Due to various organisational and communications failures - none of which were at my fault - I spent yesterday stuck inside until about 1 pm, by which time it had clouded over and the shop I needed to go to (and which I can only get to on Saturday mornings) had closed for the weekend. I completely wasted the only beautiful brilliant sunny weekend day we've had in weeks. I'm devastated.

The Nations Championship is on tele at the moment. ITV have started showing ads as the match is going on using a split-screen completely interrupting the flow and enjoyment of the match. Seems like we're heading more and more towards US-style programming and ads 🙄

Plan to get ahead of the game for next summer since missing out in spring this year when I decided to skip buying an Aircon unit or two as didn't think it was worth the cost of £200 per unit. Then summer happend so want to get one for my house and another for the in laws for next summer. Prices still high, brands are unrecognisable and not idea which make or model to buy. Suggestions welcome but feeling very British with this issue

Edit: I've picked up a few things from all the awesome answers. Thanks for all the contributions.

1. I'll up my spend to about £500 for the unit.

2. I'll get one unit for the upstairs bedrooms and use it during the afternoons to cool them individually when the kids get home and master bedroom before bedtime.

3. There are no decent units in the UK currently so it'll be something I keep an eye out for and buy as and when they're in stock.

4. I'm spending on a portable unit. Fixed units would be great but we got solar and battery this year and it'll be a few years till we get a heat pump and I'll get something fitted then that can both heat and cool or worry about that later. Spending money on fitted Aircon now isn't going to be worth it for us.

I get that people get sick in this weather, and I get that people cough, but nobody is doing that into their elbow. Nobody is wearing a bloody mask. Nobody has any respect for the other passengers.

There are now four people doing that, every now and then they cough simultaneously, as if it's synchronised swimming.

I had a mask on me coincidentally, I just hope I don't get sick.

Why would you do that? Just wait until you get off

What do you actually do here? If you put your hand out, the first bus stops. If you wait for it to go past, can the driver behind even see you?

ITV player has no fast forward or rewind. You either watch the match live or have to sit through the entire tedious build up before the match starts. What's going on here?

in the past few weeks i’ve noticed when i talk to people they don’t seem as vibrant or talkative as they usually r in other season. Does the weather really affect people’s mood that much or am i just tripping

It's unfair that we have to spend so much money to keep our cars 'roadworthy' just for the roads to be in such bad condition you're risking damage every time you drive

Edit to add: I don't know why some people seem to be missing the point and trying to 'educate' me about the importance of maintaining my car. I know that - that's why I budgeted to purchase higher quality tyres when I replaced them. The point is that we should be able to drive on the road without worrying about the road causing serious damage to the car. When you're already struggling for money, it's more than just a minor inconvenience when the roads destroy your £97 purchase and creates an expensive bill all whilst you're paying a fortune in council tax which seems to go nowhere. Add in that you live in a rural area and are reliant on your car to get to work and the frustration increases

Sure am looking forward to seeing that LNER advert during the ad break of Corrie tonight.

Just like yesterday, and the day before that, and the day before that......

I suddenly noticed a weird whining sound in my room (I live in a studio).

Just a continuous, high pitched squeel. It sounded like the kind of noise a fridge would make so that was my first investigation. Didn't seem to be that... The radiator? Nope.

Bathroom fan was the next suspect. Nope.

In the end it turns out I hadn't screwed the top on my tonic water tightly enough and it was the gas escaping from that 😥

All I wanted to order was a dehumidifier. It probably would have been quicker to go to the store but I honestly don't want to move at the moment.

On my phone. Check out as guest. Put my details in and press the go button.

Website replies with "Sorry, that didn't work. Please try again. Tried again several times. Checked everything. Tried different browser. On and off WiFi. Nope.

Tried again on laptop. Same again.

Watched the traffic and behold, the backend is getting a 403 error.

Fine. Let's give them a heads up.

Live Chat. Virtual assistant says I need an order number.

Call them up. Option 1 about an order, option 2 all other issues. Press option 2 and the voice prompt asks me why I'm calling. No matter what I said in the 10 calls. You need an order number.

Alright. Let's try Sainsbury's. Couldn't find a reasonable route there.

How about Sainsbury's corporate.

Argos numbers for Home Delivery and Store Enquires go to the same place.

Sainsbury's switch board. Well... It's not a switchboard anymore. Just says a few phone numbers and hangs up.

Called one of the numbers for Sainsbury's customer care line. Finally speak to a human in india, explained everything. She tries a few ideas, browsers, cache, delete browsing history, device. Then she puts me through to someone that answers with a thick Indian accent "Thank you for calling Argos, how can I help you today?" Explain it all again. Asks the same technical questions.

By time I finished trying to raise it over an hour later. The 403 finally stopped 403ing and I simply made the order.

I know places like Amazon have their own issues but it seems far much easier to deal with one over the other.

Just arrived at work and realised that all 3 poppies are still on the table at home waiting to be attached. We were rushing this morning so walked straight past them. Now the school will think we are a family of heathens who don’t care enough because I forgot to attach the paper flowers.

And when I called her out on it, her reply was ‘not interested in entering into aggressive exchanges’

sigh Christmas will be fun this year

Forcing drivers behind them to get stuck because they assumed that vehicle in front was going straight on and not turning into oncoming traffic...but hey, at least mr important doesn't have to listen to his indicator clicking away!

No broadband provider, I don't need you to give me yet another corporate partner discounts page!