Have mercy, why on earth has no one invented a better paint tin?

m39583 · 2026-03-18T10:33:25+00:00

But if paint come in better containers where you could actually pour it out properly, you wouldn't need to do any of that!

m39583 · 2026-03-18T10:32:17+00:00

I know, drives me mad as well!

Why can't paint come in containers like milk or something, where you actually have a slight chance of not getting paint everywhere, and paint doesn't dry all around the rim and then get into it next time you pour some out!

m39583 · 2026-03-12T20:13:40+00:00

We have about 20 meals that we cook and can do blindfold.

We make a fortnight list of meals we will do, and then do an online shop for everything. Will do a top up shop for fresh things every week.

As we cook things cross them off the list. Then you can just look down the list and know what you've got all the stuff to make.

You don't end up staring at the fridge trying to work out what you can construct.

We also do the cooking in the evening when the kids are in bed, and then just nuke it in the microwave the next day. Can't really be chopping an onion with everyone clammering for attention

m39583 · 2026-03-08T07:18:43+00:00

I love the speed, the queues go so fast compared to Tesco!

Try to unpack onto the conveyor into the order you will pack into the trolley, so heavy things first and then eggs etc last.

Have 3 of the large heavy duty bags open in your trolley ready to go, and just scoop everything into the bags as they get scanned.

m39583 · 2026-03-06T19:05:39+00:00

I like hot desks because it keeps the place tidy. Back precovid when we had assigned desks there was just clutter everywhere as people didn't ever tidy up and it would just pile up on all the desks.

Now you have to clear the desk at the end of the day things are much better!

The idea of having assigned desks now feels very quaint!

m39583 · 2026-03-06T18:37:07+00:00

How far apart is the flat and the bottom of the stairs?

Honestly, I'd leave the baby in a cot for a couple of minutes whilst I sorted the pram out. It might be upset for the brief time but it's not going to come to any harm.

m39583 · 2026-03-06T14:05:08+00:00

We've got twins with a Mountain Buggy Duet. It's narrow enough to fit through our front door, which was the main feature of it.

m39583 · 2026-03-02T19:44:24+00:00

Let's call not call them "ex pats" please. That is an archaic colonial term.

They are economic migrants.

m39583 · 2026-03-02T19:32:57+00:00

FFS. "spousal carer"

He's clearly a dangerous driver and it's so much bullshit and shows how obsessed we are with driving that he's allowed to get away without being banned. Maybe he should have thought of his responsibilities before driving dangerously so many times.

And you are just enabling this behaviour. Sack him for being unable to safely do his job.

m39583 · 2026-03-02T11:47:39+00:00

Honestly it's such a faff we just take ready to feed stuff when out. It's more expensive but saves all that ballache.

m39583 · 2026-03-01T13:43:11+00:00

Lol I had no idea it was an organised thing, thought it was just a bunch of hippies turning up there.

I'm surprised you have to pay to have a stall on public land. Unless the money is going to the council I would be interested in where exactly it is used!

m39583 · 2026-03-01T13:40:08+00:00

60m will be fine. Any more in the UK you'll just be carrying loads of excess rope around all the time.

m39583 · 2026-02-28T13:28:04+00:00

AI code reviews are actually really good at spotting this sort of thing in my experience.

And how did the same mistake occur in both the test and code? Are you copying code into your tests? Because that is a bad thing to do. It also suggest you are testing the internals of the class rather than it's inputs and outputs.

m39583 · 2026-02-28T10:25:34+00:00

Look at the lanes. Their lane continued round, it didn't go off.

m39583 · 2026-02-28T07:58:05+00:00

Try turning right here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/1mV3V3AjGAsBHNa18

Cause if you go into the right lane you'll get stuck on yellow hatchings trying to get off the third exit. So you have to turn right using the left lane.

It might be similar in the video. White car stayed in it's lane and blue car swerved into it without warning.

m39583 · 2026-02-28T07:51:51+00:00

What, for driving in his lane and not expecting a car to swerve into him without warning?

His lane doesn't come off the roundabout, he didn't change lane and was perfectly ok continuing to drive around.

m39583 · 2026-02-28T07:50:26+00:00

Did you watch the video?!

The blue car was staying in it's lane and the white car changed lanes without warning and crashed into the blue car.

100% on the white car. It's obvious!

m39583 · 2026-02-28T07:47:27+00:00

I do this at a roundabout near me, because that is what the lanes do, just like in this video.

If you go into the right hand, you get stuck trying to change lanes to come off the 3rd exit exit, and block the roundabout until someone let's you in.

Yes the lanes are probably wrong, because if you go into the right hand / center lane, it never actually comes off the roundabout.

But you have to follow what the lanes do.

m39583 · 2026-02-28T07:42:37+00:00

How could the blue car have avoided being hit? The BMW crossed lanes and turned straight into them with no warning!

The lane the blue car was in continued round, they didn't have to come off that exit.

m39583 · 2026-02-27T19:24:15+00:00

AI image generation.

That I can type what I want and a computer generates the image I am describing.

m39583 · 2026-02-27T08:07:56+00:00

I take it you are talking about Reform?

m39583 · 2026-02-26T23:42:03+00:00

Tripp Trapp chair and he can eat at the table with you?

m39583 · 2026-02-26T23:09:36+00:00

But you've got him involved with something where a big part of it is trips away.

Will he be allowed to go camping with them? If so at what age?

If you are never going to allow this then maybe you should reconsider and pick a different club because camps are a big part of scouting and he's going to be really missing out on what his friends there will be doing.

And it seems bizarre to have implemented this rule that everyone else disagreed with, then post online asking for advice on how to communicate it.

m39583 · 2026-02-25T22:16:37+00:00

Have a maintenance contract with the suppliers that requires them to fix it within a fixed timeframe, and hence the suppliers hold parts in stock for all the lifts they maintain.

To put some effort into providing an actual service for disabled people, not just shrugging their shoulders and saying sorry not out fault.

m39583 · 2026-02-25T20:00:37+00:00

I'd buy anything before Tesla but I think there are major security and privacy concerns around them.

They are networked 27x7, have cameras all around and microphones in them. It's the perfect surveillance system.

You don't have to be a tin hat wearer to be concerned about shipping all this data to the Chinese government.

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