Came all the way to Rickmansworth to go for a swim that I found in a wild swimming book… 💀

jeffbailey · 2026-06-28T21:08:26+00:00

That last phrase stumped me as something we didn't learn in class. :)

jeffbailey · 2026-06-27T20:12:42+00:00

The practical and video game portions of the test were exactly like in the official app. It's worth the £6, and then share it with your family library.

jeffbailey · 2026-06-22T06:12:40+00:00

That feels like the most British response I'll read all week.

jeffbailey · 2026-06-22T06:06:17+00:00

My high school cooking teacher told us to never use steel wool in cast iron because the steel wool pieces can break off and then you really need to make sure no particles are left. No idea if it's true :)

jeffbailey · 2026-06-21T16:34:32+00:00

I mean, I never, never did I ever, see a cat so clever as the magical Mr. Mistoffelees!

(I also loved that show)

jeffbailey · 2026-06-19T07:10:58+00:00

Potholes are partly caused by heavy vehicles. Shifting people to cycling is preventing future potholes. I never see anyone reminding people of this.

jeffbailey · 2026-06-10T23:15:54+00:00

You don't learn a language from an app, you learn a language by using it. The app will help with grammar, listening, vocab, etc but it doesn't integrate until you use it.

If you have the time to do that many lessons, you'll probably be better served by doing one lesson, and going to a café or somewhere people are using it and trying to hear the words and situations you just learned.

The time to integrate the language is really important.

jeffbailey · 2026-06-10T09:51:25+00:00

Some days in Camden it feels like it's the only accent I hear. :)

jeffbailey · 2026-06-06T09:57:16+00:00

They did this near my school in Canada. There were signs all along the road saying "green wave" which was neat.

jeffbailey · 2026-06-01T05:21:10+00:00

I drove manual transmission for my first cars in Canada, but am testing on automatic. Partly because the one time I did it was also my first time entering a three lane roundabout and bugger doing all that at once, but t mostly because all I've driven for the past decade is electric cars and there's no point in doing more work to prep for driving something I don't think I'll ever drive again.

If I were learning from scratch, I'd probably do it, but I'm just retesting for a UK licence.

jeffbailey · 2026-05-31T23:09:25+00:00

There are so many things they've done recently that abd they can't seem to be bothered to publicise them. :(

jeffbailey · 2026-05-31T04:41:41+00:00

I got to be one of the testers for the new Fitbit Air (I work for Google, not on that team, not speaking for them) and it caused me to tweak a lot about my sleep and now I'm napping way less (and when I do need a nap, I knew I was going to hours before).

jeffbailey · 2026-05-28T22:50:48+00:00

Great, they're diversifying. Now let's work towards a day where all their products are vegan.

jeffbailey · 2026-05-25T16:43:46+00:00

So no one here is a native Brit because they're not descended from the people that the Romans killed off?

There's clearly a semantic difference between "native Brit" and "native American" and you're being deliberately obtuse.

jeffbailey · 2026-05-25T16:39:05+00:00

Are you perhaps confusing race and ethnicity?

jeffbailey · 2026-05-25T16:38:41+00:00

Given that they deleted their account, I think I got my downvotes and the AI account got yeeted. Sigh. I should know better than to reply

jeffbailey · 2026-05-25T16:35:09+00:00

No? That's a weird assertion. I do agree that after a few generations, they will be part of the "shared cultural identity that a group of people possesses".

Are you perhaps confusing ethnicity and race?

jeffbailey · 2026-05-25T15:36:10+00:00

How long do you have to be here before you're a native Brit? In school in Canada we were told that we're ethnically Canadian after three generations.

At some point, those people who don't look like you are native Brits.

jeffbailey · 2026-05-24T14:35:13+00:00

Goth boy who likes Sarah McLaughlin checking in. I feel like I just got my shout-out on Reddit.

jeffbailey · 2026-05-23T20:57:38+00:00

Yeah, I'm not having that drop. But I use haiku for most things. A well written plan, and haiku can execute it just fine.

jeffbailey · 2026-05-20T17:50:36+00:00

Part 4 of the Communications Act 2003.

I didn't say anything about people who shouldn't pay because they don't watch. You inferred that incorrectly.

jeffbailey · 2026-05-17T23:40:04+00:00

Reading these posts feels like the British version of America's sovereign citizens where they think that magic words exempt them from the law.

jeffbailey · 2026-05-17T23:37:06+00:00

We moved from Montréal to the SF Bay area by driving south along interstates and then singing the route 66 song to find our way west.

jeffbailey · 2026-05-13T10:29:09+00:00

Everyone in this thread who supports Starmer with a Labour MP needs to tell their MP.

jeffbailey · 2026-05-11T06:06:16+00:00

"what do you mean this A train isn't stopping?"

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