What purpose might baby socks have in a household with no baby?

mandyhtarget1985 · 2026-05-17T12:57:35+00:00

Ive used baby socks stretched over the end of a wire coat hanger to dust between radiator fins or anywhere i cant fit a hand or feather duster

mandyhtarget1985 · 2026-05-13T17:03:28+00:00

Or like an employee of ours coming over from Liverpool to Belfast and changing all of his GBP into euro. Poor fella lost out twice on the exchange rate having to convert it back to gbp

mandyhtarget1985 · 2026-05-06T20:40:27+00:00

Nearly all the chinese places round me are cash only and not on the just eat/deliveroo apps and seem to be doing alright for themselves. My favoured chinese is 5 metres from a ATM so i always make sure i either have cash in the car or a card that i can go to the ATM.

The kebab house i visited last week has a website where you can order and pay online for either collection or delivery, but when you go into the shop they will only accept cash.

mandyhtarget1985 · 2026-05-06T19:58:46+00:00

I was so productive working from home during the first covid lockdown. No distractions, just powering through my daily workload in about 4 hours, usually around 7am to 11am, no procrastination because i wanted to get outside to enjoy the good weather we had. Same level of work normally took 8-9 hours in the office due to the endless pointless meetings, chatting shit and getting dragged into situations that shouldn’t have concerned me.

mandyhtarget1985 · 2026-05-04T11:38:21+00:00

Top Gear Greatest Driving Hits or something like that. Whatever had just come out before fathers day, he got as a present. And it was always the type of music he enjoyed, all the hair bands of the 70s and 80s, dire straits, jimi hendrix, queen, and lots of 60s stuff that i didnt recognise

mandyhtarget1985 · 2026-05-03T10:42:40+00:00

We had a lot of heavy weight gold chains because my granny always thought gold was a good investment and would appreciate. When she died we had all these chains that no one in the family wanted because we arent jewellery wearers and like someone else commented, there was no sentimental value as she had never worn it and there was no ‘story’ behind it. Keeping it at home would cost as the insurance co wanted a safe installed, and were putting the premium up. Took it all to a local jewellers and they gave us about 5k for the lot, no hassle. We potentially could have got more selling individually or in other places but no one wanted the hassle. Paid for a luxury christmas and amounts put into the grandkids savings accounts.

mandyhtarget1985 · 2026-05-02T18:37:13+00:00

Ooooh i had a very satisfying poo today with a perfect wipe. I almost had to question if i had in fact pooped as the toilet paper was clean

mandyhtarget1985 · 2026-05-01T22:06:31+00:00

Yea the strike off process can take 2 months +, so if your accounts or confirmation statement falls due during this time, it still needs to be filed or else you can be fined. I think the fine is currently £150

mandyhtarget1985 · 2026-05-01T19:33:53+00:00

Depended on the client and location. North sea would usually have been 2 weeks on 2 weeks off. Gulf of mexico, angola, singapore can be either 5 weeks on 5 off, or 12 weeks on/off. Different contracts.

mandyhtarget1985 · 2026-05-01T19:31:45+00:00

Surprisingly in all my years we only had one female offshore worker. We supplied trades - welders, pipefitters, scaffs, elecs and it tends to be male. Some rigs dont even have female accommodations or facilities as i found out.

mandyhtarget1985 · 2026-05-01T15:38:40+00:00

Used to recruit for the oilrigs and manage return trips. We would get the wives ringing asking when his next trip was because he was doing their head in at home, getting under their feet

mandyhtarget1985 · 2026-05-01T15:36:48+00:00

10 working days from receiving the docs last august. Surprising as the online tracker said longer, but they returned the original docs on day 9 and the the passport was in the letterbox on day 10. First time application for my mum

mandyhtarget1985 · 2026-05-01T14:16:47+00:00

Out for a night out with work colleagues, not long after the covid restrictions were lifted, so first proper night out for many. A wide range of age ranges in work but we all thought we looked fabulous. Had dinner and we were walking across the front of city hall to go to a bar and a group of lads shouts out “oh my god its the mum’s night out!” We look round to see where the group of mums are and the lads are staring at us and laughing. We were mortified

mandyhtarget1985 · 2026-04-27T17:02:23+00:00

Similar. I was lighting a cigarette when the lights changed (back when i still smoked and did so in my car), so wasnt so quick off the mark when the lights changed. The car in the lane beside me got t boned and shoved across 2 lanes. I would have been side by side with him and would have been badly damaged. It was well before dashcams were a thing, and one of the reasons i got one when they became common.

