How about a metal shed with a 20 year guarantee, have a medium Europa one. It’s about 15 years old no rust. You can buy bike racks that just slot in .

Yes, these look really good from my perspective. Might be too industrial for Mrs F as she has direct view of it from the back door window. Will apply pitch mode and see how far I get.

Appreciate all the suggestions on the new shedquarters.

Some of the plastic shed options are actually looking quite feasible—definitely a win for my anti-mould battle! Would remove any concerns and be a bit of a save long-term. Thanks for that suggestion.

Good option here that would fit the space (8×6) but of course, it’s expensive. Naturally, as with all things in life, the budget is now defying gravity and heading into the stratosphere.

Search continues and I haven’t ruled out any particular material. Keep ’em coming! Cheers.

Nordic timber buildings << Lovely, thanks!

Those ‘fake’ log cabins are tempting—nothing says ‘I’ve made it’ like a garden tool palace

work out why the current one has rotted… then look to improve the base and maybe gutters etc. before you trash a new one.

Good advice. I think it’s the lack of front guttering and hard patio surface that is causing rain to splash back under the front of the shed and rot from below.

It’s this particular configuration that seems to get my heart racing. Behold the double doors!

So here’s the follow-up. Turns out that 38mm is fine. Happy with that result.

Interesting backstory there. Yes, always thought the tight fit was a hangover from CX, pre “gravel” days.

Thanks, yes appreciate it’s a bit tricky from this single pic. Useful info there.

It’s mostly this crown area that is the deciding factor, where it drops a bit lower. I measure about 7mm above and plenty more at the sides (enough not to worry about specifics).

Thanks for your replies, everyone. Good to know the 38mm worked out. This is a 2013 model, so should be a similar experience.

I’ll probably give it a shot, and if so, I’ll post a comparison for future reference.

@hot_fiat That is genius.

Hey Siri, show me an Emoji that sums up Brexit

PA: Here is a handy list of Brexit supporting business in the UK.

Feel free to boycott (or support) depending upon your disposition.

List 1

Let’s make a list of Brexit funding businesses to avoid! from brexit

List 2

More Brexit Backers to Boycott from brexit

I hate to break it to you but Glastonbury aint exact common joe terrority nowadays.

True that. I last went about 13 years ago and that was because I managed to win a free ticket.

I know nothing of Tom Watson but he hasn’t annoyed me when he’s been on telly.

Any reason I shouldn’t want him to lead labour?

He’s uncharismatic compared to some, but not without some personality: genuine and solid. Has been seen wading through mud at Glastonbury Festival, which means he has more in common with the average Joe than Rees-Mogg ever will.

Downsides: His stance on the Iraq War may bring him into question, other than that his voting record is fair.

Talking of needing statesmen instead of the charlatans we’re landed with

Donald Tusk being just that. Just makes you even more convinced that this is where we need to be, and even sadder that we’re where we are

EU president Donald Tusk warns against ‘betraying’ Remain voters who are ‘not represented by UK parliament’

Could not agree more. EU showing their empathy and class, whereas UK Government is displaying the diametric opposite.

UK Government, right now, has frankly become distasteful and increasingly rotten.

https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1110443949775298562

It’s a limited poll, so I take this with a huge pinch of salt.

What is particularly noteworthy is the change of reported voting in the first ref. 43% to 34% in 2.5 years now report that they voted Leave.

Ah so that is how we fix the NI Border we join Schengen

Someone let Theresa know!

In other news: Darren Grimes, youth face of Leave caught up in election controversy for being a very naughty boy with his campaigning, unwittingly thinks Schengen is brilliant when he tweeted about breezing into Switzerland.

Just crossed the border from Italy into Switzerland, not a bother, it’s almost like it doesn’t have to be. Somehow. It’s almost like it’s not beyond the wit of man.

You know, Schengen, the whole principle of freedom of movement you pushed people to vote to remove?

Either trolling or thick as two bricks. Not sure which at this point in time.

I don’t think a second referendum would solve anything unless it was a massive landslide towards a meaningful outcome (i.e. either Revoke A50, accept May’s Deal, or No Deal).

It’s what would happen in between now and then that would be meaningful.

In a democratic environment, the ability to gather facts and review a current state of affairs in light of new information is universally the most appropriate way forward. We have reached the point where we have the ability to take a period of reflection, debate, and inform the nation of what could lie ahead.

Without this, ploughing ahead regardless of consequences will set a chain of events that will almost certainly not be seen kindly in history.

