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General Discussion Area / RIP Paul Daniels
« on: 17 March 2016, 08:55:36 »
Another icon from my childhood dies. At least his battle is over now!
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General Car Chat / 3.2 Signum Strange Electrical Gremlins
« on: 13 March 2016, 23:32:34 »
Hoping for some help on this... Only had a very quick look this evening.
Has a battery drain with ignition off. Battery and alternator test ok.
In addition... MID doesn't work, just flickers. Radio doesn't work. Auto button on climate doesn't work properly. All switches on driver's door control panel (windows, mirrors etc) don't work.
Hoping someone can shed some light for me to save me many, many hours of fault finding!!
Has a battery drain with ignition off. Battery and alternator test ok.
In addition... MID doesn't work, just flickers. Radio doesn't work. Auto button on climate doesn't work properly. All switches on driver's door control panel (windows, mirrors etc) don't work.
Hoping someone can shed some light for me to save me many, many hours of fault finding!!
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General Discussion Area / Didcot Power Station
« on: 24 February 2016, 08:14:27 »
Surprised not to see anything about this on here.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-35647397
Update this morning said there are still signs of life so fingers crossed.
I'm sure all of our sympathies go out to the families of those involved
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-35647397
Update this morning said there are still signs of life so fingers crossed.
I'm sure all of our sympathies go out to the families of those involved
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General Discussion Area / Following on from TD's Good Service Post... LG
« on: 20 February 2016, 23:10:20 »
Not such good service from LG. They had my G3 mobile for 3 weeks in January to repair a fault. Returned it (or not as it turned out!) and same fault 3 days later! Supposed to have been fast tracked the second time it went back but it was still at mine 4 days later!!
Finally they look at it and discover they sent me back someone else's device!! They admit that they've lost mine but, 2 weeks from the first call to report the same fault still being there I am still waiting for "Management" to sign off for a replacement!
I've been pretty patient up until today but today I lost it when I got an email to say they were delivering someone else's handset to me on Tuesday, despite being told last Tuesday that it was being sent to Customer Resolutions!
Be interesting to see what happens on Monday... Even if management sign off first thing Monday morning I won't see the replacement until Wednesday at the earliest!
Feel better for that rant!! Night all....
Finally they look at it and discover they sent me back someone else's device!! They admit that they've lost mine but, 2 weeks from the first call to report the same fault still being there I am still waiting for "Management" to sign off for a replacement!
I've been pretty patient up until today but today I lost it when I got an email to say they were delivering someone else's handset to me on Tuesday, despite being told last Tuesday that it was being sent to Customer Resolutions!
Be interesting to see what happens on Monday... Even if management sign off first thing Monday morning I won't see the replacement until Wednesday at the earliest!
Feel better for that rant!! Night all....
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General Discussion Area / Interesting "Rules of the Road" question
« on: 14 February 2016, 22:05:18 »
Just interested really... The end of my road has a Stop sign but Give Way lines on the road... Which takes priority? 
(For full disclosure, it's a private road joining another private road so slightly irrelevant... Just always wondered!)
(For full disclosure, it's a private road joining another private road so slightly irrelevant... Just always wondered!)
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General Discussion Area / Today seems to have been a good day
« on: 20 January 2016, 20:10:56 »
Seems that today has been quite a good day... Looks like both Mrs LD and I have had roles created for us. 2016 could be a better year for us 
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General Discussion Area / Quick VAT related question
« on: 19 January 2016, 22:53:58 »
I know that the answer to this is "ask your accountant" but, for reasons I'm not going into now, I wanted to ask here too....
My business is VAT registered. I am now looking at doing some consultancy work myself in addition to the current business. Do I need to charge it through the business and therefore charge VAT? Or can I just account for the income separately on my tax return?
Thanks in advance people
My business is VAT registered. I am now looking at doing some consultancy work myself in addition to the current business. Do I need to charge it through the business and therefore charge VAT? Or can I just account for the income separately on my tax return?
Thanks in advance people
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General Car Chat / 2007 Astra 1.7 Oil Burner help please
« on: 18 October 2015, 19:04:02 »
Evening guys... Nothing major really but wondered if anyone had a diagram for the Aux Belt routing?
A friend's has shed it today and I'm fixing it tomorrow for him. I've found a couple of pictures but a diagram would be easier to use
Thanks in advance
Oh... With AC. Belt is 6PK1625
A friend's has shed it today and I'm fixing it tomorrow for him. I've found a couple of pictures but a diagram would be easier to use
Thanks in advance
Oh... With AC. Belt is 6PK1625
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General Discussion Area / Looking for specialist switches
« on: 18 August 2015, 21:38:12 »
After some suggestions to save myself a few pennies... I need to replace some switches in my vans because I want a higher standard. I'm after sealed, intrinsically safe switches. Some are just on-off, some are on-off-on. They can be in an enclosure if the price is right.
