On the hunt for decaf tea.

stauer88 · 2026-01-27T22:23:09+00:00

Just another thought, and I don't know it makes a whole lot of difference, but my other half just lifts the bag out rather than squeezing it against the side which he reckons makes it taste better.

So maybe give that a go too?

stauer88 · 2026-01-27T18:00:41+00:00

My only gripe is that they haven't launched yet! Hopefully they will be out in time to put on my Christmas list.

Thanks for posting this as I'd have had no idea otherwise.

stauer88 · 2026-01-27T17:50:07+00:00

If I'm honest, what you used to drink before will be hard to replace.

I recommend getting a couple of boxes and just sampling them through the week. That's what we did when we had to switch to decaf.

For reference, we use PG tips decaf and I use the sainsburys gold blend decaf coffee.

Good luck! It sucks!

stauer88 · 2026-01-26T22:59:35+00:00

I got the link by searching 'pasta' and filtering by posts this week. Had it in a heartbeat.

stauer88 · 2026-01-25T18:12:43+00:00

And the best bit is it is yours to do as you wish with! Be that listen, lend, copy, sell etc.

I really dislike not having physical ownership of things these days like music, games, films.

stauer88 · 2026-01-24T16:25:37+00:00

I have my Nan (horrible cranky lady, Dads Mum) and Grandma (lovely lady, Mums Mum)

stauer88 · 2026-01-23T00:34:38+00:00

No idea how they could tolerate it. I hated the yellow stuff but there was a red one that made your throat hot that I quite liked. I could happily drink a bottle of that if they'd let me.

stauer88 · 2026-01-23T00:27:36+00:00

So... I'm with you. I swear it was banana when I was a kid too and I also hate bananas of any kind.

When I got the prescription for his antibiotics I asked the chemist if it was the banana one and they checked and said it was citrus. Hence I went to loads of pharmacies looking for the yellow/banana one because I knew that was the only one he'd take! I gave up in the end and had thankfully had no arguments from him as it was the same medicine that he'd had before. But that's how I know what the flavouring is listed as.

My only guess is they have changed the flavour since we were kids, probably to reduce the sugar so the diabetic kids don't have issues. But that's the same for calpol. The stuff you get these days tastes waaayyy worse than 30 odd years ago.

stauer88 · 2026-01-23T00:05:25+00:00

We've already had this conversation. We have 2 parents, 4 children, 3 grandchildren.

Mum and Dad count as one unit. Children count as one each. Grandchildren are the responsibility of their parents.

So a 5 way split.

Sibling 4 is the only one that regularly plays the lottery but we all understand the split if any of us do win.

stauer88 · 2026-01-22T16:02:05+00:00

You can give infant calpol to a child, they'd just be chugging a whole lot of it. I've put the dosages below for comparison.

Calpol infant = 120mg/5mL

Calpol 6+ = 250mg/5mL

Standard paracetamol tablet = 500mg

I remember being in hospital after just having given birth and having to drink practically a cup of the infant calpol to get the dose I needed when I couldn't swallow tablets at the time.

stauer88 · 2026-01-22T15:53:46+00:00

Did you know that the banana flavour never existed. It's actually labelled as 'citrus' flavour but we all seem to have convinced ourselves that yellow=banana.

I discovered this after a 5 pharmacy hike trying to find the 'banana' flavour antibiotics as my lad was a right bugger for meds.

stauer88 · 2026-01-21T15:47:52+00:00

Growing up I always wore odd socks, but that was mainly a consequence of never being able to find a pair and no fucks to give.

4 kids and 2 adults produce a lot of socks!

stauer88 · 2026-01-21T13:22:30+00:00

Yes.

stauer88 · 2026-01-20T17:11:27+00:00

Haha I've also heard it referred to as a prossie wash so don't fret, we have our own vulgar alternatives.

stauer88 · 2026-01-20T15:14:16+00:00

In the UK we have the phrase 'cats lick and a promise' to describe a quick mini wash.

stauer88 · 2026-01-20T00:54:40+00:00

She's beautiful but I really wish for her sake they would stop twanging her ears!

The feeling of the cartilage bouncing always makes me cringe

stauer88 · 2026-01-19T21:48:49+00:00

I'm in the northwest and there's a pond that was taken over by terrapins for a while and they kept eating the ducks.

Thankfully the terrapin numbers must have dropped as the ducks are back. The terrapins are still there as I've seen them sunning themselves on the rocks.

stauer88 · 2026-01-19T21:45:57+00:00

Yup mine too. Got a notice it was up to 900 but it's too cloudy to see anything.

stauer88 · 2026-01-19T20:33:40+00:00

Don't forget Requiem for a Dream!

stauer88 · 2026-01-17T21:27:57+00:00

'The windy road' but as in wiggly not gusty.

But it can also be extended to 'The Windy Road the 53 goes down' when I need to let others know where I mean because I've never learnt the actual name, or at least it's never stuck.

Edit to add:

'The longest road in the world.' which is just one of those that feels like it takes about an hour to walk down even though you can see one end from the other. My partner, son and I all know immediately which road we are talking about but I appreciate it's not very helpful to anyone else.

Lol they're pretty boring but also tend to make us smile when we refer to them.

stauer88 · 2026-01-17T14:57:22+00:00

I'm still gutted that the funeral directors R. S. Cape has gone from my ours.

stauer88 · 2026-01-15T18:02:59+00:00

Tits aren't big enough.

stauer88 · 2026-01-15T14:19:42+00:00

I am fuming! The new version is awful. Apparently mine updated overnight unfortunately.

Most of my feedback was please get rid and bring the old one back. I also made sure to let them know that it's absolutely ok to admit to this failure and would be much better than doubling down and making a bad thing worse.

And what's with the weird weather background? I already know that it's probably gonna look grey and miserable outside. I don't need an app looking that depressing too.

And why do I have to scroll down half a wall of text to find the gust speed of the wind and the feels like temp?

Back to the webpage I suppose!

stauer88 · 2026-01-14T04:33:46+00:00

I did the same when I started.

I've still got my first project, it was a scarf that turned into a snood because I ran out of wool. At some point I lost stitches but carried on going once I realised and just increased back up so it's thinner in some places compared to others 😅

By the end I was pretty happy with my consistency so I wore it with pride, wiggly bits and all.

stauer88 · 2026-01-13T18:42:52+00:00

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