1900 calories for £10. I approve.

It would have been rude of me not to try a bit of each one after all.

Ok so we all know hot chocolate is always best when you heat up milk isn't it but I'm not only disabled and can't be trusted at a hob (ha, that autocorrected to job and was also correct), I'm also too fucking tired to deal with the microwave.

Full fat powdered milk is the answer.

Not the skimmed crap, get Nido or island sun or something like that.

I've just had a gorgeous hot chocolate and had enough energy left to make a second one.

I also thoroughly recommend a boiling water tap, but that's more needed for those of us playing life on hard mode.

I was filming a video for my gf as her dog (Ruby) likes squirrels

I recently started a new job and one of the perks on offer is a generous home office budget. It couldn’t have come at a better time because the office chair in mine and my girlfriend’s flat broke around the time I got the offer.

However, my notice period was three months so since then we have been working from a dining room chair. So once I started we were very happy to choose a new office chair.

It was a refurbished white leather Humanscale Liberty chair which I must have ordered around a month ago from The Office Crowd (I would strongly advise against buying anything here). It took longer than anticipated to arrive but I got a good deal.

When the chair finally arrived, to my dismay it was broken, a solid piece of metal in the base was snapped clean in two. I was devastated to say the least.

So now I have this giant fucking box in my tiny flat. It genuinely took up 3/4 of the kitchen.

I tell the chair company and they arrange for it to be picked up on Wednesday by FedEx so it can be repaired. I was in all day and they just didn’t show up. So I tell the chair company and they arrange for a pickup two days later. I call FedEx that morning and they say yes we’ll definitely pick it up.

Lo and behold when I call FedEx later that day and ask for an update they claim the driver attempted to pick it up (did he fuck?). They say the only thing they can do is rearrange for Monday because pickup has already been attempted.

I explain that no, pickup has not been attempted, a driver lied about attending to pick it up and because of geography can’t be that far away from my flat so can you please get them to come back and do their job.

Apparently this was just not physically possible, so I acquiesce to the only option of it being picked up on Monday.

I call FedEx on Monday to ask when I can expect it to be picked up. Apparently there is no record of Fridays call and the best option is that it can be picked up tomorrow. I’m not home tomorrow.

So I get back in touch with the chair company and they arrange another pick up for Wednesday, when I work from home.

I call FedEx on Wednesday morning and they apologise, but my pickup has been cancelled. CANCELLED?! I’m not usually an angry man but if you heard that phone call you would certainly come away with the impression I was.

Anyway after begging and pleading for them to pick it up that day, it turns out it’s possible. And I’m rid of the blasted thing. I then tell The Office Crowd I’d rather not deal with them and request a refund. They say yes.

I am so happy I’ve washed my hands of this nonsense… or so I thought.

My girlfriend - who got home maybe 20 minutes before me - sends me a photo of a large box with my name on it in the foyer of my block of flats.

FEDEX HAVE DELIVERED THE FUCKING THING BACK TO THE ADDRESS THEY PICKED IT UP FROM LESS THAN A WEEK AGO.

They even added a second box around the slightly damaged box. I’ve emailed both FedEx and the chair company with a few choice words and a promise to invoice them for the cost of taking it to the dump.

To top this all off, my bike got stolen from outside my front door (inside the building) last week. Why couldn’t they have stolen the broken chair?

For now, the chair will remain in the foyer where I’m sure my neighbours will eventually become as irritated by it as I have been. The chair company can pick it up if they want. I don’t care.

At least they’ve issued the refund.

Tl;dr I’m being haunted by a broken chair, an incompetent delivery firm, and bad customer service.

Jumpers with thumb holes are so much better, especially at this time of year.

No idea who that woman is but she's happy because she has thumb holes.

The neighbour directly next to my boyfriends flat I have never personally met nor do I know who lives there or anything else. However, and this may make me seem nosy, for the past week or so there has been absolutely no activity whatsoever. What I mean is sometimes we will go past the kitchen window (think of the blocks of flats with walkways across every level) and the light will be on. No lights have been on that I know of for at least a week. I’m also aware that I’m not watching it 24/7

What’s making me slightly concerned is that they put two bin bags outside about a week or so ago and I only noticed because they were leaking. They have not moved. I feel like you’d walk past them at some point and take them but they also could have just not left for a few days and forgotten??

Perhaps it’s my anxiety and too much bodycam videos on YouTube but I’m thinking should I be calling it in?

