Recent content by tuck1s

Ooooh matron!

Bump .. Anyone?

We have a Hive thermostat in the hallway, controlling CH + HW for the house. We have the Hive hub (connected to an Ethernet switch and from there to our mesh wifi) + the app on the phone, working well. Our extension will have a new water underfloor heating "zone" controlled with a manifold (see...

Just to confirm, the self-tapping screw did fit nicely in the side of the cable strain relief. Job done, using 3183TQ heat-resistant cable. Our local CEF branch offers a "cut cable to length" service, so it was less than £4.

This PDF is identical to the small paper leaflet that came with the unit. It shows a the different method of mounting. Whereas digging around online I found this method which seems to be exactly what I would need to do...

We had a new Joule hot water cylinder fitted in November '24 (along with a new boiler, and a change to be an unvented, pressurised system). The immersion heater (pictured) was fitted to the cylinder, but not wired up despite us having the double-pole switch nearby (from the old one). Not sure...

The point is, we (the West) didn't need to do any killing. What is your proof that "intervention was needed"?

So we could have just waited, or given them a gentle financial nudge over the edge without bloodshed?

So .. temporary ceasefire. Trump tacitly acknowledging that Iran could charge for vessels passing the straits (pay for reconstruction etc). Surviving regime now has hardliners at the helm (as far as we can tell). Proof of their economic leverage for the whole world to see. A couple of trillion $...

I doubt he remembers anything that clearly. He recently confused Iceland with Greenland. He was convinced that other nations' NATO troops "stayed a little back" in the sandy places, so knows nothing about Sangin. I think you can mark this one down as a persuasion success for the Israel lobby.

For a real mess, you need theocracies fighting. Iran has been a theocracy since 1979. Israel has some theocratic aspects. Hegseth and the other “agenda 2025” nutters are trying to make the DoD a theocracy. Attwood’s “Handmaid’s tale” is relevant.

We’ve whacked the hornet’s nest, there needs to be a clear plan for an end-game. Modern munitions are impressive, but are only useful if there is sound strategy. Otherwise all we are doing is increasing likelihood of terrorist reprisals for decades to come.

Another possibility is that Trump’s team were about to conclude the deal. Trump does bilateral deals, hates multilateral ones. Netanyahu did not want that, so they went.

Yes, but that has to come from inside USA, nothing we can do here in the UK. What strategy our MOD should adopt is a really tricky problem: - F35 fighter is amazing but very expensive, tied to the US for software updates, and less good in some things. Should we look more towards a Euro /...

That's really interesting - thanks for sharing. Another example of UK helping USA.