SteamyTea

Not sure if they charge. But there are free internet services, Skype, Viber, Whatsapp. I am surprised that more people don't use the IP phone system more. I guess that there is something comforting about a real number going though a real network and getting charged for it.

Possibly. I don't know enough about RF stuff to judge, it has a habit of bouncing around. I would think that you need to do many repeatable tests to get a robust result, and then it would only be a correlation, which is not causation. As an example, I have 4 towers very close to me that I can connect to (all less than half a mile). I get a full signal inside and out side, am connected 100% of the time. So regardless of my construction type, I cannot contribute to this sort of test.

@PeterStarck Would need to correlate it with frequency and distance from mast, as well as any local topological oddities.

I shall try the deadpan Jack Dee delivery from now on.

I think Ed knows it, shall let him tell everyone. I just get my posts deleted.

Similar to the secretary and her lost pencil joke.

I seem to remember that in the initial reports it was mentioned that water and aluminium not mixing too well when there is a fire.

Should have put an electric range in, much more reliable. I know of one for sale

How many of us that have worked 'on a bench', which is the same as a desk really, did not misplace things at work. But do a few DIY jobs at home and things go missing. I suspect it is the unfamiliar situation that is the problem. It is similar to walking upstairs and forgetting why you went there, so have to take a trip downstairs to remember (and found you have wet yourself). This is a 'boundary' problem and is innate. It stops us getting killed when we get to junctions, or when we change from one environment to another i.e. forest to plain. Now I suspect that those on here that work in many different places, on different jobs, are much better of keeping track of their tools, their work environment may well be centred around their tools, rather than the task. But that is one for social studies rather than engineers. And we all know that social studies is bollocks, and we all know that we loose tools.

I seem to remember that the only 'proper' study was a NASA one done several decades ago. And has been misquoted and distorted ever since. I think there was a bit about it in my comic last year. May have been this one: https://ia800300.us.archive.org/35/items/nasa_techdoc_19930072988/19930072988.pdf

At least with ten tape measures, you can show that something really is the right length.

It can take me years to train people at work to put things back in the right place. Had a student a couple of summers back, she insisted that she knew best. Took me a while to break her, but I managed it. There is an old joke about the forgetful secretary and her pencil. Had the plug unwired from an extension lead once. I am with Nick, don't nick others tools and if you find them, find the owner. It is not the expense of them, it is the utility value.

I just wish cafes understood that people that drink black coffee don't want it so strong that it is painful. Generally if I see the Lavazza sign I know I can get something drinkable. See the Origin sign and I know it is going to be dreadful. The worse place for coffee is the Cornish Hen. They may as well just give me a cup of boiling water and charge me £2.50. The best is the cafe in Tehidy Wood. Disclaimer. I cannot comment on anything with milk, froth, syrups, soya, bubbles etc

Mikee's thread is still ongoing. He had a partial resolution. http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9305&page=1 You can go to last page here: http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9305&page=51 Just for reference, the multifoil thread had 32 pages.

Can you sell your eBay heat pumps to an MCS installer?

That last picture shows a right mess of pipe and cabling. And are those fridge magnets behind the door.

It may make sense for old rural housing that is currently using solid fuel. I seem to remember that if you had gas you could not get RHI. May have dreamt that.

Readable https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/29/air-pollution-sadiq-khan-calls-for-ban-on-wood-burning-stoves

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8AvfXar9zs

That is in everyone's best interest though. No good developers going bankrupt by building houses that no one is willing to buy.

It may be hidden in here: http://www.uk-ncm.org.uk/

I feel a case of Boolean is called for. "Doctor, Doctor, we have a case of dysentery on the ward" "Make a change for Chablis"

That is a different conversation I think, as in my experience of builders, is that everything comes as a surprise to them.

You can start a conversational or statement sentence with 'Or'. Or maybe not. I am an observer that that will dish out advice, without taking any personal risk at all.

I find the trouble with most workplace psychology, and sociology in general, is that people expect a binary result. I think a lot of this is down to our 'Hollywood' culture in the arts. We see films and TV shows that create a very complex situation and the hero, against all odds, solves it. Life is just not like that. Knowing when to walk away is possibly a more important lesson to learn. The other things that struck me, apart from you self builders are all bonkers, is why we get hung up on small detail. Small things don't have to be right first time. I painted my bathroom green, was so vile, I repainted it the next week. So maybe get a cheap kitchen worktop first, then, if the kitchen layout is not to your liking, shuffle the base units about. I saw a very interesting documentary about the first moon landings. The main thing that I remember was the design/thought process of the Saturn 5. They made the big decision first i.e. how to get into earth orbit. They the rest tended to fall into place. Not perfect, but did the job several times.