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« on: 25 February 2012, 06:47:08 pm »
Home for a family of 4 in New Delhi, India (what has caused the streams running into the gutter I'd rather not think about.....) 
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« on: 19 February 2012, 07:07:24 pm »
Actually, the Smart is the only car you can tow behind a camper (or any other vehicle if you really must) on an A frame or dolly. It is classed as a trailer but as it has a MAM of under 750 kgs, does not have to be braked. You can also get an A frame that incorporates a braking system that applies the brakes on a towed vehicle when needed. That way you can attach anything else behind your mobile bungalow.
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« on: 15 February 2012, 11:48:51 pm »
There's also a difference in law about 'recovery' and 'transport'. For instance, a two wheel dolly or spec lift is legal to use for recovery of a broken down vehicle but not if you are simply transporting it to somewhere else, as the law says that any trailer weighing over 750 kgs must have all road wheels braked. As two wheels are on the road it is considered to be a trailer but the wheels on the road are not connected to the towing vehicles braking system, so it is legal for recovery but not transport. Recovery is defined as moving a non-functioning vehicle to a place of repair or disposal. I think the same general rule applies to using a rope or pole. If you are dragging a dead car off the motorway or out of a ditch, you can use a rope, if you are towing it simply to move it from one place to another, you should be using a pole.
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« on: 10 February 2012, 03:48:43 pm »
A couple of problems with that system, the cameras are only 420 TV Lines so may not have good enough resolution to pick out a numberplate unless it's very close and the cameras are wired. If you are fitting it to cover a fairly small area, they could be OK but if you've got a fairly large yard to cover, cabling could be hard work. In saying that, wireless cameras, unless you are talking very expensive pro quality ones, aren't brilliant at the best of times.
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« on: 08 February 2012, 07:07:32 pm »
If you want to live a life of luxury with beer, fags, Sky TV, mobiles, etc, bloody work to earn it. If you can't be arsed to work, then you've made your bed so lie in it. Different if you've been working but been made redundant but most of the people that are going to be affected by any benefits cap haven't.
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« on: 06 February 2012, 07:04:00 pm »
The rules on business rates changed a couple of years ago. It used to be that there were no, or reduced, rates payable on an empty property. Now the business rates have to be paid even if the place is empty. That's why some landlords have demolished perfectly good business premises. There is an upside to it though. If you want to rent a business unit that has been empty for ages, the landlord will often take a much lower rent for it as long as you take responsibility for the business rates. He may be making virtually nothing on the deal but at least it isn't costing him anything.
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« on: 06 February 2012, 03:31:08 pm »
Nope, but my brother's is Dec 26th. Saves a fortune in only having to buy him one present a year.......
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« on: 05 February 2012, 09:16:07 am »
About the same in Peterborough. The bike is warm and snug but the car is about to get some exercise, it's a V8 Range Rover!
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« on: 02 February 2012, 07:08:54 pm »
Were you cautioned, as in, "you do not have to say anything but it may harm your defence, etc"? If you were, that is the NIP. If you weren't you will get one in the post. The 14 day rule applies to speeding but I'm not 100% sure it applies to parking but as long as it is posted no later than the 13th day, it is deemed to have been served within 14 days.
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« on: 31 January 2012, 10:08:48 pm »
Well it'll only drop by three quid in the next 15 years then.....
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« on: 31 January 2012, 08:23:11 pm »
Mine's £96 a year fully comp........
Being an old codger does have it's advantages at times
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« on: 31 January 2012, 07:08:16 pm »
I had mine insured tpft initially but when I renewed it after one year, I upped the cover to fully comp. Although that was mainly because it was £4 a year cheaper......
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« on: 29 January 2012, 07:11:03 pm »
Must have been a poorly Fazer they tested then, as a good one would wee all over a Hornet.......
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« on: 28 January 2012, 10:03:20 am »
Beware of roundabouts though, they are relatively new over there and when they first came out, the rule was to give way to people entering the roundabout. Then a bit later they changed the priority to the same as here. So there are drivers who learnt before there were any as well as ones who learnt with both priorities. Consequently, it's best to assume no one knows what to do! There's areas in Holland and Belgium where roundabouts on main roads have the same priority as ours but ones in towns still use the priority from the right rule so traffic entering the roundabout has priority. Highly confusing for the locals, even more so for visitors.
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« on: 28 January 2012, 09:57:29 am »
From what you've said, is it going to be any different to the thousands of others who work from home selling stuff on eBay? I think most properties have a similar covenant.
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« on: 28 January 2012, 09:54:46 am »
That would mean we'd all be world champion at something......
