Dogma has just changed hands ownership wise, Kevin Smith (he is not the new owner) has also stated he plans to tour it next year now that Weinstein no longer owns it. In theory it’ll be for sale on DVD/Blu-Ray etc again at some point too.

https://www.slashfilm.com/1683013/kevin-smith-most-controversial-movie-dogma-plans/

I do the car door thing, I never used to. I blame my missus for that. Annoyingly, the OCD-ness of it has also moved to doing the same with house external doors. I get it under control for a while, but it comes back from time to time.

I also eat veggies first, that will stem from me being a picky eater when young and getting them out of the way. I will leave the best bit of a meal until last, that is usually the meat.

I had a brief email conversation with Ashfield Council as to why we could no longer recycle pet1 food trays whereas we could still recycle all pet 1 bottles. It wasn’t just about the material, it was the grade of it too which is why they stopped taking them.  Annoyingly, about 2 miles away Nottingham City Council take them in their bi-weekly collections. I think city council residents can take them to their recycling centres too but we are not allowed as City Council is not under Nottinghamshire County Council remit. We now and again have taken them to near an M&S south of Sheffield city centre (only when visiting Sheffield for other reasons, not just to drop off recycling) but that has been closed down now.

We now have a ton of it mounting up. If anyone knows where you can take pet1 food trays I’m all ears. We do our best to try and find ways to recycle the difficult stuff that the council don’t pick up and obviously try and minimise the purchase of stuff that generates it in the first place,  but we are far from perfect.

@cougar , Ulysses 31 does have an ending, it’s on Youtube. I watched a lot of them, but not enough to remember much of the plot. Same for Cities of Gold, watched it for the sake of it, never really enjoyed it.

Always liked most of Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry etc.

Favourite was Transformers. Watched it on Wide Awake Club and I think Wacaday (ITV)? 5 minute clips during the week before school, I vaguely remember, and then maybe a full episode on a Saturday? Didn’t watch the film until a good couple of years after it was released, wasn’t aware of it I think. It’s possible I watched part of the season that came after the film and wondering what the hell happened to most of the characters, It was on at Center Parcs, a year after they opened their first holiday park here (Sherwood) and they had their own TV channels I believe back then.

Liked He-Man, Thundercats, GI Joe, Mask, Centurions – all the toy adverts.

Battle of the Planets was early-ish morning on BBC 1 or 2. Never really liked it, still watched it for some reason too. A bit of a pattern of watching stuff but not liking it! And yes, I did play outside a lot too, so either a lot of this stuff was on in the winter or I had one busy childhood!

My son has just turned 5 and can be a little git when he wants to be. I think a fair few of us, mainly pointing the finger at myself here, expect them to think like we do, well, they don’t. My other half keeps reminding me that. I remember bits and pieces from when I was 4 and 5, all happy memories. I don’t remember being a ****, but I’m sure I had my moments.

Focus on the good points, when it hits the fan, remember many others go through it, you just don’t see it most of the time. I always compare my son’s behaviour to others, which is another thing I shouldn’t do, but I still do it. My neighbour’s on had a mini melt down at our house the other day as it was time to go home, my neighbour said, “see, it does happen to us too.”

Does anyone know much about the Hive EV chargers that British Gas offer? Seems a good deal with “free” electricity for a year I think if you get the EV tarriff and Hive charger fitted. No idea if the charger is smart though or locks you in with BG only moving forward.

Sort of related to EVs, may be getting a Phev but to take advantage I need to really set up the right tariff etc. No smart meter currently so obviously need that sorted. Looked at Octopus and British Gas (currently with) so far. I know BG have been hassling my better half for a while to get one fitted. Can anyone offer advice as to who is the better provider to go with (not just the 2 above) or is it the same installers who fit smart meters anyway?

Also is there still a long wait to have one fitted.

Thanks

When we had an issue with surface water drainage, it would back up and push the grate off every single time.

You could always see if you know anyone with a trail camera and it will take photos of any movement to rule out rats etc?

What IHN said, sudden change in behaviour will need to be checked ideally.

Cheers, didn’t spot that. Double yikes then, some of those trees are quite far apart right next to those houses.

@rootes1 Where abouts in Camberley as I grew up in Owlsmoor and Little Sandhurst.

Edit: ignore, hadn’t read the link yet and it says where :-)

Just looked it up on Google maps, how close are those to the houses, yikes, hope they are deep rooted!

Luckily a seat for Boris has just popped up – after all, he’s such a winner in the Red Wall that Ashfield should be no bother.

Please no, that constituency is only a couple of miles from me.

