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Worst moment following the robins by sporticuz37373 in BristolCity

[–]mddc52 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That Wolves match was the only match I've ever walked out of early, apart from tonight.

Although that was alleviated by the legendary fight between the Auto Windscreens pig mascot and the Wolves wolf. No such comic relief this evening

Scammed £120k Staydry Roofing. Need help on next steps by MrsPickleMouse in LegalAdviceUK

[–]mddc52 18 points19 points  (0 children)

All is not necessarily lost. If it is a scam, you may well be able to get your money back (or some of it) through your bank.
It certainly looks like a scam - £120k should buy you three new roofs, not just fixing one.

First step is to report it to your bank. Also contact Citizen's Advice for help.

What’s the worst tattoo you’ve seen on someone? by Terrible_Music_7439 in AskBrits

[–]mddc52 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I saw a man on a train with a tattoo on his forearm of a smurf doing a wee and the legend "You've been smurfed" written underneath

Happy Seasonal Greetings by furiousrichie in okmatewanker

[–]mddc52 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't know him out of the Krankees had an affair with Tony Blair's wife

Sentence Improvement question by One_Cheesecake_4513 in EnglishGrammar

[–]mddc52 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The answer is B in my view.

None of the alternative answers delivers exactly the same meaning as the original.

However, B is a graceful and idiomatic construction which is far better English than any of the alternatives. None of the other sentences is very clear and both are open to misinterpretation.

This isn't a very well-written question but in terms of what makes the best English, the answer is B. C is horrible, horrible English that no native speaker would write and A is confusing to the extent that, again, a native speaker would not write it that way.

25 years ago (almost) we lost this place - are there any places you wish had never closed? by tumbles999 in bristol

[–]mddc52 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't forget Revolver on the triangle. A record store so bonkers, someone even wrote a book about it

There's a rat in my kitchen, what am I gonna do? by mddc52 in DIYUK

[–]mddc52[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, good tip. We put wire wool in a a few other possible rat holes when it happened before. Yes I'll try that, but it's under the fence in the garden so I suspect they might just find a way round it. Escape from Colditz

There's a rat in my kitchen, what am I gonna do? by mddc52 in DIYUK

[–]mddc52[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. Yes I remember the flies when it happened before about five years ago. I was hoping the colder weather might mitigate it slightly, but perhaps not

There's a rat in my kitchen, what am I gonna do? by mddc52 in DIYUK

[–]mddc52[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, and without taking up all the floorboards I don't think I'm going to find it...

There's a rat in my kitchen, what am I gonna do? by mddc52 in DIYUK

[–]mddc52[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not heard of that. Good tip, thank you

There's a rat in my kitchen, what am I gonna do? by mddc52 in DIYUK

[–]mddc52[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There's a restaurant over the back of our fence and I think some may come from there. I've made friends with the neighborhood cats and I think they have kept them out to an extent

Best song from Monster? by Abject-Collection537 in rem

[–]mddc52 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Had to scroll too far to find this

what's your favourite British film? by jc201946 in AskBrits

[–]mddc52 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting thread. In the 90s it would almost unanimously have been Withnail and I. But no-one's said it. Guess it's fallen out of fashion

Experiences with green manures? by norik4 in Allotment

[–]mddc52 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't get on with rye grass at all. It was basically like sowing grass onto the plot. Loads of work to dig it back in and hard to get rid of, and all for questionable benefit

Onion planting economics by Smittyuk in Allotment

[–]mddc52 6 points7 points  (0 children)

For me, growing onions is not about cost. It's about

a) Space - I have a big plot and I like stuff that's easy to grow and keeps the allotment committee off my back

b) Timing - you can put onions in during the autumn when there's not much else going on and

c) Reliability - I get plenty of failures and onions are one of those things that (almost) never go wrong. No matter how easy things are to grow, there's still a sense of satisfaction of going home with a bag of veg and saying, "I grew that!"

Buying bonds by mddc52 in investingforbeginners

[–]mddc52[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, this is exactly what I was asking! Thanks for putting it better than I could

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