United Kingdom chat thread V4: lamb rogan josh, £3 meal deals, and brexit - General

You'll be fine pal, keep your chin up and you'll get through it. Remember nothing really matters too much. As long as nobody dies it's not a massive deal.

you should have eased up off of the caffeine as well. drinking loads of tea won't help your nerves. i made a massive mistake once going into an interview after having my usual big cup of coffee. i was terrible and pretty much shit the bed. a week later, i had another interview and i didn't have any coffee, despite feeling like death. walked in and was stone cold cool. so stressful situations, i avoid caffeine entirely, cause it just makes it worse. hope it went well nonetheless, you tea fiend.

Hello UK chat I have just passed my second driving test! Had to come here to complain though because exactly the same thing happened that made me fail my first test, only this time the examiner apparently just didn't give a shit. It feels like whether they pass or fail you is completely random and up to the examiner's mood that day. On the first test I drove perfectly, got only 4 minors, but failed because on a quiet back street I didn't have time or space to pull in and give way to a slow oncoming car that had right of way. I knew I was meant to let them go first but since I had no room I just went around them quickly, but I still failed because apparently them having to stop was a serious/dangerous fault. But on this second test where I swear I messed up a lot of things, and I also only got 4 minors, I had exactly the same situation of an oncoming car on a quiet back street. I went to pull in to a tiny gap to give way even though fuck me it was a small gap but I didn't want to fail on the same fault- and the examiner tells me nah don't worry just drive forward and go around him. Obviously I did as I was told but getting to the next gap meant the oncoming car had to stop. Literally the same 'serious' 'dangerous' fault I was lectured at and failed for the first time. :v: I'm super happy I passed and it's done now, but I wish they were vaguely consistent about testing you given that the failure set me back two months and a couple hundred pounds. Knowing you can drive but that a tiny mistake/difference of opinion is enough to fail you is so stressful.

yeah it's entirely dependent on the examiner you get. my examiner was a hardass for the first 10 mins, and i tried starting a conversation, asking him how his day was and random stuff just to keep my mind off of the fact this was my driving test, he totally shut me down and said to "focus on the road". but then after a while, he relaxed and became super chilled out, started telling me about his son trying to get into medicine and asked me what uni is like and all that stuff. towards the end of the exam, there's a 5mph speed limit on the road into the examination centre where a lot of people get instant fails for not adhering to it, and he warned me about it (which he technically isn't meant to do).

Yeah I had a bit of a chat about the roads and conditions around the test centre, esp a 20mph limit that had been introduced 400 yards closer on a 40mph stretch a week before!

[QUOTE=Bread_Baron;52627427]You've just failed the British citizenship test.[/QUOTE] Ayy they're fuckin tops. What's that guy on

what do people do to try and earn money on the side of their main job? Did some calculations and if I continue working all hours, w/ my ass off, i'm only getting about £100 out of my overdraft each month, meaning it's going to take me like 6 months to get to owing the bank nothing, rather than actually having money. My current job is OK, but would ideally like to be earning a bit more each month. Tempted by things like Fiverr

[QUOTE=Instant Mix;52812287]what do people do to try and earn money on the side of their main job? Did some calculations and if I continue working all hours, w/ my ass off, i'm only getting about £100 out of my overdraft each month, meaning it's going to take me like 6 months to get to owing the bank nothing, rather than actually having money. My current job is OK, but would ideally like to be earning a bit more each month. Tempted by things like Fiverr[/QUOTE] I used to coach and play competitively in games for a bit of extra money, as well as steam trading.

I work as a German-English and Gaelic-English translator to get a little bit extra cash.

Mug cunts

Wat

[QUOTE=Sylvie;52813038]Wat[/QUOTE] Shift kids [editline]23rd October 2017[/editline] For their phones, wallets and possibly their sneakers

Watch out for Limmy. [video=youtube;7dEKQL0I4LU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dEKQL0I4LU[/video]

