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  • Greg Minnaar: Retirement 20 Questions with the GOAT
  • stimpy
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    This whole album

    In fact everything by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes.

    stimpy
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    Cheers jonk. Offered a great price on it but it’s a way away from me so I can’t get to check it and wouldn’t want to end up not being able to go up a bit in tyre size from the conti 2.25 if I wanted to. Sounds like a go-er then

    stimpy
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    You’ll need planning permission for the use of the newly created building as a single dwelling house.

    And building regs sign off.

    stimpy
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    As a Southampton alumni I can say the correct answer is CFH’s suggestion +1

    stimpy
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    It depends on the manner in which the purchase and build is financed, the type and size of development involved and the developer profile, you won’t find a common rule of thumb figure these days.

    stimpy
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    As perthmtb says – pressfit BB92 for SRAM is GXP (and is what I have in my bike). You’ll need a shimano pressfit GXP bottom bracket if you’re going to fit SRAM cranks which aren’t BB30 or PF30.

    http://www.hargrovescycles.co.uk/truvative-gxp-team-press-fit-mtb-bb93.html?gclid=CjwKEAjwhdOwBRDFsYTfhvzX1hYSJAAfCUcLktaPQ68sDU5tYL7782KT6Ux2V3QiNLjRkpn1hSw-LRoCkVvw_wcB like that one.

    stimpy
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    I got the park BB92 remover tool to get the old cups out. The tool came with adapters but needed big washers for the nut to press against. Could have done it with just big washers though.

    stimpy
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    I’ve Stans rims and just use the yellow tape. Rubber strips have sat in the toolbox for years. Cut valves off old inner tubes to use for tubeless.

    stimpy
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    SixFootTwo nails the real issue 😆

    I’ve had a day with Tony and another with Nath. Both completely awesome days which pushed me much further than I thought I’d go and had a complete blast each time. Would recommend either without any hesitation.

    And, to get to the core, great coffee.

    stimpy
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    13thfloormonk I did exactly that – biggest threaded rod I could find and some VERY big washers. All out of my local Homebase. Use to press my BB92 BB in. Dead cheap and easy.

    stimpy
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    I’m sat in a day long seminar where every single presenter so far has had hundreds of slides, each filled with dense, small font text.

    I might murder someone.

    I’m speaking in the graveyard afternoon slot. If anyone’s still alive by then I hope they appreciate my slides, a small number in total and each slide contains only one picture and no more than one (short) phrase.

    I’d like them to listen to what I say, not be reading text off my slides.

    Still, no comic sans in sight. Every cloud, eh?

    EDIT: Alex ^^^ 😆 put me on the watch list

    2nd EDIT: it is 12.50. Picture count? Nil. Word count? I don’t know. I’m busy trying not to stab myself in the eye for pain relief.

    stimpy
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    CFH +1 👿

    stimpy
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    Off-white Silestone here (with undermounted steel sink).

    Hasn’t cracked/scratched at all, five years in.

    No stains either – the essential thing is to make sure it is NOT sealed. DO NOT apply sealant to it (our installer applied sealant, it stained like a b**t**d, changed the top for one without sealant, now never stains). Easy clean with cream cleaner. Even turmeric, red wine etc.

    stimpy
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    12″ tablet and stylus? Yep, it’s Apple blazing a trail AGAIN and definitely not copying any other competitor who definitely didn’t do that in March 2014 http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/tablets/samsung-galaxy-note-pro-12-2-1210001/review

    Love that ‘keyboard cover’ too. What innovation! Oh… http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-gb/products/surface-pro-3

    Good job that no-one associated with Apple ever suggested that a stylus for use on the iPad represented a failure.

    http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/08/jobs-if-you-see-a-stylus-or-a-task-manager-they-blew-it/

    stimpy
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    The trees may have been cut back after obtaining permission if there’s a TPO.

    You can’t assume that because a tree has had work done before that there is no TPO.

    Ignore the previous posts from others to the effect that a TPO doesn’t stop you from trimming branches that are a nuisance – it does prevent you doing that (even if it was causing subsidence through its roots it would still be protected and you’d still need permission to undertake works) and you’d still be criminally liable for damaging a protected tree.

    Check the TPO status before doing anything.

