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General Discussion Area / Re: A bit of homework, Project E

« on: 23 March 2016, 17:21:00 »

Hi Steve, good to see your still about   

Screed went down today, lovely job, very highly recommended!

That does look like a good job....no need for self levelling compound there, I thinks.

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General Discussion Area / Re: 3 mobile

« on: 19 March 2016, 15:28:04 »

I've never had a contract with 3, purely on the basis that when they launched, their service (signal) was near enough useless.

Vodafone - Apparently I still owe them £940  from around 14 years ago when they sent me an Upgrade (A Sony Ericsson P800) that I never received..... it was signed for, but not by me.  So I told them to get forked.  (even though you still 'illegally' keep chasing it, good luck when it goes to court Vodafone).

Been with Orange (and then EE, and then now BT I guess?) ever since.  Had a couple of roaming charges which I didn't agree with....... quick phone call, and all refunded.  I do part with nearly £40 a month, though.

It wont, iirc theres a 6 year limit on taking someone to court for monies owed 

6 years if there's been no contact between the parties involved.

Actually that rings a bell  So ... unless they sent letters 'signed for' and you haven't replied to any of them ... couldn't you pretend that you never received any letters from them   

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General Discussion Area / Re: 3 mobile

« on: 19 March 2016, 13:50:56 »

I've never had a contract with 3, purely on the basis that when they launched, their service (signal) was near enough useless.

Vodafone - Apparently I still owe them £940  from around 14 years ago when they sent me an Upgrade (A Sony Ericsson P800) that I never received..... it was signed for, but not by me.  So I told them to get forked.  (even though you still 'illegally' keep chasing it, good luck when it goes to court Vodafone).

Been with Orange (and then EE, and then now BT I guess?) ever since.  Had a couple of roaming charges which I didn't agree with....... quick phone call, and all refunded.  I do part with nearly £40 a month, though.

It wont, iirc theres a 6 year limit on taking someone to court for monies owed 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Right, its time to shaft the taxman

« on: 19 March 2016, 05:48:29 »

Ummm....aren't you a bit late...tax returns have to be in before Jan 31st   
But maybe Im missing something as your not self employed anymore 

Not for the year ending April 2016 

Blimey, your a bit ahead  I wont be doing mine until sometime Jan 2017 

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General Discussion Area / Re: New phone question...

« on: 18 March 2016, 18:17:01 »

After an Xperia Z5...

Then you'll pay for it....to me a phone should be able to make calls/texts/apps and do the internet......which mine does nicely 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Right, its time to shaft the taxman

« on: 18 March 2016, 18:11:12 »

Ummm....aren't you a bit late...tax returns have to be in before Jan 31st   
But maybe Im missing something as your not self employed anymore 

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General Discussion Area / Re: New phone question...

« on: 18 March 2016, 17:59:01 »

Or you could by a cheap Android phone .... I paid £70 for my last one (new and unlocked) from Amazon (4in screen, 4g, etc) . It does the job.
Do a search for Huawei 
Then go for sim only deal 
Battery life on my phone is outstanding.....days without a recharge 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Shower V's Bath

« on: 15 March 2016, 18:23:31 »

Ive a Jacuzzi bath.....when was the last time I used it?.....probably about 3 years ago....when I had a bad back....thought the jets of hot water would do my back good....Wrong....it soothed it when in the bath.....but I was even worse after getting out.

Shower for me everytime 

Tho a Jacuzzi bath might suit TB as he spends loads of time in a bath.....but then may not if he's trying to cut down on his leccy bill....I don't think its very eco friendly  plus the low bubble sented additive to the water aint that cheap either....if you want foam in the bath and a nice smelly bath 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Leaking mixer tap

« on: 15 March 2016, 18:05:28 »

Excuse my lack of knowledge about this..... my cold water tank is in the loft, the hot water tank in a cupboard in the bedroom, next to the bathroom, and the boiler is in the kitchen. There is a pump by the hot water tank (I assume heating system). So how does my hot water get to the bath !!!!!

The pump probably pumps both the hot water and central heating if you have a 3 way valve (when I say pumps the hot water, I don't mean to the taps.....it pumps the water from the hot water tank to the boiler)
It matters not where your hot water tank is....it could be on the ground floor....the pressure at the hot tap comes from where the cold water tank is.

Imagine syphoning liquid from a jar into another container.....the lower down the 2nd container is the faster the liquid flows....bring the 2nd container up higher and the flow slows. Bring the 2nd container up higher than the first and the flow stops.

HTH

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General Discussion Area / Re: 108

« on: 15 March 2016, 17:54:46 »

Happy Birthday AA's Mum 

I concur, excellent news 

So, by my reckoning that puts AA at 92 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Gas and Leccy

« on: 14 March 2016, 06:17:15 »

That's cheap. Who is the supplier?

Coop Energy 

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General Discussion Area / Re: £ 800 car tax

« on: 13 March 2016, 18:10:42 »

I have told my wife that her car must last at least 20 years, £0 tax will save a lot of money over that period. I may buy a zero tax car before 2017 as well.

£500 each year equates to £10 a week.

That's 3 pints of beer 

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General Discussion Area / Gas and Leccy

« on: 13 March 2016, 17:30:45 »

Just changed my tariff and my mums also (her account is linked to mine, so I can see both our accounts when I log into my account)

Leccy 9.0261p/KWh Standing charge 17.808p/day
Gas 2.86665p/KWh Standing charge 17.808p/day

Its a better deal than I was on.....and seems pretty good to me 

Oh and supplier also gives me and my mum also the warm home discount of £140/year 

Any one got a better deal?

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General Discussion Area / Re: Heinz Beanz

« on: 12 March 2016, 17:48:42 »

.....

Soggy sacks of.....

actually  ..... they're the plastic woven things like you'd get a couple of tons of sand in, but about 6' tall .... 4000lbs IIRC 

Heinz tomato and chicken soup are both good products.

Heinz Cream of Tomato soup. Always nice when been out in the cold

I do like Heinz soups .... beef broth and scotch broth probably my favourites    .... my only criticism is the labelling.....it quotes the percentage of fat/sugar/etc for half a tin.....who opens a tin of soup and only has half of it! 

Last week tho I made my own chicken soup for the first time....wasn't bad, easy to make and far healthier than tinned soups 

(Left over roast chicken/celery/onion/carrot/leek/chicken stock in slow cooker overnight then blitz  )

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General Car Chat / Re: Is fuel edging up in price in the UK?

« on: 11 March 2016, 17:42:40 »

Best I can do is 52p for LPG in Sunbury, oh wait, that car is broken   

99p at Sainsbury's it is 

I chucked in £30 at Sainsbury's today .... 97.9p/l  But that was Diesel 

But I have noticed Esso/Shell/etc are upping their prices.....its only the supermarkets at the moment that are holding the low prices...but for how long