I liked the house, can’t get why you’d want to be that close to a toilet in bed…. And if you’re that tight on money – none of that landscaping was anything you couldn’t have done with a small digger and some well spent evenings and weekends.

It was a bit weird in places, I agree.

The poor baby trying to get that biscuit!!

Been using Vision Direct for a few years now, been excellent

From the SW the NCP at Wellington place is just 5 min walk to the station.

alternatively, temple green park and ride on the M1 drops you just a few mins walk from the station (second stop – trinity L)

If Rog and V had both won their grand tours solo, without the support of a team they’d probably have a leg to stand on. But the reality is they didn’t. And they definitely didn’t have two key riders in their team joining forces against them.

I find the ‘strongest riders’ argument weak  I dare say at stages in both R and V’s GC wins other members of their team were stronger on a given day.  2020 I think sepp pulled Rog to the line instead of leaving him

As pointed out, Rog could have won the stage and V supported Sepp today. Think I’m with Sean Kelly on this one.

Isn’t there. It’s not making me think I risk ordering a pair and seeing how they are, want to see some in the flesh. Got a feeling I might be better buying another pair of Salomons. Really appreciate peoples thoughts!

Had a demo in one. Phev powertrain was great, the touch screen and controls were dreadful.  I really wasn’t keen on the interior styling, and because of all the interior plastic lost a lot of space. Disappointed overall. Really wanted to like it!

Huub Altair here.  Short term impressions are excellent and 3 different conditions lenses included.

@lodger years ago, well before EV were even really early adopters, the chap who founded SAP bought out a paper from his think tank on exactly this. Common design and chemistry, swappable at garages etc. we can see how well it took.

One of the issues the grossly incompetent management of British Volt ran in to, and failed to solve (unlike NorthVolt and several others) was how to produce batteries in different packaging for different customers.

From an OEM car manufacturers perspective, it’s tricky, as the packs are very large and the way you design and incorporate them becomes your USP and IP.

My money is on Jehovah’s or similar.

@igm it would be interesting if you could summarise some of the ‘done properly’ points?

It seems very difficult to work out who is half decent and correct!

@alanl that was really insightful, thank you. Reading this wondering what we will do (oil, mid 2000’s stone built house).   Oil boilers not being available post 2023 is a bit scary. Albeit we replaced ours 18 months ago. So should have some time.

I’ve just bought a huub altius from sports pursuit for about £120. Seems great.

Our 62kwh leaf gets 3.8m/kWh on a speedy motorway journey no issue (75mph cruising). We’ve seen average ~4.1-4.3 on a few journeys. It’s really impressive, given its relative value.

I’d just be wary of the temperature regulation. When you’re a little older, not such an issue. But sub 2 years a) not very good at it and b) not great at vocalising.

It’s given me new respect for the military types running around with 30kg. Hardcore.

Great point that, the ones with a built in shade are brilliant. Help keep sun and light rain off

Deueter kid comfort 3, or the new equivalent. Mine is on second child who is now 3.5 and 19kg, it’s been utterly fantastic.

Get the full rain cover also.

I’ve done this and not received it. Contacted them and they said it’s in the hands of my council who have done nothing!

Lner? Go on the app and select new seats. Can just change your reservations. Doesn’t have to be booked via lner originally.

Yeah they’re insured through M&S. I’ve got travel insurance through my bank, so looking there also

Yeah will do TJ. Going to need to ring them tomorroW as the online form doesn’t give you any kind of receipt of submission…

Debating going across to fibre lyte to get them to have a look, veering between give it a go and ride it, versus not worth the risk!

99.5% I reckon, was part of my decision making in not getting it!

No, not specifically insured for the trip, which was a conscious decision. Sod’s Law in full effect!

Hi 5lab. Suspect I am, but will see what they say. Fairly relaxed about it to be honest.

Cheers for that!

<p>Thanks TJ. In terms of getting it checked, who did you use? Normal bike shop?</p>

Just watched the finale. Really enjoyed that. All the feels.

Side note but if you were planning on taking it, the Corran Ferry is totally out of action.

Second the Hilton comments. Stayed in a few flavours of Hilton with work (humble brag clang), absolutely shocking. Prefer premier inn

Stihl ones seem really nice. Don’t have one. Waiting for my petrol to die. Breathlessly.

I have mixed feelings on this. For context, I have two young kids in primary school, my wife is a primary teacher but I work in the private sector. We’ve talked about this a lot and also with her teacher friends. It’s tremendously complicated, I think.

I am scrutinised in everything I do, every time I present to senior mgmt., or in front of my boss, it’s scrutiny that feeds performance reviews and ultimately my career prospects. This naturally gives me less sympathy towards the teaching resistance to observation… however that’s assuming the assessment is equivalent and I don’t think it is.

I do think, that teaching is quite resistant to change and has a culture that has turned observations/ofsted in to something bigger than it is/should be. But, I think as lot of this is down to what Ofsted has become – a cursory review that outputs a (relatively) binary judgement in a mire of conscious and unconscious bias.

My other half, early in her career was in a school that was assessed as requires improvements (equivalent – old standards in place at that time) and took very direct and very unconstructive feedback that directly contributed to the schools rating. The experience took my wife many years to get over, and she confessed that on the way to the work on the second day she seriously considered crashing her car to avoid having to go in. This is someone who has subsequently been rated outstanding on multiple occasions and has led the introduction of new modes of teaching across her academy.

Which then leads you to why. I don’t honestly know and we talk about it quite a lot, trying to work through it all. Ofsted reviews are very very brief, taking an incredibly small glimpse; they’re trying to KPI things that maybe shouldn’t be KPI’d; the level of variance in assessment and quality of assessment is certainly not fair; KPI’s can be very much affected by the socio-economic cohort; the ramifications of the rating are huge – far bigger than they should be; a constantly changing ‘how you should teach’ as education becomes increasingly politicised…. the list could go on.

They’re not snowflakes.

Octopus replied to me today saying I’ll need to apply manually if not had it already. FYI the gov portal they said would open today, it hasn’t yet.

Two young kids here. Some really good advice here. My two cents… just be kind to yourself and what do you really want/how fit do you need to be? You’re already fitter than most. As long as I’m fit enough to enjoy the odd ride with friends, not die at boltby every year, then it’s just about balance. The wonderful intensity of family life reduces capacity for training, so like kryton says, just balance it out. Ps they’re totally germ factories :)

Website says manual applications opens early march

With octopus and nothing yet

You’re not the first, Stu! When my daughter was a few weeks old I was getting a new bin bag (poonami) from the kitchen at about 2am. In a completely sleep deprived state, I saw a van drive out of where we live with no lights on and a person wearing a head torch. Thought they were scoping a neighbours garage, they were actually delivering their milk!!! Everyone was very good about it!

Anyone got a sungod referral code they want to use? Tempted to press the button on renegades

If you want to get your banana geek on:

Freakonomics and the cavendish banana

I might have this completely wrong, but oil boilers can’t modulate. They’re either on, or off.

edit ignore me. That’s not your question