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Hi sorry I'm late to the party but I've got some excellent tips and tricks for you if you're looking to make some friends.  The first option is a classic and it's a classic for a reason. It's cheap, it's abundant and it's perfect for a beginner. That's right, I'm talking about wood. It's a great material to get yourself stuck in but it does have it's drawbacks. One is that it can require a lot of specialist tools and it can be difficult to use carpentry alone. Consider specialising in wood carving if you like wood as it allows for finer detail when making friends.  Your next option is clay. Now clay does offer a lot more flexibility in design right off the bat without having to specialise however it's a one and done. Once you've fired your buddy up, you're stuck with it. If he's a little too fat to go running, then nothing you can do. You can make another one or destroy it and start again but that's highly unethical and people probably won't want to be your friend if you treat them like that! Finally we have stone. Stone is great but again requires a bit of a time investment to get good at carving. But a friend from stone really is a friend for life. Like wood there is the option for some customisation; you aren't fully locked in and can make some minor tweaks if your friend isn't to your liking.  There are loads of materials and methods out there though, so feel free to experiment. Those are just some of the most commonly used and recommended for beginners. Best of luck!

It's entirely up to you if you wanna do it. I've had a trial shift before and it landed me a job that I was at for two years. For me 4 hours unpaid work at a job I'd never done before in order to secure that job was a no brainer. I'd have been stupid not to. If I didn't take the shift then sure maybe I'd have gotten 4 hours paid labour somewhere else but it also definitely wasn't worth declining it and staying out of work for 2, 3, 4 or however many more weeks it was. I'd rather get paid 4 hours doing nothing if it prevents me spending another 2 weeks or months getting no money. 

Retail and hospitality. Apply for coffee shops and big shops and you'll easily get a job 

Haven't needed to use one and not been asked by any of the sites I use to prove I'm over 18 either 🤷

That's my weekend sorted

Very normal, they're ridiculous. There's a place called Guiting Power and another called Prickwillow. Not laughing at them would be weird, they're absolutely ridiculous. We have a place in Wales called llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychgerwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogoch.  It's intentionally over the top

I used to have a job where I was walking around on hard concrete all day and I found trainers that are designed for trail running (iirc) to be excellent. They're comfy, lightweight and incredibly durable. I did about 2000km in a year in them and I still have them. They are falling apart now but they distance they covered was incredible.

The clue is in the name good sir 😀 

It really depends on the group and what you're doing and what expectations are amongst the group. Usually people do chat about these things beforehand and if it hasn't been explicitly explained then people will usually say oh by the way, when we get together we bring some food to help the host. No problem you didn't this time but it would be nice if next time you bring something.  I don't think you did anything wrong as from the sounds of it the norm in your friend group is *not* to do this. It seems a bit unfair for her to get upset when she hasn't made it clear that she isn't happy with the current norm, as that's what people are gonna revert to unless told otherwise. 

Yeah I'd assume British because it sounds quite similar to some accents in the north of Wales 

Download the noise app and use that to take and send recordings to the council/ your landlord. Make as many as possible.  I had a noisy neighbour and if they're the type that won't listen then get ready for a long battle. It's not easy to kick someone out but the more evidence and records you have the better.  Don't bother calling the police unless it spills over into something more serious, they can't do anything but if it escalates you can log the incidents every time, i.e if they start threatening you or targeting you. This helps build up a case against them. I'd also speak to the council - they have noise officers who can come round and have the power to give out fines and remove equipment. They will likely ask you to fill a form out giving information on the time and date of noise as well.  Sorry you're going through this, I had some awful neighbours in the past and it was absolute hell. The rest of us pulled together though and we did get them kicked out. One other thing I did was make my local MP aware of what was going on and that helped put pressure on the housing association to do something about it. 

I'm quite happy to let people say whatever they wanna say tbh If someone is constantly doing stuff like that then I'll just not hang around with them, I wouldn't ask them to stop. I can't imagine saying things like that all the time will make them very popular so it's something that's gonna affect them way more than me 🤷

I don't find being overweight attractive but it wouldn't stop me speaking to someone. 

