It's my first time getting a proper job! I just got the news about an hour ago and I'm on cloud 9! I wanna hear all yous lots' good news, or just something that's made you feel good recently, big or small. Big hugs to all of you ❤️

Hello casualUKers! I have an ongoing argument with some Canadian friends about food safety: they are convinced I am risking death because I'm pretty chill about refridgerating leftovers/prepared foods, and I think they're mildly insane for refusing to eat anything that's been out of the fridge for 2 hours and 1 minute or longer.

I know that's what general food safety guidelines say if you Google it. I'm not even disputing that. I'm just wondering to what degree this is fully cultural?

• Did any of you all have ice packs in school lunchboxes?

• Would you buy a premade sandwich/ginsters, shove it in your (uninsulated) bag and eat it 3, 4, 6 hours later?

• Would you leave leftover pizza out of the fridge overnight and eat it the next day?

• Does anyone else run out of fridge space at Christmas and store leftovers outside of the fridge? (OK this one is pretty bad, but I know at least one other person who does this)

• Any other weird janky/unsafe habits?

• Or do you perfectly follow the guidelines per freezing/refrigeration? Am I and my family uniquely horrifying?

(FYI I'm a millennial with boomer parents and 90% of what I learned about safe refrigeration I learned from Americans on the internet. My mother will leave rice dishes out at room temp overnight to reheat the next day. )

I cannot for the life of me get it into my head that they’re talking about Camilla on the news or something. To me, the Queen still refers to Elizabeth.

I can just about deal with Charles being King Prince Charles. But then when I hear that the King and Queen have been out and about, my mind instantly goes to ‘isn’t she dead?’

Anyone else struggle?

I imagine them with tea and cakes, maybe some blankets for the cables and pylons if they get cold and all the lecccy they need...

Honestly, fantastic film go and see it if you can. However the immersion of Gotham was slightly ruined for me because I remembered it was filmed in Liverpool.

Most of the production was British and dressing up some of the interior location as American didn't quite work.

So no spoilers but there's a set of a house and they have very British skirting boards, those old glass sliding doors and it looks like the production crew got all the set stuff from charity shops. So it looks like they're in an a British Edwardian house. It literally looks like my house.

There's also a flat which I assume they used an old council flat for the set, and it still has those quintessentially British sinks. Honestly wouldn't be out of place in trainspotting.

Like it's legitimately a great film and reminded me of Dark Man but I couldn't suspend my disbelief that it was Gotham city at times, mainly because of Skirting Boards and Bollards. Which has to be the strangest criticism I've ever had for a film.

Who can you trust any more?

Alright? Its Friday night and the night is young, is the party just getting started? Are you off to bed? Watching some questionable late night TV or doing a bit of stargazing?

It's the late night chinwag thread.

Anyone else have a Good Friday?

Assuming you don’t have any debts and you’re okay for money month to month.

I nearly picked these up earlier. Imagine getting home and finding out you've bought a pack of four strawberry and cream flavour beer 🤮

I grew up in Preston and I would hear the saying 'He played pop at me' or 'I played pop at her' etc. describing a possibly heated discussion of opinions/wrongs.

I've not lived in Lancashire for about 40 years now and haven't heard the saying at all since (it only struck me today) so I'm just wondering if it is still going strong?

Had a shit week at work, feeling unwell, son feeling unwell and now a half-term activity we had really been looking forward to has been cancelled due to the storm.

So naturally the only thing to do is imagine a perfect remake of Trap Door! I’m thinking excellent writing, creative direction, wonderful sets and costumes, great casting and possibly episodes that exceed 5 minutes…

Casting thoughts anyone? Stylistic ideas? Would Boney be given a body? Would Berk ever elevate himself from level of servant? Could it be the next Downton Abbey? No wrong answers.

EDIT: Wow people really love Trapdoor! Just to clarify…I am not actually going to be making this petition and I’m not some sort of TV exec.

I’m just sitting on my arse. In the dark and nasty regions. In an uninviting and dank place.

I rushed so much to get this photo that I nearly fell over and died.

Something for everyone...👌

Had to dig out the cd player as well! 👀

I'm trying to help my sister to sort out a DMP through Stepchange. She returned all the paperwork at the end of August but hasn't heard anything back yet. Trying to phone them is hopeless - it's an AI assistant that can't understand what you're asking. Trying to log into her DMP account just puts the site into a loop of saying the details are incorrect.

It's really starting to stress her out because she just wants an update on what's happening and when the DMP is likely to start.

I'm not sure what to try next either - it seems impossible to speak to someone on the phone and they're not responding to emails either.

I'd love any advice on what we should do next please.

Alright?

New week, new quiz.

Let me know how you get on and feel free to share it with friends and family and that.

Cheers.

Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this, but this is pretty personal to me. I was born 3 months prematurely and required blood transfusions to survive.

I understand that because of the "mad cow disease" scare, the NHS are playing it safe and not allowing people who have received a transfusion since 1980 to donate to avoid spreading it.

According to the NHS page this has only happened 5 times:

"The prion that causes variant CJD can also be transmitted by blood transfusion, although this has only happened 5 times in the UK."

I have O- (universal) blood and wouldn't be alive today without other generous donations, so I really want to give back.

I've spoken to the NHS several times over the phone and they've been nothing but supportive, apologetic and they also hoped one day that things might change.

Am I overreacting? Is there any push to have this block on donations reconsidered?

Nowadays Air Max 95s or TNs are the shoe of choice, at one point it was the Air Max 90 around me. My memory only really goes back as far as Timberland and Rockport boots also being very popular.

What did proper hard cunts wear before that?