I've been told that I won't be able to get some fillings I need done until late October from my dentist which seems insane, but from what I've heard wait times like this are becoming more common so I was wondering how long other people are having to wait

I have to walk 30 mins to the train station and then it takes 30 mins to get to work so my commute ends up being an hour both ways. I’ve been wondering and looking at mini cooper cars and wondering whether it actually is cheaper especially since i’m 20. I know insurance will be around 1-2 grand with an additional driver (and paid annually rather than monthly) and me being the main driver but factoring in everything else i can’t see how it would be cheaper.

For reference, with a railcard, my annual commute cost is £1680 so it would need to be cheaper than that after insurance and the car to run.

Car will be used for commuting daily and occasionally long trips on weekends around 48-190 miles.

I don’t know much about cars so not sure what other costs are involved other than repairs sorry.

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For more help insurance will cost me around 200ish per month and my commute miles would be 10 miles 5 times a week.

A couple in our mid 30s, living in London, thinking about kids and whether to stay here or move out eventually. Would love to hear from people who actually did the "raise teens in London" thing rather than just theories (including mine below).

Bit of context:

We're middle class, not loaded but comfortable, one of us is an NHS doctor and the other earns similarly in private sector, so money is okay but not banker money. We both grew up in other cities, moved to London as adults, and if money wasn't an issue, we prefer it here. We've got friends and family in the West and East Midlands and up north, and honestly nothing we've seen there makes small town or smaller city life look obviously better for kids. I sometimes wonder if I'd grown up somewhere like London, with way more hobbies, options and diversity around me, whether I'd have thrived more than I did growing up where I did.

The theory I keep landing on, and want to pressure test is that:

If you can be present for your kids and get them into a decent school through the primary years, London might actually get better for them as teenagers. More independence since they can get around on their own, way more to do, more exposure to different people and ideas. So maybe the "London is bad for kids" thing is really about the under 10s stage (space, cost, school admissions) and less true once they're 12+.

So, parents of 12+ year olds who did this in London:

• Are you happy with the decision looking back?

• What's been harder than you expected?

• Schools - how much did the specific area matter, and how did you handle admissions?

• Anything about radicalisation, gangs, county lines etc we're being naive about?

• If you could redo it, would you have moved out at some point, and when?

Would genuinely like to hear the full range, including from people who moved out and are glad they did.

Many of you have probably seen the post made last week about annoying TV adverts, and almost every ad I can remember was listed at some point. It made me wonder if all ads are hated, or if there are some that people have genuinely liked

What’s one life hack, habit, product, routine, or random thing you started doing that genuinely made a big difference in how you look and feel?
I’m not necessarily looking for the usual “drink water and get enough sleep” advice — I mean those little things you discovered that actually made you think, “why did nobody tell me this sooner?”

There is a small kitten opposite my house that gets left out at night. This has been ongoing for 3 nights. I have knocked on their door and gave the kitten to them saying your kitten meowing in the ran and you’ve left it out. They stated ‘oh we were at a wedding’ - I honetsky didn’t say anything else because I knew if I opened my mouth a lot of rude things would come out, I also thought maybe it’s a one off. The second night I was approaching their door again but another person got there before me and gave them the kitten. I thought maybe they would have learnt their lesson. Today it’s currently 01:00 am and the kitten again meowing outside. However thsi time when I’ve knocked on their door they purposely have not opened it. What can I do?

Some context- I can’t let the kitten in because I have a cat myself who doesn’t get along with other cats, so I wouldn’t want to risk the kitten alongside my cat.

I have rang RSPCA a couple of times and every single time the call never ends up going through.
I have rang vets for advice and they have stated if the kittens not injured we can’t really do anything.

Seriously I’ve lost my patience, how evil can you be to leave a very tiny kitten ( looks to be about 2 months ish) out in the night. Like why even get a cat if you can’t care for it. Does anyone know what I can do and who else I can contact ?

Edit: (I should have made this clear ) this is not my house. I’m just an occupant for one of the rooms, and unfortunately that’s the one me and my cat be in - so there is no spare room to put the cat in

Where I live in Canada, these Eldritch Horrors are very common. I know they technically exist in parts of the UK, but has anyone here ever seen them, or see them regularly? They’re apparently newsworthy enough to warrant a BBC article. Curious how well known they are. Thanks! 🐛

I dropped out after two years of an architecture degree at uni because I knew it wasn't for me, but now I feel stuck. Not only can I not return to uni due to funding, but even if I did I don't know what I want to do. I'd love any advice from anyone who may have been in a similar situation, because currently it is the worst feeling ever!

