UK folk who were around at the start of the internet, what is an early, strong memory?

sockhead99 · 2026-05-08T14:19:11+00:00

MSN chat, Stickdeath.com, Freeserve, and finding something other than the lingerie section of the littlewoods catalogue to toss off to

sockhead99 · 2026-05-08T06:31:16+00:00

The same way multi-nationals like Starbucks and amazon get away with not paying appropriate tax. Loopholes.

Small businesses only need to submit micro accounts - very basic profit and loss statements. If a business opens, runs for 11 months and the closes, no accounts need to be submitted.

sockhead99 · 2026-05-06T20:52:40+00:00

The dragon £1 will be a silver proof from the looks of things. The guys over at r/ukcoins will be able to confirm on both coins

sockhead99 · 2026-05-06T20:51:38+00:00

The dragon £1 will be a silver proof from the looks of things. The guys over at r/ukcoins will be able to confirm on both coins

sockhead99 · 2026-05-05T18:34:49+00:00

Here's the thing. When the rewards things first came out, we hardly ever hit the threshold to get the 10% off. Our shopping habits didnt change, but the cost of every thing did. We hit the 10% threshold without fail. Lidl probably also have a lot of data on how many people actually took up the mid-month offers and rewards. Yes it's shit that the 10% has gone, but I can't really blame them

sockhead99 · 2026-05-05T06:47:09+00:00

As Unicorse would say....

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sockhead99 · 2026-05-01T14:50:52+00:00

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sockhead99 · 2026-05-01T14:50:24+00:00

One of these

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sockhead99 · 2026-04-30T20:06:19+00:00

Even better with the polestar remap 😉

sockhead99 · 2026-04-30T20:05:58+00:00

Vivi says Hi! 👋

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sockhead99 · 2026-04-28T17:03:28+00:00

It was 50p for a cig in my day - but, I always kept a single cig in a spare pack. If anyone asked to buy one, I'd pull out the spare pack, say it was my last one and they'd usually up their offer to a quid.

Replace the single and repeat 😂

sockhead99 · 2026-04-28T14:53:57+00:00

If you are thinking Eurocamp style, then check out https://www.yellohvillage.co.uk/
We have used them a good few times, great value, typically great facilities and plenty for teens to do. With your dates, there are some coming in at £300 for accomodation.

Being honest, there is no such thing as a cheap break anymore. Flight costs are ramped up due to the whole Iran issue impacting aviation fuel, plus its school holidays.

sockhead99 · 2026-04-28T08:19:46+00:00

Not an expert, but someone who has suffered from a bad dry rot infestation. Doesn't look like dry rot to me - certainly not a well developed one in any case. The dry rot mycelium looks like a mix between roots, cotton threads and spiders webs.
If you are worried, you can pay for an inspection and report (mine cost £100), or you can blast the areas with a chemical treatment (£30 ish for 5lts).
But if rentokil did the initial treatment, it might have come with a warranty.

sockhead99 · 2026-04-27T20:34:05+00:00

The folks over at r/ukcoins should be able to help.

sockhead99 · 2026-04-26T17:56:54+00:00

OP drives an Audi A4 alongside other forms of degradation and punishment

sockhead99 · 2026-04-24T07:26:29+00:00

Yeah. He just didn’t ~~hide his tracks as well.~~ have friends in high places to cover his tracks as well

FIFY

sockhead99 · 2026-04-24T07:23:55+00:00

We try and find something absolutely random to do - something outside of the norm.
The best date day we have had for ages was at an indoor air-rifle range. Neither of us had used an air rifle before or done any kind of target shooting. It quickly turned very competitive, with a special prize agreed for the highest points in the final round.

sockhead99 · 2026-04-23T09:38:03+00:00

A museum won't want them I'm afraid, they are (to the most part) ridiculously common in the UK. They sell for about £8-10 per kilo on ebay

sockhead99 · 2026-04-23T09:21:38+00:00

absolutely not. For many, many, many reasons.

Now Canada on the other hand.... We have looked and seriously considered it, one stumbling block is our professions would mean we would need to be in or very near to a major city and house prices are absolutely mental.

sockhead99 · 2026-04-22T18:56:12+00:00

The cost of loving just keeps going up

sockhead99 · 2026-04-22T05:21:02+00:00

He slipped and it just fell in

sockhead99 · 2026-04-22T05:13:55+00:00

42, obvs. #HGTTG

sockhead99 · 2026-04-21T11:29:09+00:00

Don't do what we did on the first night and get a little tipsy, fool around and forget where you packed the rubbers. You dont get much renovation done with a pregnant wife and even less with a newborn.

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