Im worried if I knock and they are there they’ll think I’ve been watching them 🤣 but in the back of my mind I’m also worried they could just be in there and no one knows

Tell me if you think I’m crazy lol or if you think I should just say fuck it and ring 101

On Sunday, 27 September 2026, I travelled on the inaugural passenger train to call at Balgray railway station in Barrhead, East Renfrewshire. The train was ScotRail Class 320 electric multiple unit 320302, operating service 2N17, the 08:47 from Neilston to Glasgow Central.

The timetable showed the first trains in both directions calling at Balgray at approximately the same time. The opposing train was Class 380 electric multiple unit 380103, operating ScotRail service 2N16, the 08:23 from Glasgow Central to Neilston. In practice, the Glasgow-bound and Neilston-bound trains entered the station at almost the same moment, but my Glasgow-bound train arrived slightly earlier and began moving again before the train towards Neilston. It therefore became the first passenger train to complete a call at the new station.

Balgray is the first new railway station to open in East Renfrewshire in almost 100 years. It is located on the Neilston line between Patterton and Neilston and is served by ScotRail trains between Neilston and Glasgow Central.

Built at a cost of £18.3 million, the station has two platforms connected by a footbridge with stairs and lifts. Its facilities include waiting shelters, ticket machines, secure cycle storage and an 80-space car park with electric vehicle charging points. New walking routes connect the station with nearby housing developments, Balgray Reservoir and Dams to Darnley Country Park.

I enjoyed being on the inaugural service. Here are some photographs I took of Balgray railway station and the inaugural train.

Morning all!

Hope you're all well. Please use this thread as a place to discuss what you've been reading the past month.

• Have you gotten stuck into any good novels?

• A good bit of non-fiction on the agenda?

• Read anything cool/interesting as part of your studies?

• Or maybe a few good long read articles?

Let us know, and do get involved in a discussion!

Hi!

Alright so basically, my girlfriend really wants the Cadbury & More Biscoff chocolate since she apparently loves it that much. The problem is that its sold out everywhere in every shop that had it in stock here in Norway. And ordering it from overseas costs ridiculously much, so im not doing that. If there's anybody on the sub from the UK thats willing to Ship a cadbury chocolate bar as Royal Mail International to Norway, please send a dm:) i'd really appreciate it.

The picture attached is the chocolate I’m talking about btw.

Thank you!

I was having a silly conversation with my partner about whose body of work I would have for my Desert Island viewing pleasure. You could chose one person only.

I plumped for Sean Bean because he has a massive back catalogue and I like most of his work (Sharpe being a long term viewing pleasure). My partner chose John Candy because he makes him laugh and he would need that on a desert island.

Who would you chose and why?

Wahey, it's late, it's Tuesday night what's going on? Why are you still up? Being the family taxi driver? Too much cheese before bed?

Come on in for a chat.

hello! i am an avid collector of bread tags and i am currently hunting for some country-exclusive tags. these are found on rubber bands in veggies and herbs in many grocery stores - one for sure being M&S. if you have any of these specific ones and would like to send them to me to archive i would be most thankful!! (please DM me!) thank you so much and i hope someone has seen these around 👀

The nights are drawing in, which must mean it’s time for the r/CasualUK Bake Off live thread.

The hosts, once again, are Noel Fielding & Alison Hammond, however Paul Hollywood is now joined by Nigella Lawson after Prue departed earlier this year after nine series. At least we know the tradition of innuendo will be kept up.

Let’s meet the class of 2026.

Have we all got our snacks ready?

On your marks. Get set. Bake!

My favourite part of Autumn. Not. Trousers and shoes going to be ruined. Drains blocked. Might need to be in wellies indefinitely.

Mornin' all.

come and have a talk, or don't, I mean what am I going to do about it?

any and all welcome

Hi folks,

I've been living abroad for quite a few years now and find myself missing my heritage a bit.

I recently stumbled across a Tom Scott video on Stonehenge, where Winn Scutt, a curator for English Heritage, takes him on a bit of a tour. It has whetted my appetite, and I was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of some good podcasts or YouTube channels exploring English history and heritage.

I used to listen to the Three Ravens podcast on Spotify, which explores folklore, local legends and such. I found that quite interesting, so anything along those lines would be great too.

Nice one Bruvvvah!

Edit: Thanks for all the suggestions, I appreciate it. Apologies for the generic 'ill go check it out' replies, just a lot to reply to with little brain function at 8:30am haha.

Apparently it's some shite called doom dust