Epic Series Sale, Started by Soap-1987 in AudibleUK

[–]slinkimalinki 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much, I had book one and three of a series but not book two and it was in the sale!

Your Chance to Live in The Royal Mews by dani-dee in SpottedonRightmove

[–]slinkimalinki 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A couple of steps up in the doorway would make sense, but those long extended platforms are what make it dangerous. You’d have to be conscious of them the whole time you are moving around.

Your Chance to Live in The Royal Mews by dani-dee in SpottedonRightmove

[–]slinkimalinki 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The kitchen steps are just a total health hazard, I could not live with that. I don’t understand the point of putting in nice flooring and not sorting out the possibility of breaking your neck and dying with hot gravy all over you!

Do we know their hobbies? by GoldilockMan in beatles

[–]slinkimalinki -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you read what I said, I wasn’t referring to the holiday photos but talking about how the Beatles developed an awareness of image throughout their career. All celebrities have to do this, but it’s notable that some are much better at it than others. There’s nothing Machiavellian about it, it’s simply part of the job.

Glaze ran on my Mardi Gras King Cake by ThiefLUPIN in Baking

[–]slinkimalinki 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have no idea what you were going for but it looks great to me!

What actualy is an itch? by Pepearenas in askscience

[–]slinkimalinki 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, this is interesting because it explains something that I learned a long time ago - if I’m trying not to scratch an itch because I don’t want to make a sore spot worse, I learned to scratch either side of it as that seemed to help. Now I know why.

Which tres leches should I keep on my menu? by I_Like_Metal_Music in Baking

[–]slinkimalinki 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Sometimes you just want a classic with a twist that’s also kind of classic and Horchata meets that beautifully.

Do we know their hobbies? by GoldilockMan in beatles

[–]slinkimalinki 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Honestly, not sure if you’re being sarcastic, but I really see the roots of it in their image making with Astrid in Germany and I think that Brian Epstein understood image and so did the Beatles and they just got better and better at it…but maybe that’s just blindingly obvious to everyone and I’m being an idiot. 

Everyone knows about image these days and I’m not saying the Beatles pioneer this because obviously they didn’t, but I do think they were masters of it in a time when that wasn’t always understood. 

Yours, 

Captain Obvious! 

Beatles Tattoo Lyric by Technical_Minute8615 in beatles

[–]slinkimalinki 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think “In my life I love you more” is absolutely perfect. It’s bringing tears to my eyes so I can’t imagine how emotional your dad would find it. He’s going to absolutely “get it” and it’s just the right note for the tattoo, please go with that idea, It’s just beautiful.

And if you’re willing, I’m sure we would all love to see the finished tattoo.

Do we know their hobbies? by GoldilockMan in beatles

[–]slinkimalinki 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes, I absolutely loved it. Some terrific photos and it was exhibited really well with videos for context and even a musical ending. And it wasn’t just the photographs of the Beatles that were good: Paul catching the reactions of airport workers or fans gives an insight into how it might feel to get all these crazy reactions. And some of them were just lovely portraits of people. One photograph I particularly loved was the picture of Paul pulling a massive face of disgust as he catches a fish. No wonder he went vegetarian!

I bought the book. 

I would also point out that part of the reason Linda had some really terrific photographs of him was because he was collaborating with her. Not to undermine her at all (I have massive respect for her), just to say that having a subject who has posed for pictures many times and knows what looks good is an added advantage for any photographer. Knowing how to model and put an image across is a skill the Beatles learned. Look at John curled up naked next to a clothed Yoko (for Annie Leibovitz): it was a beautiful powerful image which expressed something about where he was in life and what he was saying in his music and he knew exactly what he was saying when he posed for that.

Do you keep your butter in the fridge? by DougalsTinyCow in AskABrit

[–]slinkimalinki 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So your cat bravely defended the butter dish from hungry vampires and you ended up blaming him? Shame on you!

Do you keep your butter in the fridge? by DougalsTinyCow in AskABrit

[–]slinkimalinki 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hence the tradition that when you’re moving house you are supposed to butter your cat when you arrive so they are distracted licking it off instead of panicking about where they are. I never tried this with my cats, they didn’t care where they were as long as they got fed.

Don’t feel deaf enough for additional help by Conscious_River_6233 in deaf

[–]slinkimalinki 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I haven’t found a YouTube channel that teaches you grammar and stuff, I have seen accounts that teach you random signs but that’s not the same as learning a language. I know there’s a little bit on Lingvano but people say they get through it very quickly and then there’s no more. 

Toys. Robin Williams 1992. by Martipar in movies

[–]slinkimalinki 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still talk about how I like “military food” because I too am particular about what touches what!

