I quite like both ‘thought for the day’ and it’s R2 equivalent, ‘pause for thought’. It does occur to me that there should be the occasional non religious ‘thought’ too though. It’s not like the religious have a monopoly on morality, ethics, or good stories.

Mine’s foxier than a news item about bag of foxes on Fox News being read by Megan Fox. Not posting a pic though; she’s also a very private person though and would kick my arse!

Forerunner 235 is 164.99 on Amazon right now. Cheapest I’ve seen it.

Bloody hel! How can a glorified jump lead cost the thick end of a grand?!? Is it made by Apple??

Perfectly possible to ‘speak well’ WITHOUT being a condescending nobber with a superiority complex. It’s also possible to be a condescending nobber without being able to speak well.

Omg how many people completely missing the point of the OP?

Mine is John Major. Pretty much the moment he wasn’t PM anymore, he suddenly came across as likeable and entertaining.

Oil n filter, £30ish, Jobs a goodun. Not worth not doing, IMO.

Some of those pens look lush, but (professional artists/graphic designers/etc notwithstanding, I get that) I can’t get my head around paying for a pen in a world where we are literally awash with freebie promo pens that write nicely and feel nice in the fingers. 17 years writing every day in my job, always with free pens.

But now; I’m tempted. Damn you STW!

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Blue sky’s in Brum. Breezy, and all the cars are now grubby(er).

Yellow sky in Birmingham. Warm too, at 18deg

You could either buy new ones, or use a plastic bag. 😉

Unless they are coil overs and you got new coils then there is no change to the spring rate

Ostensibly true, but some gas shocks do do a bit of springing too, therefor adding to the spring rate. Doubt it’s enough to really notice though.

Carefully cut down the blades?

Trailers are attractive to tea leaves and are easily nicked. They also take up a lot of space when not being used, which is usually most of the time.

Worrying that in effect it’s live wires/bare contacts hidden under insulation.

isnt that kinda how all electrical stuff works though, pretty much? At least there was insulation!

Anyone know what age Navaras are best avoided? Ta

£8k budget.

VW T32 Kombi

Aren’t these two mutually exclusive, unless you’re willing to accept galactic star destroyer mileage?

Okay, ta. Frustrating as it’s RIDICULOUSLY simple when compared to a gas boiler though.

Thanks all. To clarify; this isn’t a fresh install; it’s an exchange of one small stove for a slightly larger, but still sub 5kw stove. Same flue diameter. The HETAS approved installation of the previous stove has exactly the same requirements as for the slightly bigger stove. From that point of view, nothing is changing. Do I really need a new installation certificate?

I’m wanting one too. Ranger, Hilux or Navara are my choices.

I need to go bigger to fit proper size logs in; honestly the old stove is actually not that old but more like a scale model of a stove. Fitted before we moved in.

I want to go from Stovax Stockton 3 (it really is teeny), to Stovax Stockton 5, for clarity. Both sub 5kw, 5” flue stoves.

oh and this

really? really? you sure? Yes; they are sure that they’ve created a cute easily manufactured creature for mass merchandising…

+1 for Tin Star; excellent, intense. If you like your characters flawed and dirty, this fits the bill. Just started to watch Rellik on iplayer, it’s got promise but as I’ve only watched one episode I can’t really vouch for it. Anyone watched it?

Those are other options yes, but it’s not really what I asked

You could buy a new one, or maybe use a bin bag? 😉

Protect your mating surfaces.

(Good rule for life that, actually)

Pens are best, and pass the ‘actually useful’ test. Hats could work if your company has a good logo/interesting name and it’s a good hat. All depends on your budget for giving away stuff really.

We went in October or November a couple of years ago. Had an amazing time. Not expensive if you’re not fussy about food; cheap tasty calories are available from all petrol stations in the form of simple lovely hot dogs with onions, dried onions and three different sauces, only two of which you’ll be able to identify.

Hire a car. It will open up a whole adventure in itself (esp in winter, lol) we hired a tired but perfectly reliable rav4 from Sadcars ; it was perfectly functional, if a bit rough around the edges. Bonus of this is they won’t be quibbling about scuffs and dings, which there’s a lot on the internet about regarding Iceland car hire. Recommended.

Bed in the back of a ninety? Good luck with that! 😯

You already have power; just drop a plug off it. If this seems like a bodge, putting a generator outside instead is a weird solution. Run either an extension (temp solution) or an armoured buried cable over from house (propa solution). A generator when you have access to mains is just mad/odd 😆

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Autumn of your life though? Hang on a moment!

Just ran a sub 30 mins 5k! 8) only 8 seconds sub 30, but it counts! Had to share 😆

Hmm. You assume (understandably) incorrectly. We both co parent our children, who spend 50% time with either parent. It’s a challenging situation; not very flexible but a price we pay in order to be together. All four parents work shifts and are able to work full time whilst not being at work at all while their kids are with them. It’s an unusual situation, but it works (as it stands) for all seven individuals it involves.

I think that £35k has to go towards owning so that you stop renting.
No future CGT if main residence, saving the rent yield rather than having to pay tax on the rental income.

OP here. Thanks for input everyone. I would love to stop renting and buy, but I can’t afford to buy a house that suits our needs; myself and my partner have 3 children to Home between us, and we have some fairly restrictive geographical restraints, due to schooling requirements. Basically hardly a day goes by when we don’t both drive nearly a hundred miles, either school runs or commuting, and that represents the best possible geographical position. This is going to be the case for approx ten years it seems. I’m aware that renting is massively suboptimal, but we can’t buy anything that would house us all in anything like the house we currently live in. Hence my thoughts about buying a place to rent out. I could afford to pay the mortgage at a push (I’ve been paying a mortgage on the house that is liberating the aforementioned 35k alongside the rent) but if I could rent it out as well it would become cost neutral and gain equity at a greater rate than any other investment I can think of, I think. Obviously maintenance needs to be considered, as does periods of no occupation. This isn’t really ‘buy to let’ it’s more ‘buy to own, let to subsidise’.

Is this a completely daft idea?

E bike, come!

I’m gonna add ‘butt ugly’ to the above list regarding scooters with roofs. 😯

That self balancing bike is very clever and I can’t help but quite like it; but I’m not quite sure what problem it actually solves? All bikes become self balancing above a couple of miles an hour, and below that we have feet?

With a cheap car possession is ownership. Just give it to them, with the understanding that they give it back when they are done with it. Registered keeper docs do not prove ownership anyway. That being said, a lot of insurance companies ask if you are the registered keeper; I assume they load the policy if you’re not. So let them have the thing; sounds like they could do with a little bit of luck.

Come on it was obvious genesis was taking the piss, even kippers don’t believe any of that stuff!

I dunno. I just reread the first couple of pages of the Corbyn and Trump threads for a bit of context… this is the time of strange things happening.

genesiscore502011; I think you are wrong, I fervently hope you are wrong, but I can no longer find your bizarre jingoistic optimism as ridiculous as once I could have; these are strange and turbulent times.

Correct. But not how you meant I think.

One can but dream…

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