u/thelivsterette1

I'm not a delivery rider. I'm just a very regular customer.

Whenever anyone orders in our house, we all have the same codes (obviously all different codes, but in the sense none of them have ever changed. My mum, my brother, my sister, my BIL to be, and I all know of each other's codes)

Whoever's ordered it, anyone can pick the order up.

Say if my sister's ordered something, and it arrives and she's in the bathroom, I or somsone else can grab the door and give the rider her code.

It's been years and none of our codes have ever changed and I would assume they're meant to?

For example if you have a frequent enough driver (I often get semi regular drivers) who is not very law-abiding, they could memorise the code, punch in the code, and basically steal your food without delivering it.

I saw this on Google's AI overview:

Other users experience a completely random 2-digit code for every single order, which is the system's intended primary security measure.

Can somsone tell me if it's meant to be random or not?

I know I'm not like super close to a streak but once I hit 800 I feel like the dopamine is just gonna ebb away until they add till I get to a thousand do you recognize I'll put like other streaks like they did initially when they made basement dweller a thousand plus before people complained

I have a Kenwood Go in my grandparents' apartment in France, so I'm not unfamiliar with Kenwood, but I do have a few KitchenAid attachments. The one I really want to use is the pasta cutter, which I don't think you can use on the KitchenAid

I have had some issues with my KitchenAid (c. 10 yrs old) most of this year.

Hasn't been serviced because I didn't know servicing was a thing, and then it started shaking/vibrating when my sister tried to use it while I was away. Pulled it out of storage when I got home, and the head and body were disconnected. I think I've since lost the hinge pin.

The hinge pin would go all the way through the body. If I tried to connect the body and the head, the hinge pin would get stuck. Also, the speed control knob is broken, and it won't switch off properly unless I switch it off at the wall. It bounces back. I did try to have a look at some screws and fix it myself, but that didn't really work, and I'm not very techy.

Took me a while to find people who could fix it, because it's quite hard to find people who can fix small electricals like this. I found someone in February, reached out to them, and they did reply, but English wasn't their first language, so it was harder to understand the emails and I had to get ChatGPT to help me decode them.

Obviously I have nothing against someone's first language not being English, but it didn't exactly instil me with confidence that they knew what I was trying to describe in terms of my mixer not working/I was worried they wouldn't be able to fix the right issue (also their T&Cs state they do not accept mixers "on bits" so clearly wouldn't work as mine's in 2 pieces)

Kept looking, waited a few months and then managed to find this other person and reached out and sent an enquiry on the website on the 11th June (Thurs)

Got a quote for the full service, postage, packing, and special packaging for the KitchenAid, (optional, but like a fancy bubble-wrappee box to fit the machine) on th 12th June (Fri) and it comes to £150.

Cos Google says the business is only open during the week, I emailed him back on the 15th (Mon) and said, "How do I book in the repair?" etc, indicating I'd be all for it.

It's been 2 and a bit weeks, and essentially I've been ghosted, and I feel that if I follow up I won't get anywhere (despite some of the Google reviews saying he replied straight away to the enquiry; I got a reply to the enquiry within 24h)

I'm debating whether to just bite the bullet and get a Kenwood K-Mix in apricot, which I can get from Robert Dyas for just over £250. My only issue is that my mum wants me to get rid of the broken mixer first before I buy a new mixer, so I have to make a decision.

Unless someone knows a trustworthy place in the UK where I can get my mixer fixed for less than it would cost to get the KMix, I don't really have £600 to spend on a new mixer. If it's going to be closer to £200, I'd rather pay the slight extra and get the new KMix.

Paid £1 extra for next day delivery too (GF oat milk powder. Usually £2.99 delivery, £3.99 delivery for next day rather than 2-3 days)

Been at home all day. Got another package (for my mum) no issues

This one, at 1:38pm, I got an email from RM saying "delivery between 3:40pm and 7:30pm"

3:37pm another email saying "Sorry, there didn’t seem to be anyone in. We’ll automatically reattempt delivery of your parcel the next working day unless you’ve already made an alternate delivery request"

No one made any effort to ring my intercom, or walk through the open gate (probably left open by the other delivery driver - they don't work and people can push them open, but we try keep em closed to A) avoid people stealing packages if they're just left on our porch, and B) my front doorbell doesn't work) and knock on the door.

