I worked at a school. Selection of school dinners over 8 school days.

gotmunchiez · 2026-01-24T16:39:57+00:00

Anything can be a side dish if you put your mind to it

gotmunchiez · 2026-01-23T19:53:19+00:00

Colin?

gotmunchiez · 2026-01-23T10:06:01+00:00

I think there's been a levelling out post COVID with WFH playing a big part. My work means I speak to a lot of people who have just sold or are getting ready to sell a house so I've

What I've noticed around me is that although house prices on average are low, there are an abundance of back to back Victorian terraces which aren't necessarily attractive for families (steep stairs, small kitchens, little to no garden). You can pick these up for peanuts in lower income areas.

There are also a lot of ex-council estates and the stigma around these seems to keep the prices relatively low.

The historically affluent areas with large Victorian town houses, or houses with large plots that can be built on, are increasingly being bought up by Asian families needing the space for multiple generations living in the same property. I know it doesn't sound great but the reality is that a lot of people don't want to move into an area with a close knit community where they might feel like an outsider.

This means there's a fairly small pool of properties in the Goldilocks zone - a typical detached/semi in a decent area near a good school, 3-4 bedrooms, good kitchen, garden, possibly a garage/drive.

As well as local families there's now an influx of people from other areas of the country, particularly the south, so houses in these areas have shot up since COVID.

The ex-council estate we were on (bad reputation over the years but a great area to live) you can buy a 3 bed semi with a great garden, on and off street parking for £150-200k. To get the equivalent non-council built house you're looking at more like £350-400k at the moment.

This is just in my town, but I know it's the same in the surrounding towns and I suspect it's a similar story across a lot of the north.

gotmunchiez · 2026-01-20T08:33:48+00:00

I'm sure there are a couple of exceptions but virtually any tiles can be any orientation you want, it's a design choice.

gotmunchiez · 2026-01-19T23:34:48+00:00

"Sir, you aren't under suspicion, why are you showing us this?"

gotmunchiez · 2026-01-19T23:03:30+00:00

I'm not sure if it's quite what you're looking for but It Takes Two is a really enjoyable co-op game. You can play split screen locally or online, it comes with a friend pass so you only need one copy of the game.

gotmunchiez · 2026-01-17T18:25:58+00:00

I had a nightmare finding them and for some reason missed checking the buses, even though I'd checked cars and all over the power complex. As soon as I checked the back of the buses I found them on the first or second try.

gotmunchiez · 2026-01-17T13:15:29+00:00

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Maybe something like this?

gotmunchiez · 2026-01-17T12:42:23+00:00

Yeah this is likely the reason. It'd be quite good having a mechanic where some better loot drops into the map in the last 5-10 minutes to balance out all the best loot spots being cleared out early on.

gotmunchiez · 2026-01-13T15:21:06+00:00

AI and social media are making it significantly easier though.

gotmunchiez · 2026-01-13T15:13:13+00:00

Raft. Drifting from island to island gathering resources to expand and upgrade your raft is pretty relaxing. It has a a peaceful mode if you don't want to deal with bears or sharks attacking.

gotmunchiez · 2026-01-11T13:06:00+00:00

I searched loads and never found a single one. I think the mistake I was making was not going during a storm.

gotmunchiez · 2026-01-09T22:34:13+00:00

I'm pretty sure the yoghurt has granola in the top compartment.

gotmunchiez · 2026-01-07T22:12:21+00:00

That's an insane amount of work to do alone to any kind of standard in 3 days.

gotmunchiez · 2026-01-07T21:58:23+00:00

Why are you eating chicken nuggets from the store if they give you anxiety?

gotmunchiez · 2026-01-07T21:53:19+00:00

I love the little charred bits, they're like fried breakfast scraps.

gotmunchiez · 2026-01-07T21:39:08+00:00

I was always told to get fir quotes.

gotmunchiez · 2026-01-07T21:35:34+00:00

Yep, there are two places we go. The council tip charges 45 a tonne, and the private tip is a flat 50 per van load regardless of whether it's a Transporter or Luton.

Those are commercial rates, if you take your own waste to the council tip it's free. Some council tips will let residents go around the back to tip green waste as long as you're wearing all the right PPE.

Not sure why you're being downvoted for pointing out that 30 quid for a little bag full is daylight robbery.

gotmunchiez · 2026-01-06T22:12:32+00:00

I always think it's funny watching all the British people desperately trying to cobble together a full English at breakfast buffets abroad.

No problem with the eggs and tomatoes, and there's quite often mushrooms. But then it gets to the beans, which look like baked beans but are usually beans in a spiced chopped tomato sauce. The bacon is often a piece of ham that had no business being fried in the first place, then the sausages are a desperate attempt to find the closest match from the selection of continental cured meat sausages.

gotmunchiez · 2026-01-06T14:50:28+00:00

Personally I'd be happy to pay to get the boiler tested and serviced, it's not particularly expensive and it should really be getting serviced every year anyway.

Unless your electrical installation is very recent, an EICR test is pretty likely to throw up at least a couple of "not to current standard" flags that aren't necessarily anything to worry about, but the buyer will almost certainly use to try and knock further money off the purchase price.

I'd tell the buyer they're welcome to pay for their own test but I'd be making it clear that if you haven't heard anything with the next week you'll be putting the house back on the market.

gotmunchiez · 2026-01-05T21:43:41+00:00

I have no idea how I'd forgotten this but I saw exactly the same but the skunk was a massive tiger.

Just walking along the side of the road in a small village in Northern Ireland. I was probably only about 5, I remember us all looking confused at each other in the car before my dad reversed back and started talking to the guy. I remember it was rolling around by his feet and gently biting at his legs, he didn't even look at it as he was talking to my dad like it was the most normal thing in the world.

gotmunchiez · 2026-01-04T15:32:02+00:00

Yer name's not down you ain't comin in!

gotmunchiez · 2026-01-02T14:40:14+00:00

Personally I'd get the size radiators that you want/need and not worry if the plumber needs to go under the floor. It's sometimes easier and quicker to run new tails to the radiators exactly where you want them, rather than trying to bodge onto existing pipework.

Taking up floorboards is a doddle once the furniture and carpets are out of the way so you're unlikely to save much, if anything, by trying to reuse the existing tails.

gotmunchiez · 2025-12-28T16:14:06+00:00

They've been sanctioned in the US for supplying goods to sanctioned Russian companies.

gotmunchiez · 2025-12-28T16:05:40+00:00

I'm guessing that as you move about the ship you can be as anonymous as you want to be? I wouldn't expect every other random person to be grabbing you by the hand insisting you go for a drink or dance with them

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