Fuck the "protect the children" bullshit. I've seen them ride past and you can't actually see much. They're going too fast, theres a whole bunch of them, the bike equipment is in the way, and most have backpacks. I would not care if my children saw and in fact, would laugh along with them at the people just having a great time.
I wouldn't be comfortable taking part myself but would never stop other people doing it.
Did some one ask for dust cos I got plenty! Also have one desktop with 30TB of memory, separate small form for HA and Pihole, networking equipment, cooling fans and a UPS all packed into one (un)tidy cupboard. The door doesn't quite close but enough to hide it from my partner!
What are you on about? Don't believe the news and social media posts. It is fine here. It's not perfect but it's not a punishment to come here
Does this apply to arlo cameras too?
Yes because it's another room we are able to chill in separately and it was my very old TV before I decided to upgrade to 4k. We have a living room but on some occasions we want to watch our own shows. It gets used about once a week. It's not used before bed. I don't see the issue if you're able to use it without fucking up your life. We don't have a TV in the children's rooms. We have a kitchen with a small dining table - no mobile devices allowed so makes sense not to have a tv. We don't have any other rooms.
I definitely have this but it falls apart when working on my computer unless theres one really urgent task or a work call. The fact I'm sitting or the waiting for something to load or something gets in the way stops my motion. Do you have any solutions for computer work?
Can you compost all food waste including bones and processed foods?
Three days ago was in a shop at about 10.30am buying something with my headphones on. Went past the two guys queuing behind and one spotted me, pointed down and said "you dropped your gay card" and started laughing. I naturally looked down when he was pointing before I realised what he said. I was so stunned I just looked back at him, gave a half chuckle then turned and left. Wish I said something or did something differently but was just so surprised and perplexed!
Curious how your workplace is handling this as laws here are very different to the US (depending on State). Are you still going to be on payroll as an employee or some type of contractor?
If an employee they need to operate payroll in the UK (called PAYE), and they need to consider if you create a permanent establishment for them. There's also legal and HR requirements on them under UK laws (right to work checks, redundancy laws, can't just fire you, pension auto-enrollment, minimum wage checks, health and wellbeing, safety, minimum holiday pay, sick leave, just to name a few, theres lots more and even more coming in a new law that's just passed).
If you create your own limited company and operate as a contractor, you will likely be "inside ir35" but the workplace needs to assess this themselves. This means your own company will have to operate payroll and keep in line with employment obligations. If this is the direction you're probably better off using an umbrella company but make sure you pick a reputable one with good reviews rather than the cheapest. This could also cause the workplace to have a UK permanent establishment depending on your role but less of a risk. If you DM your job title I could tell you the rough risk.
You could be a self-employed contractor which means you have to submit tax returns yourself and the workplace has no UK presence but it technically risky from a tax / legal point of view.
Once you move, you'll likely become tax resident in the UK so should inform/register with HMRC. You'll need to start paying national insurance after 12 months. You still have to do US returns forever. It's one of the very few countries who do this by the way.
Check out moneysavingexpert.com for everything it tells you about - anything to do with banks, savings, credit cards, insurance, electricity, mobile contracts,, broadband etc). It's a life saver to explain different products to decide what you actually need, and then where is the cheapest or best value.
Buy anything above Β£100 on a UK credit card but pay it off on the statement day (if a normal one, look for 0% spending cards or balance transfers for essentially a free or cheap loan but might need credit history). This gives you extra putrefaction (called section 75)
Getting a bank account is the hardest bit so hopefully the HSBC account makes it easier but worth getting a UK based one too once you have an address (it's free here so you can easily have more). I think HSBC sucks to be honest.
Getting a place to live can also be tricky. Renting can take some time to find and accept a place (one to three months depending on local availability). Buying can be a long ass process. Start looking on rightmove to get an idea (for renting or buying). I would rent for a while to get to know the places or ask someone locally where to live. You could rent an airbnb for a month (or another form of holiday rental) to make your life easier.
Check if you need a car where you live and if buying, look at autotrader.co.uk for an idea of prices but also look at car insurance as can be expensive but and varies enormously by car model. Look at how long your driving licence will last, if you can transfer or need to take a test after a while (DVLA is our licencing agency).
Once established in a place, register with a GP and dentist asap.
Theres a new rule about traveling to the UK if you have dual citizenship - you have to use your UK passport for the flight to the UK.
I was there too! Agree - everybody was super chill and friendly.
Did you manage to get into Trafalgar Square? I think I got lucky that they opened up as I walked past
Says right in the article - ... contributes almost Β£400 million to the economy by attracting about a million people each year.
Want to bet this headline would be different if it wasn't a Caribbean based tradition or was anything to do with the royal family (how much does the kings birthday cost for instance?)
I have to laugh about the fact that half the flags are the wrong way around so here is a friendly guide.
It assumes the flag pole is on the left by the way.
I see this every week when I drive to the office. Most of the route is 20mph and single lane. I go at the speed limit and every 2/3 weeks one will overtake me. I'll then see them at the next light, then there next one, then the roundabout, etc for the next 30 minutes. I'll usually then go past them as theres one junction with 2 lanes and they always seem to go in the "fast" lane so they end up behind me when it goes down to one. Makes me so happy everytime!
Sometimes you see it when walking even in a black traffic spot - you'll get to the lights before the cars you've passed sitting there.
Im doing to build my fitness up to cycle the route and think it'll take roughly the same time.
Unfortunately the route is really difficult and long on public transport - it's easy to get into central and back but trying to go across the edge to the other side was never designed for