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It's not "uber pedantic" to point out that a certain generation believed the promises of various govt's/parties that by paying thruppence ha'penny per week into a govt run fund it would somehow pay for a comfortable retirement pension, plus all their medical needs as they age.

And now those generations take up close to 30% of all current govt spending (Pensions 11.3%, NHS 18%) and that's not including "healthcare" which is 43% of govt spending, yet they now pay virtually nothing 'into' the system - not that they ever paid anything meaningful into the system anyway.

It's Ok though, because the young'uns will pay, even if they can't vote.

Milk

Finally got around to finding the source of the coolant leak on the Omega.
Its coming from the Thermo switch just below the top hose.
How to fix ?
New switch - if available ?
Some kind of sealant ?
Something else ?

Ok, if you want to be uber pedantic - paid what they were required to from their wages during their long working lives.
Imo, voters havent really had a mainstream party worth voting for for well over thirty years.
Its been a matter of holding your nose and voting for what you hope will be the least worst option.
Not really the fault of voters, but the fault of the bunch of liars who stand for and get elected to Parliament.

Imo, people should only be allowed to vote if they have paid tax and or N.I. for (at least) three years running up to an election.
The exception would be pensioners who have paid their way re tax & N.I during their working lives.

Except most pensioners haven't - not even close to paying their way. Sure they've paid what they were asked to pay, but no way did it come close to what they are now costing.

Given the mess that 18+ voters have got the country into since the war, I've no problem with allowing toddlers to vote - at least they've got an equal chance of ticking a sensible box.

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Yes it is a leccy parking brake so I have to use my VagCom software to put the rears into maintenance mode and then tick ‘retract piston’ or something similar. ……….

I just looked at the software and it’s ’Start lining change mode’ so I wasn’t even close.    Also just realised that I can turn the ignition off once the pads are in lining change mode open position. 

Formula

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Next job is the rears.

Guessing it'll have a silly leccy hand/parking brake .... if so, is it easy to tell the car to wind the caliper off?
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Yes it is a leccy parking brake so I have to use my VagCom software to put the rears into maintenance mode and then tick ‘retract piston’ or something similar.    It can be done by removing the parking brake motor, winding it back out manually and then clamping the piston back out in the traditional method, but I’ll try the software route first.
Downside is, a battery charger should be connected during this process so that the electric current is stable during the pad change. I wouldn’t want it to run the battery down enough for it to retract and squash my fingers. 

Wouldnt surprise me in the slightest.
Everything Starmer does takes us one step closer to going back in. 

Imo, people should only be allowed to vote if they have paid tax and or N.I. for (at least) three years running up to an election.
The exception would be pensioners who have paid their way re tax & N.I during their working lives.