It's been messing me up all day but I need to know whether or not I got played by the AI in Civ V. The Shoshone are a massive military superpower, with only Arabia and the Zulu able to at all compete. Don't ask me how they can keep a standing cutting-edge army when all 3 are embargoed by the World Council. Me, China, I'm just trying to liberate the original captials from those guys and protect the Civs that fell behind. Now after a battle to secure Indian independance from the Zulu, Pocatello of the Shoshone comes to me to propose a defensive pact with him. I accepted. Now, I had just witnessed Ramses II commit suicide attacking Pocatello when the Shoshone have bombers and they have muskets so I figured if I'm in a defensive pact, none of my friends will launch a futile war against the Shoshone of their own. Plus with one border secure I can focus on shrinking the Zulu back down to size. But on the other hand Pocatello razed Chichen Itza to the ground, a city I was given in fear by the Mayans in the Classical era and I gave back in peace once the Mayans opened their hearts to me once again. My first unit from the very start of the game died in the war to retake Chichen Itza the first time Pocatello conquered it. I was pissed when both those things happened. Pocatello is a huge prick who acts like nothing happened after declaring war on me and my allies time after time after time. And now I've vowed to defend him should anyone attack him. I can't help but feel he played me like a damn fiddle to get the biggest thorn out of his side for a good few turns. Please, someone tell me the oft-bemoaned AI didn't just outsmart me.

[QUOTE=Wiggles;52813222]Watch out for Limmy. [video=youtube;7dEKQL0I4LU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dEKQL0I4LU[/video][/QUOTE] Limmy has been everywhere for me recently. people I speak to bring him up, he keeps getting recommended on YouTube, and now here he is again not that I mind like

[QUOTE=Instant Mix;52812287]what do people do to try and earn money on the side of their main job? Did some calculations and if I continue working all hours, w/ my ass off, i'm only getting about £100 out of my overdraft each month, meaning it's going to take me like 6 months to get to owing the bank nothing, rather than actually having money. My current job is OK, but would ideally like to be earning a bit more each month. Tempted by things like Fiverr[/QUOTE] could hustle on deliveroo, or freelance tech?

[QUOTE=codenamecueball;52813887]could hustle on deliveroo, or freelance tech?[/QUOTE] I know several people who worked for Deliveroo who quit due to never getting enough work. That was a main job for them though, might be ok if you are looking to do it on the side.

[QUOTE=Instant Mix;52812287]what do people do to try and earn money on the side of their main job? Did some calculations and if I continue working all hours, w/ my ass off, i'm only getting about £100 out of my overdraft each month, meaning it's going to take me like 6 months to get to owing the bank nothing, rather than actually having money. My current job is OK, but would ideally like to be earning a bit more each month. Tempted by things like Fiverr[/QUOTE] I pretty much exclusively shitpost on Facepunch.com and get paid by Garry Newman

Depends what he pays you in, it better be something worth while.

[QUOTE=Clive;52815113]Depends what he pays you in, it better be something worth while.[/QUOTE] The only accepted currency is in Freddo bars.

That are a fortune these days, 10p when I was a nipper and now they are like what, 25p?

you can get your state-sanctioned one Freddo bar a month if you attend weekly Freddo centre meetings bringing 2 forms of ID, your NIN, passport, a signature from someone in a position of trustworthiness that you've known for a minimum of 2 years, a blood and hair sample, the bed sheets you first jizzed in, and a Biblical tome procured from the Holy land that proves you are who you say you are.

Oh so they aren't as expensive as I thought then, how do I get a chomp?

[QUOTE=Instant Mix;52812287]what do people do to try and earn money on the side of their main job? Did some calculations and if I continue working all hours, w/ my ass off, i'm only getting about £100 out of my overdraft each month, meaning it's going to take me like 6 months to get to owing the bank nothing, rather than actually having money. My current job is OK, but would ideally like to be earning a bit more each month. Tempted by things like Fiverr[/QUOTE] photography and videomaking (music videos and stuff like that around Brighton, Hastings and Eastbourne, Sometimes Southampton) [url]https://www.facebook.com/CharlieRichardsPhotography/[/url] - Photography [url]https://www.facebook.com/Hushpuppyprod/[/url] - Music videos/Video making Im a full time student so anything that gets me money really. [editline]24th October 2017[/editline] [QUOTE=codenamecueball;52813887]could hustle on deliveroo, or freelance tech?[/QUOTE] could you deliver us some maccie d's, fucking dying for a coke [editline]24th October 2017[/editline] oh yeah theres this shitty fashion going around uni atm where people ironically wear deliveroo jackets even though they don't even deliver. Ket does some mad shit to people

charlie if you pay me £150 i will deliver a mcdonalds from edinburgh to you

[QUOTE=codenamecueball;52815443]charlie if you pay me £150 i will deliver a mcdonalds from edinburgh to you[/QUOTE] happiest man alive be quicker than a delivery from down the road ngl

[QUOTE=Clive;52815409]Oh so they aren't as expensive as I thought then, how do I get a chomp?[/QUOTE] Those were outlawed, too degenerative.

Excuse me, they were/are amazing.

turkey twizzlers

Flying back home tomorrow for a few months lads. Gotta say I have not missed the weather.