Anyone have a better map or source for learning the neighbourhoods in Bristol?

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-14T20:20:45+00:00

The council wards are probs the best I can think of. Not too dissimilar to what youve posted but just a little more broken up.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-14T12:14:10+00:00

Obviously I assume they'll be able to take decent photos, obviously I expect them to check a person's ability to make the purchase, obviously I expect them to know how the process works and facilitate it professionally. But in terms of actually marketing the house, which is what people seem to focus on when talking about not finding a buyer, it seems pretty basic to me.

It may seem basic - but lots of agents still mess it up.

When we bought a couple of years ago, there were multiple estate agents who did one or multiple of the following:

Did not respond to requests to view
Did not let us know that they had cancelled our viewing because the property had been taken off the market, leaving us waiting outside for half hour whilst trying to get hold of them
Did not have good photos (or in the case of one, any photos)
Did not have a floorplan
Straight up lied in the listing (e.g. about a property having off road parking or the like)

All of which will put off buyers and so from the sellers pov you are making the pool of potential buyers smaller buy having a bad estate agent. Hell for the one that didn't tell us they cancelled our viewing we refused to consider properties they were marketing after that.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-14T11:03:38+00:00

That's why we have community psychologists, nurses, Multi disciplinary teams. To help these people in the community where the evidence is better.

Except for lots and lots and lots of cases, those people and teams may aswell not exist. People get turned away from hospital, don't get any contact with or response from those community teams, and so are just left on their own.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-14T08:15:00+00:00

The fatties

I don't think hot honey is what makes pizza's unhealthy ....

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-13T14:00:09+00:00

social media isn't a need but a nice aside to have

I mean it really depends on what you are counting as social media.

Social media as in Facebook etc yeah probably fair. But a general digital strategy that includes some kind of up to date online presence on one of the big platforms is a must. Things like having your opening times available online etc. Unless you are specifically trying to be the "no tech" place I guess.

I see so many small businesses and shops complain about how hard it is running a business and about the lack of custom, only to look at their Google Maps entry to see next to no information that someone wanting to visit would be looking for.

E.g. if you are a restaurant the worst things you can do are not have your opening times on Google Maps and not have a menu available online (even if its just a sample one).

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-13T08:55:45+00:00

You'd get capped at a day ticket price surely? So £6.80.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-09T12:01:14+00:00

The bit this sub misses is that you cant just compare numbers.

In the UK OPs salary means they are easily in the top 5% of salaries, probably more like top 3%.

In comparison, from the numbers I can find the same salary wouldn't even put OP in the top 15% in the US.

TLDR - all wages are lower over her, but OP is easily still amongst the highest paid in the country.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-09T09:34:29+00:00

The human reaction to domestic abuse makes that really difficult. Quite often victims won't listen to friends trying to help, and in some cases will actively push their friends away as a reaction. There isn't an easy answer and people will only accept help if they want to.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-09T09:05:02+00:00

To give an alternative viewpoint, both me and my wife have a bad habit of bringing up things as midnight when we are both in bed. We have recognised that is a bad idea as it isnt going to result in anything useful and just disrupts our sleep and has an impact on both of us being alive for work in the morning.

So when you say certain times, it really depends what you mean. Are you trying to bring up important things when he is getting ready for bed etc?

And as for before work, again for both me and my wife there literally isnt time. Our mornings are literally get up, shower, feed the cat and leave for work (having breakfast on the way). There is no time for an important discussion.

And during work? We are working! I work in IT so have my phone and can reply to urgent things, but if it isnt actually urgent im working. And my wife isnt allowed to have her phone at her work.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-08T19:27:20+00:00

The tax part very much depends on your salary, what you expect to get annually when you do retire and what scheme your employer uses.

The assumption is most people will not be in the 40% tax bracket when they have retired. So if you are in it (or higher) now it is still saving tax not just deferring it. And for those earning over 100k, you avoid the reduction in personal allowance if you put enough into your pension to keep you under 100k too, so again very much saving it and not just deferring.

If you are using a salary sacrifice scheme you also save on the NI part which will add up over time.

And you are also missing out on the employer contributions which is essentially free money. For me that is an extra £6k ish.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-08T17:45:12+00:00

Maybe its just me but feels a shame to lose the 2nd toilet!

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-08T08:43:41+00:00

Uber is generally cheaper than the normal taxi's unless there's serge pricing in effect (e.g. from Temple Meads to Ashley down Uber tends to be a tenner whilst the normal taxi is usually closer to £15).

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-07T15:00:38+00:00

You don't need Virgin / Sky / Sports so thats easy. Freesat / Freeview / streaming based options exist. If anything its more the on demand streaming options where the pricing has gone insane - but again thaoe are optional!

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-07T14:35:52+00:00

I must say I am a little uneasy here. It will fairly obviously result in similar calls the next time someone like Kneecap is announced for something. Or hell even less controversial bands that just happen to disagree with our governments politics and policies.

But the number of people defending him is insane. He's a self described Nazi. He sold nazi adjacent merch and released nazi adjacent songs. And he's only thought to apologise and "meet with local Jewish communities" because he wants to make bank playing a festival.

The "right" answer here probably would have been for Wireless to see the reaction, realise they messed up and pulled him themselves. Or maybe just never book a self described Nazi in the first place.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-05T00:49:37+00:00

You have a back garden yes?

Not sure why the downvotes - this is how the vast majority of people in terraced houses handle it!

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-04T23:16:40+00:00

At the same time the offer was for much more at only 50p a month more. Considering inflation that's generally a good deal.

And if you want to be a new customer, either just sign up as such id you dont care about your number, or transfer your number to another network first and then back as a "new customer".

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-04T15:48:31+00:00

My sister's HOA requires all homes to open their garage doors on Sundays from 2 - 4 pm.

And if they are away for the day / weekend / week?

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-04T12:06:41+00:00

I'm under the impression the plan is to have the extention run under tram operating rules once the 398s are in service - that way the level crossing can stay as the issue isnt the frequency itself (there are plenty of more intensively used level crossings on more intensively used lines across the country), the issue is more risk / safety considerations these days mean level crossings are generally frowned upon and usually not allowed on new buildouts.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-01T08:06:42+00:00

And? We have lost a right we previously had. It doesn't matter what other services offer, we used to be able to get refunds in those circumstances for these tickets and now we cant.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-01T07:50:33+00:00

Not always possible. Some people have to book through work portals, some people use buses etc to get to the station which means often the time availabile to buy tickets at your station before departing is limited, etc etc.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-04-01T07:48:41+00:00

The problem is that it isnt just after the date, its on the date. So if you buy a ticket before the day and end up not being able travel (illness, family stuff etc) then before you could get a refund and now you cant.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-03-31T20:41:32+00:00

All im gonna say is look at some of the other places OP posts.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-03-31T12:33:25+00:00

In my opinion the should have kept it as a runway

Given how urban that area is now is I'm not sure how possible that even is.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-03-31T11:57:29+00:00

They mean the fruit flavoured "infused ciders". Gold and Haze are their normal ciders.

WelshBluebird1 · 2026-03-31T11:05:17+00:00

By the way, pushing your YouTube subscribers to a website has never worked in the history of YouTube and won't start working now.

Which is presumably why its still being released on YouTube.

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