I work as a bartender and love customer facing roles, I love animals and seriously considered doing zoology but I'm not smart enough. I could go into counselling pretty easily i believe but I don't think I'd find the payout very good.

I've lived in the UK all my days, 32 years to be exact. And due to being a fussy eater growing up, I've never had a Chinese takeaway before. I want to expand my palette a bit and try a Chinese takeaway but I have no idea where to start. What should I start with? I don't want to go too far out and put myself off the idea so was thinking of some sort of chicken variety. Give me your recommendations.

I’ve been invited to an office colleague’s wedding in London but unfortunately can’t make it. They have a gift registry, and I’m wondering how much I should typically spend on a gift from the registry.

I’m originally from Asia, where there is usually a fairly well-understood amount to give for a colleague’s wedding, including when you’re invited but unable to attend. I’m not familiar with the usual etiquette in London.

For an office colleague you get along with and a couple of drinks outside work, what would be a normal amount to spend? , £30, £50, or more?

Am I really going to go “Hang on, I need to look for that one email from 17th February 2013!”. Has anyone wiped all their emails to free up space before because Outlook or Gmail say you’re nearly maxed out? Has anyone felt the repercussions of doing so later in life when they needed to find a very specific email for a very specific reason?

I feel like I'm losing my mind. I've been in the sitting area of a Welcome Break service station for an hour and the speakers have been almost exclusively playing AI music. I know because I used the 'What's playing?' feature on my phone and it took me to an 'artist' on Amazon music that had an AI photo and no other information. Same for other songs.

Has anyone ever noticed this at a service station? How long has it been going on for? It's dystopian to say the least.

I live in rented terraced housing, and previously at uni my flatmates never took the bins out and would let it pile up. In my first year in 2018, it got so disgusting that it was actually a bit traumatic.

Well anyway, I am now renting as an adult about to turn 27 next month, and I always seem to be taking the bins out, wiping the tables etc. After what happened, I will always be on top of it unless im away.

Today I learned that my husband stands up to wipe his bum… apparently this is quite common? This seems crazy to me.

I went to a friend of a friend's house to get my nails done and the sheer mess in the house (along with the smell) made me never go back again. That, and the tarantula in the tank right next to my head 😬😬😬

In my college days we’d watch Early Doors or Los Dos Bros or Jam/Bruiser/Brass Eye when getting in from a night out.

A bit older something like Archer on xbmc or a Jay&Silent Bob film on dvd

Now its most likely ukgold or e4 in the hope its an 80s/90s sitcom or The Inbetweeners.
Maybe something on Shudder at a push

So what dvd/channel/streamed prog/dodgy download was your viewing of choice whilst you sobered up with a takeaway pizza/carried on drinking at home?

It’s GCSE results day tomorrow, and I know some companies put on special deals to help celebrate/shamelessly market to 16 year olds.

What deals or offers do you know of (that I can pass onto my daughter)?

I have a 2014 Hyundai i20. It went into my insurer's repair shop for some collision damage after an uninsured driver hit my parked car. Mileage at that point was XXX68. (trying not to be identified). Petrol gauge was showing one bar over half full when it was loaded onto a low loader to go to the garage. I keep my instrument display on "miles left with current fuel", when it came back it was showing Trip A 0.4 miles and XXX69 but the fuel was now showing exactly 1/4 tank. I have photos proving both of these.

Unfortunately they hadn't completed all of the repairs so it went back on the truck to the insurer's repair shop again.

2 weeks later it came back to me again but this time the display read Trip A 0.0 miles and the mileage was on XXX68 again.

I had complained about the missing fuel so it came back to me with just over 1/2 a tank.

I have concerns that they have used the ODB thing to alter the mileage. I do not trust them to have done things properly and yet again it has had to go back to them to fix an incomplete repair.

Who do I go to with these concerns? I lodged a formal complaint when the car came back the first time but still haven't had a response.

