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I personally use a lot of tapo stuff, particularly their smart sockets and bulbs.  In my case, I keep them on an isolated network, as, well, they are chinky.

I wouldn't mind betting she'll end up with the expensive Ring or Blink stuff, mostly because my other remaining bro uses those devices, and as he's retired, will likely be him setting it up.  Whatever it is, it needs to be perfect and reliable due to distances required to "pop over" to fix it.

Not enough for defence. 2.6 % GDP so a soft budget. You got off lightly.

Weren”t NATO members supposed to up spending to a target of 5%, as per Trumpy?


( buy shares in drone building companies)

We can't spend money on defence and take 500,000 children out of poverty. The wánker Starmer was getting all emotional about these children on the news at lunchtime. Playing to his back benchers again.

Call me old fashioned, but if you can't afford more than 2 snotty kids without the taxpayer funding your little bastids, don't have more than 2.

Simples*


*Useless you are Starmer.

There's a cohort of voters that can have more than one wife and hoards of kids between them all, that Starmer and the Labour party are desperate to keep on side. 

OK....so following the advice of Jimmy the Photocell seems to work as it should regarding light and dark.

I've turned the burner around (so it is facing outward) and I can now see there is no spark at the igniters. So some progress.

 AI for no spark throws up burner control box....possible HT lead failure, ignition transformer fault.

Take your pick.

Another one I heard from Martin Lewis yesterday evening, pensioners will not have to pay income tax on their state pension, even if/when the pension exceeds the 20% tax threshold, which it will do in 2027.
However, they will have to pay tax on their occupational pension.

The reason that the £20K cash limit has been kept for over 65's is that SS ISAs are basically stock market investments, and these sort of investments are only suited to medium and long term savings. Whilst the returns on the stock markets exceed cash long term, they are volatile and can go up and down lots in the short term - 20% drops aren't unknown. Therefore, SS ISAS aren't really suitable for coffin dodgers who may need to cash in the investments at short notice.

Personally I think even £12K p/a is far too much in cash regardless of age.

£24K for a couple or, in my case, £32K for a couple, which is plenty. But if we had more, I would make sure we both earned interest up to our respective allowances, and I'd keep the rest in our current account. I'm spiteful like that 

CPI is 3.6%, cash ISAs paying over 4% are easy to find.

Very true, but a) people have to be on board with chopping and changing to get the best deals, and b) over the past 5yrs those savers will have lost a shed load of spending power as its been well over 10% at points.

If Rachel thinks that people who can afford to put more than £12K away each year are going to put it into stocks and shares, then she's plain stupid. To the vast majority of people, me included, stability is key.

CPI is 3.6%, cash ISAs paying over 4% are easy to find.

Very true, but a) people have to be on board with chopping and changing to get the best deals, and b) over the past 5yrs those savers will have lost a shed load of spending power as its been well over 10% at points.

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 the old bill ain't interested.  They said they know who the culprits are, but chances of a successful conviction are low, so they just give out a crime number.

Disgusting 
TAPO do do a cloud storage option with subscription fee IIRC about 3 quid a month
the video doorbell is 'bricked' if removed and can only be  'un-bricked' from the administrator's Phone AP
I'm NOT a TAPO sales rep on commission, just suggested because it works well for me .
(the AI tracking keeps an eye on my 82yo mum with Dementia& Alzheimer's with phone notifications)
I do have mesh wifi with ethernet backhaul though ,so pretty stable ,and additional wired CCTV

plenty of other makes available though .as i'm sure you're aware of 

Not enough for defence. 2.6 % GDP so a soft budget. You got off lightly.

Weren”t NATO members supposed to up spending to a target of 5%, as per Trumpy?


( buy shares in drone building companies)

We can't spend money on defence and take 500,000 children out of poverty. The wánker Starmer was getting all emotional about these children on the news at lunchtime. Playing to his back benchers again.

Call me old fashioned, but if you can't afford more than 2 snotty kids without the taxpayer funding your little bastids, don't have more than 2.

Simples*


*Useless you are Starmer.

Some scrotes have done mum's place over again, and nicked her safe.  Sod all of value in there, but it's gonna be at least £2k for a new front door, and then the emotional costs.

I suspect the old bill will muster up enough enthusiasm to give her a crime number.


The police really need to get a better handle on this shit.  Sat with thumbs up arses only encourages it to happen more.

Have you considered fitting a couple of alarm bell boxes with flashing LED front and rear on all the time
(not an alarm system if too complicated for her)
video door bell ,TAPO one is subscription free  (micro SD card) and very good
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/5647389
Tapo do some decent AI PTZ outside cameras too

my deter the scum

The house and outbuilding are alarmed.  We're considering a doorbell and external camera with a cloud subscription so as not to be prone to the evidence being removed.  Though, as little bro who lives next door discovered, and who has full CCTV covering his home, outbuildings and grounds, the old bill ain't interested.  They said they know who the culprits are, but chances of a successful conviction are low, so they just give out a crime number.