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+1. Have a close look at the wording of the PM's quote. I had a few quotes that were for the right amount (eg no VAT had been included) but they were printed on a standard template letter that stated "inc VAT at 20%".

Mine has a hydro drive transmission but it's the blade PTO clutch on the bottom of the engine that failed. Is there an oil filter in the hydro unit? I'll have to investigate as I've never changed one in mine if there is. Mind you mine leaks so it's getting new oil regularly.

I guess they might fit but they don't list the part number for my model. The only place I found claiming to have the right one was Shoulders of Shoreham. They sell Hayter parts, some of which have same part numbers because Hayter are owned by Toro. There is also a Toro agent in Germany that I've used before because their prices are usually a bit cheaper. Anyway I've got the thing now, just need to fit it.

The PTO clutch has failed on my Toro ride on. The official spare part seems to be around £350 so I went for a third party replacement from the USA via ebay for just under £150. Still hurts though. Need some good weather now to work up the enthusiasm to crawl under it and get oily.

Yeah right. The real reason is they want to be sure their wireless meter reader will work.

We were posting at same time so hope you didn't miss mine above.

Is there no way round this? Probably not... https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/tax/business-tax/vat-and-flat-rate-scheme-neil-warrens-top-ten-tips If you really want to use him... A compromise might be to ask him what his flat rate is and agree to pay that cash in hand so he's not out of pocket. I think it should be quite a bit less than 20%. Normally businesses only pay the HMRC the difference between VAT they charge and VAT they pay. The flat rate is meant to simplify this and means they cannot reclaim VAT on purchases so the rate is lower.

Do they use Hermes for shipping? Had email from them saying there was an issue at their sorting office. My parcel took a few days to appear on their tracking system.

The fact that amazed me about the SpaceX landings was discovering that the landing rockets can't be throttled. Basically they have to be fired at just the right height. Too high and the rocket stops some feet above the pad and drops the last bit. Too low and it's travelling too fast when it lands.

I couldn't get that to work but the equation seems ok for the trivial case of H = 1, W = 2

Just doing some numbers.. £50m divided by 600 is £83,000 per house. £170m divided by 600 is £283,000 That's a development of 150 apartments and houses. https://www.habhousing.co.uk/development/elderberry-walk-southmead £10m divided by 150 is £66,666 That's not very much per apartment/house.

Space blows my mind.. Consider an imaginary glass sphere around a star. All the light emitted by the star would pass through the surface of that sphere. So now enlarge the sphere until its the size of say the solar system. The surface area is now massively bigger and the light passing through each square meter is proportionately that much less. At that distance solar panels are too ineffective to power a space craft. Now expand the sphere even more... The star Cassiopeia is 150,000,000,000,000,000 km away. So all of the light from Cassiopeia is effectively spread out over the surface area of a sphere with that radius! That's one heck of a large area. Yet enough photons of light pass through every square mm that we can see Cassiopeia with the naked eye.

The top of the form... https://ecab.planningportal.co.uk/uploads/1app/forms/form_7_self_build_part_1_exemption_claim.pdf I don't think the CIL legislation defines Commencement of work but for Planning purposes there is a definition in the Town and Country Planning Act section 56.. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/8/section/56 So you might be ok clearing tree but personally I wouldn't give them any excuse. http://www.wslaw.co.uk/knowledge-centre/newsletter/article/176/commencement-of-development-practical-tips-and-pitfalls

Reminder: Make sure you get your CIL exemption paperwork done before starting any work on site.

Vat 708 says... If there is a question I would class it as part of the site clearance.

It's not even a fibreglass ladder.

Many flush valves have an overflow built into them. If the level of that is low enough you might not need to do anything with the old overflow. One thing to check is that any overflow can cope with the flow rate of water coming in. I had to fit a reducer to the cold fill on one cistern because the overflow couldn't cope and the water level in the cistern kept rising even with the overflow working.

Was removing spark plug from a petrol strimmer when spanner slipped and I gashed back of finger on metal heat shield. Could see all the inner workings and not just those of the strimmer :-(

I have an appointment with the nurse on Tuesday to get the stitches removed from a finger. Don't ask.

When you get your 3min to speak don't let members of the committee interrupt you. Start by introducing your self an state you are happy to answer questions at the end of your 3 mins.

Dont know about Scotland but in England and Wales you need a licence for a camp site that you can only apply for after getting planning permission. https://www.gov.uk/camping-licence-wales The licence application also has some health and safety stuff on it. New electric supplies to a portable or permanent building would be notifiable.

Darn it.

Looks good to me I made it 30.5p by using a slightly different method and numbers. 7 months at 30 days/month is 210 days so total saving is about £64.

As I scrolled down this page a picture suddenly appeared of a mower at a funny angle amid a trashed lawn. For a few seconds I thought there had been a horrible accident.

I also thought that was odd but googling suggests "limited combustibility" materials are actually less flammable than "flame retardant" materials. For example the reports refer to.. "ACM with a limited combustibility filler (category 1 in screening tests)" "ACM with a fire retardant polyethylene filler (category 2 in screening tests)" The lower the category the less dangerous. Category 0 is non-combustible