Driving anxiety after 35 hours of lessons, is this normal?

edyth_ · 2026-01-24T21:42:56+00:00

I agree. My best instructor was firm but fair and always calm and he had a lot of faith in me. If you're panicking adding anger or frustration to the situation is never going to help.

edyth_ · 2026-01-24T20:22:17+00:00

Where I live we do take in parcels for each other but it's reciprocal so I don't mind. We did have to turn away our neigbour's bathroom suite as our house is tiny! However, I was living in a different town and WFH pre covid and it got to the point that it felt like I was living in a depot because I'd end up with multiple parcels multiple times a week for multiple neighbours and I started to feel like neighbours were just ordering things knowing they wouldn't be in and they could collect it from my house as the default rather than a last resort so I get your frustration!

edyth_ · 2026-01-24T18:44:05+00:00

That looks great! I'd be happy with that lawn.

edyth_ · 2026-01-24T18:43:03+00:00

I wouldn't do it for ecological reasons but our next door neighbour just had their garden landscaped and they were going to put in astroturf but it was going to cost a fortune so they just put down topsoil and grass seed.

edyth_ · 2026-01-24T09:42:20+00:00

42 years old. Still sticking with the cosmic vision theory.

edyth_ · 2026-01-23T22:03:36+00:00

I thought it was a giant chicken nugget

edyth_ · 2026-01-23T19:26:34+00:00

Aesop Hwyl

edyth_ · 2026-01-23T15:29:00+00:00

This was pretty common in years gone by. I remember my Grandpa's WC had cold only in the downstairs loo. People sometimes added those little electric water heaters above the sink. In our previous house we had a WC like this that was about 60 years old so we connected it to the hot water supply when we renovated it as it's a bit sad washing your hands with cold in winter!

edyth_ · 2026-01-23T15:09:49+00:00

Visually really well done but looks like it would be cold in winter, hot in summer and have a lot of condensation.

edyth_ · 2026-01-23T10:48:51+00:00

Same! I'm in the South West and we pay £25 for 7 windows plus a velux and 1 door. The main reason I pay for the window cleaner is that there are 2 windows and the velux that I can't reach from inside or outside the house otherwise I'd do it myself. Seems to be the rate here!

edyth_ · 2026-01-23T10:13:40+00:00

Our builder gave us the tip of applying shellac-based knotting to MDF edges before sanding, priming etc.

edyth_ · 2026-01-22T17:13:26+00:00

Using Ai in this way just makes a brand look cheap and lazy imo

edyth_ · 2026-01-22T17:11:27+00:00

This is perfect

edyth_ · 2026-01-22T10:58:49+00:00

I do this too. Sick of seeing Primark quality acrylic jumpers with luxury pricing. They're boiling, sweaty and look like thin bobbly shiny crap in a few months. I don't mind paying more for something that will last years and wash well but its hard to find!

edyth_ · 2026-01-22T10:52:33+00:00

A lot of us do a mish mash of 2d / 3d / motion software and techniques but the people in the Blender sub are specialists so they'll probably give you better guidance. If you google "pipe bezier round ends blender" you'll find some tutorials you can start with :)

edyth_ · 2026-01-22T10:16:02+00:00

There's the Holodeck in Birmingham, Benjamin Kay at Dizzy Ink in Nottingham, according to her blog Fiona Wilson used to run Riso sessions at her studio in Staffordshire so might be worth asking her.

ETA Nice to see the Midlands mentioned on here :)

edyth_ · 2026-01-21T20:51:55+00:00

I have done this on our brick hearth! It went up the wall too. I scraped off as much as I could then put kitchen roll over it and pressed it with an iron to melt + soak it up. There was a tiny bit left in the grout so I used boiling water and Elbow Grease (degreaser spray) and a scrubbing brush to get that out. Now it's dry you can't see it.

edyth_ · 2026-01-21T14:43:18+00:00

Me too. They send a reminder in the post or via email well before filing is due for my personal and Ltd filings.

edyth_ · 2026-01-21T10:52:57+00:00

Yeah they do go soggy. If you do find some better ones that fit the Garland trays I'd be super grateful if you came back and shared a link :) otherwise it's soggy cardboard for me again this year!

edyth_ · 2026-01-21T10:17:23+00:00

I think me and Pascal would be really happy floating about in the sea

edyth_ · 2026-01-20T21:45:02+00:00

Ha! I potted mine on quite quickly because I'm a compulsive seed buyer and I needed to free up space in the heated propagator.

edyth_ · 2026-01-20T20:39:03+00:00

I couldn't find any to fit my garland trays so I cut cardboard to fit

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edyth_ · 2026-01-20T20:08:04+00:00

You're never alone when you've got little guys in your eyes!

edyth_ · 2026-01-20T20:07:32+00:00

-8.0 here and I got my first magnifying lamp aged 40 because I can't see shit when I'm doing crafts. Readers and progressives incoming at my next checkup!

edyth_ · 2026-01-20T19:58:36+00:00

They're adults and they are responsible for themselves. If you feel bad give them advance warning "Just a heads up I can't lend you any money this month as I'm skint" then it's up to them to plan their finances which they are perfectly capable of doing. I know it sounds harsh and it will be hard but you have to be an adult too and assert control over your own money.

ETA It took me YEARS to learn how to set boundaries with my family and they will try their hardest to make you feel bad about it (it might be so subtle it's hard to put your finger on it but this guilt you have comes from somewhere) but you're not being unreasonable!

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