Insightful and damning article by the FT (no pay wall).
https://www.ft.com/content/5f3df8bc-4c03-11e9-bde6-79eaea5acb64

What I don’t accept is suggesting that the older generation set out to shaft the future generation.

Sincere apologies that it was taken in that way.

Amendment D: Jeremy Corbyn
Calls on government to make time this week to find a majority for a different approach

This is wishy-washy. Still holding out for some leadership to appear from Jeremy.

I’m in that generation, and I agree – we’ve had greater opportunity then any other generation, but at the cost of the younger ones. I don’t really feel that I did anything “wrong”, but it feels inequitable, and it does now affect some of my thinking/decisions.

The reason for raising this whole issue, is that I think the government(s) need to be held accountable for these failings that have suited them at the time, but not the younger generations inheriting this country and planet.

For me, the EU is a small price for keeping our Government in check. Losing that concerns me. Would we have working hours directive, cleaner water, better beaches, reduced pollution and cleaner environment and all the other improvements without EU guidance?

I don’t believe we would, so where we go from here is worrying.

This crops up from time to time. Would you like to explain to me (65 years old) how I have shafted the younger generation?

I have also been part of that problem, or at least enjoyed some of the benefits you have done. Don’t feel too special 😉

Seriously though, I have already stated what is challenging for the youth these days that older generations have taken for granted. Think about zero-hours contracts, unpaid year-long internships, housing shortages, students from lower-income families having grants abolished and leaving university with 50k debts, Junior position jobs requiring work experience… These are now norms, not extremes.

How much equity has your house accrued since you owned it? That’s free equity from a prospering society that the younger generation are less likely to enjoy with greater austerity required by a hard Brexit.

If you can’t see the inequality, it wouldn’t take much time to do your own reading. I mean that without sarcasm and wish you a good day.

As for how this is related to Brexit? It’s a complex issue. Has greater migration pushed up housing prices? Almost certainly. Yet the youth either haven’t twigged that or the trade-off is worth it to remain in the EU. The other areas are government policy failings, hence why I feel more sovereignty for the government is a bad idea based upon track record.

Let’s please hope the poor little sod rebels and becomes a lion tamer or anything but follow in his father’s footsteps.

Safe to assume he is being groomed.

One thing that will come out of this sorry affair is a much wiser, angrier youth. With very good reason.

They’ve been utterly shafted by their older generations with grossly inflated education costs, increasing retirement age, pensions, housing costs, general living standards falling and now Brexit.

Expect some quality politicians rising through the ranks in ooohhh… 10-15 years.

What we are seeing now is the result of extended youth apathy with the likes of Dominic Raab rising far higher on the greasy pole than his abilities and intelligence warrant.

No chance. Like all extremists with a populist front they tap very effectively into a rich seam of not wanting to deal with the complexity of the world and ongoing change. Future too uncertain? We can give you the past, it was better then. Life not planning out for you like you wanted? It is ‘progress’ that is the problem, definitely not you yourself, it was much better in the past before ‘they’ started to come here.

Absolutely. So, how to promote positive change? For most MPs this is the harder route. Easier to take the shortcut blame game.

The ERG are the Conservative party. They’re the part of the party who either don’t realise they should keep their inner thoughts to themselves, or really don’t care what the populace think

It certainly seems like that way at this moment in time. I believe that there are still some decent Tory MPs in this parliament, but decent Tories with a backbone are much harder to find.

God no. Gove is an incredibly slippery character than turns on his allies and friends. A real-life political Judas.

His wife is a spiteful hate-spreader for the Daily Mail. Just look at her tweets if you need convincing. She is a strong hand in his political manoeuvres and decisions. They are both very chummy with Murdoch.

The information is out there for you to make up your own mind, it’s not fiction I’m peddling.

It would be a mix of Daily Mail and Murdoch by proxy. Like throwing petrol to extinguish the fire.

Theresa May is merely a puppet for the ERG, that’s quite clear for a while from the lack of genuine cross-party communication.

The ERG are simply riding on the coat tails of Conservative party in some kind of parasitic manner, slowly yet surely draining the lifeblood.

Imagine if they formed as a party and stood alone? They know that they would become inconsequential.

I don’t hold much faith the general population will twig that the ERG members couldn’t possibly be further removed from their own interests. It would be wonderful if they prove me wrong.

Actually, Churchill’s vision was a “United States of Europe” as a facilitator of peace and stability. I’d say on that front it has succeeded in his vision.

