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Jonboy

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  1. Our local tool hire shop is £15 a day for an SDS drill.
  2. Not so much a minimum speed, but a minimum speed the vehicle should be capable of is it not? With the primary legislation leading to rule 253 in the Highway Code .
  3. Ahhh the magical I can park anywhere, I will only be a few minutes function…
  4. Or fitting 1000 warehouse/supermarket/shopping centre/office block roofs.
  5. One of the issues I saw in another volunteer sector was the tightening of the screws in terms of legal compliance, it turned off new volunteers as the initial entry training was higher (not to mention 3 month plus delays in the vetting process) and led to more pressure on existing members to complete training that wasn’t overly relevant to their reasons for volunteering. This turned into a cycle of more and more reliance on the volunteers that were skilled in these areas already, who were often skilled from their professional life’s and looking for some variety in their volunteer roles…
  6. Having watched the sister in law turn the lights on whilst breastfeeding a few weeks back I am becoming more sympathetic towards them…
  7. Having moved into a house with them fitted over the summer I have found one frustrating peculiarity, on the phone when registering the supplier asked if I wanted them to read half-hourly, daily or monthly. I said monthly as on a monthly billing cycle assuming they would read and then bill based on the reading... They have set the reading date 2 days after their billing date, so they nag me for a reading, then estimate up to 23:59 on the billing date (typical estimate between my reading and this time point is around double the average use over the month if I calculate by day or hour) and then two days later take a reading… They also don’t provide a mechanism to override their estimate after the bill has been raised to pay an actual reading. If I wanted to amend the timeframe they see readings to daily, I would need to phone them, which typically means an hour on hold at the moment…listening to suggestions I visit the website for lots of account management tools….
  8. Around 2011 was having the alarm replaced on the warehouse I managed, alarm company where baffled I wouldn’t let them put a siren on the back of the building that was around 40’ from house’s.
  9. About 80% of the post we receive at the moment is being returned to sender as debt chasing for previous occupiers. Did have one debt collector a couple of weeks after moving in and just showed him the purchase completion letter from our solicitor and he was on his way with no drama.
  10. Christmas crackers. If there was ever a more pointless item in existence I would be surprised. Particularly if made in China and shipped with all that fresh air involved….
  11. You could try baking it in a slow cooker if you have one.
  12. Jonboy

    On Cats

    Just bought a heated pad for our cats favourite spot, he has barely moved since, slow roasted feline for dinner anyone???
  13. Well having had 10 days without our gas heating (warm air and water) the smart meter has been incredibly useful for ensuring we don’t bankrupt ourselves with the electric alternatives, keeping the house bearable if not comfortable… it’s a shame because before that we were on course not to pay for energy this quarter between the government subsidy and a goodwill credit from our supplier for some incredibly poor service….
  14. I too have been wondering for a while as too my wife’s true reason for spending so much time on ravelry….plotting together against us would explain it…
  15. Jonboy

    Hornby Loss

    Based on the quick clime-down time by Hornby I would be amazed if it troubled 6 figures(or even a mid 5 figure sum) for the legals. Any written off development costs are harder for me to estimate.
  16. Had an ops manger get quite upset I took down her lovely new decorations placed in front of the PIR sensors an hour after she put them up, went quiet when I offered to ring the alarm company and have her moved to the top of the call-out list…
  17. Anyone have any recommendations for effective anti-pigeon bird feeders? (I am not against feeding pigeons per-say, but we have a lot and they crowding everything else out…)
  18. Jonboy

    On Cats

    https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1550352615321661
  19. I think they should go the Extreme E way, a series of gates to pass through and other than that anything goes route wise…
  20. Round here Oxford has had the main routes 30mph and all residential side roads 20mph for a number of years and it seems to work ok. Based on this they are trying to make most of the towns and many of the villages in the county blanket 20mph throughout…
  21. That’s the wife’s favourite habit, texting me when I am likely to be driving to collect her….
  22. I have just started by following the recipes in the manual for our machine, https://uk.russellhobbs.com/amfile/file/download/file/623/product/98/ and running the dedicated GF program. I have started buying powered egg white instead of separating eggs out every time, but no other changes to the core ingredients. I am using the Dove Farms gluten free bread flour (not mix!). (Also now making tweaks to the flavouring and herbs but that is based on whatever I have in stock).
  23. Started using a Russell Hobbs machine since moving to new house over the summer. Having some very good results with the gluten free programs, far better than the store bought loafs. Also had success with some normal loaves, at a recent party it went down very very well with everyone. obviously the lack of preservatives means a very short life or we would have switched over exclusively I suspect. (Prior to that I always found very mixed results with conventional baking that was quite dispiriting, I think the fan oven in our old property had inconsistent heat circulation that affected the outcome)
  24. The 206 SW I had years back was brilliant in that respect. My friends was even better though as his front passenger seat also folded flat in line with the rears….
  25. Never used one but commercial options exist such as: https://mini-you.co.uk/mini-you-2/
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