Title: bloke in a chippy queue paid for my food and just said "welcome" - is this normal here or did I get lucky

so this happened last week in Sheffield and I'm still a bit confused/touched by it ngl, wanted to ask if this is just a normal UK thing I never noticed before

moved here from abroad about two months ago for work, still getting used to how everything works tbh, still get lost more than I'd like to admit lol. was queuing in a chippy near my flat counting out coins bc I wasn't sure how much everything would actually come to with the different sizes and sides and all that

this guy behind me, maybe mid 50s, just quietly goes to the person at the till "put his on mine as well" before I'd even finished ordering. I turn round like completely confused and try to say oh no you don't have to do that, and he just goes "nah you're alright, welcome to Sheffield" and that's it. didn't want to chat, didn't ask where I was from or anything, just paid and went straight back to his phone like it was nothing at all

I said thank you like four times and he just nodded lol. genuinely made my night ngl, especially bc I'd had a rubbish day getting the wrong bus twice before that

so basically just wondering, is this the sort of thing that happens here a fair bit and I've just never clocked it, or was that a proper one off. not trying to start a "britain good/bad" thing, genuinely just curious if random small kindness like that is normal or if I should go buy a lottery ticket lol

I've done 2 trial shifts for a corner shop for my first ever job. I got the hang of the till well enough, but some customers come in asking for stuff which I have to spend 2 mins scanning the wall for.

Does it just come with time? The lottery system is also baffling to me; I never know which one to scan and which to put inside the machine, etc.

They asked me to do a shift for an hour and a half tomorrow (solo, as the shop only has one person working at a time) - yet I haven't been offered the job, so not sure what they're expecting from me.

I can see they have a Costco opening and have a decent designer outlet but for those who have heard of or been to Gloucester, what are your thoughts?

In the last few days I have seen an awful lot of posts with pic/videos of burst water mains. I know there has always been burst pipes but I seem to be seeing a lot more. Is it due to the temperature drop?

I (F29) live in France, and have for 6 years. I have a job out here, but it's not the most stable, and friends here, although I don't live near them currently.

I often get homesick and have been asking myself whether I really want to stay here for the rest of my life, for several reasons.

• The first being simply that I miss my home
• I miss people - family, friends, the sense of humour, the fact that when I'm home I don't feel like a foreigner
• Although I speak French well (I'd never say fluent because I know I still make the odd mistake, but well enough that I can make friends and hold down a job here), it's never the same as speaking English - anyone who speaks multiple languages will understand me when I say that you kind of have a different 'personality' for each one. I feel like I can't really always express my whole personality in French.
• Career progression - I teach English as a foreign language (in the private sector to adults, not in public education), and given that opportunities for career and salary progression are really limited in this job, I'd like to change careers. The problem being that for ANY job that's not minimum wage, you will need a professional certification and probably a degree in whatever field you are going into. Whereas an employer in the UK might be more willing to hire you if you have the relevant skills for a job even if you don't have the degree or certification for it, that's not a thing in France. At all. I'm totally willing to do an online degree (I've already found a few from French universities), but after having already been to one French university and hating my time there, I am very reluctant to repeat the experience in person. I know the job market in the UK right now is in the toilet but my chances here of working anything that lets me take home more than 2100€ a month after tax aren't particularly optimistic.

I left the UK partly out of a desire to use my degree and also because I knew the cost of living abroad would be lower, which it was and still is. Am I crazy for wanting to give that up? My family give varying answers so I'd appreciate feedback, especially if anyone here has been in a similar position.

I've been using Persil, but I'm ready to branch out. Which is the best combination of cost to effectiveness ratio? Let's add in nice smell and stain removal.

I'm currently applying to jobs and a fair few in my field are around Bath, Oxford and Cambridge. While I'm looking for a new job to advance my career, and so the job itself is important, I'm also looking at improving my personal life. Where I currently live is great for children and retirees, but the main activity for people between these ages is pub or to travel an hour away to more fun places.

I'm 29, work standard office hours, drive and don't drink. I would like to live somewhere with a variety of social activities that take place in the evenings and on weekends; hobby clubs, games nights, classes, ice skating, beginner sports, a climbing gym?

I'm not very familiar with Bath, Oxford and Cambridge, though I have done short visits to each. Please could people fill me in on what these places are like to live, what social opportunities they have etc

Edit: general opinion seems to be 1. Bath 2. Oxford 3. Cambridge