    You’d be surprised what local authorities can find the budget to do (i.e. prosecute) if they’re minded to.

    stimpy
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    Just to reiterate, in case it got lost in the above, lack of knowledge of the existence of a TPO is not a defence.

    And it won’t be hard to figure out who might be responsible for any works.

    Check there’s no TPO before doing any works to the tree.

    stimpy
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    You must check that there is no TPO on the tree – if there is and you damage the tree you can be prosecuted for it, even if you didn’t know there was a TPO on the tree. It won’t be terribly hard for the Local Authority to figure out who undertook or caused to be undertaken any unauthorised works which benefit only your property…

    If no TPO, cut them off and give the offending branch(es) back to the owner.

    If there is a TPO, apply for a permit to undertake the work(s).

    It’s that simple.

    stimpy
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    Phone companies do record information about which phones are connected to which masts, when and for how long. By showing the trail of connections people’s movements can be tracked and reconstructed. This data is always recorded and you (as the user) cannot opt out.

    The data is used by criminal justice agencies investigating criminal offences (it is known as cell site data and cell site analysis) and by the phone companies for billing (what services you used, when and where) and for their network management (which masts carry which workloads and when – so they can look after or change their infrastructure as required)

    stimpy
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    24 mile round trip, like I sometimes get to do when I’ve a paperwork day and not meeting clients.

    stimpy
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    Wet and slippy at the Winchester end. You won’t need gps or a map – the Downs are well signposted. I’ve done it twice and neither time needed a map or gps (and didn’t get lost)

    stimpy
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    We’ve just done an 8.5 mile trail walk through the Swedish countryside on holiday – my youngest is 12. It took us all of 3hrs, including stops to take in views, take photos and explore interesting looking things. We wore jeans, t shirts and trainers and took no food or water. It was great and unproblematic. We all survived. You’ll be fine for 14 miles on pavement. Poles not required.

    stimpy
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    Hi Chris, I upgraded by ISO and just did English (not international English).

    stimpy
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    I think that Apple really only has a presence of real significance in the tablet and smartphone markets (and it is only recently that Apple market share has been equivalent to Android – and that’s only in UK, not globally). Apple lags behind Windows heavily in the desktop/laptop markets so I don’t think jumping fully on board the Apple bandwagon would be serving schoolkids terribly well for what they’re likely to encounter in the real world.

    stimpy
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    It’s not just about objections by neighbours, the local authority may have planning policies relating to outbuildings re size, siting, materials etc.

    The only prior interaction that would show up on searches would be if the local authority had served an enforcement notice against the structure. I think your uncertainty comes from not knowing whether the authority are even aware the building exists? There won’t be anything on the record if they aren’t aware of it – and you’d like to know what they will (or won’t) do once they do become aware of it.

    Best case scenario = it’s immune from enforcement because of existing for more than 4 years and the authority aren’t interested in pursuing enforcement action, allowing the structure to remain with little/no input or effort on your part.

    Worst case scenario = the authority aren’t aware of it existing, they become aware and do decide to enforce against it, requiring demolition of the structure. This scenario involves costly appeal processes (if you want to try and retain the structure) which may not ultimately succeed.

    Or some other scenario inbetween the above two.

    stimpy
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    No hh45, the four year immunity period applies to both building operations and to changes of use of existing structures to use as a single dwelling house.

    Ten years for everything else.

    Since the erection of the outbuilding constitutes ‘building operations’ the four year period applies (in principle, and subject to the “deliberate concealment” point).

    The planners will not “waive through anything” (given that we have no information from the OP as to any restrictive planning designations that might apply – for example green belt, AONB, conservation area, proximity of listed buildings or any one of many other restrictions) so I think it’s a little unwise for the OP to just go ahead.

    As onzadog has correctly identified already, an indemnity won’t prevent enforcement action if the local authority are minded to enforce and the presence of the outbuilding appears to be the making of this particular property.

    ‘Get an indemnity and go for it’ is (in my view) not an appropriate course of action.

    stimpy
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    If they genuinely thought it was PD they could and should have obtained a certificate before putting it on the market since any lawyer worth their salt should flag the lack of express planning permission as an issue in the sale process.

