Following on from another post below asking about paved areas at airports... what are these for that you can see at many airports?
I dont think the top picture with the lighter colour concrete surface is used any more but its more the functionality...
Are they just so that there is more choice for manoeuvring parked planes past each other at the airport?
Waiters find it amusing due to their contempt for customers to wait until you have all your food at the table and take your first mouthful to come over and ask if everything is OK to amuse themselves over our struggling to finish and answer without an awkwardly long pause for chewing!
Hello All,
I am hoping for a little guidance from anyone who may have had similar concerns or experience.
Recently a number of friends I've known since school age have gone through some health concerns as we approach 50. Some had pointed out that it was good they were on top of it with their Doctor because the issues "run in the family".
This is the crux of my current concern, as being adopted of course means the only people in the world that I know and am biologically related to are my kids. For myself and for them in case there is anything it would be good to know, I'd like to have a little more knowledge about health.
I am not interested in having contact with biological parents and this isn't an avenue I would wish to go down.
Has anyone else tried to be proactive with their health, what kind of things have you looked into or what did you ask your Dr about? I'm guess other than the checks you would usually go for cholesterol, blood pressure etc there probably isn't much else.
But it would just be good to know if there are any other things that could be looked into for peace of mind.
Thanks.
Not good at articulating my mind but I'll try, apologies.
I have been feeling like I'm circling the drain with my mood and mental health recently, I last had a major collapse about 3 years ago when my marriage fell apart. I take a mild antidepressants.
I am exhausted dealing with my narcissistic ex to co-parent with her. She has a fractured relationship with our daughter that makes it stressful. She has also a fractured nearly no-contact relationship with her own sister and recently has fallen out with her oldest childhood friend of 40+ years. She has decided that this must be due to me "turning them against her" despite the fact I dont have any real contact with them and hadn't had any with her former friend for over a year or so until all this happened.
My daughter is awaiting an ASD evaluation and will likely be on the spectrum, this makes life harder too, but this isnt really making things stressful as I "get" my daughter and can work with her like most others cant, but this has a knock on with her mother and mine (her grandmother).
In 13 years of marriage my ex always refused to get meaningful employment, we scraped by on my income for a family of 4 and did OK but it meant I have no resources after it of which to speak. I have built up little since the split as it would just get stripped in the divorce.
I continue to pay for my time with the kids but still have to heavily subsidise the ex to make sure they have everything they need. I have a small house I bought in a crappy area years before I met my ex, and while she has no legal automatic entitlement to it her solicitor has it tied up so that I cannot do anything with it (if I sell she would become entitled to half the proceeds).
I have been living with my mother for the last couple of years as I cant afford to continue to carry the ex while she still doesn't work regularly and pay the current high levels of rent.
My mother is highly critical of everything I do, especially when dealing with the kids and ex. I try not to be combative with the ex but then my mother rips into me about being "too easy" on her, if I take a sterner line then the ex becomes a nightmare. She has recently started criticising everything I do in regards parenting with my daughter. I want so much to get out of there and have independence again but there is no way for me to make ends meet. I am exhausted.
I have a lovely partner of 2 years who I adore, she came to the UK from Ukraine to escape the war, has 2 sons starting uni and came here with little, so I help support her too as much as I can. She likes little treats and I try to provide them, noting ott but they are regular enough they add up over the month. She also wants a few nights away here and there and holidays. I always say yes but recently she has been annoyed that nothing is actually booked.... I would if I could. I feel like I am letting her down and I dont want to make it a big deal... I just cant face another difficult front in my life.
This last 2 months I have stopped running and going to the gym and started comfort eating, I have piled on a lot of weight, I'm constantly tired and my body/joints are sore and stiff. The brain fog is constant and its getting harder to get out of bed each morning.
I feel like I'm on a roller coaster and am just cresting the top of a big dip... its not even started really yet and is mild compared to what it could be and yet I feel powerless to stop it.
Did anyone else use airlinequality.com? I used to review some flights and my airport trips through it. as much as to share my feedback as to document my own travels and times spent in transit. I just went on today to check something and got this... disappointing.
Also shows how pervasive AI has gotten if they think up to 30% of reviews could be fake AI slop. No least of all because to get a review as "verified" as mentioned on the page required sending a boarding pass confirmation!
NASA keeps pushing the moon landing hoax theory because they want to keep the story and achievement in the public eye. Otherwise it would have slowly dropped out of the public imagination much more than now.
So they do it to keep the moon, space and their work in public discourse much more than it otherwise would be to increase their chances of funding!
Well, here I am full rewatch through No.5 and I’m half way through the last episode.
It hits so hard I’m not quite sure if I’m in the right frame of mind for it (as has happened before).
So having a coffee while I debate with myself if I’ll finish it, or….. circle back to S1E1 now!!!! 🤔
This morning when I went in to get my usual morning coffee, the app was signed out, this happens with apps sometimes so OK.
