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Thanks to this here forum I’ve learned a good few things.
This week has been the cause of why my car misted up like a Turkish bath after driving through a puddle that turned into a much deeper puddle than expected. The air intake for the cabin filter is fairly low down on a VW Passat B6 so the rancid puddle water flooded the pollen filter and soaked the passenger footwell. I’ve removed the absolute minging filter and the footwell is now home to a bag of silicone cat litter. I’m going to have to get the carpet cleaned because it stinks like a stagnant cesspool.
Anyone with any gems picked up on here?
There is only one magic Ipad
I've learned how to corner on my bike, that one finger braking is worth the effort and that I'm wrong more often than I would like to be
Great place 🙂
That most of the people on this forum are self conceited champagne socialists...
Never wear flat pedal bike shoes on a plane. You'll never hear the end of it.
No matter how much we disagree and act like ****s some time, when push comes to shove, this place will rally round to really help people who need it.
And I learnt what picolax was 😄
I am right they are wrong in politics 😁
No, no you are wrong in your politics yes you are ... wrong. 🤣
I’ve learned an alternative use for frozen sausages
Sudocreme is for cats.
Always wear shoes when making tea
Neighbours are all dope fiends
Always wear
Asbestos
shoes when making tea
Always wear
Asbestosshoes when making tea
And that the quote buttons shite.
Always wear
Asbestos shoes when
making teafilling a hot water bottle
That some people take themselves way too seriously.
Don't start a thread on Brexit.
Shit loads of cheeky and people willing to divulge cheeky routes. 👌
That USB-C plugs are symetrical. I thought I'd just finally got good at plugging stuff in.
My privacy is valued.
That when sh*t hits the fan, STW forum dwellers are great at offering support, help, money or just a ride with a total stranger.
That USB-C plugs are symetrical.
So are some head tubes and look how that worked out for you.
We really do cover the whole social spectrum.
Which is refreshing.
That "Idles" are an excellent band. Lots of other good music recommendations. Lots of good Netflix recommendations.
Northwind a few minutes ago.
https://giphy.com/gifs/ifc-comedy-the-naked-gun-leslie-nelson-l2SpSQLpViJk9vhmg
There's a magazine. 🤔
Whether or not a crown race comes with a headset.
That USB-C plugs are a thing.
How to make Carbonara, had it tonight.
Colleague at work should have read about the dangers of bare feet and hot water. She's just poured boiling water down her legs.
Some people still wear boot cut jeans.
Some people get really narked if you don’t like the same stuff as them. ‘kin weird.
matt_outandabout
That when sh*t hits the fan, STW forum dwellers are great at offering support, help, money or just a ride with a total stranger.
That in a nutshell, I'm still not in a good place but its a lot better than it was without your help.
Some weirdos don’t like the same stuff as I do.
Proper gives me the rage.
^^^ see, there’s one!
Flapjack recipes
How the excessive ads still don’t put me off this forum
Stuff on Netflix
A sense of community and friendship from people i often have never met and perhaps won’t.
Classifieds sometimes has something I want and the people come through on the deal; unlike EBay.
What to expect from a vasectomy
What to expect in a proctology exam.
More
when to go to a&e, and when not to.
That I will never laugh as long or as loud as I did at the magnetodog thread. Although sudocrem cat's emergency union jack was close.
MrOvershoot
The greatest man I've never met.
bearnecessities
Subscriber
MrOvershoot
The greatest man I’ve never met.
Carolyn would have said don't be so silly
There's such a thing as a light punch to the face.
I think I would quite like to go to a Jinjer gig. (Anyone got a spare ticket?)
Some people don’t get the best builders.
Rugby is more popular than football.
People with very narrow and ignorant minds are a clique all to themselves. They will defend the most narrow minded and ignorant of their ilk to the last.
I think the most interesting thing for me is the spinning thing underneath pedestrian crossings - it always amazes everyone I tell it to as well!!!
Can't think of anything at all.
perchypanther
Member
So are some head tubes and look how that worked out for you.
Joke's on you, that head tube was not symmetrical!