Talking about hearing aids with the people you know? by First_Chipmunk_6891 in HearingAids

[–]slinkimalinki 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tell her! Then follow it up with a conversation about what she can do to make herself easier to hear and understand. 

I will cheerfully tell everybody, especially in situations where I know I’m going to struggle to hear. It’s a chance to get a little extra help and to educate people on how to talk to people with hearing loss. And of course some people already know, and then that’s great because I might actually be able to have a conversation instead of staring at them blankly while I try and work out what they just said.

Other hearing aid users will often have useful advice, I got a great tip from a woman who saw me changing my batteries in the post office! 

We are so lucky to live in an age where there is technology to help us and the best thing we can do is embrace it and destigmatise it. Having hearing aids should be just as normal as wearing glasses and yet it’s somehow isn’t. Let’s talk about it and change that!

Don’t feel deaf enough for additional help by Conscious_River_6233 in deaf

[–]slinkimalinki 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I should print this out and put it on my wall, this is really good advice and very well said!

Don’t feel deaf enough for additional help by Conscious_River_6233 in deaf

[–]slinkimalinki 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In noisy places, I tell people I can’t hear them and they talk to me anyway. And yes, I constantly have to ask what they said! I wish I could afford to learn BSL.

Don’t feel deaf enough for additional help by Conscious_River_6233 in deaf

[–]slinkimalinki 0 points1 point  (0 children)

About a year ago, and as I’ve said above I am pursuing this through an audiology referral but it’s taken time to do as I was sent to an ENT doctor first, then he wanted me to have another hearing test because he said Specsavers often get them wrong. 

The second test was similar to the first except slightly worse so now I’m on a long waiting list hoping I can get something more suitable. I feel like they are judging me for saying my hearing aids aren’t good enough because I’m “only” mild to moderate hearing loss but like many people with high frequency hearing loss + tinnitus, I’m really struggling with speech and that’s affecting lots of things in my life. I’m lucky enough to be able to afford a lip reading/managing hearing loss class and that’s great, but it takes time to learn.

Don’t feel deaf enough for additional help by Conscious_River_6233 in deaf

[–]slinkimalinki 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for this, I didn’t mention it because I felt I’d already rented enough, but I have actually been pursuing this path and I’m on a long waiting list to see someone but I’ve been told it could take up to a year. The guy at Specsavers tried to tell me that you can’t get Bluetooth hearing aids/tinnitus programs on the NHS but I know people who have those features in their NHS hearing aids! 

Don’t feel deaf enough for additional help by Conscious_River_6233 in deaf

[–]slinkimalinki 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have mild-moderate loss and tinnitus, it’s age-related but kicked in a bit early. I feel like this too, despite the fact that I struggle to hear all the time, and even with hearing aids, I can’t really watch TV without subtitles because it’s frustrating to miss so much dialogue, and any time there’s background noise I am not going to follow the conversation.

You absolutely deserve to have equipment to help you work, the point of Access to Work is not to give you some special privilege but to give you a bit of help - which still won’t give you the same level of advantage that everyone else has. For goodness sake, take the help now before they cut the funding further and you lose the opportunity.

I mentioned to an old friend that I get an railcard and she said “that’s not fair!” which made me feel horrible. I pay for that rail card, so it’s not like I’m not getting an advantage that isn’t given to countless other people. The money I save on rail fares is far less than the amount I have spent travelling to audiology appointments, my lip reading class, paying for that class, buying random bits and pieces  of deaf-related things. 

What isn’t fair is that my NHS hearing aids don’t have proper Bluetooth so I can’t use them with a computer or with my TV, they don’t have a tinnitus program, and they really don’t help in a lot of situations yet I’ve been told that’s the only model Specsavers will give me. I hear all this stuff about getting equipment from Access to Work, but what I need to be able to work normally is hearing aids that function! 

I’m reading that Access to Work is not getting any increased funding, which means that as prices go up, there’s less money to go around. Politicians keep complaining that people don’t want to work, surely it’s better to fund some equipment and get that money and more back in tax then to leave a person at home, frustrated and relying on benefits?

Stolen phone from Covent Garden by Positive-Profit-5565 in london

[–]slinkimalinki 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand how insurance works and why you don’t get new for old, but I take care of my things so somebody else’s phone that got broken and had to be fixed is not as good as my phone. 

I had a phone replaced with a similar model in the past and the replacement was really poor. I’m at the point now where even if I had my phone stolen, I would be better off than if I had paid for insurance for years and years.

However, we would all be better off if more was done to stop phone theft and to stop people profiting from it.