I hate when people don't read the big sign I wrote in capitals taped to the doorbell which said "DOORBELL DOESNT WORK PLEASE RING AT GATE THANKS" and knock etc but it's better than no delivery

I also know there's no delivery as even if the delivery person was down the street my dog would start barking to be a good guard dog

I usually say biop-pic. My teacher used to say bio-pic, (like bio washing powder same pronounciarion) and now I'm watching YouTube videos etc and I've heard more and more people say bio-pic but for some reason that pronounciation bugs me lol.

How do you say it?

The book looks amazing and I miss GF bread, pastries etc so much.

I'm not a beginner to GF baking (I'm obsessed with the Elements of Baking book from The Loopy Whisk; because of that plus very occasional troubleshooting w ChatGPT, I've managed to convert a lot of reciped to GF/DF, sometimes vegan - tho now I realise my brother-in-law to be's egg intolerance is quantity based, I'm sticking to GF/DF as it's much easier than GF/VG - including a shortbread recipe from my great great grandma) but definitely more so to GF bread/enriched doughs etc. Worth getting it or is it more for people who have experience in GF bread making?

I have a lot of experience in bread and enriched dough making just not GF

I just got Basement Dweller 🎉 Curious to see where other people are at

I have 23 tabs open (I know, but I've had 50 or 60 before. Eventually, my computer tells me i've run out of syssyem memory, i have to force quit chrome, then reopen from history, and save all my tabs in my tab manager which has 25,000 tabs going back like 5 years)

One of them right now, not a heavy YT video playing in the background with audio (which usually top our around 800MB/1.1GB), but a fucking NEWS ARTICLE is 3.3GB.

What the actual fuck is going on??

I’ve given up playing on my phone (small screen plus I managed to mess up when I was a kid with the skip timing hack for speeding up chalices. Lost everything including 249 levels of progress and won’t have any more chalices till Jan 2027) when I got a new iPad for Christmas.

I’m loving the bigger screen and don’t want to go back, but had an auto clicker app on my Pixel. I have not found a good clicker app on the iPad yet that works without having to pay like £10 a month or ads and being able to set a multi click

Any recs so I can do bettter in events on the iPad?

Just to clarify, I’ve only started SNL UK (I don’t even know where to watch the US one here!) cos I know some of the cast members from various endeavours (seen them do improv, seen them in various panel shows/Taskmaster/other TV shows, met Emma Sidi at an improv show) and every episode the musical guest performs twice.

Is this a carryover from the OG SNL? or uniquely British? Any idea why? Even on other entertainment shows (for example Michael McIntyre’s Big Show) the musical guest only has one performance not two.

I used to use Dove's Freee (Rice, Potato, Tapioca, Maize, Buckwheat), and even pre-blended in my Vitamix, I found it too ricey, and you have to let things sit, etc., and it can affect hydration.

I then found an amazing brand called Eurostar Foods. I had last ordered in November 2025 and just finished my flour (Potato starch, corn starch, rice flour, vegetable flour, and vegetable fibres.) with them yesterday and ordered 3 more 1.5kg bags the other day.

Unfortunately, I only realised after it arrived that they've had a massive ingredient change, and now the ingredients are Flour (Rice, Maize, Buckwheat), Starch, Thickener (Xanthan Gum).

I'm going to see if I can return the unopened bags (I opened one and put it in a tupperware because I still want to cook/bake with it. But 4.5kg of the stuff??)

If I made my own blend, I could use superfine rice flour (every singler blend recipe seems to have white rice flour!) but it's hard to find and much more convenient to not create my own blend

Also, the potential for white rice flour to be contaminated with arsenic and cause issues (I bake a lot more than I eat "gluten-free" shop-bought goods mainly cos I know how to make mine taste nice) worries me - washing/soaking it removes a lot of potential arsenic and rice flour i non-washed, ground rice.

