The only thing I’d be concerned about is the overwhelming number of posts running with the theme ‘It was great. We lived there for a while.’

AGA Ludlow roaring away.. getting a bit warm so may need to withdraw a little.

‘MisogaNY’ not got the specs on 😀

Who are these mosque-friendly anti-Christians that you are struggling to understand?

I wont be drawn into pointing the finger at specific posters but they know who they are.. 😉

but hey.. if they can live with consistently looking like idiots, I can live with reading the comments and chuckling at them.

I struggle to understand the logic of some on here who purport to stand against misogamy, homophobia, etc and who are only too willing to denounce Christianity at any given chance, yet are willing to go visit a mosque.

Goat Willow

Buttercup

It ever cross your mind he’s simply trying to avoid the bank charges?

I find this recent fear of cash rather alarming.

Another vote here for the S2L.. Light.. enough gear spread for everyday commute. Personal view really but I’ve always found the M type bars look very dated.

Men in scarves.. dont ask me why.. I have no idea.

Havent read the replies but assume as new it’s W10.. reboot into recovery and do a clean install of 10. via the ‘reset this PC’, not factory restore which will put all the bloatware back on again.

Your hedge, whilst previously well maintained is unnecessarily thick and very close the tyre track. The whole lot needs a good hack back.

It is thick.. but it’s thick on my property and wasnt encroaching onto the lane more than a few inches.

I get what you’re saying though, that track is about 6ft wide and a hell of a squeeze for cars. Unfortunately I dont feel it’s my place to donate some of my garden so they can drive comfortably to the rear of their property.. I’ll sell them some of course 😀 They are all 4 story 7 bed Victorian villas so they can certainly afford it.

Does he actually know it’s your hedge, or does he just think of it as “the hedge down the lane”, that might be owned by the council, or anybody, so nobody really minds? I wonder if he’s blissfully ignorant as to what he’s actually done…

Oh he knows.. he’s been there 40+ years and I’ve been there 26. Just never really had any contact other than the odd nod.

What you cant see from that photo is that the first 15m of the border from the road is a brick wall.. then there’s about 30m of hedge then the rest is made up of about 25 fence panels. I’ve always kept the hedge neatly cut to within about 6inch of the wall/fence. What was a nice 2-3ft thick hedge bordering my patio is now just a few inches thick.. he’s hacked a good foot and a half of depth from a very old and established hedge.

Although very annoyed I’m just more concerned that he’s not killed it as I actually liked it and would prefer it to grow back. There is also an added concern that my garden is a good foot lower than the lane and the only thing holding the lane up at that point was the old hedge. If anyone drives onto the soft ground on that photo the whole thing is likely to collapse into my garden.

I’ve calmed now.. I was just annoyed he’d not even asked and worried he’d killed the hedge that’s been there the life of the property probably. Concrete posts will be going in the hedge though now on the border.

Put a fence up a 4ft fence on the boundary line, keep the hedge and keep it trimmed level with the fence.

I think thats the best option.. Any green fingered experts here know what the chances of the privet regrowing at the bottom are?

The hedge was overhanging my border onto the lane by about 6inches. So I accept there’s nothing stopping him coming along and stipping it back (although the lane isnt his property. but he’s left me with a hedge about 4inch thick and cut about a foot into my property the bugger. :/

I have pics..

By property is the red one..

and this is what I just found..

35+ year (not worn it since about 1990 though)

And so today the backtracking has begun.. Good article in the Independent pretty much admitting they’ve been lying on Syria via Home office encouragement to paint Pro gov forces as bad and rebels including the terrorist linked White Helmets as the good guys.

Then we have the UN Independent investigator on Syria openly naming the BBC, the Guardian & the NYT as the biggest peddler of lies on Syria.

This is an interesting watch.. Youtube

A tragic situation. Imagine the suffering that could have been avoided if the west hadnt embarked on yet more regime change. It’s a sad indictment on western media that they have been so overwhelmingly biased in favour of rebels over a legitimate leader throughout the troubles.

You’d have to be very naive indeed to believe that Western politicians and media have suddenly become ‘deeply concerned’ for the safety of the people of #Aleppo, when they have for years been supportive of the very terrorists who have been butchering them by the thousands.

