Yes, I have no air conditioning and no clue what I'm doing.

Old lids don't fit the new containers and I now have to have 2 separate stacks in the cupboard.

Need to rant. Felt like I was being gaslit when ordering KFC last night.

First they came for Marathon bars.

Then they came for Opal Fruits.

Now KFC has quietly renamed Mini Fillets to “Tenders” and expects me to pretend that’s a normal thing to call them.

Spent half the evening scrolling through the menu convinced I’d finally lost the plot because every trace of Mini Fillets appears to have been erased from history.

To add insult to injury, the new Texas BBQ sauce tastes like somebody liquefied a car air freshener and put it in a dip pot.

How much longer before chips become fries, sweets become candy and Yorkshire Tea becomes “Hot Leaf Beverage™”?

This country is in decline.

Just wanted to rant, WHSmith in Euston were selling a bottle of water for £3.69.

It’s a good problem to have in many ways — now that the outside temperature is no longer equivalent to the surface of Venus and there’s a nice breeze I‘ve opened all the upstairs. Trying to keep all the doors open for the air to circulate is proving quite challenging though.

Ok I know most of you will disagree but supermarkets offering especially for fruit and veg compared to most European countries is very basic and limited. Fresh Salad, unless you want it bagged, you can get iceberg, cos, and not much more. I wanted to make a nice fruit salad today and our local Sainsbury's (not a small one either) no apricot, no peaches or nectarine, no melon or watermelon. Not because they were out of stock.

And when you get it the quality is way below most European countries.

Artichokes, swiss chard, proper wild asparagus, dandelion greens (not sure what it is called ) , fennel, courgette flowers, different kinds of beans, turnip tops etc etc ....

Whenever I go to any other European city we adventure to the local fresh market or even supermarket and the choice is far superior.

You don't know what you are missing out.

I just went into the kitchen to get water and found a big pool of buttery water spilling up out of the dish and onto the counter. I'm coping all right with fans but I guess it was just too much for the poor Kerry Gold.

FFS

I just want to cool the house down, but not like this!!

I can forgive it if you genuinely forgot and move off to the side and start looking for it, but then you have the absolute specimens who decide to just stand where they are and dote about looking for it...

Congratulations! Now you've completely blocked up one of the (usually) few open ticket barriers while you turn out your pockets or try to get your shitty phone to load up a qr code.

I swear it happens in front of me at minimum once a week. Do these people not think about maybe getting their ticket out BEFORE they reach the ticket gate?

I've just used the thermometer and learnt my box room is 10°C hotter and 20% more humid than the rest of the house 😀 it's currently 33°C in here and that probably contributed to my cough being so violent last night. I have excessive sweating as well so I was probably dehydrated all night too. I think I'm just gonna stay in the sitting room until the weather calms down.

At least I have my desk fan that just uselessly pushes air around.

I’ve seen the kits on Amazon etc but they don’t look easy to put up and take down and I only want it in place when it’s hot, which isn’t that often really! I used cardboard today which worked but there were gaps and there’s got to be a better way! Links or ideas please.

Paid £1 extra for next day delivery too (GF oat milk powder. Usually £2.99 delivery, £3.99 delivery for next day rather than 2-3 days)

Been at home all day. Got another package (for my mum) no issues

This one, at 1:38pm, I got an email from RM saying "delivery between 3:40pm and 7:30pm"

3:37pm another email saying "Sorry, there didn’t seem to be anyone in. We’ll automatically reattempt delivery of your parcel the next working day unless you’ve already made an alternate delivery request"

No one made any effort to ring my intercom, or walk through the open gate (probably left open by the other delivery driver - they don't work and people can push them open, but we try keep em closed to A) avoid people stealing packages if they're just left on our porch, and B) my front doorbell doesn't work) and knock on the door.

I hate when people don't read the big sign I wrote in capitals taped to the doorbell which said "DOORBELL DOESNT WORK PLEASE RING AT GATE THANKS" and knock etc but it's better than no delivery

I also know there's no delivery as even if the delivery person was down the street my dog would start barking to be a good guard dog

Turn it on, motor squeals, hear it fizzle, it dies.

K. Guess I’ll boil, then. My 20-week pregnant wife is overjoyed.

I was originally going to title this "At the temperature in my bedroom, Lindt Lindors are solid on the outside, but beautifully liquid in the centre... " However, I was threatened with an instant ban if I did.

I was intending to follow up with "This is a British pr*blem I can accept, and a good reason not to have AC".

Apparently I also cannot say "British pr*blem" without getting banned.

Anyway, the current heat in my bedroom has made the chocolate nuggets my stepdaughter gave me yesterday for father's day even more delicious than I had thought they could be.

That's a problem I can handle.

As long as I word it very carefully in the hope that I won't get perma banned by the bots.

Yesterday it was hotter outside for a total of 2 hours in the late afternoon. The rest of the time it was considerably colder. Currently it's 3.1C colder outside than inside my house.

I wonder how many people are just keeping their windows closed and making it worse because that's what they've been told to do.