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

wait how do you see what the fbi has on you

[QUOTE=geogzm;52933138]wait how do you see what the fbi has on you[/QUOTE] you gotta give 'em a reason to chase you ;~)

[QUOTE=Chains!;52933043]Free range requires four square metres of space PER chicken. You might be thinking of Barn eggs, which have more space than Caged hens, but it's still inside and barely any space.[/QUOTE] Quite possibly, I was at a distribution depot for ASDA the other week talking with the acquisitions and quality control people. He may have just used the phrasing "not caged" rather than free range now I think about it.

[QUOTE=geogzm;52933138]wait how do you see what the fbi has on you[/QUOTE] It was a thing you could do a few years back, IDK if they still do it. Posted about it in the flamethrower thread. Basically three of my friends and I tried it. Two of them got their (blank) files pulled for their own reading, and me and the other were refused access, meaning our files are still active.

It snowed in central London earlier, winter begins

SOUTH EAST WE GOT FUCKIN SNOW BOYS! :excited:

jesus christ send help I had 1 millimetre of snowfall the ambulance won't make it in time, Essex is fucked

[QUOTE=cyclocius;52934880]jesus christ send help I had 1 millimetre of snowfall the ambulance won't make it in time, Essex is fucked[/QUOTE] As an Essex boy, it's your duty to go to a snowed over car park and do handbrake turns, reverse donuts and be a general div. [editline]30th November 2017[/editline] I'd go, but I don't live there any more

I'm still having a hard time believing it's snowing in Essex and I can see it for myself

it's absolutely fucking baltic

i love being lactose intolerant because i can order two medium pizzas and eat them and then spend the next 4 hours unable to sleep because i keep having to run to the toilet to shit myself silly, despite 90% of said shit being comprised entirely of wet farts. [editline]30th November 2017[/editline] lactose intolerance can suck my nut. if my dumb pancreas thinks it's gonna win by giving me the worst symptoms, it's got another thing coming. i'm gonna persevere cause i love dairy way too much and i'll never cave in to the most retarded human disorder ever (it literally serves no purpose and is just my body being a lazy cunt)

This temperature makes me hate criminals for making balaclavas impossible to wear in public.

[QUOTE=Hogie bear;52936040]This temperature makes me hate criminals for making balaclavas impossible to wear in public.[/QUOTE] But we get scarfs, their just as good [t]https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7267/7752371106_16525e775d_b.jpg[/t] Just as warm, more fashionable, and doesn't mean you get questioned in the street by the fuzz. Which is a plus. balaclavas are overrated

fuck sake its cold lads

brrrr

uni life does my nut in. my housemates never shut the fuck up when I have work at 6am and im expected to tiptoe around some passed out girl whos cropped up on the sofa. fuck u son ima eat my cereal at standard decibel volume also greasy sweaty pricks living on mummy and daddies money who have the nerve to steal my hard earned shit. get a part time job if your student loan sucks so much that you cant even afford salt and pepper jesus fuck never cleaning the place pisses me off as well. at least i can maintain my room but the kitchen isnt even useable half the fuckin time. could probably assemble a 50g pouch with all the floor baccy too and then if i actually voice my anger they just stand still like a deer in the headlights and cower without actually taking the message on board. i'm pissed off and want you to pull your fucking weight around here, im not going to bottle you or some shit [editline]1st December 2017[/editline] pisses me off i guess. I only ever end up sending money home and im stuck living with one reasonable dude, two 21 year olds with the minds of 14 year olds circa 2011 and then my girlfriend as well who keeps me sane. i feel i got the shit end of the stick with the whole uni lottery thing, although its also my fault for agreeing to move in here

Fight them

Just got back from having some implants put in by student dentists. One thing you DO NOT want to hear from the supervisor is "Where's the damn vacuum do you want him to choke on his own blood?". I am in tremendous pain.

lmao someone has to be the guinea pig

[QUOTE=TrannyAlert;52937604]lmao someone has to be the guinea pig[/QUOTE] I was happy to help them learn, my main issue was the supervisor not keeping it subtle about what they were doing wrong haha. People gotta learn somewhere eh

tbh if i was having a operation or a dentist check up last thing I'd want to hear is that some students are doing the work. i fucking hate hospitals/dentists enough as it is

[QUOTE=geogzm;52937006]uni life does my nut in. my housemates never shut the fuck up when I have work at 6am and im expected to tiptoe around some passed out girl whos cropped up on the sofa. fuck u son ima eat my cereal at standard decibel volume also greasy sweaty pricks living on mummy and daddies money who have the nerve to steal my hard earned shit. get a part time job if your student loan sucks so much that you cant even afford salt and pepper jesus fuck never cleaning the place pisses me off as well. at least i can maintain my room but the kitchen isnt even useable half the fuckin time. could probably assemble a 50g pouch with all the floor baccy too and then if i actually voice my anger they just stand still like a deer in the headlights and cower without actually taking the message on board. i'm pissed off and want you to pull your fucking weight around here, im not going to bottle you or some shit [editline]1st December 2017[/editline] pisses me off i guess. I only ever end up sending money home and im stuck living with one reasonable dude, two 21 year olds with the minds of 14 year olds circa 2011 and then my girlfriend as well who keeps me sane. i feel i got the shit end of the stick with the whole uni lottery thing, although its also my fault for agreeing to move in here[/QUOTE] i htought my flat was bad then i went upstairs and saw they had flooded the bathroom, the kitchen was a mid-90s britian level tip and they'd smashed the oven to bits but "the landlords payin innit"

