Small claims court? Am I missing something? You got a free ‘undeclared’ wood burning stove that needs a little work and you want to take money off the vendor? If he’d have took the stove with him you’d have nowt but a hole and no claim. Weird attitude imo. You have three choices as I see it; get it reinstalled properly, either by a HETAS bod or DIY with building control sign off, rip it out and have a nice gas fire (it’s on and offable, what’s not to like) or use as is with a CO detector for reassurance. Might not sound ideal but it obviously worked for the previous occupant. It’s your life.

So where the hell is the money that was stolen?

It’s going to have been spent, isn’t it? Either with best intentions but poor business sense, or straight up dodginess, we’ll never know. And I doubt I’ll see either bag of dosh again. Could have been worse. It was a £15 bag, not a £15,000 defender!

Ah, ‘new ownership’. That old chestnut.

For who? Don’t get why people seem so ready to excuse the company.

for me, for losing £30, for the mtb community for losing a potentially good product and possibly for however couldn’t make it work; I’d be surprised if anyone was laughing all the way to the bank. (Although I could be wrong).0

My two duff bags are good to be honest. Strikes me as a good idea poorly executed (and quite possibly costed) than a malicious attempt to scam people. Shame.

Just want to say; still haven’t had my mini duff bag. Annoying.

Quite a few modern cars do it on purpose. Things like the Audi RS cars ace little injectors specifically to squirt drops of fuel into the exhaust to make it pop and bang in certain situations.
The pops and bangs in the F Type are engineered in and very very raucous.

See, this sort of thing really bugs me. Basically, older, pre electronic engines needed an excess amount of petrol to ensure they had enough fuel in all situations for stioch stocicall effective ignition, and to avoid pinking. Now, computers and engineers are clever enough that engines can be made just as powerful, but much more efficient by precisely metering fuel in all situations, so no popping. Then Mr marketing cheaply comes along, and points out that they will sell more cars if they can engineer back in popping in the exhaust because mr midlifecrisis likes it to sound ‘sporty’. So we get a ridiculous situation whereby a fairly amazing bit of engineering gets spoilt by having an extra injector in the exhaust manifold of a remap which runs just a little bit too rich on the overrun, so pointlessly burning fuel and money. It’s just wasteful and impure. Heaven forbid Mr Midlifecrisis watching German DTM and wanting six foot flames coming from side exhausts; there will be some eye watering helmet cam commuter videos then…

Is that a didgeridoo in your pocket, or…

Edit; grrr

Edit edit; got it

I drive through Bell End on my way to work every day. Still raises a smile…

Optimistic bump for the evening crowd?

Just to be sure, you don’t need a license to listen to BBC radio and radio iPlayer?

Nope.

Another TWATOS adoption here… apparently it’s appropriate…

£65ish for two adults in Swindon, bed only, according to an app that lets you book rooms, late. Seems a no brainer to me; **** sleeping in a car overnight in late October!

Glad to amuse. Okay, I’ll qualify ‘She says she’s Jewish’, with; and she backs that up by stating that her father is/was Jewish and her mother is/was of Sephardi Jewish descent. If she (and her partner) identify themselves as Jewish, who is anyone to argue? Genetics have proven that ‘race’ is pretty much a label that we apply to ourselves rather than having any actual basis in true difference anyway, so how on earth could Jamby be more qualified to say whether or not she’s Jewish than she is herself.

5thelephant; if you want to call yourself ‘God of Thunder’ there’s nothing stoppping you. You’re free to believe what you want.

The whole thing is just tribalism in fancy clothes anyway.

If you like fresh baked deliciousness, then Lidl, esp in the AM. If you like regular random ‘ooh, I didn’t know I needed that tool/gadget/doohickey it now really want it’ moments, then Aldi. (The doohickeys are usually surprisingly good quality and cheap, too)

I enjoy both. Hardly go to a ‘big’ supermarket these days.

Lidl 29p fresh croissants FTW

Jambalaya, SHE says she’s Jewish, that’s good enough. For you to assert otherwise is plain racist, pure and simple. And ironically, it’s probably antisemetic too, if we could agree on a workable definition…

get beyond a certain price and you might have a point, but the difference between a tetrabrik of Don Simon and even a 5€ bottle of wine is huge.

okay, fair point! 😆 I should clarify, I was talking about actual wine, not wine style beverages! And in a similar vein, I wouldn’t consider a BSO as a ‘proper’ bike. My point is about diminishing returns in actual measurable quality, vs pure status signalling, I suppose.

