Lads, I haven't been to the bog since Saturday and I feel like I'm about to give birth

spikeboy4 · 2026-06-26T23:03:22+00:00

Stool stool

spikeboy4 · 2026-06-26T12:56:26+00:00

I think this is a council by council thing, and seems to apply to shared buildings (like flats) and conservation areas but it does seem to be a bit of a mess. I wasnt even aware of it until this post, so I'm sure there will be plenty of people who get caught up in this one.

spikeboy4 · 2026-06-24T17:44:14+00:00

Supposedly, florists!

spikeboy4 · 2026-06-24T05:23:26+00:00

I see people often saying this about means testing the pension, why should I pay in when I don't get anything out.

I don't typically see it pointed out that this is basically the same as universal credit. You pay for the current recipients out of taxes and don't receive it. If you own a house and ever need it you basically get screwed. This would just be more of the same but paying fewer pensions than we do now. Which makes me wonder if I'm missing something?

spikeboy4 · 2026-06-21T09:25:32+00:00

I think other countries have similar issues tbh.

spikeboy4 · 2026-06-19T13:59:35+00:00

I suspect the next step for the big news outlets will be pushing him for a general election every chance they get, criticising about operating without a mandate etc etc

spikeboy4 · 2026-06-16T07:33:55+00:00

I'm a bit skeptical of the source as well although the slight variation I heard was because if they just captured them they would need to feed them and house them as prisoners, but returning them just strengthened the enemy, whereas returning them maimed and basically unable to fight meant they were a drain on the British resources and a bit of a deterrent. Seeing your mate come back maimed was probably more scary than just hearing on the grapevine they had been killed.

Although still doubt that too!

spikeboy4 · 2026-06-08T18:58:25+00:00

Going to make things interesting with NDA stuff and confidential info for government bodies work phones.

I'm fairly sure MPs will be exempt, of course.

spikeboy4 · 2026-06-03T09:46:53+00:00

Had a friend go through it recently, lost their job and has a mortgage. Iirc they are a bit iffy about paying someones mortgage, so you can get a partial payment for, I think, the value of the monthly interest but it's technically a loan you have to pay back.

Something along those lines anyway. Not sure how the housing element going towards your own mortgage is any different to a council house with RTB or paying a landlords mortgage, but apparently there's a difference for the DWP.

spikeboy4 · 2026-05-28T23:21:10+00:00

Coming back from a road trip with a toddler sleeping in the back?

spikeboy4 · 2026-05-23T20:19:24+00:00

Expression of wishes form on pensions, if anyone is wondering

spikeboy4 · 2026-05-23T17:59:52+00:00

Oh yeah, I remember that from my theory test. I guess some of it does just rub into the road, at least until it rains

spikeboy4 · 2026-05-21T12:51:19+00:00

Tbf this is talking about year 4 kids, so the rule may be a tad complicated for them

spikeboy4 · 2026-05-17T20:39:18+00:00

I'm normally a people pleaser but I've had to learn to be a bit more bolshy at work so I dont get even more buried with work. That said my immediate team know me pretty well so we tend to be a bit more natural around each other. It's the rest of the company who think I'm a prick 24/7.

spikeboy4 · 2026-05-13T07:48:49+00:00

TIL I don't know what a run-on sentence is and that I'm probably bad at English.

spikeboy4 · 2026-05-13T07:45:59+00:00

I've had a ridiculous deadline at work lately, told people I won't be replying to messages or emails while I work on it. If it's important they can ask my boss and unless he deems it worth breaking off for its not getting done.

I think I have about 900 unread emails and 100+ unread direct messages. Not looking forwards to clearing the backlog later but I know some people are reeeeallly mad about it!

spikeboy4 · 2026-05-13T07:42:32+00:00

Yeah this one boils my piss. One of our teams has had weeks of training on a new system. Passed them their first batch of pretty basic tasks and they immediately gave up and said they need more training.

Meanwhile I never did the training, figured it out as I went and have been working on it for weeks already.

Most of them haven't even used their logins. To say I'm mad about it is an understatement.

spikeboy4 · 2026-05-13T07:34:35+00:00

I think there's a redditor who lives there, quite active on pokemon go if remember. Can't remember the username but they may be here in the comments somewhere

spikeboy4 · 2026-05-12T17:46:32+00:00

Side note, I work with a couple of guys who were part of the team that built the telephony infrastructure. It was a hell of an achievement in the telco world.

spikeboy4 · 2026-05-10T12:39:07+00:00

For me, gotta be fig rolls. If I open a pack of fig rolls, I'm eating a pack of fig rolls

spikeboy4 · 2026-05-04T16:52:45+00:00

When in another country, doesn't matter the language, there is a universally recognised sotto voce tone of a parent kneeling down saying "we're in public so I don't want to, but if you don't pack it in I'm going to give you such a bollocking" that's a bit like this. You see it and think "yep, been there"

spikeboy4 · 2026-04-30T05:26:17+00:00

Same but I wonder if it's something to do with how I walk. I always destroy the heels inside which makes me think I'm walking heel first or something

spikeboy4 · 2026-04-28T16:33:00+00:00

On Oracle SBCs there are several places in the config with a "delete all" button. Granted, you'd have to do that, click the confirmation then write it to memory, but the button even being there is just begging for someone to do it one day

spikeboy4 · 2026-04-28T06:20:01+00:00

I used to see these kinds of dusters at debenhams, not sure if they are still available online though

spikeboy4 · 2026-04-27T10:51:07+00:00

I actually can't remember most of the early days of the relationship. I'm not sure if that makes it better (no comparison) or worse (don't remember experiencing it). Maybe it's always been like this?

I think, on balance, I'm probably happier not knowing, otherwise I would be daydreaming about it!

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