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Very open house when it comes to alcohol, if youngest (8) asks to try a drink we are having they are always welcome to sniff/sip it, I would rather it become as boring as a cup of tea and just something you have with a meal/after dinner than some illusive thing they aren’t allowed. I usually have a wine which he cannot stand, so he’s stopped asking! Eldest is 15 and alcohol is available in suitable quantities to be consumed within the home, he’s not that bothered though, hasn’t been able to finish a nice crisp lager out the fridge so I’m confident he’s got no hope with a warm one his mates have snuck out their house.

I think a huge disparity comes from when you did a degree & when/if you have been able to buy a house. I have 2 friends, both nurses, 1 did her degree straight out of 6th form 3k a year fees, bursary to cover living costs, into a job after graduating, brought a house with her fella, now live very comfortably, she’s still nursing, 2 kids, package holiday in the sun every year, she’s first to sign up for any girls weekends etc. Other friend did a bit of travelling, few office jobs, did her nursing degree in her late 20s 9k a year, no bursary, still renting, has a partner but they essentially lived off his salary whilst she was studying so got into a bit of debt. 2 people living similar lives (age, job, partner etc) however standards of living are wildly different.

Guilty as charged, long drive, one in front of the other, it’s a pain in the arse for swapping cars over, he’s on the drive I’m in the visitor bays round the side of the house, unless I know 10000% that I will be first out/last out when blocking in/being blocked in. In my defence I once forgot my partners shift pattern & had to move my car at 4am, since then I don’t like taking the risk.

I like your colleagues

Absolutely they don’t. Have you seen the 17:30 fast train out of Waterloo, train beers all round

I’m sorry, as I mentioned above this was not an attempt to disrespect any other religion, just curiosity, as explained above.

A few comments about the army connection, thank you for sharing this.

I never knew being Man Utd fans could gain you respect 🤣 haha but that makes sense, I suppose “adopting” the national game makes a contribution too

I never knew this about Lockerbie, definitely something to educate myself on

This breaks my heart, people are more than their skin tone 😞

In a lot of houses in the uk that would make the back of the house really dark; it’s grey enough as it is so you need as many windows/ full length glass doors letting all the light in as you can. You wouldn’t box off the back door in a utility otherwise that would be one of the lightest rooms in the house. Note talking about a terraced house which makes up the majority of the housing stock where I live so you only really have windows/doors at the very front/back of a house so you wouldn’t want to box that off no matter how big the house was.

Where do you go for your break? 34 years on the planet & never have I ever seen a postie stopped having a sandwich, taking a break. Does your round take you back to the depot mid shift for a break? Do you just plough through? It’s been annoying me for ages.

If it’s for your eligibility to work then when using a passport to demonstrate this someone has to sign the photocopy & confirm it looks like you. In my organisation we don’t like out of date ones as it creates a grey area, they go out of date for a reason, because you don’t look like you did over 10 years ago so it’s compromising for us to sign & confirm it does actually look like the person we met at interview. It’s easier to say “it needs to be in date” than review a child’s passport when a fully grown graduate is sat in front of you.