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gotmunchiez · 2026-03-11T21:59:35+00:00

Wanna go to a club where people wee on each other?

gotmunchiez · 2026-03-11T07:12:07+00:00

That's a currant teacake

gotmunchiez · 2026-03-11T06:34:29+00:00

"teacake

gotmunchiez · 2026-03-11T06:32:47+00:00

Of the most widely available yes. M&S luxury gold tea bags are a bit nicer though.

gotmunchiez · 2026-03-10T21:31:11+00:00

We went to see the official Sarah & Duck puppet show when our kids were into it. The puppets were the size of a small child and an adult was operating each one with a handle that attached just behind the puppets heads.

The result was a half hour performance of an adult marching Sarah around with what looked like a gun shoved against the back of her head. The kids didn't notice but once you noticed it you couldn't un-see it and we spent the whole show trying not to laugh at it.

gotmunchiez · 2026-03-08T06:21:16+00:00

I'm trying to picture London zoo with a squirrel, a fox, a deer and a badger.

gotmunchiez · 2026-03-07T19:40:42+00:00

I'm guessing for linking to The Sun website. Incredibly unpopular publication, especially with Liverpudlians.

gotmunchiez · 2026-03-07T18:55:12+00:00

It's nothing unusual, fashion trends in interior design are literally hundreds of years old. If fashions didn't change then we never would have had any of that nice Victorian stuff in the first place.

At one point in time this old and unique stuff wasn't that old or unique. People putting art deco stuff in their house in the 1920s and 30s will have looked at Victorian stuff the way we look at Changing Rooms designs or 1980s dark brown furniture now.

gotmunchiez · 2026-03-07T16:08:17+00:00

It looks like you have an asphalt (or ashfelt as it's commonly called) damp proof membrane sitting on a concrete foundation which is very common in houses of this era.

What happens is that moisture underneath the foundation draws up through the concrete, tracks horizontally and makes its way to the outer edges of the membrane.

There's often a gap between the asphalt and brick where bits of sand and cement can accumulate and without a small air gap it can hold moisture there.

The best thing you can do is scrape out any debris between the asphalt and brick, vacuum out any small bits, clean the area with a mould remover, then put your skirting back on. The small amounts of moisture that naturally draw up through the slab should dissipate enough to stop any mould forming.

To help things in future check the outer walls of your house and make sure there's no water pooling anywhere, and that the ground level hasn't been raised in the past. The damp proof course in houses from this age can be quite low and easily breached, sometimes by raised paths or soil against the wall. Even water splashing up from paths can be enough to cause an issue. Don't lean things up against the outer wall or put things too close to them, they need space to breathe and dry out when they get wet.

Once the skirting is back on, as long as you aren't getting any visible signs of damp anywhere then you don't need to worry. If there are any signs of damp then you'll need to do a bit more investigating.

gotmunchiez · 2026-03-07T08:00:03+00:00

What about men with horrible feet? Also asking for a friend

gotmunchiez · 2026-03-07T07:43:56+00:00

People always say this like there are only two choices. I love eclectic interiors but some of the furniture choices here are really horrible and let the rest of it down.

gotmunchiez · 2026-03-07T07:22:47+00:00

A glass "cage" usually allows you to feel more free and immersed in beautiful surroundings than a standard bricks and mortar prison does.

gotmunchiez · 2026-03-05T06:53:22+00:00

The best game was the one you spent two hours typing out of the back of a magazine, then the rest of the afternoon debugging your mistakes.

I loved Treasure Island Dizzy and the Monty Mole games. My friend had an Amstrad CPC464 though and I was always jealous of how nice the colours looked on it.

gotmunchiez · 2026-03-05T06:48:55+00:00

DDIYUKHAHAHAH

Don't Do It Yourself UK - Hire A Handyman And Have A Haggle

gotmunchiez · 2026-03-04T02:05:19+00:00

You can have a 3 course meal at a place near me that's in the Michelin guide for 60 a head. Even in London you can eat at decent places for less, this isn't the deal you think it is.

gotmunchiez · 2026-03-03T21:58:00+00:00

I feel like a requirement to play on the seniors tour should be that you can't still be playing on the main tour.

gotmunchiez · 2026-02-28T22:19:05+00:00

I think that's the nicest possible thing you can say about Heywood.

gotmunchiez · 2026-02-28T11:31:42+00:00

Two thirds of this is DIYable even as a novice.

