What is the thinking behind this? I take up less room on the bike then off.

Also he quoted a minimum width , I think 3m

We held up traffic for a bit while he stood in front of me.

I was not arguing, genuinely bemused. I guess it was a pelican crossing (no green bike light) but is very wide and only him and me crossing.

he problem with David Simon stuff is I always feel like I’m being lectured by a lefty sociology professor about the evils of the world

Surprised to hear this, I think he rarely makes any judgements – just look at hamsterdam in the wire (legalised drug zone) no side comes out as the moral authority.

Just done some work for https://www.love-your-home.co.uk

Seems to be good price/quality ratio

Really not sure what the fuss is, kids put helmets on and ride bikes – why the need to turn it into some sort of crusade

Surely knocking 10% of a mortgage is always a good idea as you save on interest, time off mortgage and will get a better deal next remortgage. Also doing it now is very good as rates will go up

You are pushing your child too much.

Will be 63, 33 now. Mortgage is £650 a month which I struggle to
pay as only earner with two kids.

When wife goes back to work next year will be overpaying as much as possible as I can’t stand debt.

I take home the same as you now and there is no way I could afford to lose £300 a month…

Hold off as long as you can. Kids have the rest of the lives to gawp at a screen.

just put drops on your rat.

we do a lot of work for them, it all seems to be mainly business to business. Tracking expenses, offering services for business travellers etc.. Apparently they are the 3rd largest travel agent.

So what are the useful examples?

Quite a simple rule, if you have to ask is this racist? it will be to someone.

The point I was making was all the “smart” features do not actually solve any problems, so you might as well have standard thermostat.

Why do you need a light bulb to come on when a door bell is pressed? What about if it not dark or you are not home? Does the bulb switch off?

The nest learning just means instead of 5 mins setting it once, you have to continually fiddle with the dial for weeks and then it changes sensible settings after one unusually hot/cold day.

The local weather is pointless as most people are happy to have a set temperature at all times, why does it matter what the outdoor temp is?

Turning off when leaving is good, but is buggy.

Never felt the need to turn on my heating when I am not home. The nest is programmed to come on a set times so it is never too cold.

Only thing I like is the app as I find the scroll wheel device almost unusable

Yet to see a useful example. I have a nest, but it’s just like a normal thermostat expect it loses WiFi connection all the time.

Probably a water treatment plant venting chlorine.

Ok makes sense. Would a trench with gravel help?

Sorry, yes was dry. It is a prefab concentrate garage and the water is now seeping in between where two panels join. Water seems to be pooling around shed, which I put on paving slabs

^ also the depends on the quality of each brake! lots of people riding clunkers with dreadful, rusty brakes around here.

I had someone looking the wrong way up a one way street, on their phone and then stepped out and very nearly took me out.

I was coming down the hill at about 30mph with a car on my tail, there is no way I could have stopped in time, but I could shout multiple warnings, which stopped her at the last moment.

Currently looking for a tent for my family of 4. Decathlon air tent look good value, but not sure about lack of porch and not sewn in groundsheet

boriselbrus – what colour are they?

Have one on my commuter for 4 years / 12000 miles and counting!

If you grew up with paying for tuition ( when you earn enough ), expensive rents and high property prices, then how does getting into debt actually help you with any of the above ?

Really!? maybe because you have no money, because of all of the above.

I think you attitude to debt depends how old you i.e if you grew up with free tuition, reasonable rents and 25 year mortgages that were not 8 times your income you are probably ok.

Is this really about money / rich vs poor if 10m was recently spent on the building. 200 firefighters attended in minutes is this really about cuts? Do we need to hear from celebrities? Does it matter which politican? came out looking best?

Seems to me to be a tragic accident that everyone is exploiting for their agendas. Horrible.

making a lot of assumptions there aracer.

What would labour or the tories have to do to get that sort of reaction?

make a cast iron pledge that profoundly effects me and then immediately break it at the first sniff of power.

I will never vote for them again after tuition fees.

Will really miss vulpine. I hate roadie style so they were perfect for me.

However, they did have a quality problem ALL my garments have worn very quickly, rips, broken zips and buttons etc..

The English really don’t like themselves

I ride along undercliff everyday in Brighton – Have seen two people trying to jump and two on the floor.. still have nightmares…

Probably the most inane thing i have ever read

Should be less cars everywhere as we switch to hire subscription model. No need for you car to set outside your office all day as it can go off drive someone else.

Buy a toolbox and fill it with knex.

Not sure a camera is going to solve your problem