However I cant get back in, the details are correct as they are from iOS key-chain, Ive copied and paste them in as well as enter the details fully manual, however all I get is "forbidden" when I try to put the details in, so I cant get back into the app.... I tried the reset password but no link to reset arrives.........
Anyone else experiencing issues???
Had a mild panic attack just now. Was scrolling the Netflix home screen and mistakenly thought I saw the “leaving soon” add on over the Superstore tile… thankfully I was just scrolling too fast and mistook it.
But it made me think… it would not be an exaggeration to say about 70% of my Netflix time is Superstore just running through episode after episode ♻️
So if it genuinely did leave Netflix, I would strongly consider dropping my subscription because it’s such a big part of my reason for having it at all. And there has been a real lack of other shows on there lately that have me watching.
Does anyone else think the show is a big part of why you stick with whatever platform you watch it on?
Tipping culture in the US has only persisted and grown to its current levels as "Big Service" has thus far managed to suppress any linking of the practice due to concepts of a basically pressured tax at the point of payment with socialism/communism in the popular mindset.
15 minutes before take off not boarding time or gate closing, take off... the doors are closed and the planes lining up for its slot on the runway... Its not a motor scooter you can just jump on....!!!!
And you know perfectly well there was a call they never noticed!
Has anyone got anything good planned for the kids over the Summer holidays. I was looking for new ideas for my 2 (8 & 13). Was kinda looking for something a bit new. When you Google, the usual suspects all come up, swimming like the slide pools, W5, Barry’s etc. These are all good and we will definitely be there over the Summer as the kids like all this kinda stuff.
But was just hoping to find something new and different to take them to.
Hi,
I have the S2 docked and am using it on a Sony 4K HDR TV.
In the Switch settings I have everything set to 4K etc.
However when I turn it on and the TV jumps to the HDMI input that the Switch is on it always just says 1080p in the corner as it confirms the output I'm looking at. I'm using the HDMI cable that came in the box. So I'm assuming its a TV setting rather than the Switch itself.
Has anyone else had any little quirks that needed a to be ironed out to ensure the right settings?
Does anyone else follow Timmy Mallett on social media like his Instagram... or if you are a cyclist or runner his Strava?
He seems to be constantly off on his adventures and full on cycling expeditions. When he does he posts about the places and people he comes across and seems really invested in everything and everyone and is great at finding interesting places and the history of them.
I think it would be really great to see a little mini series of his travel adventures when hes ut and about. Not sure you could incorporate Malletts Mallet, but you never know he may be able to find a way!
Energy vampires like Colin Robinson in What We Do In The Shadows are 100% real.
They are easily found in the wild feeding off rage created by their self righteous modding antics on Reddit where anything that doesn’t suit their subjective personal beliefs is used to generate a 5 course banquet.
Has anyone ever used this site for Dynam parts, they have what I need but are cheaper by enough to make me wonder if they are legit...?
>!Given the revelation in the new episodes and the fact that we are only seeing it now when the diagnosis must have come a good while ago, are we safe to assume that treatment has gone well and he is as of today in the clear? !<
>!Its hard to tell when something was actually filmed and where he would stand now? !<
>!The way he announced it on social media added extra weight, which stands to reason with the documentary nature of the show that he sets the tone for what a bombshell it would have been at the time.!<
>!I could only find news articles about the revelation in the show, but given the length of time ago that it was likely filmed not how he currently is. !<
Has anyone else seen products they have at home on the shelves of Cloud 9?
I was reminded as Jonah carries this espresso machine in the Olympics episode of a model very similar to my own.... although I think the same one appears in another episode but I couldn't find it.
Does anyone else's local airport have any really dank and dreary parts that cant be ignored that just scream they need to be renovated?
Belfast International has just undergone the main round of a huge revamp, it looks good, nice shops, bars, duty free and cafes etc. All good if you are spending money.
However once on your way to the gate you have to walk this dank corridor, and the gates deposit you onto stairwells that look largely the same and finally onto the tarmac to walk out to the plane in all weather.
For arrivals there is a mirror image of this corridor on the other side of the wall to the left which brings you to boarder control and then to baggage collection which don't think has been updated since the 90's!!!!!
The disparity between the new parts and the parts they just wont seem to touch (that don't directly generate money) gets wider and run down parts really detract from the good.
Do many people actually know the name of their Dr? It was highlighted this morning when my partner was at the orthodontist and reception asked her to fill in her Drs name on a form.... she didnt know... the receptionist sees to have acted a bit grumpily and had an attitude.
To be fair I have no idea who my Dr is, in the exceptionally rare instance (touch wood) that I need to call, I speak to the receptionist at the surgery I'm registered with and I'll get a call back or appointment with a Dr from that surgery.
I dont recall ever having seen the same one twice in the few times I've been there.
