u/dinosaurjunior123

People have recommended 3M scotch tape to me in the past, honestly I’m tryna find one for my next painting but there’s so many options for scotch tape Im kinda confused about which one to actually choose?

In my last painting I used 3m 271 tape which was too thick and ripped up the paint from the background so I need something less like that but that I can still use to paint over.

I have synthetic brushes and I have just bought my first sable chisel brush,

I’ve read that mineral oil is the best to use to maintain brushes- I’m just wondering if there is any brand that is best to use or is it just any mineral oil?

Also would it be good to oil the synthetic brushes too and is it possible to use them with enamel paints aswell?

If you could explain to me the process of how to handle the brushes I would be much appreciative- do I need to do ally bathe the brushes in mineral oil until I am ready to use them or how does it work?

Thanks in advance

I’m in the uk,
I started a job in this warehouse about 3 weeks ago, I have asthma and am realising it is making me very tight Chested- due to how dusty the place is. They don’t have a cleaner and I don’t think the warehouse has ever actually been cleaned, whereas in my old place they used an industrial floor cleaner every day.

The place is filthy, I’m noticing a lot of things wrong like how there is not enough space for everything there is and it genuinely makes it stressful.

I got myself some face masks to protect myself from the dust but now I’m just wondering if it’s even worth carrying on when they clearly don’t care, maybe I should just consider my health more and just get out while I can.

I went for an enrolment for a ‘joinery and carpentry’ adult learning course, only to find out it is now only site carpentry when I mainly wanted it for joinery and would love to change career into joinery.

However the person running the course told me it’s a dying trade and she used to be a joiner but it’s not what it used to be. Which is why it is now just a carpentry course- is this true?

Will it be very hard for me to find a joinery apprenticeship after a course? If I were to do the site carpentry course could I still focus on joinery after with the skills I’d learned?

I feel like I don’t know what to do now or which direction to go as this was my plan for step towards a career change

ETA I’m in the UK

Started a Job last week as a forklift operator, I’m on a temporary basis, they have told me overtime is optional and it’s not an obligation.
However I’ve already stayed last week and today was told loads of stuff that was needed to be done 10 mins before the shift.

Anyways, something has come up which means I won’t be able to do overtime for the next couple months as I need to be earning a certain amount and nothing above it.
Am I within my right to do this? There is nothing in the contract about overtime, but I’m already sort of feeling guilty and like they will want to fire me or not keep me on because of this

Any advice please, I will have to tell them tomorrow I guess

Im in the UK, and looking to take up something new which could potentially be a career at some point.

Im wondering where would be a good place to start, ie which materials and what to start off learning? I’m interested in making rings mostly.

I have been looking at courses and into doing n a level 3 jewellery making course and then potentially getting an apprenticeship or just trying to get an entry level job from there. I also thought it could be a good idea to do some of the short one day course where you just make a ring or something.

I would like to be self employed eventually, how feasible would this all Be?

Is anyone in the UK doing this as their career and how did you start and get going?

I just started a job last week, there is an extremely rude man who is apparently a Russian ex police officer.

Whenever I go to bring him anything he will shout ‘bring it here’, and then when I bring it to him there is no Thank you or anything, or criticise whatever ive done. Today it was i brought him something and he exclaimed what are you doing angrily.

I get if Russians are rude and don’t like to be polite but at the same if youve come to the UK surely you should learn to at least say please and thank you and not speak so rudely to people since that is not the culture here.

I don’t even know how to deal with him as he is making me angry and I can’t help but answer back to the way he speaks to me as I won’t accept being spoken to like shit. How do i deal with him?

Also unsure if it’s cos I’m a woman in a male dominated job.

I’ve been researching and seen that you can take both at the same time and I feel this would be the best option for me, does anyone know if this is something they offer or is it one or the other? I’m currently on the waiting list for the medication which is taking ridiculously long anyway
Thank you

So I got my forklift licence last week and applied for a job which was looking for people with forklift experience, I applied for it but my CV clearly says I got my licence only in July.

Now I’m worried that they’ll be expecting more from me, does anyone know what I can expect from this interview and what I should be clued up on.

I’m also kind of worried about if I’ve gotta do an assessment on the forklift as obviously the certification I did was not enough to actually be a good forklift driver- like I barely remember all the stuff and now I’m worried I won’t remember stuff when I’m driving it.

My birth name is Caitlin so I have been trialling Caolan as it’s also Irish and a masculine version of my name.

As I’m trans masc he/ they im also thinking I could go for something more non binary sounding.

I don’t know whether to stick close to my birth name to make it easier.

Other ideas I have are

Cai
Kay
Luca (totally different lol)

But if you have any ideas which keeps it close and is gender neutral sounding I’d appreciate it

My birth name is Caitlin so I have been trialling Caolan as it’s also Irish and a masculine version of my name.

As I’m trans masc he/ they im also thinking I could go for something more non binary sounding.

I don’t know whether to stick close to my birth name to make it easier.

Other ideas I have are

Cai
Kay
Luca (totally different lol)

But if you have any ideas which keeps it close and is gender neutral sounding I’d appreciate it

I am a 30 year old lesbian in the uk, I am looking to relocate but need some advice. I definitely want to go to the north, probably Yorkshire. However, can anyone recommend good areas with a strong lesbian/ queer community? I am not much of a party person and am also sober, and would preferably like to be in or near countryside, however I also would love to meet other queers and potentially will go for nights out to gain community.

Sowerby bridge is on my radar, or Sheffield- can anyone comment on these places for the scenes there?

Thanks in advance.

Got an emergency appointment at my dentist today, and they’ve now referred me to to the hospital to get a full face scan so they can see my wisdom tooth as it’s far back in my jaw.

This could take up to a month now I’m guessing until I can get it extracted. Is there no way to get this done quicker as it seems urgent since there is a hole in my tooth and any bacteria that goes in there may pass to my other teeth.

Why does the dentist not have the Xray to see wisdom teeth?!! And has anyone else experienced this before, and how long did the whole process take start to finish?

Any advice is appreciated, I can’t really afford to go private which I’m guessing is the next option for speed.