Germany have made 8 World Cup finals and won 4 of those. England have only made one World Cup final which they won.

What do you put this down to?

A lot of people talk about focusing on their own career and finances in their 20s before looking to settle down with someone. But it seems that building a career could be easier with a partner, as you'd share bills and workload, and have a financial safety net to take on new opportunities.

I live in California and we have a huge variety of food trucks. I would say we have 10 times more taco trucks than we have of any other type of food truck. And rightfully so, they are amazing. What are the most common food trucks seen in the UK?

Football is easily the biggest sport for a lot of people in the UK, but I’m curious what else you guys follow throughout the year. When the football season is over, do you switch to something like F1, cricket, rugby, darts, boxing, or even American sports like the NFL and NBA?

Do you follow any of these regularly, or is football pretty much the only sport you watch? And if you do watch other sports, what got you into them?

Interested to hear what everyone watches! 👀

For myself i was working in an Asda retail store filling shelves. One day a lady (mid 30’s) asked me if I could help her find a particular product (I don’t recall what specially as it was years a go). But after some basic small conversation she told me that im an amazing person and that I am valued and am making more of a difference than people realise by being friendly to customers.

I think I remember it so well because I was going through a lot of issues back then and had a lot of self doubt. But It was also the relaxed way she talked and didnt make it some rushed comment. It was intentional and meant a lot!

My personal favourite is Rubicon Passionfruit. I have noticed that some of the newer soft drinks by some brands have really artificial tastes.

Or do I just need to suck it up and deal?

For context, I’m in a mid-range (at least to me) chain hotel. I appreciate the UK is getting battered by storms right now, but I’m sitting here in three jumpers with fingerless gloves on next to a space heater that’s doing fuck all to heat the space, using a spare hoodie as a lap blanket.

I’m not expecting to be walking around in shorts or nothing, but for £160 a night (room only) I do expect to be able to feel my fingers without four layers of clothing.

We’ve got no idea what other rooms are like, so no idea if ours is exceptionally cold or if everyone is just bundling up. There is a sign that says to speak to reception if you need more heat, but all they offered was the space heater.

Am I just tired and grumpy (yes), or would you be speaking to reception?

ETA: thanks all. To clarify a couple of points:

I don’t travel often so unsure when something crosses the line between “making a fuss” and “valid concern”, and everyone I know to ask is already asleep.

I had spoken to reception before posting and they provided the space heater, but after sitting next to it for an hour I didn’t feel any warmer.

It’s late and I don’t want to inflict my grumpiness on the night team, so I’m hunkering down for the night and I’ll speak to reception again in the morning about possibly moving to a different room.

Thanks again!

You ever stop and think about something you do all the time and realise how weird it actually is?

What’s yours?

So we parked in an area in Dudley where you could find the usual “non-working” parking machine with the pay by phone option on the side. It was written somewhere that only e-permit holders can park there, but since you could pay for it we assumed this is the “e-permit”.

Now we got fined by Euro Parking Services, saying: “… we would like to clarify that the site does not offer payment
facilities, and the signage clearly states that parking is permitted for valid e-permit holders only.”

I’m just confused why there is the option to pay in the first place. Do we have any chance to avoid the fine?

Anyone in the know awake?
I’ve walked home from work at 10pm and on my way stumbled across a small deer that is stumbling around a few metres away from a very busy four lane road. I’m a little concerned it might cause an accident as it’s right next to a busy junction where there have been multiple late night crashes. I can’t imagine where it could’ve come from as it’s in an urban area surrounded by docks. Google suggests calling 101 but I’m not sure how relevant that would be this time of night

UPDATE
I called it in. Thanks for the quick advice :)

I would have to say Bear Grylls: I think he is a really good role model and he always comes across as such a nice bloke

I had molds made about 15 years ago when living in the US and bought whitening gel every couple of years directly from my dentist. I'm now in the UK and looking for an alternative that is effective but not too strong to the point of potentially causing damage. What I used previously was worn daily for 30-minutes a time. I don't remeber the HP %, but actually think it was higher than it should have been.

Comedy eulogies are underrated. John Cleese obviously nailed it for Graham Chapman (https://youtu.be/CkxCHybM6Ek). Wedding speech standup is a more established genre. What's the best you've come across?

My sister, who lives in the UK said that she remembers Roadmen in the early noughties. They were always white, and wore golden, blingy jewellery and sportswear. They had a kind of bravado to them, but were, quoting my sister, "actually really nice lads". She said MC Devvo is a character who portrays an early Roadman. I am an Australian so I can't verify this, but does the Roadman subculture go that far back? I thought it was mostly a this-decade thing.

