I genuinely think half of British car humour/personality comes from growing up watching Top Gear . Explains why so many of us speak about cars like emotionally unstable 14 year olds despite being fully grown adults with council tax responsibilities.
Mine was getting a message that began with sorry to bother you followed immediately by a photo that looked like the property had survived a small natural disaster. Feel like every UK landlord eventually collects a few stories that sound completely made up to normal people. What’s yours?
Looking for genuine recommendations from people who actually eat here. Not TripAdvisor. Just real people and real food. What is the one place you keep going back to?
Not an oyster person. Was not an oyster person. Stood at the harbour in Whitstable on a cold Saturday afternoon and let someone talk me into trying one and whatever I was expecting it was not that. Something about eating it literally metres from where it came from in that specific grey sea air made it taste like the place itself. Drove home and immediately started looking at when I could come back. What is the Kent food experience that you think every visitor should have before they leave and where specifically do they need to go for it?
Same room. Same walls. Three different plasterers. Three quotes that are nowhere near each other. Not talking a small difference. The gap between the cheapest and the most expensive is significant enough that it feels like they are describing different jobs. No idea if the cheap one is cutting corners I cannot see or if the expensive one is just expensive. What should a customer actually be asking when they get quotes to understand what they are really comparing?
Letter arrived last week. States a figure. States a deadline. States a reference number. Does not state how they arrived at the number or what period it relates to beyond a tax year. Logged into the personal tax account and the figure is not reflected there at all. Not panicking but also not not panicking. Is this a known thing where the online account just lags behind the letters or is this something that needs an actual phone call into the void?
Does anyone else recognize this exact spot along the Meadows?
Made about £1,400 from freelance projects last year on top of my normal salary. Did not declare it anywhere. Did not know I needed to. Have now gone down a rabbit hole and cannot find a clear answer about whether I needed to register for self assessment or whether it falls under some kind of threshold. Is there a simple rule here that I am missing or does it depend on factors I have not thought of yet.
Standard is fine. Perfectly fine. You get there. Business Premier is genuinely lovely and if someone else is paying for it you will not be disappointed. Standard Premier is the interesting one. The price difference from Standard is significant. The difference in experience is real but smaller than the price suggests. The seat is better. The meal is included. The check in is faster. But at the price it sits at versus what Business Premier costs you are in a strange middle ground. What do people here think is the actual sweet spot for value.
The Sinclair Fountain was erected in 1859 by Catherine Sinclair for horses, dogs and any thirsty passer by. It was eventually removed in early 1926 as it presented too much of an obstacle for traffic as you can see from the protective bollards.
Not sure if this is too easy or one of those that looks simple once you see it
Mercury
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Took me a second to realise what links them in a slightly different way than the obvious one.
Moved in recently and not sure what the normal thing is. Part of me wants to just knock and say hi, part of me feels a bit awkward about it. What did you do when you moved in?
I used to just record expenses in batches at the end of the week and realised I kept forgetting details like what something was actually for. Now I quickly note the purpose of the expense at the time (even just a few words) and it’s made things much clearer later on, especially when reviewing or explaining it. It sounds basic but it saved me from second guessing entries and fixing things later.
Been listening back to a few older episodes and realised the ones where guests choose really simple or nostalgic food tend to be way more interesting. They end up telling better stories instead of just listing fancy dishes. Examples like people picking very normal comfort food usually turn into proper conversations rather than just menu choices. Do you think the best episodes come from the food itself or how personal the choices are?