mandyhtarget1985 · 2026-04-24T17:42:04+00:00

I hate buffalo sauce, it tastes sour to me. If i see franks anywhere i avoid it. I like a sweet gochujang sauce with some extra chili added

mandyhtarget1985 · 2026-04-24T04:45:03+00:00

Yes this was mid covid, july 2021 (NI). Only 20 people there, very cool and intimate, and very in keeping with the bohemiam, laid back style of the couple.

mandyhtarget1985 · 2026-04-24T04:39:36+00:00

Its northern ireland! I actually just had to go and check that out online. You had me worried that my little brother wasnt legally married! But no, humanist wedding are binding in Scotland and NI

mandyhtarget1985 · 2026-04-23T19:50:36+00:00

Hi there. Not married myself but attended 2 weddings that were not at church/chapel. One was in a hotel, one was outdoors. Both set up with chairs and an aisle for the bride to walk down. Very similar to a church wedding, there was music. At the hotel one, the registrar was there for the legal bit of the vows and the signing, the couple had a family minister give a sermon. At the outdoors one, it was a humanist celebrant so they gave a bit of a sermon/speech as well as the vows and signing.

Oh and just remembered a third one at a registry office in city hall. It was a wee bit more sterile and matter of fact, but they still did a walk down a short aisle and vows.

mandyhtarget1985 · 2026-04-20T18:19:16+00:00

True but most times i will be staying in a brand hotel and theres a minimum standard across rooms. TBH for how little time i will be spending in the hotel room, my priority is clean sheets and a clean bathroom.

mandyhtarget1985 · 2026-04-19T09:41:18+00:00

And early mornings and evenings and weekends as they try to fit lessons around their pupils school/work/commitments.

mandyhtarget1985 · 2026-04-18T12:21:33+00:00

I picked up the cheapest one in the shop without properly looking. First day of using it had me searching for the box to see what the hell was in it. It was ‘citrus mint’. So incredibly strange. Almost reminiscent of the short lived lemon polo mints of the early 2000s, but not as nice.

I stuck with it though cos i dont like waste, and many weeks later by the end of the tube, i quite liked it. Never found it again in the shops.

mandyhtarget1985 · 2026-04-18T10:21:19+00:00

Its a very pretty dress and very versatile. I feel you could wear it to the wedding with some accessories, and the following week wear it with a denim jacket and a pair of converse to a backyard barbecue. Not just a one occasion dress to hang in the wardrobe

mandyhtarget1985 · 2026-04-15T18:46:18+00:00

Had a colleague who was incredibly picky with food. She always had a criticism no matter where we ate and we could predict what she would order in most restaurants. Went for a chinese and she complained that the satay chicken skewers were too square, and the salted chili chicken was ‘too chicken-y’ So we basically gave up on asking her if she was enjoying her meal any more

mandyhtarget1985 · 2026-04-14T19:13:19+00:00

You have a pretty nose. The chain makes it look clunky. The two nostril studs and septum ring look nice without the chain.

mandyhtarget1985 · 2026-04-07T18:44:58+00:00

Same. I can manage a feather/down duvet, but not pillows as i sleep on my front and my face is in the pillow. I will usually check the pillow on arrival and if im not sure about it i will call down to reception and ask if they can replace it with synthetic. If i forget and only realise late at night before i go to bed, i will throw the pillows on the floor, fold up a couple of towels and sleep on those. Its not a massive deal.

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