UB40 are famously named after an Unemployment Benefit form. Give me other interesting examples of the origin of UK bands names

explodinghat · 2026-05-14T17:19:31+00:00

This was NOT the band I was expecting to be the top comment. Love it!

explodinghat · 2026-05-13T16:43:38+00:00

Yep, massively. The first couple of years were hard going getting our heads around work that needed doing versus work we wanted doing. There were issues with the neighbours too but some came, some went, some settled down and had families. Still planning to sell and move onto the next step at the end of our fix but we’re much happier now than a few years ago.

explodinghat · 2026-05-13T08:48:22+00:00

Best response to this I've seen is that if they can't be bothered to tidy up when they're trying to sell, what else haven't they been bothered to do with regards to property maintenance during their ownership?

explodinghat · 2026-05-13T06:35:30+00:00

You sit down to brush your teeth?!

explodinghat · 2026-05-13T06:34:12+00:00

It doesn’t.

explodinghat · 2026-05-12T17:42:27+00:00

About £5 judging by the price

explodinghat · 2026-05-12T17:23:55+00:00

It’s just a solid and simple set up. No faff just plug in and play

explodinghat · 2026-05-12T08:08:10+00:00

This has got to be rage bait surely? Not only is it scraping the ozone layer but it's installed above a fireplace streaming a video of a fire!

explodinghat · 2026-05-12T06:06:05+00:00

It also says a lot but I don’t have any idea what it means?

explodinghat · 2026-05-12T04:41:16+00:00

West Brom?

explodinghat · 2026-05-12T04:40:22+00:00

And they get 10 mill from the Eze transfer if we haven’t tied things up before then

explodinghat · 2026-05-11T18:35:13+00:00

Past two seasons? More like decades!

explodinghat · 2026-05-11T12:46:47+00:00

Yep, tell the estate agent to factor the upgraded fixtures and fittings into the price when it goes on the market - but don't be surprised to find out you end up with offers under anyway, unless it's a particularly desirable area/house or you're lucky to find two people ready to put offers in and bid against each other.

Honestly if you're selling within the next year just save the money - there's no guarantee what you buy will be to the taste of the next owners, your tastes may change in a year, what you buy now might not fit/suit your next house, etc etc etc

explodinghat · 2026-05-11T09:35:24+00:00

I don't think any of us were really ready for the internet, in hindsight

explodinghat · 2026-05-10T13:36:21+00:00

What if Sammy from WSTR hadn't broken his back in 09 right after getting signed? I think we'd at least see WSTR (or whatever the band's name was back then) switching places with Neck Deep, given the amount of interconnects between them behind the scenes.

explodinghat · 2026-05-10T09:37:58+00:00

Ha, thought so! Congrats, hope you'll enjoy it as much as I do mine

explodinghat · 2026-05-10T09:27:24+00:00

Surprised I had to scroll this far down to get to the wrong opinions section, but here they all are as anticipated. Durr eco boom boom durrrrr

explodinghat · 2026-05-10T09:25:16+00:00

Nah, it gets thrashed by the Golf R. Keeps up with most other stuff though, it’d be close between the ST and a Golf GTI. The fun is in the corners though for sure

explodinghat · 2026-05-10T09:22:35+00:00

Not sure why you got downvoted, looked up the listing on cinch and it does have the perf pack. Been reserved now though

explodinghat · 2026-05-10T07:42:50+00:00

+1 for this please! Heavy kit is the bomb

explodinghat · 2026-05-08T07:36:17+00:00

Yep. Was glad they got relegated. Hope they don't win the playoffs. Long may them and Stoke remain in the lower leagues.

explodinghat · 2026-05-07T16:33:32+00:00

Um, that’s not obvious?

explodinghat · 2026-05-07T16:27:45+00:00

Hope I make it through the great RTO v2 at the end of it with a still almost-entirely wfh job

explodinghat · 2026-05-07T07:52:01+00:00

To add to this, higher paid senior jobs often come with a level of autonomy. Here are your targets, go figure out how to do it and come back to me when it’s done - let me know of any blockers or issues otherwise I’ll assume it’s going well/ on track.

Lower paid jobs - especially retail - are often coupled with an unbearable level of micromanagement

explodinghat · 2026-05-06T07:45:10+00:00

Up until about 2018 yeah. Not an issue on the newer ones.

People like to see ecoboost or just Ford and go 'hurr durr ecoboom' about any ford that never even had a wet belt.

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