I actually can't find any brands so far without rice flour, or at least without rice flour as the first or seond (ie most prominent) ingredients.

Help me please

Looking at trying to get my KA (c. 10 years old. Manufactured August 2014 which means purchased late 2014 or early 2015. Not been serviced since I bought it; learnt my lesson and in the future will service it or another regularly) repaired - it was shaking when my sis used it when i was abroad and i came home and got it out of storage and the head and body had disconnected. The hinge pin fits through thde body, but when I try reassamble it, the pin gwts stuck halfway through.

If it's unfixable or a write-off, I would look to replace it. (Or maybe a Kenwood Kmix; in my grandparents old flat I got a Kenwood Go due to space, so I sort of know it, plus Robert Dyas have the 5L Apricot KMix on sale for £260 instead of £480 which is way cheaper than KA being £367 when they're £480/£460 normally. Obviously, I'm going to find out if it's repairable, but if it's going to cost over £200 ish I'm leaning towards the KMix, as it's not that much more expensive)

I looked online and I've seen the 'regular' tilt head artisan 4.7L for £459, and the Artisan plus for £699. As far as I know, it's just some more precise speed thing and a light? (and less colours which I aren't really a fan of) What else am I missing? What justifies the extra £200??

Thinking of this for when I hopefully get my mum round to the idea of an autism (plus other things) assistance dog and my dad genuinely sort of understands the idea but takes the piss thinks I should get an assistance iguana 😂

But also thinking this because I saw a news article where Aer Lingus denied an autistic woman with her assistance dog (even though Crete accepted it) as it wasn't ADI/AGDF registered and of course the comments were calling it an "assistance dog" (ie not sure real) emotional support, a pet etc so I want to counter that. Some people were genuinely curious about how an assistance dog would help for autism which I like

I've been trying to make gluten and dairy-free croissants and I followed Miyoko's recipe from the Homemade Vegan Pantry book, croissant laminated butter to use in croissants and things. Basically I underestimated how much coconut oil I needed when I bought it because I didn't do the cup conversion (I think cups are stupid, that is a hill I will die on, weight is much better than volume)

I successfully made the butter but I had half refined odourless coconut oil and half virgin coconut oil I had in my house. The butter's done really well but the problem is it tastes a lot like coconut (I tried a bit) and I can't really use that to make pastry.

My mum doesn't really want me to throw it away because fair enough, these things are expensive, coconut oil especially so. I get it so I said to my mum she could probably use it to make like a coconut curry type thing. Any other ideas of what my family can do with it? It's made about 500g (1lb)

The recipe said it can keep for months in the freezer

Years ago (2018) I got a Sage SmartScoop and loved it. After 2 years, just after its warranty ran out, the paddle stopped churning (but the motor still worked)

Because the warranty had expired, Sage could only offer me 10% off a new item (and it was cheaper to buy it from John Lewis, where I had bought it originally)

Never got around to replacing/fixing it/thought it was unrepairable. Then I got an ultimatum from my sister during a spring clean to throw it or fix it.

I eventually found a barely-used, second-hand one on eBay for £167 including shipping and treated myself as an early Christmas gift.

Honestly, a steal since 6 years ago I'd paid £269.99, and now Sage sells it for £369.99, which for me was not in the budget at the time.

Anyway, the second-hand one (I knew this going in, seems like a much simpler/cheap fix than not being able to make icr cream at all) the knob doesn't work. It spins but is unable to select a setting, so I have to make ice cream in manual mode, which, for me, is still a bit of trial and error.

I'm more than happy to pay to get the knob fixed; I actually think I still have my old machine somewhere so I've got the parts to do a knob transplant haha

But I've not been able to find anywhere that can fix it, same with my KitchenAid stand mixer (which is over 10 years old). Anyone know of any places that can fix a Sage SmartScoop and/or KitchenAid stand mixer in North London?

I'm not super techy so don't want to DIY this; I'm scared I might break the machine.