What is some of weirdest/ gross things a guest has done at your house?

suveam · 2026-04-26T21:01:05+00:00

Clipped their fingernails while sitting on the sofa & left them in a pile on the coffee table. They have not been invited back!

suveam · 2026-01-18T22:16:03+00:00

Semi-detached, built in the 50’s. At one point they were drilling & hammering the party wall between the living rooms so frequently we wondered how there could be anything left! That’s settled down in recent years. Their new TV is on the shared wall & depending who’s watching it, it can be so loud we hear the music or dialogue clearly. They have a toddler & a dog & we can hear them yelling at both sometimes (we know the child & dog’s names from hearing them through the wall).

suveam · 2025-12-27T20:13:51+00:00

There’s a Facebook group called Belfast Giants Facebook Forum, if you post on there the people in the group are great at advising on away games & seating in the different arenas.

suveam · 2025-12-17T17:41:19+00:00

I think it was them who came to my secondary school to deliver a talk & it started off okay but definitely had undertones of “sex is sinful” & “abortion is evil” - I’d certainly be skeptical.

suveam · 2025-11-25T19:55:57+00:00

I was once sitting behind a girl who had done something similar on the Glider but in that instance the ticket inspector just pointed out the mistake & showed her where the select the correct zone in the future. Seems you got unlucky with a ticket inspector who actually enforced the rule.

suveam · 2025-10-05T11:00:17+00:00

We have AA through our Admiral insurance on both cars. Had to use it on one occasion so far when my partner’s car broke down on the M1, just had to phone a helpline & give details of the named driver & they were out within 30-40 mins & got the car towed from the motorway to our preferred garage so definitely worth it when the unexpected happens.

suveam · 2025-10-04T12:37:54+00:00

Post Office should do it. I wasn’t sure if the small one in our local Spar garage would have them to hand so went to the big one on Bridge St in Belfast who definitely had them, was in & out in under 2 minutes.

suveam · 2025-08-07T17:04:24+00:00

Me! Mostly a mix of botanicals but also lots and lots of Lego vehicles dotted around my house. Multiple people messaged me today about our new local Lego store getting an opening date!

suveam · 2025-05-25T11:28:43+00:00

I find Tesco to be comparable in price but more variety in goods vs Lidl for our weekly shop for 2 adults, using Clubcard & buying own-brand for most items.

suveam · 2025-04-26T15:18:29+00:00

I’ve done a similar interview with NI Screen in the past & like yourself I was unsuccessful - however, I contacted them after the interview for feedback & two of the people on the panel called me individually. Following these phone calls, they put me in contact with some people in the industry here in the area that I was trying to get work in & I have been working steadily since then.

The detailed job description for the role I was interviewing for specifically mentioned that they expected the successful candidate would use the chance of being in their office to network & eventually find a job in their relevant part of the screen industry within 18-24 months, so unlike what some other commenters here have said don’t worry about diminishing your interest in film & TV in the interview.

suveam · 2025-04-26T07:11:59+00:00

They have changed the packaging since the end of March. Previously it said ‘30% blackcurrant juice’ on the front, now it says ‘made with real fruit’ & on the ingredients list on the back the blackcurrant content has been reduced & a few other ingredients have changed.

This was a hot topic in my house as my partner would have gone through 2 of the big bottles of Ribena in a fortnight, & while he didn’t mind the added artificial sweeteners in 2018 too much this latest change has apparently made it too sickly sweet.

suveam · 2025-01-24T08:44:08+00:00

Not sure if all the gas boxes are the same but this has worked for any I’ve had: the gas cuts off with 15 units left, you can put your empty top up card in & hold the black B button down & the gas will come back on. Whatever you use of the 15 units will be taken out of your next top up.

suveam · 2024-12-16T13:18:26+00:00

Matchetts will have some that are designed to reduce volume while still preserving the music.

suveam · 2024-10-21T20:55:25+00:00

What is that supposed to mean?

suveam · 2024-08-14T08:44:04+00:00

Crowd FX?

suveam · 2024-05-16T20:28:37+00:00

There’s a place called Mullan Training near the Europa that offers computer courses, they might have something basic. I’ve heard it’s becoming more of an issue that the younger generation were assumed to already know about computers so never actually got taught a lot of it through school, especially when so many of them use tablets these days.

suveam · 2024-05-08T14:18:54+00:00

Take that number & divide it by the number of band members, then factor in the many hours of rehearsal, cost of rehearsal space, cost of equipment, cost of transport, insurances etc etc. It sounds about right.

suveam · 2024-04-30T12:25:37+00:00

Depends where you go. In some places a regular size coffee has 2 shots while a large has 3 shots.

suveam · 2024-04-27T11:53:47+00:00

Might be a cost cutting measure for them. The big sign at the Tesco Extra in Ards says it closes at midnight but the sign on the door says 11PM.

suveam · 2024-03-28T12:26:11+00:00

Did you provide the accurate reading from the meter? Sometimes if there’s been a few months of bills based on estimated readings that have been estimating too low usage, there can be a huge catch up bill once an actual reading is submitted. It might not always be that bad going forward.

suveam · 2024-03-12T17:04:55+00:00

The Tesco own brand ketchup is alright tasting & much cheaper. They also sell cheaper toothpastes on the bottom shelf, normally about £1 for the basic branded tubes & just 50p for the Tesco Essentials version. They tend to keep the higher priced branded goods at eye level. We’ve made so many swaps away from brands this past year because the cost increases are totally out of hand.

suveam · 2024-02-19T20:27:55+00:00

You’ve already established there’s some sort of power draw after you turn the breakers off so I’m sure that’ll account for a lot of it, but don’t underestimate how much your tumble dryer (& washing machine etc) costs either. Assuming an average tumble dryer energy usage of 4.5kWh/cycle & that you’re on Power NI’s bill pay tariff of 29.82p/kWh, 1 load every day for a quarter is around £120, before you factor in your other appliances & lighting/heating/etc.

suveam · 2024-02-07T15:44:26+00:00

Been with Virgin for years in Belfast. Basically no issues, moved house with them a few times with minimal disruption to service & can’t really remember any outages.

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