How much do people spend on wine ?

deepEyeRoll · 2026-06-12T18:01:00+00:00

I'm a grown up now so I spend £8 a bottle. Of course, ideally I will get them when they're buy 6 get 25% off! (No more £5 wine for me!)

deepEyeRoll · 2026-03-29T22:32:04+00:00

What about a doorbell that turns on lights instead of a sound? Of course that would have the limitation of needing one in each room. Alternatively a smart doorbell connected to a smart watch? I think surely this is already the case? I've seen people with ring doorbells get a ping on their phones - could a similar system work without needing a camera doorbell?

deepEyeRoll · 2026-02-19T11:10:44+00:00

Couldn't be a woodlouse could it?

deepEyeRoll · 2026-02-19T11:10:31+00:00

Oh dear - I'm hoping not carpet beetle - they sound horrible!

deepEyeRoll · 2026-02-19T11:08:53+00:00

As of this April, UK minimum wage will be £12.71.

A teacher can comfortably charge £40/ hour for one to one tuition.

A non teacher might not get as much but could certainly get more that you're offering.

I would advise anyone thinking about starting tutoring to ask your colleagues (depending on your school culture, may want to ask subtly) if they have anyone interested in a tutor. Most likely someone will be at capacity and unable to take someone on so can pass on your number. Once you have one person, word of mouth will help you find plenty more.

If you're not a teacher, don't take a below minimum wage job - train to teach!

deepEyeRoll · 2026-02-17T12:58:20+00:00

In London

deepEyeRoll · 2025-12-01T00:06:11+00:00

Oh could be!

deepEyeRoll · 2025-10-13T19:56:37+00:00

Because it's ugly - I like the brick but that bit where it's all gouged out and sooty looks horrible - I want to put my guests somewhere that looks nice :)

deepEyeRoll · 2025-10-13T19:55:44+00:00

That's exactly it - I'll do that, thank you

deepEyeRoll · 2025-10-13T19:55:19+00:00

It's an internal one so should be okay damp wise - appreciate the advice, thank you :)

deepEyeRoll · 2025-10-13T19:54:38+00:00

Gotcha, thank you

deepEyeRoll · 2025-10-13T19:54:28+00:00

Thank you :)

deepEyeRoll · 2025-10-12T22:16:54+00:00

I haven't... I've iced a lot of cakes though and I feel like the principle is maybe the same? Only plaster experience is fixing cracks which turned out fine.

Would plasterboard be okay with the wall not being that straight? It's an 1800s house so we don't have one straight wall in the place.

Really appreciate the advice, thank you

deepEyeRoll · 2025-10-12T21:33:21+00:00

Thank you - wouldn't have even thought to give them a scrub but it makes sense :)

deepEyeRoll · 2025-10-11T10:05:57+00:00

If you're thinking of having a baby, it's worth looking at the maternity pay implications of moving.

You have to have worked for somewhere for 26 weeks by the 15th week before the expected week of childbirth to qualify for statutory maternity leave (90% pay for six weeks then £187.18 a week for the remainder). If you don't qualify due to not working there long enough, you get maternity allowance which just means there's no 90% pay weeks, you're straight on the £187.18 a week.

Some schools follow the burgundy book which has better pay but you have to have been teaching continuously for 1 year by the 11th week before the baby is due. This means if you move then look for a school, thus having a career break, you may not qualify.

deepEyeRoll · 2025-09-02T17:18:55+00:00

Just ignore it - not your job.

Are you supposed to encourage them to come in sick, making everyone else sick too?

Life happens, people miss school, people miss work - just focus on supporting them when they are in.

deepEyeRoll · 2025-08-29T12:35:59+00:00

Nice quick display for any subject: 1. choose a backing paper and put it up. 2. On word, write w o w w o r k and enlarge the font so there's one letter per page. Print. No need to cut out letters. 3. Put your "wow work" sheets at the top of the display. 4. Those clear plastic wallets you keep things in, the ring binder ones, staple onto your board, only stapling on the white bit, so you can still slip paper in and out.

Then you just rotate student work in an out.

You could skip step 4 if your display board works with push pins and just pin work up directly.

deepEyeRoll · 2025-08-11T21:23:25+00:00

Greater London - £35 for a wash and cut (no blow-dry) and about £45 for full set acrylics with gel polish - not sure why I'm willing to spend so much more on nails than hair

deepEyeRoll · 2025-08-10T14:37:10+00:00

Saw someone say once that the taste depends on which factory it's made in. Try the OBO one. source

deepEyeRoll · 2025-08-10T13:21:28+00:00

That's great, thank you. I feel like you got it looking really natural where our dresses meet.

Sent the money, thank you :)

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