I have quite the issue with lots of Star Wars sets and no space to put them.

@Daffy are you keeping those sets to then build and display again? Is the shuttle the UCS one, that’s massive isn’t it? I mean I know the Falcon is huge but the shuttle is quite tall?

If just plasterboard, a hole saw? Get a nice perfect circle to fit the circular vent.

I would echo what others said and refurb the current windows. If they are quite well sealed I wouldn’t think you’d feel much of a difference if you replaced them all unless you had gaps all over the place.

Watched most of it last night, very much the same feeling as the original. I didn’t think Bradley Walsh’s son was a  very good presenter though.

I can’t say it will be the same for you but I injured/pulled/over worked a stability/balance muscle in the groin a few years ago and the fix was in effect humping a tennis ball – placing it to where the pain was and press and dig it in as hard as you can take the pain. It was in spasm and this was the way to fix it. For me though it was excruciating pain and I couldn’t sit/stand/lay down to alleviate it for weeks until I saw a sports physio who suggested the tennis ball and some stretches, the pain was instantly improved to just a little annoyance after he stopped the spasm within 5 minutes of seeing him. I find when I injure my lower back due to lifting the wrong way (not knees bent etc) or over working the back, all the areas around hips/groin etc get affected one by one as it gets better.

Currently have a lower back issue from an injury taking my son to a trampoline park, I landed awkwardly on the trampoline and all the energy from the very high bounce I achieved went through my legs up to my hips and back. this was over a week ago and still got slight pain. During his time other pain has occurred in different areas as I try and compensate for the pain as I walk. It’s possible you are positioned ever so slightly differently to before as you go about your daily life and therefore working muscles etc slightly differently leading to this groin issue?

Clean up all the dust and chunks of concrete. Vacuum it too. You’ll need to ideally tape* the membrane together but hard to determine with all the debris there as how wide the gap is. If the gap is quite wide then a membrane laid in the gap and tape that to the existing and fill the gap in between.

*Use an appropriate membrane tape.

Had it really bad at the beginning of the year due to synus infection. It finally went away but had another cold in November and the ringing has come back but faintly and hasn’t gone. Luckily been managing to sleep OK so far.

Loved the show, he was definitely the best part of it but that was thanks to the chemistry of the group as well.

Are they a reputable firm?

Get it checked by someone else for a second opinion?

Lined Crocs? On the school run (walk), my son’s friend’s mum was wearing them and it was flippin cold out, she said her feet were toasty.

https://www.crocs.co.uk/p/classic-lined-clog/203591.html?cgid=cyber-week-sale&cid=75U

Hell no to that temp in the lounge.

This proper cold snap is testing the very low flow temps at the moment but the house is still warming up, albeit very slowly. The boiler has an issue at the moment with high pressure when heating, plumber is due to service it next week. Also waiting on a quote for a system boiler plus cylinder to replace the current 17 year old combi.

Enjoyed it. Ongoing story  of why he has the same face as before is intriguing and it appears to be that persona as well? It seems like it to me anyway. Tired of arguments about “wokeness” infiltrating absolutely everything.  I was going to say more but I’ll just agree with and quote @mrlebowski

Folks getting wound up about the “wokery” must lead incredibly small lives. I barely noticed it until it was pointed out here. Sikh officer? Check. Wheelchair? Check? Trans? Check. All daily features of my working life. Makes you wonder what sphere their spinning away in….

@politecameraaction

Try and dampen the fan unit on some sort of flexible mount?

Hogfather I quite like.

The Santa Clause movies (Tim Allen). 1 and 2 are OK for what they are, 3 less so.

The other stuff we watch is pretty much already mentioned above.

What do you expect, you don’t pay “road” tax for your bike, so why should be able to ride your bike on the road only meant for motor vehicles. Stick to your lane, if it’s full of debris, go home and get a broom and tidy it up. If cars are parked on it, get off your bike and walk it on the pavement and then get back in the lane once clear.

People have places to be, don’t get in their way. If they are in a bad mood, it’s everyone else’s fault and we should bend over backwards for their dangerous driving, remember it’s a god given right to drive a car or van.

Ta mate.

@neilnevill

Where are you getting the baby oil with aloe from for a couple of quid please?

It’s disappointing to hear about Gillette 7 o’clock sharp edge blades, they are the ones that work the best on my face from the samples I am still using. I’ll have to try and get a few other packs I haven’t used before and hopefully find a suitable alternative.

Does everyone just put their old blades into metal recycling at the local council recycling centre?