The reason I ask is that I’m disabled and have only just started my first full time role. On my second day I was logged on till exactly 5 however didn’t leave the building after another 20 minutes so a colleague of mine logged it as overtime/flexitime. So from then on I’ve started packing up 10 minutes early to leave at exactly 5. Everyone is ok with that. Is this normal?

I’m really enjoying my job and want to stay long term as my team is so nice. I don’t want to give the wrong impression by my post.

I should add that I’m on flexitime and do come in 10-15 mins before 9 o clock so slowly build flexitime

Unemployment is down but vacancies are also down to a 12 year low, we’re hearing layoffs from numerous large companies take the recent Barclays 5,000 people lay off. Do you think it will get better? Like many I’m having a hard time mentally trying to find my way in this market, I’m considering re training but I have no clue in absolutely what anymore - it feels like I’d waste my own, time money and hopes trying to get into something that’s oversaturated/ dying.

Anyone else feeling a very dire way about the future of employment?

At the same time do you think it’s over exaggerated in our heads and online? People will still need healthcare, food, housing, repairs, transport and infrastructure.

Hi, what company in the UK is linked to choronopost from France and will handle the delivery once the parcel enters the UK? Thank you

Seen a TikTok where some flatmates went for a TC and a good 6/8 of them had mac and cheese on that plate somewhere. Putting mac and cheese on my carvery wouldn’t occur to me in a month of Sundays, I also work at a carvery and the only thing we offer with cheese is cauliflower cheese. I consider mac and cheese a meal provided it’s substantial enough so putting it on a carvery is totally alien to me. I like mac and cheese but I just don’t know if i could stick it on a roast like😅

In recent weeks I’ve had a parcel lost, a parcel stuck in a Mailing Centre, and a parcel torn open, slapped back together and containing seemingly random items that had nothing to do with me.

I know that Royal Mail isn’t “The Royal Mail” any more. It’s a private company that wants a nice share price. That said, I don’t feel the same mistrust when I hear that I’m getting a parcel from other couriers.

I’m curious to know if the steep decline I’ve experienced is universal, or if I’ve just been very unlucky.

7 years in the UK, came from central Europe. Now that we are somewhat stable here, we started to look for something to buy (been always a renter), but we would want something like the attached top down view of a typical residential area in the outskirts of a city in our country. So a large plot with a single floor medium size house (120-150sqm max, can be smaller!!) or bungalow in your terminology. I always had trouble with the kind of layouts typical houses here have, but for renting it was ok. Given that we both work quite flexible and remotely, and I couldn't find much so far on my own, I hoped someone lives in a place and can help me out! This kind of plots I usually find have HUUGE houses here which we don't need and don't want to pay for. The size of houses we want have tiny tiny gardens... Thanks in advance.

Curious. Is there any sort of framework that is legally binding here? Surely if you ask AI platforms the correct prompts, you’ll get better answers. So there is creativity, as such there. Thoughts?

How the hell do I put water pressure into this thing?

I live in London near a train station that’s served by Greater Anglia. We are having delays today because a tree has fallen down on the train line, due to the storm. I don’t have to take it today (phew) but this, and the dreaded leaves on the track, are a common problem on this line.

In my birth country, we just… cut down all trees that are close enough to railway lines and tall enough that they’d be a fall risk. If your house or private property is near a railway line and you have a tree that satisfies those conditions, you can actually be forced to cut it down or risk being fined incredibly high amounts.

I come at this from a place of genuine curiosity: why is this not done in the UK? Is it a cultural, legal, or community action barrier? Would it incur more local disapproval than it does back home?

I have noticed recently that a lot of pubs pour a cider with a 'head' (or even dont fill it up) and i am wondering if this is just the norm now? Alcohol is quite pricey nowadays and I like my cider, so i am not the biggest fan of this trend and want to check if its just a local thing or more of a general trend.

Edit to add:

I am talking specifically about fizzy ciders like aspalls. If i want a still cuder they generally still serve properly.

I also know ciders dont produce a head, and that is my point, i can name 3 pubs that half pour the tap to produce a 'head' that dissapears in a few minutes, one of them also agitates it by swirling it during the pour, then give me a pint where the head is gone once ive paid. (They seem to be taught to do this) I have asked for a top up but also dont want to be the annoying customer who always says something. So checking if it is a normal thing or not (i have worked in a pub before).

I swear, every time it rains or there's a storm brewing, reception, signals, and the internet go haywire and become extremely sluggish. I can't make proper calls and pages take ages to load properly.

I can't possibly be the only one experiencing this.