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  1. Ferdinand
    I would say that sockets from established makers are so cheap that the saving is not that significant compared to eg the ability to match after. eg Hager double pole switched double sockets are around £2 with a quick search. Unless, I suppose, you buy 20 years’ supply ?. Ferdinand (who just bought 4 wheelbarrows)
  2. Ferdinand
    Not a lot. If they come and say Oi! You ask how far it needs to be moved then move it that far plus a foot. Watch advertising trailers in fields nex5 to the motorway, which I think is still done.
  3. Ferdinand
    I have a relative who does that, who is very highly stressed this year due to workload. When I see her in Aug the teasing will be awful.
  4. Ferdinand
    Beats Hitachi KOKUP, I suppose. The Consignia Logo was very accurate ... image of vanishing down a plug hole.
  5. Ferdinand
    I get a slight sense that you enjoyed explaining that little lot ??‍♀️?‍♀️?‍♀️?‍♀️.
  6. Ferdinand
    Does anyone know what a Class A++ building is, as stated on the link? F
  7. Ferdinand
    Skip arrived this am. Everybody happy. Council not 8nformed so not stressed. F
  8. Ferdinand
    Interesting. I can see no reason why it couldn’t be a proper 2 or 2.5 storeys with appropriate bracing in the walls. My first question would be about thermal quality of the walls, then about cost of service connections, and how it would work out in a U.K. context. F
  9. Ferdinand
    On this subject, what about paths for future internet and satellite TV etc? Does anyone run those to the various potential media centres? F
  10. Ferdinand
    Put it inside a small ring or tube cut off the end of a hose pipe? That would keep it away from the edge to an extent.
  11. Ferdinand
    Yes, but it will be reactive. If they find you in breach round here it is pricey: http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/transport/licences-permits/skip-permit They can't decide whether it applies to Highway (text) or Public Highway (title). http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/media/114987/skipstandardconditions.pdf F
  12. Ferdinand
    Definitely not Simon Cowell’s chest hair...
  13. Ferdinand
    It is an unsurfaced road beyond the end of an adopted road. The space is in front of the house, the ownership of ground either extends to the middle or is unclear ie still with the original developer so in extremis no one can enforce anything (haven't dug the deeds out), and the space has been used for the house for at least 25 years. Maintenance work when needed is done by cooperative whip-round, and there is no history of problems. F
  14. Ferdinand
    I like furrys rugs ! Antagonus rather than Antigonus, I am afraid.
  15. Ferdinand
    Yep. It is not even clear whether councils think that licenses apply to ‘highways’ or ‘public highways’. But I have my skip. F
  16. Ferdinand
    i was rebuffed by usual skip company, who said check with the carncil. Inevitably, the phones were not being answered. Fortunately the other one just accepted the order. This Road has the first part adopted, but not the last 200m, where the house is located. Cheers. F
  17. Ferdinand
    It does not seem to be clear. Different definitions in different places.
  18. Ferdinand
    Do I need one? The skip will sit on the normal parking space outside the house. The road is a cul-de-sac not maintained at Council Expense, however nor is it gated. I am not convinced that the Council will know the correct answer to this. The operative term is “on the public highway”, which is nebulous. Ferdinand
  19. Ferdinand
    Look at that pelt.
  20. Ferdinand
    Other brNds are around including eg Hoover and Siemens. Persinally I have not heard good things re White Knight. F
  21. Ferdinand
    The fallacy here is the assumption that the ladies have clean minds. I still giggle at the idea that more presence of the fairer sex would raise the tone of BH. F
  22. Ferdinand
    My experience of that is that contractors hired for day to day tasks, ie not managers or specialists, are likely to be cheaper than salaried staff. They are likely to get a sum not greater enough than the salary to allow for the overheads, pension package etc. I have had startling answers revealing low daily rates from, for example, contract social workers or supply teachers. My experience is older, though, than the recent rulings that contract workers are entitled to paid holidays and sick leave. Not sure whether local authorities recognise these extras. F
  23. Ferdinand
    It is like the old newspaper thing. Times Readers' run the country etc. Moderators think they are gods. Admins *are* gods.
  24. Ferdinand
    Interesting. Kevin McLoud of clan McCloud: The rest is here. Ferdinand
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