Not so much a family tradition but a work tradition… Each Christmas we smoke a fine cigar and burn a laptop on the last work day before Christmas.. A sacrifice to the IT gods if you will…

Burn it.

Only dealt with them a couple of times but excellent service.

Sometimes it will.. somethimes it wont.. my advice is to borrow a couple already paired and see if the link light comes on at your location.

It will. One suggestion.. put the faster 300 powerplug into the router.

I smear my B17 once in a while with Brooks Proofide (top and underside) leave it to penetrate for a couple of hours then polish the top side.

Seat is two years old and still like new. Used daily.

If you already have a power plug.. just replace it for one which also incorporates a wifi access extender..

I use this one with excellent results..

Is ex/abusive partner previously known to police for abusing daughter? If yes and/or there is a pattern of behaviour, which it appears from your side of the story there is, then there should be a domestic abuse risk assessment in place… If you’re getting no response/NFA to something like this then you should be taking it up initially with the duty inspector of the local station.

To be honest it’s been an absolute nightmare.. for our daughter and us. She is now happily married to a great guy but the connection with this nutcase will always be there due to him being the father of her first child. All the relevant authorities are aware of him but he gets drunk/high and then randomly goes on a rampage. He’s not allowed near his daughter unsupervised and only for very short periods but blames everyone else for the situation rather than himself. He recently whilst in a drunken rage beat his own father that badly, he put him in hospital for 10 weeks (he was awaiting trial for GBH with intent but I doubt anything will come of it as usual). Terrible situation and no end in sight for a good few years yet unless of course he ODs.

I live in Nottinghamshire and my town is no worse than any other (actually better than a lot).. I know the local thieves because I work in the town centre and come across them daily. Pretty much every town has crime every day.. the fact you dont know it’s occurring is primarily due to you maybe not being in the town centre to witness it or more frustratingly, that the vast majority of crime doesnt lead to any kind of prosecution so they’re never publicized.

We seem to live in an era where petty criminals and petty crimes are ignored. I know for certain that if half a dozen habitual petty criminals were locked up in my town, the reported crimes would drop 90%

You seem to live in a lovely area and know all the thieves.

The joys of living in the same small town your whole life.

After a horrid childhood spent with a single mother hiding behind settees from the next debt collector, I swore to myself I’d never have any debt.

I was successful in that aim.. actually that’s not quite true.. I had one debt, a mortgage.. the thought of it gave me sleepless nights so I worked my balls off to pay it off in about 10 years.

I now have substantial savings.. but at 50 years of age wonder what the hell the point of saving it all was. I have a comfortable lifestyle and a house that’s already too big for me. My kids were spoilt to death and wanted for nothing but are now adults. I could have blown the lot on fine wine and hot women.. Now I’m too old to cope with anything more than a hot chocolate.

So I spend my life looking at digits on paper.. too afraid of a life without that safety net to actually spend any of it hehehe

Damn! to think I came on here today to complain about a wobbly tooth. Cancer is a *******

Good luck fella and remember there are two of you that will need taking care of.

I did the unthinkable and stopped drinking tea during the day.. my teeth were noticeably whiter in a few days.

Had exactly the same scenario as above..

Openreach no show, then the run around as plusnet blame them and they blame plusnet.

Cancelled the order (which was a pain in itself).

Read online LOTS have had the exact same problem.. with some stuck into a contract paying for something that was never fitted as you only have 14 days to cancel.

I’ve often found that the worst kids are the ones with parents who believe their child can do no wrong.

Good coverage (although a lot of ads on ITV4)..

Lot of chrome redirect trojans about at the moment. Sounds like you have one.

Anyone know if there is a live video stream for the event?

Boxing.. when you smash the hell out of each other then shake hands and hug at the end.

I bought one for £49 from Netto when it was still about.. it lasted about two hours. Decided to up my budget a bit and bought a qualcast from argos for £129.. Turns out its the exact same model as the one from Netto with a different sticker on.. Still working though after LOTS of use.

As someone else said.. watch out for ‘cheap’ stihl copies.