Fuck yes, they help out a hell of a lot 

I'd go for it and see how you get on. If you like it you've found you can go on trips away by yourself and have fun and if you don't well you've still learned something about yourself 😀

Sometimes it's because they think they are clever enough to manipulate the narrative. It just doesn't cross their mind that the police deal with people like this on a regular basis and its blindingly obvious what they're doing 

I notice it if I specifically look out for it but otherwise I really don't care how people spell  I just don't see how it's annoying personally but I probably have little pet peeves that are equally baffling to those who are annoyed by it so it all balances out 

Why don't you try going to somewhere like AA and seeing if you can relate to them? If you can relate to how other alcoholics feel and behave around alcohol that may give you some insight into your own relationship with alcohol. I didn't realise I was an alcoholic until I tried to stop. It was then I realised my drinking wasn't normal and the only people who understood why I drank the way I drank was other alcoholics.  In my experience people who don't have alcohol problems, the thought of having an alcohol problem doesn't cross their mind. They can have a glass of wine with food, not finish it and then not think about alcohol for a month. If that was me, all I'd be able to think about was my next drink and how I could continue drinking. The thought of having just one would repulse me, it just wasn't possible for me to have one and then forget about alcohol and towards the end i couldn't get through a day without it. My drinking didn't start with everyday drinking and most alcoholics don't, it's a slow gradual descent into madness. So slow, they often don't realise that they fell into addiction months or years ago. 

I have arms and chest done and I don't care about tattoos in the workplace unsurprisingly I had a job interview the other day with one on display and I didn't think twice about it, in fact I didn't even realise till after it finished. It clearly didn't bother the interviewer either 

The thing that's stopping me from taking over a castle is because fuck that why would I want to do that?! Effort, I'm happy where I am and there's no risk of being shot and I have electricity and my cat and all that  Interesting question but it's not something I would ever think to do paha  No idea what the police would do either, I wonder if it's something they've considered 🤣

A fork. He is correct - he's referring to perhaps the single most successful policy the UK has ever implemented which is "All UK citizens must eat rice with a fork, except for u/floccinaucinilli" We all follow this policy very strictly and I for one am relieved to hear you are following policy and not using a fork. If one person deviates then sadly the entire policy will fall apart, followed shortly by the entirety of the UK. Please don't because if the UK falls then this will have a knock on effect on places like France etc and before we know it the world will be over.

I don't know about the legality but I highly doubt they're gonna be going to prison or able to be sued for this At best there may be some GDPR issues but your employer is allowed to ask other people for information; they wouldn't be breaking GDPR by asking, the person supplying the information would

I feel like Ross Noble has to be in there His ability to improvise is incredible, he is just a funny person. On half his shows you can tell he's just got a vague idea of what he's gonna say and just makes half of it up as he goes along 

No, it'd be difficult to leave the house if I avoided teenagers 😅 It's summer here too so they're everywhere 

Burger 

Sparkling water is the obvious one 

Spiders, cat but tbh the biggest thing I've found is just being vigilant about leaving food out anywhere during warm weather.

Are you serious? I'd be looking to overthrow the government and reclaim my empire. I'm a member of the Royal Family for goodness sake, I'm not going to piss arse about blessing sheep and opening vineyards. I'd outsource the mundane stuff to the peasants and get plundering 

I feel like back then there weren't as many options for most people to spend in their free time and both the pub and the TV were huge parts of the culture at the time. Both of them were much more mainstream and accepted whereas today watching too much TV or spending too much time down the pub tend to be frowned upon a lot more 

I'd imagine it's more to do with that specific child than 13 year olds in general, that's quite an extrapolation from a sample source of 1!

I know a few people who've murdered others and done some questionable shit Idk doesn't bother me tbh, in fact most of them are pretty nice / interesting people 

You should have held him to that. No way he's stepping on all the Lego in the world, he's just one man and they are constantly churning out new Lego He's basically said "I'm willing to step on Lego for eternity for absolutely no reason" and I feel like if someone wants to do that as a society we have a responsibility to ensure they achieve their dreams

Yeah I've noticed to the point I don't really buy apples anymore 😭 They just got more and more inconsistent, same reasons as you've described - skin soft and insides mushy. I feel like they haven't been stored at the right temperature; I've noticed apples left in the warm can end up similar. I haven't bought pink ladies for a while because they're expensive so I don't know if they are suffering the same issues, but I always found them to be really hardy, even when bruised the insides remain surprisingly intact. Might be worth a try, they're really nice but they are a bit sharper but still pretty sweet iirc. I've noticed this across the board in different supermarkets

It's very dependent on the specifics of your circumstances. Best bet is to go to your local council building where they deal with these things and speak to them. They'll be able to tell you exactly what help is available. They generally much prefer preventing people from being homeless than letting them slip into it before helping them. Sometimes there is nothing they can do though and services vary from local area to local area in relation to homelessness. For what it's worth I've been homeless and worked for services myself. It is practically unheard of for people in your situation to end up going through the homeless system. I'm not saying it doesn't happen at all but most people end up homeless because they have several serious issues going on, not because they're temporarily out of work