u/General_Committee_24

I thought it was a bit of a myth, but we did think how he never said no to a cup and tactfully put his mug back in the kitchen. One day after he’d gone my wife said “How many cups of tea have you had today” “One” I replied. There were eight teabags in the dish, and that was the only day we counted, and he was here for a few weeks….

Is it really a thing amongst tradies, and why tea? Does anyone drink coffee?

I’ve recently put loads of stuff into storage, including dozens and dozens (60-70) of cassettes from my teenage years. Mainly stuff taped from the radio (and TV) - and tends to be quite “cool” stuff from 77/78/79 (John Peel etc), through until 1984 ish, complete with my scrawls saying some of whats on them. Amongst them is the night John Peel played every track from Never mind the Bollocks (except Bodies obvs) for instance (but i cut out most of John Peel)

I realise there would be interest in these, but part of me wants to get rid of them, and part of me wants to keep - although I would never listen to them all.

Theres quite a few whole albums taped from CD’s that I still have - they can go no problem. Theres also diaries, scrap books, and ephemera from the time as well, some of which makes me cringe a bit.

I’m not particularly sentimental, but part of me does think if they do go, I’ll forget what I was thinking and where I was at as a teenager.

How would you deal with these?

TIA

It was a matter of seconds away so a really close call. It made me think if I had, would I tell my wife, who thought I was just having a pee? This is the second time in the last few months so may not be so lucky next time.

Would you tell your partner?

EDIT; I had a ten minute walk home and thought it was just a bit of wind at first and nearly farted - jeez I’m glad I didn’t. It was two minutes from home when I realised I was in trouble. Plus I didn’t have my keys so texted ahead to have the door open ready for a slick movement (so to speak). I might be to blame as had had two pints of hazy pale ale.

I’ve used the Pacer app since starting (during Covid), and always found it perfect for what I wanted - simple, basic information and a route history to look at. A recent update has changed the interface, lost route history (the button that says Routes only shows the ones I’ve specifically recorded over the years - but they’re nothing special tbh - about half a dozen), and everything seems more monetised (fair enough) than it used to be.

I wondered if there are any other users on here who have had the same thoughts/issues.

I’m reluctant to delete it at the risk of losing my history, but look like using Strava in the future.

I’ve worked for the same firm in England for 21 years now, and last week was told I was going down to three days a week due to financials etc. However, despite my offering valid additional duties and ways of other savings, and the fact that I saved the company the equivalent of my reduced wages in one short project recently, the paranoia in me is thinking I’m being phased out.

I understand any redundancy pay is based on your weekly salary in the last three months, so I’m thinking they’ll say in a month that I’m going down to two days, then one, just so they can reduce the payout.

I’ll be earning less than I was when I started, and frankly I have been in the same situation before back in 2013, and have only in the last few years gone back to the full time salary I was earning then. My question is - would this be correct? Its morally wrong I know but thats another discussion with them…. TIA