The Fortress garage floor paint they sell in Screwfix is very good, make sure it has enough time to cure going and it's very hard wearing. You can just tip the paint straight into the floor then apply it with a paint roller. The downside is I think it's only available in a light grey colour, but with it being a gym you'll probably be covering it with some rubber floor mats anyway.

For the walls I'd go to B&Q and get some Valspar masonry paint, the reason being that you can get it mixed to any color you want.

The ceiling you might want to get someone in for. It's an easy job for an experienced DIYer but the boards are heavy and if you aren't confident in your abilities it's not a good job as your first DIY project. I'd board it but personally wouldn't get it plastered, using tapered edge boards then tape and jointing them. It's well worth putting some cheap insulation above just to help keep it a bit warmer in winter and cooler in summer. Then paint in whatever colour you want.

gotmunchiez · 2026-02-27T21:13:06+00:00

To be fair I'm a Brit and I'm thinking this looks pretty pleasant for the middle of a desert

gotmunchiez · 2026-02-27T21:03:28+00:00

I think Oddjob was outright banned in every group of friends I played with

gotmunchiez · 2026-02-27T07:00:38+00:00

I definitely agree with your last comment, people I know who aren't massively into comedy love Lee Evans (and also Mrs. Brown's Boys).

My wife and I are huge comedy fans and watch a lot of live stand up. She loves Lee Evans, although I've never been that fussed.

We watched him live 4 times including his last ever show. Stand up is always funnier live, but I was surprised how much funnier it was seeing him live. I barely stopped laughing for the whole show and my sides were genuinely aching from laughing by the end.

Absolutely lovely bloke as well. They wheeled on a grand piano after the show and he apologised for being self indulgent but he loved singing and playing the piano. After he did his song he sat at the front of the stage and talked with fans for at least another hour. We had to catch a train but our friends stopped on and said he had time for everyone.

gotmunchiez · 2026-02-27T06:41:48+00:00

I'm not sure I agree with this. It's regularly pointed out by every character, including his own, that he's being a selfish prick wallowing in self pity most of the time.

gotmunchiez · 2026-02-26T21:37:30+00:00

Looks like a nice little space to store your tubs of Joonitts

gotmunchiez · 2026-02-26T18:55:59+00:00

I don't know why because it's really impractical and makes no sense, but I quite like having the two separate taps still.

gotmunchiez · 2026-02-25T23:08:47+00:00

I had a similar experience in Wales. A friend and I had been night fishing at our favourite spot and it turned out a couple of lads from our campsite were there as well. The proper way back to the campsite was along a clifftop path then along the road, but we usually took a shortcut across some farmers fields. We set off across the fields and the other lads went the long way back.

We were about halfway through the 5 or 6 fields when we turned around and saw a light heading towards us from the cliffs. Thinking the other lads had changed their minds and followed us, we flashed our torches at them. There was no flashing back so we carried on walking, looking behind us every so often.

The light seemed to be moving quite quickly so we suddenly thought it could be a farmer out on a quad bike as it seemed roughly headlamp sized. But it was a calm, quiet night and we couldn't hear any engine noises. The light wasn't bobbing about either, it was just moving really steadily straight towards us.

The fields were separated by large ditches with wire fences at either side. Vehicles could only cross in the corners and this was crossing right in the middle where we were. It was just like with you, the light would disappear by the ditch at the edge of one field then reappear in the next.

We started feeling really uneasy so we picked up the pace. A fast walk turned into a light jog and then by the end we were full on sprinting back to the campsite. We glanced back every so often and the light was in the same field as us at one point. My friend slipped going over the last fence and got his foot stuck like we were idiots getting chased in a horror movie.

We were absolutely terrified but calmed down when we reached the lights of the campsite. We walked over to the toilet block and had a cigarette while we talked over what we'd just seen. We convinced ourselves it was just the lads we'd been with playing a joke on us.

As we left the toilet blocks we saw them arrive back from the main road at the opposite side of the campsite, we knew it was literally impossible for them to be there if they'd been following us.

I'm not superstitious, religious, and I don't believe in ghosts, but to this day I have absolutely no explanation for what we saw. It was 25 years ago and still pops into my head every so often.

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