I hope not as it’s nowhere near as tight of a turn.

Cabinet Office officials confirmed that there are no restrictions on ministers taking the “red boxes” that contain their government papers on public transport.

this is probably because they can be fully trusted to not lose/leave them on public transport where a reporter will get hold of them!

bruneep – Member
I’m glad I don’t have to put up with all that shit here.

you are TJ and I claim my £5 (English)

the mountain factor[/url] in ambleside.

if you don’t mind second hand then:

Ebay

UKClimbing.com classifieds

I’m assuming from the wheels it’s a Ghia or Titanium? So probably got electric windows etc,?

Yeah it’s an 07 Mondeo TDCi Ghia X. I am not too fussed about the dents just the fact that there’s bare metal showing through so I don’t want car cancer setting in.

I’m not planning on selling it for a while yet so asthetics aren’t a major concern.

I am fairly handy with a spanner and I reckon I could change the door but I can’t be assed TBH!

You want to know the worst thing – she’s borrowing it again today 8O

I’ve told her to go down to the R’bout a mile down the road to turn around and com in from the other way! in-fact I told her to do that yesterday, but she didn’t listen!!

someone’s not having any new shoes or handbags for a few years

Luckily she’s not that type of girl and she’s the bread winner anyway!

All very good replies, thanks. I am not married, yet thank god! I live in darkest north wales and the choice of breakers around here is limited.
She’s gonna ask around the local body shops for a price. I’m not too concerned about the door and wouldn’t mind paying for a respray of the door as if I was to find a door i’d have to probably get that done anyway.

I’ve mooted the favours (BJ) method of repayment but she wisely pointed out that the door would still need fixing and that I am poor!

Snow card, Dogtag, BMC, CTC?

The thick of it is much better than any episode of YPM and I would prefer if the BBC didn’t squander my Licence fee on un-funny slapstick ‘comedy’ such as Mrs Brown’s boys – total utter tripe

Only had an email saying one of my orders was cancelled and refunded but not heard anything about the other two yet?!

who can guess what this is?

Labour says it would offer the long-term jobless a guarantee of a six-month job if it was in government, but admits it cannot commit to the idea if returned to power.

excellent – they offer something they can’t provide! that’s a way to win over the voters!

I’ve just seen some christmas decorations for sale in Morrisons – it’s getting earlier and earlier, I tell thee!

nothing really. go to san diego!

i saw it two days ago!

I’ve been having a couple of cans most/every night

I don’t buy packs of beer for that reason.
I prefer having a bottle or two of a good ale every so often as a treat.

fairly standard to cover background/credit checks and admin fees

fairly wise as it’s quite steep to begin with but it’s a nice way to make it a circular route.

Glad you had a good time. did you go back down the way you came up?

I know I said slippers earlier but currently I am wearing some Smartwool Mountaineering socks which are quite thick and comfortable. wellies at the back door for if I need to nip out!

No snow now though that might change if it gets colder this week. Usual route is up Llanberis down Snowdon ranger back over to Llanberis Via the Telegraph path.

slippers with good soles FTW

good on that man. too few people around willing to admit when they’re in the wrong!

After buying the Saris Bones Solo and getting it for £25 with the discount I’ve just discovered that it won’t fit my car ffs!

at that price, you’ll easily make your money back on it (and some!)

Can we adopt the word jizzfridge to mean exactly what has happened here?

I heard on the news that was based on a family season ticket not a single commuter. Fail

TJ and Elfin?

Gutted really, would have had an XT 10 sp rear mech for £20.

Then again my first order was something I actually needed!

Shame on you people for using it multiple times to purchase gift vouchers knowing that they were not included in the offer…

FTFY

I suspect the offer was genuine and the orders for parts etc will be honoured but they’ve probably pulled it because of the gift vouchers – they probably only messed that part up!

10 speed XT rear mech for £20! OEM but that is outrageously cheap!

There appears to be a bit of confusion on here as to what survey is what. A homebuyers survey is an optional basic survey to make sure your prospective house is in good order – electrics work, taps run, guttering, roof slates ok etc. basically everything non-structural that could potentially be quite expensive to remedy. they are generally recommended for houses over a decade old or so.

A building survey is what used to be known as a structural survey although they don’t actually do any structural testing but they do go into more depth as to looking for obvious cracks, potential for flooding, drainage plus all the homebuyers survey stuff. these are generally recommended for older properties – our house is over 100 years old so we bought into the idea of having one of these.
They don’t do any destructive testing of any sort and will generally recommend you to get ADDITIONAL surveys done like timber survey, drain inspections, damp survey.

The survey done by your mortgage lender is nothing more than a verification that your house is, well, a house, and isn’t just a pile of rubble and has nothing to do with the above additional surveys.

all are mostly a waste of time although the mortgage one isn’t optional!!

I’m guessing it should be 20% off rather than £20

wouldn’t it say 20% rather than £20 on the website

excellent PSA

how would the seller know what it is?

Fine if you know and can trust a good builder that has got PI cover in case he has a bad day and misses something.

A GOOD builder will have PI cover otherwise they are just a builder!

Me too, but it’s our first house and I didn’t know any tradesmen before this fiasco. On good terms with a number now!

Yeah, good tradesman is worth their weight in gold. I wouldn’t urinate on our surveyor if he was on fire.

To all those thinking of paying for a survey – don’t! is my advice. spend the money elsewhere – there’s nothing a good builder can’t point out that a qualified surveyor can in my opinion

We had a Building survey (full ‘structural’) when we bought our house and he missed the fact that the fireplace lintels mightn’t be in the best condition based on the age of the house.

We couldn’t do anything about this oversight as the report was laced with caveats and get-outs.

In hind-sight I would have rather spent the £600 on paying a qualified various tradesmen to do the job rather than a surveyor!

I was upset to hear that it wasn’t live! is this really true?

any police on here?

No, they’ve all gone to their 2nd jobs!