Only issue I find with mine is shaving every 2 to4 days with single blades is much more painful than leaving it a week and a half or so. Had this with various different blades and not managed to improve it. 

Based upon the rudimentary calc from singletrackmind, we would need 3.2kw heat pump for a 4 bed detached house. I’d guess we would need potentially slightly higher as most of the gas is used in 5-6 months of the year so not a nice flat graph of usage.

I still need to see how the low flow temp set is affected by proper cold weather and if the house can warm up from the low set back overnight temp. It usually drops to 16.5 (in hallway) on a cold night at the lowest outside temp. 

To do it properly, we moved the windows right to the edge of the outer brick. Plasterboard and window board then removed. Poorly fitted cavity closers removed as they were pointless with big gaps or in some cases weren’t there anyway. This allowed air from the cavity to get straight behind the rest of the plasterboard. I topped up the cavity insulation right the reveal edge (less a bit so the new closers weren’t crushing the new insulation but still touching). Then we used ct1 or sticks like **** and expanding foam on the new closers. Clout nails also used into the block to hold the closers as well. I then taped the nail heads with airtight tape. New triple glazed windows or existing were then put back in the right place so they came inward over the closers by as far as we could whilst the outer brick still taking most of the weight of the windows.

My house has draughts that come in through brick vents into the cavities and then into the poorly sealed interior and then the space between the dry lining and the inner walls. This is because as above, every time they put a hole in the wall e.g. for windows, pipes, extractor fans they didn’t seal it. I was able to seal some of the French windows which helped a lot. I don’t know if I need to check under the rest of the window sills as well.

If your reveals were anything like mine, then yes do it if you can. They may not cause huge draughts, but they all add up and sorting them out will certainly reduce the cold “feel” when you get little draughts here and there.

I want to get a heat pump but I have 22mm primaries and 10mm to rads. The last radiator on the run does get warm still with a low flow temp – setting 2 on the Worcester Bosch which is apparently around 43C . I’m not sure if the number displayed on the little lcd screen on the boiler is the flow temp and I couldn’t find anything in the basic instructions suggesting what it is.   I’m not sure if this proves I could run a heat pump relatively ok in terms of efficiency or if I’d be paying through the nose for it. Ideally, I’d get switched over to a heatpump and cylinder and then worry about the pipe work later as I’ve had a lot of the ceilings etc re-boarded a couple of years ago and I don’t want to rip it down as well as hack walls up to get new pipe work in as that was also all back to blockwork and re-boarded too. If only I had changed to at least 15mm when the new rads went in!

We’ve got oversized radiators  already in most rooms. 3 of the 4 bedroom rads ideally would be a little bigger as they are 600*800 K2s , those rooms don’t suffer but then we’ve not had a really cold snap (sub zero) yet with the lower flow temp.

I’ve made the house as airtight as possible and I really put the effort in. Only rooms not gutted and completely back to block work is the kitchen which I will do whenever that needs to be changed (new kitchen was done in 2014 so not planning on that for a while). House dropped to 17c after 4 days of the cold weather around the weekend before last week’s storm without any heating on, that was swiftly sorted as it was too cold. MVHR has been useful to a point but it won’t make up for the poor 75mm insulation in the walls and 50mm under the ground floor which is also beam and block so cold air rushing through underneath.

diggery, just amber as far as I know so nothing dangerous here.

I am aware of people trying to get in and out and it taking hours and hours to drive 1 mile to head into Nottingham.

Luckily for us we live on a higher elevation in our town (Hucknall – East Mids) than the river and places with run off. Seen a few local pictures and reminds me of flooding here around 10 ish years ago. Also lucky for us that we just had our non functioning soak away drainage hooked up to the sewer due to not being able to dig a soak away within our boundary. As it stood 2 weeks ago our garage would have been flooded for definite, house in theory would have been ok.

With the outside temperature all over the place at the moment, it’s hard to tell how well the improvements I’ve made are helping. My hallway Nest stat reads as 19.5 at the very lowest reached so far, now sitting at 20 / 20.5 without heating. I’m hoping we can delay heating for a while yet. I can’t improve the house any further without knocking it down and rebuilding to near passive standards. The biggest issue is lack of solar gain during the winter. Angle of the house and neighbour’s property really put a stop to that so it’s out of my hands. Positive to that is in the summer it protects the house from excessive high temps.

Molgrips, possible to change to larger vertical radiators in some rooms? Already using double k2 radiators?

Can any more be done in draught proofing? I know you did some major stuff last year I think?

Read a long while back of gagging orders in place that were on victims. I wonder if they will be on the programme tonight.

Always very suspect on gagging orders.