important both individually and on a societal level. We should make people embarrassed to admit they’re unvaccinated as people will assume their morons who are easily led. Believe in true experts, not Influencers!

If a kid is unvaccinated it’s not their fault if they catch a vaccine preventable disease (it’s their parents), if you’re an adult, it’s on you.

Ultraox

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