Urbanfox

joined 2 years ago
[–] Urbanfox 7 points 1 year ago

My old place was a cold, stone cottage and was a nightmare to keep heated.

The kitchen at one point was measuring 6°C and that was with the heating on in the winter.

We got out of there in December 2019 and I'm so glad we did, because with COVID, Brexit and the war, house prices went bananas, energy bills went through the roof and interest rates have increased massively.

We could never have afforded this place today. I really feel for young folks today, we bought our first home at 33 years old after years of saving and that was in the time of almost no interest - it would be impossible now.

[–] Urbanfox 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hahahah, imagine going to another country and trying to pay in another currency and being shocked they wouldn't accept it.

I can't even spend Scottish notes in England when it's all Sterling, never mind trying to pay for a small shop coffee in dollars.

[–] Urbanfox 6 points 1 year ago

I took my lab to the vet, and next to us was a bulldog, and it sounded like it lived in agony.

It's breathing was incredibly laboured, it could hardly walk and the noises it made just * existing * were awful.

I overheard her saying he was much better, I dread to think of what worse looked like.

[–] Urbanfox 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You may have had a different experience than I had, but in my local authority area, access beyond your GP is very difficult. The list is so long they try to avoid referrals, and if you're unwell the ability to advocate for yourself is diminished.

Some would rather chuck a Prozac at you and hope that'll fix it.

[–] Urbanfox 68 points 1 year ago (39 children)

Yes, but it's difficult to access. You need to want to get the care and actively campaign to be referred.

And that's the "easy" things like anxiety or garden variety depression.

As soon as it gets complicated it's a whole other story.

If she never tried to seek it out, then it doesn't even matter as it appears she didn't give off any "I murder babies" vibes to the extent that the investigation was delayed beyond a reasonable length of time because she was not suspected of such a thing.

[–] Urbanfox 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My last house was infested with them, and not through lack of trying to get rid.

It was an old stone house and cold damp corners were everywhere.

I woke up with one of the leggy fuckers carrying an egg sac on my face and decided to move out there and then.

[–] Urbanfox 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mine always bites when she's love drunk. Proper double edged sword.

[–] Urbanfox 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Got to have a good look at them when they were filming at Silverstone and got a nose in the garage, they'd be out as soon as any of the billed sessions ended..

[–] Urbanfox 15 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Why are these women not called rapists?!
There's a fundamental change that needs to take place for women who commit sex crimes.

They get let off, the victims are not fully believed or supported in the same way a woman would be, and the media reports it almost like "what a lucky kid" rather than a person in a position of authority taking advantage of a child. If the genders were swapped there would be an angry mob outside.

[–] Urbanfox 9 points 1 year ago

My apprenticeship is 4 years long and I work 36 hours a week, then need to do the learning and academic work which is around an additional 35 hours a week.

I'm just rolling into year 4 and I'm pretty tired now.

I'm also the only one left, everyone else who started in my cohort has dropped out because of the workload.

[–] Urbanfox 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

This is innovation, and problem solving the small stuff is a very important skill in the modern day work environment.

Do I wasn't to hand calculate an entire statistical analysis, no. I use excell.

It doesn't make the work any more or less valid. If you can Google something in under a minute, don't bother spending a tonne of time trying to remember it.

[–] Urbanfox 13 points 1 year ago (5 children)

That's delightful.

I do have to laugh at the zealots as they do pick and choose what bits of the bible they live their lives by. It's almost as if they heard someone else say something and took it as gospel without doing their own research.

I have picked up a copy of the bible, with the aim of understanding it to be able to have an informed discussion on religious arguments.

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