Staff in a professional practice.

All the staff here have notified the employers that they’re breaking the law, gets brushed under the carpet!

Out of those suggested the kindle, however my dad has a nexus and that would have been where my money went if it weren’t for a friend buying me an iPad!

Yes, call autoglass, no need to deal with insurers, they can do chips up to the size of a £2 coin. Always been smooth process in past. I seem to have no end of chips though, recent one was 20mm plus chip on a 1 week old screen, was not happy!

JoeG sums it up perfectly. Most DIY mechanics have their own tools, the tools they don’t have are generally more expensive and subsequently more complex to issue e.g. facing tools. Most people will then go to the LBS for this, I know I would rather than hiring a tool.
Whilst I wish every new business venture luck, I think this is no-goer and personally wouldn’t waste any further time pursuing the idea.

That sounds like a good deal, free phone?

New Bfe or the new DB Alpine which is on its way?

Ended up repairing my phone by buying a new dock connector, 40 min job carefully following instructions but now working as it should!!! Problem is that looking at all these phones has made me want a new one! Anyone want a 16GB iPhone 3GS in excellent condition?!

OK, so I will need to ensure I have tethering allowance on my phone (see other post!). Think that sounds OK, will ask work about paying for dropbox storage for me!

Is there a good excel substitute?

I’m talking a lot of docs that may need to be accessed, cant do the email thing, too much faff!

OK, will get dropbox, used it before with clients to transfer large docs. If I bought pages on the iPad will that open up word docs?

Hmm, interesting to know how much it costs if you decide to do it on a package where its not included.

Anyone know if all data allowances include tethering? Won’t need it that much thinking about it again?

Trebord – how much

Anyone used the S3 mini?

The power surge ruined the connector dock so doesn’t work with any charger!!! I’m not that stupid tut tut.

freddyg – exactly my thinking!

My sim only is just over a tenner month, over a two year period would definitely save money assuming nothing went wrong, not sure I want to pay all that up front!!

Shimano MX80?

I was told Bosch are the best by a friend who repairs washing machines (free for me).

May have to look into this!!!

There was a descent at the end? I was so mind numbingly bored that I don’t remember. Just remember thinking, we’re back at the car park, was that it. From then on I’ve had the opinion that most people who ride Marins are c**ts.

Underwhelming, my mate Trav loves it though…

Fingers crossed for you! Lets hope the dates are wrong.

Pregnancy and the associated problems is a stressful and heartbreaking time for many people.

All I can say is be strong for your wife, it will be tough for you but emotionally tougher for her carrying the baby.

Best of luck.

Thanks midlifecrashes. The last point is covered within the policy proposed by direct line. I will get a quote. I’m sure things will be OK. Only problem is the insurers who offer rent loss and legal expenses require a proper tenant check to be carried out. I only obtained a reference from previous landlord as I knew them.

Update, tenants in, deposit paid to the deposit protection scheme, tenancy agreements signed, first month rent received, all I have to do now is sort landlord insurance. Just had a long call with direct line who were helpful enough and quoted a fairly reasonable figure. However I asked about rent guarantee insurance and legal assistance cover and these weren’t options. Are the worth getting? Are they available on their own somewhere else? The tenant is an old friend of mine and seems co-operative but as its my house I’m concerned I’m not covered if things go wrong or they lose their job etc.

That’s interesting. At the moment the account the mortgage payments come out of is only in my name. Shall I set up a joint bank account?

Do you need a joint account?

dooosuk – if you don’t mind, that would give me something to relate to, my address is kevhowmanATgmailDOTcom

I have an EPC certificate and landlords gas safety certificate, so that’s all done.

I was intending to put it into one of the schemes, I’m trying to do everything by the book! Just worried that I’ve missed something. Guess if they confirm I need to take out relevant insurances etc.

Update – It looks like I’ve lined up a tenant myself, seem OK and happy to proceed with them. They’re coming for another look tonight and I’m confident that they will go ahead and rent the property. Assuming they do what are my next steps, from what they have said they look like they will be able to move in at the end of this month.

Things I would like to know:-

– When do I request the deposit, I was going to ask for 6 weeks deposit and then a months payment ahead?
– Anyone know where I can find a good tenancy agreement?
– Where can I find details of what are allowable expenses?
– How do I calculate the interest amount of my monthly mortgage payment?

Thanks!

Reckon i’ll go with the black armour dog.

Them Lente cases look nice! Armor dog or normal smart cover? What colour!

Thanks lasty, purchased!

Harry the Spider – can you expand further?

Thanks for the other recommendations!!

Ok, will take a look however I have got him a t shirt for his other present!

Wiggo’s book?

Thanks for the advice!!!

I replaced the screen and battery on my iphone 3gs recently. Was a fairly easy task. However, I tried using the tools that came with the screen and they were rubbish. The screwdriver rounded of a bit and couldnt remove them. Went to Maplin and and purchased a precision set and no further problems.

Looks like I might have to try a pair out. I tried some beats by dre and was not impressed!

I have a set of sennheiser CX300ii ‘in ear’ jobs and they’re good but would prefer some ‘over ear’ headphones. Could never work out what size rubber piece worked best for my ears, small or medium. Will ‘over ear’ headphones provide a better sound? Them PX100’s may be an option, any other good options in that sound bracket?

OK, thanks for your help, will seek more advice before paying the bill.