Blooming stamp duty is up and down more often than a whore's knickers. It was £175k up to December 31st then dropped back to £125k now up to a whopping £250k. Perfect just in time for me closing on my first flat on Friday, a 1 bed after looking for a 2 and being pricked about by stamp duty changing.

Brilliant, fantastic, super, wonderful.

Try this for some basic background

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Saturn

Then watch the Wonders of the Solar System on bbc i player, it is a really intresting documntary, i'm hooked on the series.

Cheers

Rusty

You would be looking at 2-3hrs labour to do all 4 disks and pads on a car, through my friendly garrage i got mine all done with a full service for £550 my 53 plate polo which had only done 50K miles. i saw the disks and all of them were totally shagged. You can try shoppping roungd for the parts yourself, brakes4u are pretty competative on price and if you know a good mechanic they normally fits parts that you supply.
I would think you could possibly knock £50 – 100 off that price but i don't know anything about the sensors, this is where the extra cost could be comming in as they may need to be reset etc and most places have a standard diagnostic fee.

Good luck

Cheers

Rusty

Go and see more than one financial advisor, take notes and compare.
I know i would, if you go out to buy a car you would look at more that one even of the same model. the only difference is this is for significantly more money.

Well if you are clearing out the garden then i guess you will have plenty of stuff to have a bonfire, dig arround the offending stump, down as far as you can then heap a bunch of stuff on and go and find the matches. For a stump that size it'll take a few goes but i can think of worse things than having a bunch of mates rund to drink some beer and stand around a fire.

Just do it your self, there will be heaps of online guides i'm sure YouTube will show you, if there is a lock already there most of the hard work is done for you.

From Aberdeen i would guess he'd be thirsty again by the time he hit edinburgh so i think it'd be unlikely. :lol:

Yale £14

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?action=detail&fh_secondid=9276873&fh_view_size=10&fh_location=%2f%2fcatalog01%2fen_GB&fh_search=YALE+LOCK&fh_eds=%c3%9f&fh_refview=search&ts=1268409587863&isSearch=true

Mortice lock £22

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?action=detail&fh_secondid=9276812&fh_view_size=10&fh_start_index=10&fh_location=%2f%2fcatalog01%2fen_GB&fh_search=mortise+lock&fh_eds=%c3%9f&fh_refview=search&ts=1268409691389&isSearch=true

Plus an hour of my dad's time so i guess that one will come in at a couple of beers.

I am due to complete on a property in 2 weeks and have been looking at the same thing as you. I plan on changing the locks as it won't cost much for added peice of mind also having a 5 lever dead lock fitted can help reduce your insurance premium. My thought is that it would invalidate my insurance if there is not a lock of that standard fitted and the selling solicitor who showed me the propety didn't know what kind of lock was fitted so it makes sense to cange it.

It will take an hour topps to change both the yale and the mortice lock so hardly any time either.

can i still pleed youthfull ignorance at 27?

anything by goldie looking chain

Don't think i can beat the retuning home from holland thing but between my sister and i we have got our mun 2 tickets to see Jamie Cullum and will be making her, her favourite breakfast of croissants and freshly squeesed orange juice on sunday morning.

Red hot chilli peppers, higher ground originally by stevie wonder

Bringing this back to slightly more of the modern era,

No Doubs version of it's my life, originally a Talk Talk song

Black circles,

Pirelli P Zero Nero 111 each fitted, at a local centre of your choice, I know quite a few people who have these and really like them, price is not to bad for what you get. lots of good reviews in black circles too.

Cheers

Rusty

One of the best covers has to be Muse's version of Feeling Good by Nina Simone. Epic

Me First and the gimmie gimmies is alwas good to listen to before a blast through the forest so many wicked covers.

cheers

Rusty Mac

Your plan is spot on, i transported my last frige freezer in the back of my car, when i got it into my flat i let it stand overnight and it was fine, it gives you a great oppertunity to get it good and clean inside while you wait for the coolant to settle. and a good excuse to head to the local pub for a nice cold pint in the evening.

cheers

Rusty Mac

Tuna and mixed bean pasta salad is good,

For 3-4 portions
Use 2 muggs of Penne or Riggatoni pasta (cook it then cool it under cold water)
1 tin of mixed beans
1 or 2 big tins of tuna
1 tin of sweetcorn
Mayonnaise to combine it all (you can also use half mayo half creme fresh)
season to taste.

Well good

Cheers

Rusty

good luck,

Hot toddies for the throat :-
Honey 1 table spoon
1/4 lemon or 1/2 a lime
A good nip of whisky
Boiling water to top up mug

may also help relax you before the big day.

Just fitted a set of thule aero roof bars with mont blank bike carriers to my car yesterday after reading a bunch of good reviews, wen't down the cheep route of 2nd hand parts from fleabay. Fitting instructions would have been handy (I assume they would have come with new parts) but i figured it out in the end roof rack feels alot more secure than my previous bike rack.

Did you ever find the link to the topic on the bike magic forum, i am going to have to look into this myself in the near future as i have just bought my first flat.

Cheers

Rusty

+1 for avast, i have it on my 2 computers, my girlfrfiend uses it as well as most of my family. better than avg. None of us have ever had any problem with it.

Bikes are temporarily in my girlfriends cellar, will need to buy a shed once i've moved in, you can all expect future posts on ground anchors, sheds and the like.

Cheers

Rusty

nope no instructions, second hand parts! thule website just keeps telling me the bits i need. cheers though.

Don't fly to frankfurt hann airport it is 2 hrs from frankfurt. riverside is nice, just by train station is where all kinds of adult entertainment can be found. over the river from the centre there are lots of nice restaurents, most hotels have really usefull guides to the city try and get one the first day. Have a good time

Rusty

I recommend Alliance and Leicester.

Premier current account will give you a free account, you get £100 for moving, and you also get free european travel insurance. Internet banking seems pretty good.

Cheers

Rusty

Depending on the restaurent,
large chain = C
small local pub = A

Gotta be with HP Sauce though

I am presuming you have checked the battery? if the car has not been run in a while with the damn cold weater we have had over the past few months it could be done. Loads of places will check the battery voltage for free so it may be worth a free check up.

Hope it helps

Rusty

Maplin should have them, they have a counter for all thoes fiddly little bits. It is on Dalry Road in Edinburgh. walking distance from Haymarket Station.

I can't say i agree with the charges that HBOS have introduced, they were not going to work out for me so i jumped ship (a fair old bit of hassle) but was glad i did it.

What pi55es me off the most about it all is how banks advertise there accounts, get £5 a month for using this acount! what a bunch of bo!!ocks. No obvious by the way there is a £1 a day charge for using an arranged overdraft or £5* charge per day for an unarranged overdraft.

I mean you have warnings on everything now a days, from bottles of beer telling you not to give it to pregnant women, cigaretts saying they can kill you in clearer writing than the manufacturer name, gambeling sites telling you to be carefull and not bet too much, matches saying don't light near face.

If they are going to change there rules, accounts and the way they opperate after lulling the public into unhealthy practices surely they should be doing more to clearly advertise what they are actually selling.

* figure taken from earlier post

Thanks for the advice girls, think the assos ones may be a little out of my price leage just now. Will head to the shops and see what they have got, hopefully she will find a pair she feels comfortable in.

I have found that simply swapping round the meals that day can help. by that i mean have a normal meal for breakfast then i have my main meal at lunch time, usually a reheat of a meal form earlier in the week or week before that's been frozen then finnish work and hit the gym and have a sandwich or so in the evening. This is not performance enhansing but it gets the same amount of food into you so should prevent the rageing hunger the next day.