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    Buying a 2nd hand car instead of an EV

    I would be a bit careful with that argument... in danger of making yourself look silly... we import gas from the US, Qatar and Norway, and they are climbing.... Wood chips from abroad are now declining at 5% per year as we switch from bio diesel to biomass... Like coal we should thankfully for...
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    Buying a 2nd hand car instead of an EV

    If you are in Ulez and can home charge buy a leaf.. its range now is pants for long haul our 2014 plate one does 76 miles on a fullish charge @ £2.62 overnight. Round town - bristol it does a school run commute across town, shopping and kids clubs. When you sit down and look at just how many...
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    Swim goggles help

    I love mares but cressie are v good too still got a pair of mares x pro from the 1980's, personally I would buy the separates.. ie snorkel, flippers and mask - don't forget booties if you value the skin on your feet with flippers .. bang in a cheap 3/4 suit and its good to go for surface...
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    Pull cord switch, no L1 or COM

    its amps , not voltage and its rated to 6amps as it says on the sticker with the CE mark.
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    The Green Man

    I think the greens have it spot on - all policies must be put up in a public space and voted on by the members.... the protest ones get some airtime eg Zionism is racist and then are voted down. The best thing is that allows anybody to come up with an idea... power to the people not the people...
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    Pull cord switch, no L1 or COM

    Its just a switch , as its pull it doesn't matter which way the switch works... in a wall switch you would want off to be up and on to be down when you toggle the switch ( just convention)
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    Land purchase, buyer and seller using the same solicitor

    In a land sale that's pretty common, the risk of conflict is directly related to the quality of land being traded. Land with outline planning or full plans would be yours and mine, rough pasture would be joint...Auction land of speculative or say ransom stripes would be joint, productive...
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    Tobermore retaining wall

    Are you sure the wall is anything to do with you ? normally the land that is being retained has the risk. What has your solicitor said ? some red T's on a plan mean nothing whats in the deeds counts, you have the nice side of the fence so I would suggest that the red T's relate to the fence...
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    Windows the wrong size?

    Time and costs... standard sizes plopped in are available off the shelf, made to measure 4 weeks odd, DIY UPVC out at Keynsham are 6 weeks at the moment, glass units take a while to be made. How quick was the order to fit ?
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    Mandelson

    For my two pennies worth, Madelson was the ideal choice for US ambassador, slimy,lying to your face type that had no issues playing the dirty political game that is US politics, knew all the players ie Trump and the mega rich that run trump... its a grim world in US of A land and to be frank you...
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    Standing desk table top

    25-38mm planed all round plank, edge glued and angled screwed underneath. But why not just colour resin what you have or decoupage and resin or cover with photos and add a hard plastic sheet.
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    Has Trump Finally Lost His Marbles?

    all the islands in that group are predicted to be 2 feet underwater by 2057... climate change that trump said was not happening but now wants Greenland as the ice is melting...
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    core drilling 162mm for kitchen extractor vent

    Personally I would not bother with a core drill.. just drill the circle line + 10% and smash out the core with a lump hammer the fit a collar
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    ICE told to get the eff out

    What moron stands in front of a vehicle with a driver at the wheel looking the other way ?
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    Boiler installer modified external wall of flat without warning

    yes they should as if its in their lease then they take responsibility for damages. At the end of the day its your job to comply with your lease not your subcontractor...you gave ( by ommison in not specifying in writing to your installer what they could or could not do ) permission to install...
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