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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 20 February 2025, 12:33:27
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It took a fair bit of arranging.
The main cables around the electricity meter were 16mm and needed to be changed to 25mm. A new smart meter fixed this.
Following this the man from Octopussy refused to fix the charger because the earth connected to the ground spike was 'not to specification'
Another appointment made but the charger man then said the hot water pipe was not 'bonded correctly'......I still have no idea what this means. :D
Job done now though. :y
There were about 3 or 4 locations the charger could have been situated.....this is probably the best.
(https://i.ibb.co/0LBc9Dw/IMG-20250214-154313-678.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/LWcsJqC/IMG-20250214-154509-682.jpg)
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Oh....and even though it is now fitted a man from the national grid is coming to change the main cut out fuse as it is outdated.
Apparently not dangerous, and free of charge, so I may as well have this update.
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The wall could do with another coat of paint as well! :)
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The wall could do with another coat of paint as well! :)
Are you offering?
£1.50 P/H so long as you supply the masonry paint. :)
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You'd probably baulk at my travelling expenses. :-X
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You'd probably baulk at my travelling expenses. :-X
A penny a mile seems more than fair. :)
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You'd probably baulk at my travelling expenses. :-X
A penny a mile seems more than fair. :)
I can do it for you :y
I saw a video that Mr Bean made. You will need 2 5 litre tins of paint, box of matches, and 2 supersonic air bombs.
::) 8)
£20 for fuel should suffice. :y
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You'd probably baulk at my travelling expenses. :-X
A penny a mile seems more than fair. :)
The 'HMRC-approved' mileage rate for tax purposes is 45p per mile. I'll think about it at that rate and plus I'll do it for minimum wage hourly rate. :y
I'm booked up until the end of March though and my travelling costs will be from my previous location. Seems more than fair? :)
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Another appointment made but the charger man then said the hot water pipe was not 'bonded correctly'......I still have no idea what this means. :D
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It means that the copper pipework is not ‘earthed’ correctly somewhere in the system. It’s fairly common, especially when a section of copper pipe has been replaced with poly pipe, and the fitter hasn’t bridged the two copper sections with earth tag strap. :y
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So Opti, what flavour milk float is coming your way ?
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That position looks good... Well out of range of incoming lorries :y
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The 'HMRC-approved' mileage rate for tax purposes is 45p per mile.
My tight-arse company gives me 28ppm. I am able to claim a tax rebate at 20%/40% as appropriate on the remaining 17p, how generous.
So, for those that cant count, if I was a 20% taxpayer, that would be 31.4p a mile, or 34.8p a mile if I am a 40% taxpayer....
Needless to say, my car costs more than that to run.
self-abusers.
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So Opti, what flavour milk float is coming your way ?
I know very little about the milk float variety of transport. What I do know I don't like them very much as electric cars are more 'kitchen appliance white goods' than actual motor cars.
Perhaps somebody can give me an idea of a good electric car.... :y
I'm now expecting pictures of a light blue cripple carriage from the seventies. ;D
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Another appointment made but the charger man then said the hot water pipe was not 'bonded correctly'......I still have no idea what this means. :D
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It means that the copper pipework is not ‘earthed’ correctly somewhere in the system. It’s fairly common, especially when a section of copper pipe has been replaced with poly pipe, and the fitter hasn’t bridged the two copper sections with earth tag strap. :y
Thanks, Mr YZ.
If I'd been blessed with a larger brain I would have known this. :-X ;)
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I know just the one you mean...
(https://live.staticflickr.com/3315/3485779201_3a27d2b10d_b.jpg)
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Another appointment made but the charger man then said the hot water pipe was not 'bonded correctly'......I still have no idea what this means. :D
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It means that the copper pipework is not ‘earthed’ correctly somewhere in the system. It’s fairly common, especially when a section of copper pipe has been replaced with poly pipe, and the fitter hasn’t bridged the two copper sections with earth tag strap. :y
Thanks, Mr YZ.
If I'd been blessed with a larger brain I would have known this. :-X ;)
And actually might not have to be earthed......it all depends on the type of pipe feeding the property and if that part of the install is considered an extraneous-conductive-part, but as we know, electricians rarely understand the regs so go for the 'earth everything' approach as its easier........more confused? ;D
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I know just the one you mean...