Attitudes towards the relative merits of wine are ENTIRELY to do with snobbery and have nothing to with factual science. See also; posh watches, overpriced automobiles, overly expensive pushbikes for non cutting edge competition use. It’s ALL about personal image, and nothing to do with actual flavour/timekeeping/performance. Just wealth/’status’ signalling in varying degrees.

Mmmmm, spam toasties. Corned beef hash. Yum. Yep, just you

Okay, interest sufficiently piqued. Can I watch all three series on Netflix, or do I have to scrabble around on some other service for the first two? TIA

I went to the national centre of excellence for British Gymnastics to have a go on all the equipment with a couple of top coaches, you know, massive trampoline, foam pits, bars, rings, long springy trampolinish run thingy, the works. Broke my little toe by catching it under a closing fire door as I left the loo after a nervous pee before the session. Most ridiculous injury ever. (Still participated in the session though, was only a wonky toe after all)

Lol. And in other news, my dad’s car is faster than your dad’s car…

This thread is hilarious! How can people get so worked up about cars? They’re just things after all. Honestly. I’m not massively keen on the big lumpy expensive Porsche thing personally, but everyone with too much disposable income (and I’m including myself TBH) chooses how to spunk it in their own, mostly obscene to varying degrees, way. It’s a really weird argument. Showing off is really important to some people. Let them crack on

Butter, and plenty o vinegar!

If that’s a Lucas sidelight for a landrover, sell the lamp as ‘no warranty given or implied’ as it’ll give up the ghost a year or two down the road. Horrid things!

I’d bee up for this but hive a feeling that Stourbridge is a bit far for you to come, give me a buzz if it’s not…

Aldi rechargeable one. Got mine for fifteen quid, it’s got the famous aldi guarantee and you could spotlight a Junkers on a foggy night with it. Focusable and feels reassuringly solid, too.

road rage escalates, bloke asks for advice. Advice was to have thread pulled.

Good summary; I’d add that advice to pull thread was due to the unusual and admirable but possibly ill advised level of candidness regarding the OPs culpability. Which made the thread both refreshing, and endangered.

Darn. Come back and report to us when it’s all over, bud.

2 boys of 4 and very nearly 6. Mostly happy but sometimes its tough. Didn’t really want kids but ran out of good reasons why not. They’ve exceeded my expectations, that’s for sure…

FWIW, we’ve just moved into a house hat has enough bedrooms for my two boys to have a room each for the first time, and as they are old enough to have an opinion (if not a deciding vote) at 4 and 5, I asked them which option they’d prefer. We now have two boys sharing, a girl in her own room and a double guest room. Boys STRONGLY resisted being split; both sleep extremely well and often need a prod to get up at 0730, having gone to bed at 1900, and being asleep by 1930. S’allgood.

Keep an eye out for the liion lidl mower; it’s awesome and good value. Ridiculously easy and light to use, and no messing around with cables etc.

Lol

Sorry to sound er typically STW but why did it require an ambulance?

Lol. I was thinking it, but didn’t want to come across as a bit of an arse. Truth is, sometimes people run out of resourcefulness in a bit of a crisis, and ambulance people are generally fairly unflappable, problem solvey types that will sort you out. So fair dos, probably useful in the above situation.

Plus they carry drugs. Lots of drugs.

S3s strike me as a bit small for armed response. Round here they are all A6s and X5s to carry the weight of all their armour n ammo n stuff. Spose they could just be training in hire cars though; bit irresponsible without blue lights IMHO.

Catholic are not faith schools

I’ll give you the C of E ‘coz we couldn’t think of anything else to call our school after’ type schools, but to state that Catholic schools aren’t ‘faith schools’? Big lol. Lots of emphasis on religion, God and guilt says otherwise… (IME. Appreciate not all schools are the same. Etc)

The offence is actually watching live tv as its broadcast, having the equipment to do so is not proof of guilt.

I’m fairly sure this is incorrect, even before the new change. The offence is watching or recording live TV as its broadcast I think, which with your Sky dish and Sky+ DVR, puts you firmly in the illegal licence dodging category I’m afraid.

Probably 7-10 a week. That’s not the whole picture though; I have been known to binge eat a whole family size pack of red doritos in the course of about half an hour. With that sudden sugar/salt hit its a wonder I’m not dead diabetic…

I’m not proud.

Is it fair that I pay about three times as much tax as my wife, yet we use the same level of public services?

I’m going to go with yes. That a multi millionaire who has access to offshore accounts (and accounting) pays less than both of you, I’m going to say, no.

I was goint to suggest 3, I have been with them for a good while, not out of loyalty but an inability of any other provider to get near them on cost and service.