Anyone got any suggestions?
Anyone got any suggestions?
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General Discussion Area / Non fault accident
« on: 16 July 2015, 22:50:26 »
Not me, mother. In Tesco petrol station 10 days or so ago and some dosey tart in a 4x4 reversed into her not once, but twice!! Written off the vehicle 15 yr old 306 estate.
Here's the issue... Her insurance company (Tesco) had to be informed to get them to recover it but acted so quickly they had inspected and declared it a Cat B(!) within 2 working days. They have decided that 143k is high mileage and reduced value by £68 and knocked her for pre accident condition. LV (other party) are now refusing to make an offer because Tesco have (incorrectly) declared it Cat B. So... She ends up with an offer that fails to put her into the position she was in pre-accident
OK... She made a mistake... I told her not to let them take the car anywhere other than home but the long and the short is that we have had to accept an insulting offer as an interim payment and lodge a complaint with the FOS because Tesco were TOO Efficient in valuing the vehicle!
Frustrating thing, and I've argued this with Tesco, is that the engineer is wrong... It should be Cat C, not B. We have an old car, different shade of blue but otherwise identical, with a knackered engine (or was it gearbox?) so I could have repaired the damage (Bonnet, slam, wings, Rad, headlamps and possibly bumper) with minimal outlay (some coolant and possibly some fixings) but because the Tesco engineer categorised it incorrectly she is now stuck with no car and a payout of less than half the market value of the vehicle due to his "expert assessment"!!
Rant over... Just gotta deal with FOS for her now
Should add, I've been dealing from 2 days later and have informed both companies that they have tried to bully and take advantage of a woman in her 60's
Here's the issue... Her insurance company (Tesco) had to be informed to get them to recover it but acted so quickly they had inspected and declared it a Cat B(!) within 2 working days. They have decided that 143k is high mileage and reduced value by £68 and knocked her for pre accident condition. LV (other party) are now refusing to make an offer because Tesco have (incorrectly) declared it Cat B. So... She ends up with an offer that fails to put her into the position she was in pre-accident
OK... She made a mistake... I told her not to let them take the car anywhere other than home but the long and the short is that we have had to accept an insulting offer as an interim payment and lodge a complaint with the FOS because Tesco were TOO Efficient in valuing the vehicle!
Frustrating thing, and I've argued this with Tesco, is that the engineer is wrong... It should be Cat C, not B. We have an old car, different shade of blue but otherwise identical, with a knackered engine (or was it gearbox?) so I could have repaired the damage (Bonnet, slam, wings, Rad, headlamps and possibly bumper) with minimal outlay (some coolant and possibly some fixings) but because the Tesco engineer categorised it incorrectly she is now stuck with no car and a payout of less than half the market value of the vehicle due to his "expert assessment"!!
Rant over... Just gotta deal with FOS for her now
Should add, I've been dealing from 2 days later and have informed both companies that they have tried to bully and take advantage of a woman in her 60's
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General Discussion Area / Massive thanks to Daz!
« on: 01 June 2014, 16:12:49 »
A massive thanks to Daz for a long day's work yesterday. Cambelt, water pump, AC Condensor, thermostat, cam cover gaskets...
Loads of work done for a very fair price. And a good laugh thrown in
Thanks Dazzle... You're a special person
Loads of work done for a very fair price. And a good laugh thrown in
Thanks Dazzle... You're a special person
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General Discussion Area / Please Vote for Izzy
« on: 10 May 2014, 10:34:28 »
Morning all,
Sorry I don't manage to get on much but things are mega busy with work at the moment! All good but expansion is pushing me to my limits at the moment!
Anyway... I want to trouble you all to vote for our daughter in the "Baby of the Month" competition. If she wins then we get a small payment to go into her savings account and entered into the annual competition. So, of you could spare a couple of minutes and vote we would be most grateful! Just click this link!
Thanks.
Sorry I don't manage to get on much but things are mega busy with work at the moment! All good but expansion is pushing me to my limits at the moment!
Anyway... I want to trouble you all to vote for our daughter in the "Baby of the Month" competition. If she wins then we get a small payment to go into her savings account and entered into the annual competition. So, of you could spare a couple of minutes and vote we would be most grateful! Just click this link!
Thanks.
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Omega General Help / Exhaust tailpipe diameter?
« on: 20 March 2014, 21:35:00 »
Quick question as per the title. Got an ETS/Eternal exhaust comng for my 3.2 estate and will need a pair of chavvy exhaust trims to get it to clear the Irmy bumper. Anyone remember off the top of their head what diameter the tailpipes are please?
I want to try and get them ordered ASAP as my MOT is out and I need to get the car back on the road.
I want to try and get them ordered ASAP as my MOT is out and I need to get the car back on the road.