(https://live.staticflickr.com/3315/3485779201_3a27d2b10d_b.jpg)
That is a beauty and I'm sure it comes with a 5 star crash safety certificate. ;D
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And she can get her shopping on the back without trouble. Just the ticket :y
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And she can get her shopping on the back without trouble. Just the ticket :y
I'll tell her it's the latest thing.
She is a woman so she won't be very difficult to fool. 8)
Hmmm....KW on the front. Does it belong to anyone on here? ::)
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So Opti, what flavour milk float is coming your way ?
I know very little about the milk float variety of transport. What I do know I don't like them very much as electric cars are more 'kitchen appliance white goods' than actual motor cars.
Perhaps somebody can give me an idea of a good electric car.... :y
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You won’t have to worry about it soon, as the car manufacturers are starting to break rank before the EV mandate breaks them financially. Apparently the likes of Mercedes, BMW, Porsche, VW/Audi, etc are going back to petrol and diesel, or at least hybrid, as their main sellers, citing poor sales and the general lack of interest in EV’s. Once a couple of big players do this I’m guessing that other big brands will follow. Donald’s shutting all of his federal government charging stations down and flogging the EV fleet. Normality may return one day. ::)
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Apparently BP are also throwing more money into oil/gas extraction at the expense of renewables
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Apparently BP are also throwing more money into oil/gas extraction at the expense of renewables
no surprise then ....
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Apparently BP are also throwing more money into oil/gas extraction at the expense of renewables
They're called British Petroleum for a reason
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Apparently BP are also throwing more money into oil/gas extraction at the expense of renewables
Mad Ed Miliband will be pleased. >:D
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Apparently BP are also throwing more money into oil/gas extraction at the expense of renewables
Mad Ed Miliband will be pleased. >:D
Especially when his BP stock goes up.
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So Opti, what flavour milk float is coming your way ?
I know very little about the milk float variety of transport. What I do know I don't like them very much as electric cars are more 'kitchen appliance white goods' than actual motor cars.
Perhaps somebody can give me an idea of a good electric car.... :y
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You won’t have to worry about it soon, as the car manufacturers are starting to break rank before the EV mandate breaks them financially. Apparently the likes of Mercedes, BMW, Porsche, VW/Audi, etc are going back to petrol and diesel, or at least hybrid, as their main sellers, citing poor sales and the general lack of interest in EV’s. Once a couple of big players do this I’m guessing that other big brands will follow. Donald’s shutting all of his federal government charging stations down and flogging the EV fleet. Normality may return one day. ::)
With a bit of luck this net zero madness will pass much like the 'gender boll*ocks' is now starting to fall apart.
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The return of 2 strokes motorcycles would be nice.... >:D 8)
I can still remember the aroma. :y
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It might take a while... I work with people who won't go to the US because of Trumps gender policy. Yet they happily go to Dubai for the shopping🤐
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It might take a while... I work with people who won't go to the US because of Trumps gender policy. Yet they happily go to Dubai for the shopping🤐
Crazy shit.
Trump believes human beings exist in the shape of XX women and XY men. We have known this since the dawn of time.
I imagine people who believe otherwise also believe the earth is flat, and the moon landings never happened.
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There are a few people who are not those two things but that's a natural occurrence and the confusion it causes them must be almost unbearable. Basically they get raised based on a conversation between the GP and parents and then life becomes a dice roll.
Female athletes who manage to finish in a dead heat with a 'wo'man and being asked to hand back the trophy to the 'wo'man because they only have one trophy and her having it wouldn't produce good optics is essentially what is wrong with the whole thing.
The rest of the policy aims to give jobs on merit rather than box ticking.
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The return of 2 strokes motorcycles would be nice.... >:D 8)
I can still remember the aroma. :y
As long as you used Castrol R. :)
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There are a few people who are not those two things but that's a natural occurrence and the confusion it causes them must be almost unbearable. Basically they get raised based on a conversation between the GP and parents and then life becomes a dice roll.
Female athletes who manage to finish in a dead heat with a 'wo'man and being asked to hand back the trophy to the 'wo'man because they only have one trophy and her having it wouldn't produce good optics is essentially what is wrong with the whole thing.
The rest of the policy aims to give jobs on merit rather than box ticking.
Some of the language used by the democrats along with certain members of the Labour party is quite amusing, although I'm sure it boils the piss of many real women.
Birthing person, rather than mother or woman.....because apparently the term is more inclusive, as it includes both men and women. ::)
And the term 'irregular' rather than 'illegal' when it comes to people rocking up from God knows where.