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Does anyone use their kitchen worktops for preparing food anymore or are they just used for displaying unnecessary gadgets?

Someone I know actually did this, hooked up with a woman who owned a pub, used to close it at weekends, bank holidays when it should be busy, then shut it because it ‘wasn’t viable’. Ha! No, of course it wasn’t.
Ultimately got planning for change of use, and sold it for a significant amount of money, due to the south Cotswolds location, near Castle Combe.

A landlord tried to do this with a pub near me. Was a miserable git, kept manky beer, closed early and generally dissuaded customers. As a pub, even a going concern it was worth maybe £250k; as a private house it was possibly worth a million, even ten years ago. (Three horseshoes, Thursley, Surrey) He tried to argue that the pub wasn’t a going concern as there was no custom. The villagers persuaded the planners otherwise and formed a company to buy the pub. It’s now thriving; good food but still a proper pub. Best to stop on the way down from the Punchbowl, not on the way up…

Having dealt with lots of tradespeople over the years, the only ones who have insisted on big sums up front, then pestered for interim payments, have been wastes of space. YMMV and all that, but this has been my experience.

There’s nowt wrong with asking, or indeed, getting interim payments during a long job, as long as the work invoiced has been completed.
There’s one hell of a lot of trust involved, for both sides, when you get tradesmen into your home. Expecting someone to stump up for materials and then work unpaid for two or three weeks, or months, is unrealistic, but a few days really isn’t.

So how do you explain the Rolling Stones?

The exceptions that prove the rule.

I agree with everything yunki said.

Me too, but I would add they probably think they invented sex too.

He should meet my electrician; the extension (with kitchen re-fit) has been finished for over a year, but he still hasn’t put his final bill in. It was three months after completion before he put in his “interim”.

Probably got a few of these waiting until he retires/has a long holiday…

But being trustworthy and faithful i just sent it with proof of postage.

A signature only costs a quid…

Ahh yeah it has to heat the milk too, so that Bodium is out.

Lazy git! Do you not have a microwave?

Remember, most builders merchants and their suppliers will be closed until the new year. Plumbers merchants should be OK though, but maybe usual suppliers are shut?

Bodum Schiuma.
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/household-appliances/small-kitchen-appliances/coffee-machines-and-accessories/coffee-accessories/bodum-schiuma-3040-01-electric-milk-frother-black-21558075-pdt.html?istCompanyId=bec25c7e-cbcd-460d-81d5-a25372d2e3d7&istItemId=xrttiqrpx&istBid=tztx&srcid=198&cmpid=ppc~gg~0130+%28PLA%29+SKA+Core~All+SKA~Exact&mctag=gg_goog_7904&kwid=GOOGLE&s_kwcid=DS!700000001497114!157099296436!!!g!!PRODUCT+GROUP&device=c&ds_kids=92700015904607292&PLA=1&gclid=Cj0KEQiAv4jDBRCC1IvzqqDnkYYBEiQA89utos06D4ug1cYn8_3Tn_KYEQWXGmR1m9ej6Jn7PJ9oHqsaArev8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CJvHw9LwlNECFaeD7QodknQP5Q

We’ve tried similar ones but nothing is quite as good.

If you really must, give him another £600 once the sanitary ware is on site, but no more until the job is completed to your satisfaction.
Their cash flow isn’t your problem.

Oof!

Personally I’d avoid

Why’s that?

Sent a few frames to Europe, inc Germany. Never had any problems. Probably about £40-50.
Try interparcel or parcel2go

My grandads old watch. Turns telling the time into an event!


Still keeps perfect time.

Frame – 2000
Fork -600
Bars – 109
Stem – 147
Seat Post Pump – 475*
Saddle – 100
Brakes – 400 (200×2)
Rotors- 135 (66/69)
Crankset – 586
28T ring – 46
BB – 110
Cassette – 335
Mech – 330*
Chain – 260
Tyres – 2800* (1400×2)
Tubes – 370 (185×2)
Wheels – <3000* (I didn’t weigh them at the time, but new 80mm drilled fatty wheels are under 2950, old wheels are 70mm)

11803 – without pedals, maybe another 100-150 or so for anything I’ve missed?!

There’s some seriously light kit there. Would be interesting to know what it is..?
The 109gm bars frexample?

Oh, bl88dy ‘ell,that was a mistake, I’ve just shown this thread to t’other half – and he says he’d like a Seamaster!
*goes off to work out how much of inheritance is left*

Is he “mid life”?

only the entry level model at the time – around £1k.

A Top Time? I think that may be what Sidney Fiddler was wearing…

What watch was Sid Fiddler wearing in Carry on Girls?

still is.

PSA: BBC4 now

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Isn’t it the rainiest city in Europe?

Maybe. The side blinds need to go back a bit and if the centre was a bit narrower it might work. It’ll still look shit though. I bet the fitter was cursing the salesman..!

You wanted one big central blind. That’s what you’ve got!
If you’d gone for 5 blinds then the joint angles would have been shallower and it would have looked OK, as per the other window. I assume you saved a fair bit by having one big blind?

I think it is legal – but I am supprised. Other properties everything was done through the DPS and we even got interest

Find out. If it isn’t legal and your deposit isn’t held where it should be you could get 3x the deposit returned.

I’ll have a cup in Italy, where it tastes nice and doesn’t cost much.

Though I have also been known to take my own teapot away, to ensure a decent supply of the good stuff.

Indeed. You can’t get a decent cup of coffee in the UK, and you can’t get a decent cup of tea abroad.

Her story may change once she gets an estimate for repairing 3-4 panels. Check with the supermarket whether they have CCTV coverage of that area. Going through your insurance may be the only way to persuade them to release a copy.

According to John Peel, anyone wearing a hat.

Email sent…

Will these driverless cars flash their lights if overtaken by someone making progress?
Do they assume the rest of us know how to drive?

Looks familiar…

Go Debbie!

On this occasion, I think you opinion is way wide of the mark

I beg to differ.

Yes how dare you ask about different colours of borders on a forum that has many members with them, even worse some members have borders for 40 years

Sadly, that’s all he asked.

Killer Queen, eyes like a lazer beam…

If it moves, she’ll ‘ave it!

And he know’s it!

You’ve done the right thing Chuck the breeder sounds reputable too.

I think a reputable dealer would have managed to get the paper work done on time.
A reputable dealer wouldn’t be producing puppies for the Christmas market.

Borders are great little dogs and justifiably popular. Unfortunately this does mean that dodgy characters will take advantage of this demand.
I don’t think I’d be returning a pup there. If he’s lucky he’ll find someone who’ll fix him up, or give him a happy loving home for his short life. (Was he in pain?)
Unfortunately this thread seems to be a lesson in how not to get a dog. The OP’s only concern was getting the right colour.

If I’d have kept him I’d have been forced to have him put down, I couldn’t bare to see him suffer and lost the money I paid for him

The irony of the thread title…

Are you keeping him?

No, he’s returned him for a full refund. Just like a faulty telly.

I can’t understand why everyone is so mystified where the santa on the lawn came from.

These are a very very long way from being in bubble territory, more’s the pity…

jimdubleyou – Member
No, the electrons move from one side to the other, you don’t get more electrons.
Are you positive about that?

You can definitely feel the difference in a man sized drill during the working day