That is ok to throw rubbish out of hotel windows.
Joke’s on you, that head tube was not symmetrical!
I feel so silly now.
I know who has had their lady garden shaved ,who has had trouble with their bins & how to stack wood piles in a most beautiful fashion.
That SRAM and Shimano 10t start cassettes are incompatible.
£364 is a bargain for a coffee machine
🤦
It's ok to pee in your garden if you are wearing the correct slippers.
If starting a thread be ready to give a full account of your tax activities
It’s ok to pee in your garden if you are wearing the correct slippers.
It's also OK to pee in someone else's slippers if they've done you wrong.
Spoons can be used in a number of innovative and interesting ways
Food recipes, gardening tips - especially lawns, latest fashions on and off bike, home decorating tips not forgetting shed construction and music.
Still don't know who Louise is though.
There is a male version of mumsnet
The Edinburgh Defence
that folk who call you nasty names on here don't when you meet them in real life.
and lots of good stuff too.
There is a male version of mumsnet
If there is, it isn't here.
Have you ever actually ventured into Mumsnet?
This place is a model of politeness, restraint and civility compared to those foul mouthed harridans.
We are all Sh*t~ at mountain biking
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Apart from Geex
There's always someone selling a Volvo
I think the most interesting thing for me is the spinning thing underneath pedestrian crossings – it always amazes everyone I tell it to as well!!!
What’s this I’ve missed?
I’ve learned that log burners are brilliant and also really bad. I don’t know what to believe any more.
I've had a tantalising glimpse into the unimaginably glamorous, high-octane life of jet-setting opulence that is the lot of the international paper-clip salesman
I’ve had a tantalising glimpse into the unimaginably glamorous, high-octane life of jet-setting opulence that is the lot of the international paper-clip salesman
With terrible taste in shoes...
I learned that growed up men play with Lego and get excited about receiving kits for Christmas all wapped up in shiny paper. I seriously had no idea.
That reading is a hotbed for gnarpoon riding.
Reading the forum?
Reading the town on the M4?
If the question has car in it the answer is going to be “a Skoda” mostly.
It's OK to pee in peoples shoes.
That subtracting the price of one's watch from the price of one's car does not necessarily produce a positive number.
That storage options for watches exist that give 'em a bit of a shake from time to time.
Quite a lot about the plight of the second-homeless.
That Melinda messenger isn't the best thing about Swindon.
That the people of STW can argue about everything, absolutely EVERYTHING
What’s this I’ve missed?
There's a spinny knob thing under the control boxes of pedestrian crossings for the benefit of deaf/blind people. Though how they're expected to find the box in the first place I've no idea.
If the question has car in it the answer is going to be “a Skoda” mostly.
This is true if the question is "what lease car is Cougar giving back in about an hour?"
That the people of STW can argue about everything, absolutely EVERYTHING
No, we can't.
Are you just here for five minutes or is it the full half hour?
There is a little arrow on almost all fuel gauges which indicates which side of the car the filler cap is on.
There is a little arrow on almost all fuel gauges which indicates which side of the car the filler cap is on.
To be fair, this one blew my mind. Quite literally.
That many people are incapable of making minor decisions without affirmation from a bunch of people they don't know, like "what toothpaste for someone with teeth?"
Myself included. I remember asking for advice on what toilet flushing mechanism to buy, and I'm sure there's been many others.
That mountain biking attracts people from literally all walks of life. There's a running joke that there's no question that someone on here can't answer, but it's essentially true.
I realised we'd reached peak STW when someone asked for advice on balloon rides as a present for their other half and someone popped up, "well, I'm a balloon pilot and..." It struck me a) how cool it was that we had a balloon pilot on here and b) of course we have a balloon pilot on here because this is STW. It would have been more surprising if we didn't, which makes for kind of a neat place to be.
Though how they’re expected to find the box in the first place I’ve no idea.
By following the standard pattern of tactile paving slabs, obviously.
For controlled crossings the control box is always to the right of the stem of the L shaped tactile paving ( because guide dogs almost always work to the persons left)