You’re right, other elements have played their part, but I strongly disagree in your analysis of historical innacuracy.

Strong speech (and I am not easily impressed). The man speaks the truth.

Watched, shared and asking people to watch, shows that brexit is not left of right it’s a bigger problem.

I think this deserves to be seen by far greater numbers than YouTube is displaying at present. It will be a crying shame if it isn’t seen by hundreds of thousands in the coming weeks.

Ultimately if you still think Brexit is a good idea after watching and listening, then there is no changing your mind.

Michael “The Gover” Gove or Jeremy “The c**t” Hunt as a replacement for PM?

God help us

I was at the march today. I can honestly say it was a gathering of some of the nicest souls I’ve encountered.

I’m no Heseltine fan, but I’m still genuinely stunned by his speech. He hit the right tone between statesman and soundbite (some Thatcher references to appease the Daily Mail crowd). In hindsight, he makes our current crop of politicians look like amateurs.

Mining in its current form will eventually become outdated.

As mentioned earlier in this thread, mining has no future with nation states or banks requiring SLAs or mitigating risk. This century miner’s strike anyone? It could happen with large Chinese pools.

There are cryptocurrencies, such as IOTA that are feeless to transact and will become truly decentralised forms of transacting both data and value. FWIW, VW is looking to implement Tangle (IOTA backbone) in its vehicles from 2019.

Next-gen cryptocurrency has a bright future. It doesn’t mean huge resources either. IOTA nodes can run on a Raspberry Pi.

Did I mention that I like IOTA? 😉

A lot of false negatives in existing tests – I believe one is fairly simple but gains a lot of false negatives, one is really complex and expensive and is still not reliable

Yes, somewhat correct. Unreliable to the point at which the US state of Virginia passed a disclosure act stating as much.

The vaccine is great news, but ticks are essentially nature’s dirty needles. Unfortunately, they have a multitude of infections, many of which are not understood fully – not just Lyme – many with equally inadequate testing. So a functional (and safe) vaccine against Borrelia is exciting news, but it is only the start of the solution. These “co-infections” can still be transmitted.

I read a sad and chilling insight into a patient’s experience today. Not particularly uplifting, but it is a well-written and touching article: An anthropologist’s view of Lyme and suicide 

Prevention is certainly better than cure.

Dead cat bounce is still possible. But if you were savvy enough to buy Ripple XRP when it hit a floor of $0.85 a few days ago you would have pretty much doubled your money already.

Moneygram has just signed up to trial Ripple. They are pretty much everywhere.

2018 is going to be a wild ride.

I watched the video. Absolutely nothing resonated and I’ve done my research. I mean, it’s a guy on some park swings wearing snapchat glasses (apparently not) giving out financial advice. Come on.

So he ran a bitcoin exchange… he’s probably holding a lot and he wants to see bitcoin increase in value, but it’s now seriously under threat from Ripple. Do you think he wants his investment to lose value? No, of course not. So he’ll do everything he can to discredit it and others too. Think about that.

As for being “backed” by Google, his Buttercoin (yes, that is really the name, because it’s smooooooth) had a seed round for $1m before going broke, which by Silicon Valley standards is the equivalent of running a lemonade stand (and failing).

As for what Ripple brings to the table, it’s a disruptor for SWIFT – it’s faster, cheaper and has got them scared. It’s why Ripple are courting huge financial institutions around the globe. Their technology development literally has 4 years jump on SWIFT’s who have been caught with their pants down. That in itself is huge.

Honestly, I don’t really care how Ripple does – I have serious investments for steady returns outside of Crypto, but what annoys me is this era of “fake news” where stuff just gets lapped up without due diligence.

Rant over.

Until they lower the XRP wallet deposit, which is 20XRP, you might want to consider whether you want to move them from the exchange.

Now that the value has gone up, it won’t be long until they reduce that to 5 XRP, but bear in mind it’s effectively 20 XRP “locked in” until they do.

Is the current reserve for creating a wallet still 20 XRP? from Ripple

Still going…

x5 in 2 weeks!

Sign up for some of the exchanges, have a play. £100 will easily get you going.

Until Coinbase, the most user friendly entry point, adds XRP (Ripple) then there will be a mild technical hurdle in using some of the more trading oriented exchanges. Of course, as soon as it is added, it will probably double in value overnight.

I posted this on the previous page, might be helpful if you are looking to buy: https://www.investopedia.com/news/how-do-i-buy-ripple-xrp-cryptocurrency/

Another week…

x3 returns 😯