    The lawyer who did my last conveyancing did exactly that for me (although I already knew it was an issue given my day job). Seller had already obtained certificates though, they just hadn’t provided them. Doesn’t sound like the situation you’re in.

    stimpy
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    Which is why the seller needs to obtain a certificate of lawfulness from the local planning authority to confirm that the building is immune from enforcement.

    stimpy
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    If it’s all ok then the seller should have no problem getting a certificate of lawfulness pursuant to s191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 from the local authority confirming that the structure is now immune from enforcement by operation of s171B of the same Act (this gives the ‘normal’ 4 year immunity period you’re thinking of).

    The problem may arise that if the structure has been deliberately concealed from the local authority – if it has or might have been then the 4 year limit doesn’t necessarily apply.

    In which case they need to be indemnifying you for the risk of enforcement action against it.

    I wouldn’t trust their interpretation of the General Permitted Development Order.

    Second lot of free advice given on this forum! (planning lawyer when not found mincing my way slowly around the trails)

    stimpy
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    Even if they come back and say “do whatever, we just don’t care” I reckon £56.70 to get that result would be money well spent.

    stimpy
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    If it goes beyond 8 weeks you can appeal to the Planning Inspectorate against the non determination of your application.

    £60 for pre app with a turnaround of a couple of weeks sounds ok.

    Or you could apply for a certificate of lawfulness of proposed works under s192 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 if you think the works fall with the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.

    stimpy
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    Piedi +1 😆

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    I’m not going to argue with you. We disagree and that’s fine, but my view is that the building operations you propose do extend beyond the original brick elevation.

    Because there is another point of view (i.e. the one I’m putting forward) which those who have the ability to serve formal enforcement action against you could legitimately adopt (which then you’d have to deal with) it means that talking to those people to discover where they are on the point is probably a worthwhile exercise. They might not care at all. They might care an awful lot. I don’t know.

    You also have no idea whether your house is subject to a planning condition requiring that it be built in the current layout.

    Or you could just adopt the view “I’m right and only my interpretation could possibly be correct” and go ahead without talking to anyone. It’s not my house and not my headache if it all goes belly up re: planning or building regs either now or later when it comes to selling the place.

    You asked for opinions on a forum and you got some.

    stimpy
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    But it does project from the original elevation.

    Your options are:

    A) deal with planning now. Time consuming and a pain but all t’s and i’s crossed and dotted.

    B) just build it and hope i) you either don’t need planning and/or building regs or ii) you do but they don’t care enough to take enforcement action.

    But if you’re wrong and they do enforce against you…if you thought (A) above was time consuming and balls aching then you’ve got some real fun times ahead.

    It’s a simple choice.

    stimpy
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    You are likely to need planning permission if you are building anything which projects beyond the original primary elevation. Is my free advice to you, as a planning lawyer.

    Any time spent confirming the details with your local planning dept now (however long it takes) and even if ultimately they say ‘just crack on we don’t care’ is much less of a balls ache than dealing with them afterwards if it turns out you did need permission.

    Bear in mind permitted development rights in England changed on 15th April 2015 to remove many rights that previously existed relating to extensions beyond original elevations. I’ve just finished giving a run of seminars on the changes.

    stimpy
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    As far as I recall the Win 10 installer (as an update) doesn’t give options, it is a fully automated upgrade install.

    I think you need to download and burn the ISO then install from that if you want install options – Win 8.1 did this too, which is why you need to go through the steps in the reddit link (there must be other ways of doing it too, it’s just that I had this problem, found that via Google, tried it and it works).

    stimpy
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    bruneep seriously try the stuff on the reddit link.

    I had your exact problem. It solved it.

    The 100mb partition won’t resize – you need to shrink the amount of crud filling that 100mb partition.

    stimpy
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    Do the win 7 or vista drivers here work?

    http://www.cmedia.com.tw/EN/DownloadCenter_Detail/pserno-31.html

    EDIT: Dammit beaten by Cougar!

    stimpy
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    What make and model sound card is it (what did you google for as a result of following Cougar’s advice)? Or what is showing up in Device Manager?

    stimpy
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    Win 7 or 8 drivers should work for it – have you tried installing those? I’ve a wifi dongle running under win 10 off Vista drivers.

    Or a cheap soundcard.

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