Recent content by Diver Fred

Is what is happening in Manchester with the 'Co-Op Live' entertainments complex putting you off using the Co-Op? Whilst I know their name is over the door I'm well aware it's opened and operated by 'Oak View group' I do wonder if the problems will affect the Co-Op's finances and hence the costs...

Where the posts concrete or just had soil backfilled and rammed in? How deep do the posts go? If the post holes where only backfilled then it should be possible to take the panels out, dig the posts out, clear the holes and put them back but use prostrate or concrete instead of backfilling...

Be lazy, go Cowgirl!

No! Eye clinic. Had a serious infection in my eyes which was made worse by (UV light).

Thanks. Well, no longer connected to - gosh it hurt getting the connecting pads off (how girlies put up with hair waxing I now know!). I'm an "inmate' for the next 24/48 hours until they get my breathing and O2 levels stable. First time I've been a patient in 39 years. Last time it was for an...

No, here I am sitting in hospital assessment watching my 12 lead ECG stripe roll by. Now that's boring!

It's been some years since my father was in that need. Hospital doctors really scared me when they asked did I have Power of Attorney, when I said 'No' his response was 'good' but didn't explain why. But was in relevance to him going into a home; in the end the council picked the tab up. Mother...

Join the NRLA! They have lots of useful information including documents and advice on letting. Be careful if you use an Agent, as others have commented they can cost you a lot of money for little return. Before you let you will need the following documentation, EICR, Landlords Gas...

So for best WiFi performance the router needs to be in the centre of the house. The white box with 2/3/4 flashing LEDs is the ONT (Optical Network Termination) - that cannot now be moved easily however the Router can be. Select where you want it to go close to a mains socket and run the CAT6...

Fish & Chips supper in a resturant. That raises a question - why do restaurants like parts of a meal on top of other parts of a meal? Tonight the fish was laid on top of the chips with the mushy peas on on side-by-side that means to season the chips you have to either eat the fish first or move...

clearly better than the people at USA TSA - when I transitted through Guam, having had my bag checked in front of me, asking is OK to lock the bag, when I collected it in Truk it had been cut open, 'inspected', notice left but not fully zipped up. Didn't seem to be anything missing but I wasn't...

actually - NO!

A £2.50 bus ride - all of 300mtrs up a hill! A fffing steep hill!

Interest - I believe is taxed as 'normal' income'. Capital gains, was £12K over the purchase price then 28% on the remainder; now £3K over the purchase price then 24% on the remainder. The really nasty one is When you take cash from an insurance bond - taxed at normal income rates after 5% tax...

What tools do you have access to, presently? A Router, especially if you are not used to using one is not the best tool. You have think about sealing the glazing in the slot as well putting the frame together. In My opinion a much better way is to cut a rebate (on a tablesaw or with a tracksaw)...