[QUOTE=codenamecueball;52937683]i htought my flat was bad then i went upstairs and saw they had flooded the bathroom, the kitchen was a mid-90s britian level tip and they'd smashed the oven to bits but "the landlords payin innit"[/QUOTE] Halls was just as bad Last year I used to live in those private halls, where 5 people would share a flat/kitchen with seperate bedrooms. The guy I lived next to had friends over 1 night, his toilet ended up getting blocked so this guy and his 8 friends ended up using his shower as a toilet, throwing up and pissing in it. The next morning he found it was completely blocked so his first though was to pump shit tons of toilet bleach down it and run a hot shower for 20 minutes. According to him he left it running, forgot it was running while sitting on his bed on the phone to somoone. about an hour later, I was sitting in my room all quiet and peaceful, then I hear a scream. One of my other flat mates ran from his shower to another because there was no hot water (obviously because guy 1 was using up all the hot water), then I heard another scream a minute later, I looked behind me and the entirety of my floor was under like 2cm of water. I jumped up, left my room and the entirety of our hallway and the kitchen was completely flooded. Apparently the guy left it for an hour, remembered it was running then found the shower literally overflowing. so he opens the shower door and all the water just rushes out and completely floods his room. another thing that pissed me off was the fact that we had about 8 people helping us dry the floor with mops and hoovers, the secruity guard on duty even helped us, it was about 9pm so the office was shut. I went downstairs the next day to tell them about it and apparantly it was the first they'd heard about it. the security guard didn't once think to mention it to anyone. I ended up getting compensated £250 and I got loads of free shit so that was pretty cool, I was pretty lucky my girlfriend let me stay at hers for a week while cleaners cleaned the kitchen up. Took about 3 months for the stench of dirty water and piss to go. it was fucking horrid.

would rather pay dental fees myself instead of letting students work on me, but i've got dental insurance so :smug: and codenamecueball, please post in this thread when they find out the landlord refuses to give them a single pence out of their security deposit, thanks [editline]1st December 2017[/editline] halls are fucking awful, visiting a girl at 1am and walking through the hallways with garbage bags everywhere stinking the fuck out, and puddles of puke.

Worst shit about living in halls for me wasn't the people leaving trash everywhere, breaking things, stealing food, throwing away your food to mess with you, banging on your door in the middle of the night, etc etc... No the worst thing is that the university management don't remotely care about you. At least not where I was. I attempted to report all the damage and crap I was getting from my flatmates and they basically told me to get over it because 'that's how students live' and from their point of view you'll be moving out in less than a year anyway. So a guy trying to break down my door with a fire extinguisher in the middle of the night was completely acceptable according to them. Cool. I wish it was a requirement for university housing managers to spend a month actually living in their own shithole flats, it might wake them up to the fact that chains on the windows and people puking in your hallway don't remotely meet basic standards of living.

When I did my Bachelor's in Scotland I lived in new-build student halls which were pretty decent as far as student accommodation goes, though £600 a month for a room is a tad shite. I got on pretty well with my five flatmates but God damn I was the only person who ever cleaned and we had inspections every other day. One of my flatmates stayed over Christmas and when I came back 3 weeks later she still hadn't washed up.

[QUOTE=BarnacleDrive;52937819]Worst shit about living in halls for me wasn't the people leaving trash everywhere, breaking things, stealing food, throwing away your food to mess with you, banging on your door in the middle of the night, etc etc... No the worst thing is that the university management don't remotely care about you. At least not where I was. I attempted to report all the damage and crap I was getting from my flatmates and they basically told me to get over it because 'that's how students live' and from their point of view you'll be moving out in less than a year anyway. So a guy trying to break down my door with a fire extinguisher in the middle of the night was completely acceptable according to them. Cool. I wish it was a requirement for university housing managers to spend a month actually living in their own shithole flats, it might wake them up to the fact that chains on the windows and people puking in your hallway don't remotely meet basic standards of living.[/QUOTE] I got lucky with my flatmates in 1st year but I knew a few peeps who had bad experiences. If you can't get on with your flatmates at the very worst case scenario is you have a rough year and the next year you can pick who you live with (which is presumably better). Most of the nuttiness: mess, dirty/lost/damaged pots, horseplay, noise is part of uni. The management know they can't change it and its unlikely to change so best is to accept that and move on. You might try talking to them about and setting boundaries, it'll be awkward but so is passive aggressive confrontation in the kitchen. Any bullying or taking/damaging stuff in your room is well out of line though, try to find student support and advice at your uni, failing that ask your tutor (its their job to talk to you) or find some sort of student counselling thing (they'll have the relevant information and might have advice). Whatever you do don't let it jade your experience of uni and living with people.

After hearing all the horror stories about flat sharing - I'm pretty glad I stayed at home during my uni stint (I was 40 minutes away by bus, 15 by car anyway). I did save my loan since I didn't need to pay rent, but instead of putting it on rent, I just spent it on useless crap instead (although I did buy a Les Paul with it which I'd wanted for years). Haven't heard much "good" stories from my friends when we were at uni about "good" flatmates. It almost always ended up with "X has not tidied up the kitchen and it's a fucking tip" or "Y thought smoking a joint under the fire alarm was a good idea at 4am".

[quote=supermarkets]Delicious ready meals of that food your love! Tasty convenience with added that one food you just fucking hate shoved in for no reason.[/quote]

My uni friendship group has been largely alright since some of the drama I posted here/in the advice thread but there's about 4 or 5 of them where if more than 3 of them are in a conversation then no one else can ever say anything because they just interrupt and talk over you. I just came downstairs to hang out with people and left after about 5 minutes because I had a success rate of about 1/10 of actually getting to get more than 4 words through a sentence.