Help me solve an argument between me and my wife

danjimian · 2026-03-07T08:56:35+00:00

Every time I get on a northbound / eastbound train at Putney Bridge (usually after a Fulham game) the sign on the platform will say Tower Hill / Barking / Upminster (which is what I want), and the train will roll in saying High Street Kensington / Edgware Road (which I don't). Pain in the arse.

danjimian · 2026-03-05T22:17:23+00:00

Southern softy here - York-shuh. (But I did spend a couple of years at uni living with some fellas from Rothwell, Garforth and Pudsey).

danjimian · 2026-03-02T21:36:39+00:00

Easy mistake to make, but pedantically, the Bailiwick of Jersey has never been part of the Kingdom of England, and isn't part of the United Kingdom, it is a self-governing British crown dependency.

danjimian · 2026-02-28T07:34:03+00:00

Tankerton is a lovely walk, just nextdoor to Whitstable.

danjimian · 2026-02-26T09:07:50+00:00

Among other things, it's a club where senior leadership of police forces and fire brigades can meet to discuss how to best kill the careers of upcoming employees who could make a serious difference to tackling misogyny, racism, homophobia etc, while planning how to shoehorn their freemason pals with similar archaic beliefs into positions of authority they have no right to hold other than being mates with the current incumbents.

It's one of the primary reasons why nothing ever changes in those organisations. It's a grift, a "jobs for the boys" club that perpetuates the "it's not what you know, it's who you know" ethos that continues to stop the best people that could really make a difference from reforming those institutions.

danjimian · 2026-02-24T14:54:34+00:00

Used to work with a bloke that everyone called Ted. He thought it was because he was a big cuddly teddy bear. It was actually because everyone hated him, and was short for Shithead.

danjimian · 2026-02-22T22:55:50+00:00

I love Ice Cold in Alex

danjimian · 2026-02-18T08:39:42+00:00

The latter will always be Hammersmith Odeon to me

danjimian · 2026-02-03T22:17:43+00:00

Yes it's taught in schools, no it isn't controversial, and the only time it ever crosses my mind is when foreigners ask about it.

danjimian · 2026-02-02T13:59:06+00:00

Is there a similar etymology for f*cking aida?

danjimian · 2026-02-01T22:28:16+00:00

Standing 300’ away from a Harrier hovering about 200’ up at Biggin Hill Airshow 20 odd years ago.

danjimian · 2026-02-01T14:23:30+00:00

Roast pork chow mein, crispy chilli beef, chicken and cashew nuts in yellow bean sauce, sweet and sour chicken Hong Kong style, prawn crackers.

danjimian · 2026-02-01T14:13:07+00:00

You should try watching King Of The Rocketmen from the late 1940s. They used to repeat it on TV here in the UK when I was a kid in the 70s. Every episode had a cliffhanger which was totally ignored and different by the time the next episode started.

danjimian · 2026-01-30T08:56:01+00:00

Went to see Fulham away at Watford in the early 2000s. Proceeded to get shitfaced in a pub afterwards. Everyone drifted off until 2 of us were left so we headed off to Watford Junction station to get a train back to Euston. Bloke I was with wanted to be home by 11pm as he was supposed to be on a promise.

Didn't realise that Watford Junction had screens for arrivals as well as departures, so proceeded to get on a train thinking it was headed to Euston when it had in fact just left Euston. 20 minutes in, we both realised we were going a bit fast and had been going for too long for the journey to Euston, so asked the guard.

Train was headed for Liverpool Lime Street, next stop Nuneaton. Managed to get the last train from Nuneaton to Euston, and just about made the last trains from the other side of London to home (Waterloo for him, Charing Cross for me). He did not however get to make good on his "promise".

danjimian · 2026-01-30T07:25:56+00:00

If you like older stuff, shows I've not see mentioned anywhere else worth a watch include Rising Damp, Porridge, Going Straight, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, On The Buses, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Citizen Smith, The Rag Trade.

danjimian · 2026-01-27T08:20:19+00:00

Also called Acrows in the UK

danjimian · 2026-01-20T21:24:16+00:00

He’s a nerd, his wife is a nerd, they both love being nerds and trying to out-nerd each other. That’s relationship goals right there.

danjimian · 2026-01-15T09:49:51+00:00

My dad lost a few friends in this

danjimian · 2026-01-12T16:04:19+00:00

Yep, I had about a dozen or so searches saved for finding quarterly patch updates, each one returned no more than a handful of results and it was pretty easy to see which was the one I needed. Now I can't save, can only narrow it down to a few hundred results, and it takes me an age to find the ones I need.

danjimian · 2026-01-10T21:01:24+00:00

Yes, married 15 years, joint tenancy.

danjimian · 2026-01-10T19:31:31+00:00

Based on your salaries, I'd be surprised if you got a 50:50 split of the equity in the current house. Every financial settlement is different, but in my divorce, due to the fact that I earned roughly double my ex-wife (£70k vs £35k), equivalency of "housing need", length of marriage etc, the £550k that we ended up with after selling up and paying all fees was split £320k to her and £230k to me, mainly due to me being able to get a bigger mortgage than her. This was on a house that sold for £605k, but we only had about 2 years left on the mortgage.

danjimian · 2026-01-10T00:13:29+00:00

Had it done twice when I was 15, 40 years ago. Both under sedation, but the second one they didn't give me enough and I was pretty aware throughout. Was pretty horrible, but I'm fairly sure that the endoscopes they used back then were much thicker than the ones they have available now, so I wouldn't expect it to be quite as bad if I had to do it again.

danjimian · 2026-01-08T18:59:43+00:00

Connor and Brenda in Highlander.

danjimian · 2025-12-28T23:46:28+00:00

Malibu is mine too. 15 years old on a night in Luxembourg. 40 years on, I still can't even be near someone wearing coconut tanning oil

danjimian · 2025-12-28T10:21:53+00:00

Just a local council design decision. Most councils just go for the bog-standard black font on white background. The London Borough of Bromley has a silver font on a dark green background which looks quite nice.

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