There's a thought, invent a new sport, declare yourself world champion and you'd never lose your title because nobody else would be allowed to play it!
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« on: 27 January 2012, 05:30:13 pm »
I didn't think we supported the Nation in football either? The only reason people watch England play is so they can see just how wrong the hype about how good they are really is.
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« on: 25 January 2012, 07:04:48 pm »
Since last year all new cars must have front 'running lights' that are on all the time the ignition is on. A lot are using white LEDs which are bloody bright, probably worse than front fogs which, unless they are aftermarket ones set up wrong, will have the beam kept low.
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« on: 25 January 2012, 12:02:18 am »
But what we have is tax payers forking out for inflated rents paid to people with money invested in property. This all comes back to Maggie selling off the council stock, the privatisation of the welfare state. Bollocks, there's more 'social housing' about now than there ever has been. All new developments must have at least 30% set aside for social housing. But look what it's done for the rest of us. I moved into a rented flat about 5 years ago. New development where a few had been bought as buy to lets with the bulk bought by owner/occupiers. Those that had bought had been told that the development was being aimed at essential workers so there were a couple of teachers, a serviceman, a nurse, two coppers and the rest were all respectable, professional people (if you count a professional footballer as respectable). Even the rentals were let out to similar. But, on the opposite side of the road was an identical block that was bought by the local housing authority and filled with the dregs of society. I don't think one of them worked. The one directly opposite me had a couple with 3 kids under 4 and the obligatory Staffie. The only time this animal saw the outside world was when it was kicked out onto the balcony when it wanted a shit. In 3 years I don't think I saw her dressed in anything other than a dressing gown while sitting on her arse watching telly. Within 2 years the private owners were putting their places up for sale. Of those that managed to sell, it was at a loss, to others that were buying to let as nobody else would touch them. What had started out as a tidy looking, respectable area had turned into a slum and the amount of social housing increased even further. I'll give it another 5 years before all of it will be rentals. I got out and, while I would have preferred to buy, moved into another rented place. This time a house, privately owned and in a village rather than a housing estate. The letting agent came last week to do an inspection and make sure I wasn't trashing the place. She was gobsmacked to find that I had pressure washed the driveway, repainted the garage door, repaired a drooping gutter and the place was cleaner than when I'd moved in. It may not be mine but I live here and want a place that I feel comfortable inviting friends and relatives to. Just because I don't own it doesn't mean I don't care about how it looks, unlike those that aren't paying the rent out of their own pocket. If you don't have to work for something, why should you care about it? Getting back onto topic, I think a £26k cap is too high. I earn slightly over what this works out to as a salary. I pay my own rent, rates, utility bills and food. I own 3 cars and the bike, all bought and paid for, all taxed, Mot'd and insured and I still pay a percentage of the mortgage on the house I half own with my ex. If I can do that on a net take home of £28k (as my P60 is laying here having just done my tax return), why the hell should anybody be given almost as much for doing foc all? Meanwhile non of you care or want to do anything about the big money, the 100's billions pounds evey year that rich people avoid in taxation every single year. The kind of money that can get this country out of the mess that's it 's in. Not that nobody cares but it's totally irrelevant to this discussion.
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« on: 22 January 2012, 07:50:04 pm »
On other systems the pump switches on and off controlled by a room stat.
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« on: 20 January 2012, 05:40:40 pm »
The coverage from 3 is diabolical but to get round this they piggy-back on the O2 network in areas where they don't have coverage from their own bases. However, the O2 network recognises that they are a 3 user so are given a much lower priority than an O2 customer. If the network is even remotely busy, you've got no chance. If you can give specific locations where it doesn't work, you may be able to use the not fit for purpose clause in the Sale of Goods Act. You could also try having a look at the Ofcom website ( www.ofcom.org.uk) to see if they have any suggestions.
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« on: 19 January 2012, 08:11:33 pm »
The Ford TDCi diesel is a slightly modified and re-mapped version of the Peugeot HDi engine. Everyone reckons the HDi is one of the best diesels around, quite how Ford managed to screw it up so much is a mystery.
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« on: 10 January 2012, 08:35:54 am »
There's a saying around here, Grantham, so boring even the A1 bypasses it.....
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« on: 09 January 2012, 08:31:36 am »
What bit is dirty? Is it the inside of the glass or do you have black marks on the reflectors? If there is dirt on the inside of the glass, you have to ask yourself how it got in there. If it is black marks on the reflectors, then it isn't dirt, it's the plating coming off. If the plating has started to come off, trying to clean it will only bring more of it off and make things worse.
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