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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Fri Jun 19, 2020 5:34 pm

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Thu Jun 18, 2020 4:49 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Jun 14, 2020 6:46 pm Instead of snacking on unhealthy potato crisps, trying Yushoi. They're much healthier and actually taste quite nice. The "plain" flavour have 19.4 grams of protein per 100 grams, compared to 6.1 for Walkers plain. And they're baked rather than fried. I'm not going to pretend they're better than good crisps, but for a daily thing rather than a special treat, I think they work very well.

Just bought some yushoi.....will give my feedback in due course

Very nice.... Low calorie high protein .
Pea based snacks sounds a lot worse than what they tastes like

Fiona T wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 11:47 am Found this today

https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/com ... rrier_bag/

I haven't been so excited since I learned to fold a fitted sheet.

Ian Volante wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 11:51 am

Fiona T wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 11:47 am Found this today

https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/com ... rrier_bag/

I haven't been so excited since I learned to fold a fitted sheet.

That's great until the person opens a drawer full of them. Clearly a lack of understanding about bags for life!

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2020 4:04 pm
How do you fold a fitted sheet ?

Jon O'Neill wrote: ↑Wed May 12, 2010 9:04 am I'll start: don't use cotton buds for cleaning your ears. They are useless. Use Bic pen lids. They're sturdy so you can scrape all the wax off the ear walls, or whatever you call it, they won't fall off, they go in the perfect depth (for me) before it starts getting uncomfortable, and they're cheap as hell.



Over to you.

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Sep 21, 2020 5:10 pm

Jon O'Neill wrote: ↑Wed May 12, 2010 9:04 am I'll start: don't use cotton buds for cleaning your ears. They are useless. Use Bic pen lids. They're sturdy so you can scrape all the wax off the ear walls, or whatever you call it, they won't fall off, they go in the perfect depth (for me) before it starts getting uncomfortable, and they're cheap as hell.



Over to you.

I took this one stage further today. I had something in my eye which I couldn't get out after being out on a run. It wasn't in the normal place where things end up - under the bottom eyelid where it might migrate to the inner corner. No, this was under the upper eyelid towards the outer corner, and if anything it seemed to be getting more and more out of reach, like it was going to disappear into my brain. I gave up with it for a bit and came back to it, hoping that it might have become more accessible, but I couldn't even see it at all! I could then make it out when I lifted up my eyelid as much as I reasonably could and looked down. Anyway, doing that created a gap, but there was no way my finger was going to get close to it, so I managed to get it with the Bic without touching the sides. Unfortunately I've now got a load of earwax in my eye.*

Don't try this at home.

*Obviously not.

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Sep 21, 2020 5:10 pm

Jon O'Neill wrote: ↑Wed May 12, 2010 9:04 am I'll start: don't use cotton buds for cleaning your ears. They are useless. Use Bic pen lids. They're sturdy so you can scrape all the wax off the ear walls, or whatever you call it, they won't fall off, they go in the perfect depth (for me) before it starts getting uncomfortable, and they're cheap as hell.



Over to you.

I took this one stage further today. I had something in my eye which I couldn't get out after being out on a run. It wasn't in the normal place where things end up - under the bottom eyelid where it might migrate to the inner corner. No, this was under the upper eyelid towards the outer corner, and if anything it seemed to be getting more and more out of reach, like it was going to disappear into my brain. I gave up with it for a bit and came back to it, hoping that it might have become more accessible, but I couldn't even see it at all! I could then make it out when I lifted up my eyelid as much as I reasonably could and looked down. Anyway, doing that created a gap, but there was no way my finger was going to get close to it, so I managed to get it with the Bic without touching the sides. Unfortunately I've now got a load of earwax in my eye.*

Don't try this at home.

*Obviously not.

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 12:38 pm Defo wear a visor rather than a face mask indoors at least, i e. at work

Matt Morrison wrote: ↑Sun Jun 12, 2022 8:28 am It's a good idea and probably would have been really useful a few years back. I think mostly these days they keep a small cache of adverts they can show when the connection to the server fails. But yeah, will still work with some.

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Tue Jun 14, 2022 3:40 pm Is there a foolproof way of reading Telegraph and Times articles without sudscription

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Tue Jun 14, 2022 3:40 pm Is there a foolproof way of reading Telegraph and Times articles without sudscription

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Sep 21, 2020 5:10 pm

Jon O'Neill wrote: ↑Wed May 12, 2010 9:04 am I'll start: don't use cotton buds for cleaning your ears. They are useless. Use Bic pen lids. They're sturdy so you can scrape all the wax off the ear walls, or whatever you call it, they won't fall off, they go in the perfect depth (for me) before it starts getting uncomfortable, and they're cheap as hell.



Over to you.

I took this one stage further today. I had something in my eye which I couldn't get out after being out on a run. It wasn't in the normal place where things end up - under the bottom eyelid where it might migrate to the inner corner. No, this was under the upper eyelid towards the outer corner, and if anything it seemed to be getting more and more out of reach, like it was going to disappear into my brain. I gave up with it for a bit and came back to it, hoping that it might have become more accessible, but I couldn't even see it at all! I could then make it out when I lifted up my eyelid as much as I reasonably could and looked down. Anyway, doing that created a gap, but there was no way my finger was going to get close to it, so I managed to get it with the Bic without touching the sides. Unfortunately I've now got a load of earwax in my eye.*

Don't try this at home.

*Obviously not.

Lesley Hines wrote: ↑Mon Nov 22, 2010 10:38 am

John Bosley wrote:

Gavin Chipper wrote:
Didn't quite catch that - can you say that again?

Going through temporary traffic lights when they are on red and sticking anything at all in your ears are both equally dangerous, but neither are illegal.

Sticking anything in your ears isn't illegal, but going through red temporary traffic lights is. (Law changed in 1994.) If you get nicked for it, you do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention, when questioned, something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence. "I read it on the Countdown forum" is not an acceptable defence.

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Dec 01, 2022 11:07 pm If your rucksack has two zips for a single compartment, when you close it, don't have them both at the top in a symmetrical manner. Have them down one side. Otherwise it's possible that your rucksack will work its way open, especially if you ever have to break into a run at any point, like for a bus or something.

Mark James wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 9:33 am Top tip for theatre designers. Don't build theatres that contain areas with restricted views.

Mark James wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 9:33 am Top tip for theatre designers. Don't build theatres that contain areas with restricted views.

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2024 7:40 pm I don't know if anyone actually needs this advice, but people are often depicted as straining when they are struggling to go. But anyway, never strain. Pulse.