u/ChameleonParty — reddlx

Doorstop ideas

In our new(ish) bathroom, the door lock is perfectly aligned to break our sink if the door is pushed a bit too hard.

We’ve tried adding sticky silicone bumpers to the lock and to the sink, but they always fall off after a few weeks. We’ve also tried a stick on doorstop on the floor, but that also only lasted a couple of weeks before it became unstuck.

Underneath the floor is wet underfloor heating, and I also know that in this area is an absolute ton of other cables and plumbing, so I want to avoid drilling into the floor to fix a doorstop.

Any ideas how else to protect the sink!

u/ChameleonParty — 5 days ago

▲ 5 r/PlantIdentification

Pretty blue flower, woodland, southern UK

There are loads of these flowering in some woods we’re walking in, and I’m curious what they are. Southern Hampshire, UK

u/ChameleonParty — 5 days ago

▲ 7 r/mycology

I’m experimenting with a tissue culture of Agaricus Bisporus and it seems to be working, but I’ve got this nasty brown contam growing on the plate. It started out white, but after a few days developed a brown centre, and is now almost completely brown.

I’m wondering if this is fungal and going to shed spores all over the inside of the plate? If it will, I probably want to take a transfer of the good mycelium asap, but if that is not likely I might leave it to grow on a for a bit before transfer.

Any guidance on what is best to do here?

u/ChameleonParty — 6 days ago

▲ 10 r/UKPersonalFinance

When my mum passed about 10 years ago, she left me jewellery that came with valuations of about £15,000. She had it valued at that time to try and divide all her assets equally by value. Up to now, it has just sat in my safe and I've not done anything with it - it is not anything I feel particularly sentimental about it as I never really saw her wearing it. It was passed down to her from her mother.

I'm now in a situation where I have a couple of lean months coming up and it would be helpful to have some extra funds, so I thought about selling it. However it seems it actually has very little real value. Our local jeweller will buy the gold by weight for scrap value, which is only a few hundred pounds, and they will not buy anything that has set stones - which is most of it.

Another jeweller will allow me to rent space in their window and will act as a broker (for a percentage) if someone passing by wants to buy it - but that is expensive too.

If I keep it and get it re-valued, which it seems I need to do regularly if I want it to be insured, the jeweller will charge 10% of the valuation for that - so it seems that over time I'd likely spend more on valuations than it would be worth.

Should I just forget about it and leave it sitting in my safe? I can't see any way to actually get any reasonable amount of money for this - at least nowhere close to the original valuation, and it seems if I try to do anything it might well end up costing me money.

Is this the reality of antique jewellery?

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u/ChameleonParty — 12 days ago

▲ 6 r/Allotment

I bought some courgette seeds today, but discovered they are a climbing variety (shooting star). I’ve never come across climbing courgettes before - anyone have experience with them?

I assume I can make a bean style A-frame for them to climb up? How high will they go?

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u/ChameleonParty — 17 days ago