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Taken my bike out today after holidays. Sweet sound! Came back just in time to watch the rain wet the brown grass.

Make up some excuse and don't do any work until payday. If they don't pay you then you need to start some sort of recovery process.

If there's a good slack of cable, fit a maintenance free junction box and forget about it. 5 minute job

Replaced front drop links on the Mrs car. Easy enough but it was hot! I had to change my t-shirt twice. Thanks @Mottie for your advice on parts (y)

No way. Even on a 5 m I wouldn't be comfortable with 100mm.

The arching. We were going mad trying to identify the exact spot where the bang came from. Eventually we found the problem and soon after we renovated the whole ground floor, so we rewired the lot.

A stripped wire occasionally making contact live- neutral. I had the same problem before rewiring and I traced it to a wire that had been partially chewed by mice. The rewireable fuses didn't break.

Edges of the tile so to get best leverage. Score it normally and leave it in the cutter, then snap it by leaning with sudden force on its edges.

I came across super hard porcelain tiles once. I was cutting them with a manual cutter and then all my weight, one hand on each side of the score. I didn't use the lever snapping thing. They snapped perfectly though. Try with a bit more force.

This thing people call mayor is the most selfish person on the planet. He's been put under scrutiny and found to have bullshytted his way around for decades. Differently from the professor who was used by the Leftists, he knows no shame, so no risk to him toppling himself.

There's rootless people behind him who used him for their agenda. He killed himself because he wasn't rootless like them. My feeling is that he found himself in a bigger and bigger lie and when put under scrutiny he was abandoned. Typical Leftists modus operandi. Now would be a good time to find...

Gone on a solo horse riding at sunset today. Great fun and my back is still intact.

As said, I never came across installing a 10m beam, but the last thing I would want is any chance of failure. It must be installed perfectly and exactly as required by the structural engineer. Anything else would worry me.

I've personally never fitted a 10m beam, but on shorter beams (up to 6m) my SE always recommended a minimum of 200mm setting. 100mm might even be compliant, but it's one of those things that's better to over design imo. For the sake of a few pounds in steel... And then the blockwork and...

I've had a giant union jack on my chimney for the past 4 years and nobody complained. I think my neighbours just love the fact that an immigrant loves this country.

Been snorkeling early and fished a few crabs. In the pot they go with some fresh tomatoes. Can't beat a crab tomato soup with spaghetti. I also caught an octopus but went straight into my belly (and wife's)...

BC might pass things that are not correct. They accept no liability for quality of work. In fact, if you read a completion certificate it says something like "as far as could be investigated". I don't understand why any builder would throw money away on a second SE when calculations and design...

In my private submarine there's no signal, so my staff can't waste time on the internet.

It depends how big is the job and how established the builder is. Most busy builders have accounts with suppliers and will accept a deposit at delivery of the first lot of material. I used to take a very small deposit of £200/300 to book the job because some customers cancel on the start day...

If it really bothers you, get a steel plate made and fix it there.