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The Trolley/Go Kart you refer to, we called them 'steeries' in Liverpool. With so many houses damaged and abandoned after the war, and houses being demolished for new buildings, we were never short of long boards for the main body and cut down others for the wheel members. Wheels were fairly...

Could the wood be damp and slightly swollen? Was it like this last year?

To get a POA in either cases, you will need proof/testimony from medical experts that your father is mentally unable to realise the consequences of his decisions, both over his health and over handling his financial affairs. One potential problem is that, if he is deemed cognizant in one of...

Which basically means looking for evidence of rodent activity. i.e. mice or rat dropping, teeth marks in cables, (if you are lucky, you may even find the culprit still attached to the cable by it's jaws). If you do find evidence of cables having been chewed, you will probably need to replace...

We're having Christmas dinner down the road tomorrow. My wife has a crumbling thumb base and is waiting for an operation to rebuild it. She had a date to get it done, (7th of December), but she insisted on cancelling it to look after me during this cancer business. When she has it done it will...

who has started a Christmas Cheer thread. So before the big man comes, I will. I sincerely wish everyone on the DIYnot forums a verry Merry Christmas and all the best for 2024. This goes out to everyone, members and mods. I see no point in holding grudges against anyone, especially faceless...

And now they have arrested a second guy age 41.

But because the flash band has been applied OVER the upper tiles it could be running under the tape and then down the roof trusses till it reaches the bottom where it drops off and enters the wall/ceiling. When water breaks through, and creates a damp patch, the entry point is often further away...

Probably the guy who used his credit/debit card to hire the bike. Numpty.

Get a pipe wrench pliers around it and see if it will turn and push free. If it does, then remove it completely and start cleaning the gunge off. Hard stuff tends to chip away. Sticky stuff may need some sort of solvent like white spirit or meths.

You willing to give him one? Bear in mind, you have to be honest but not abusive. :ROFLMAO:

Got to get through the application/interview stage first and they may ask for evidence of what you have done in the past. I once applied for a maintenance job that was going to be created in the near future. Had to show all my qualifications. including GCE's, apprenticeship indentures and...

Did your electrician disconnect the mains from the cooker and test the various elements of the cooker separately? Did s/he use a standard multi-meter or a proper tester, Usually a much bigger piece of equipment compared to a multi-meter which is about the size of a standard iPhone. If you are...

I think you are right, every 4 weeks.

I get £994 plus a few coppers, per month on my state pension plus a private pension of nearly £200 per month. Paid 49 years contributions. Get a rise each year in line with the CPI, or whatever it is these days.

I volunteered to be on 'standby' over Christmas Day/Boxing Day many years ago. So, no alcohol after Christmas eve until the day after Boxing Day. Gets to just after 6pm on Boxing Day and I thought, "Nobody is going to call now", so cracked a can open and took a swig. 'Ring, ring,' goes the...

Second photo at a slightly different angle and flagstones dug from in front of patio. I'm off until end of life because, I too have fully retired. :cool:

Have no trouble with Amazon deliveries, however, ordered a garden parasol from somewhere, (wife ordered so not sure but not Amazon), and was informed DPD would deliver between 11.30am and 12.00pm on Tuesday, (yesterday). Nothing had arrived by 3.00pm so wife phones DPD and was told driver had...

Will be a life sentence, but does anyone really know what a life sentence is? It seems to vary enormously between case to case. My personal view, (taking into account there is no death sentence), is that minimum should be 30 years, regardless of how horrific it is, and then scaled upwards from...

But surely to register you have to show proof that you are a qualified gas engineer? To gain access to the Combustion Chamber on here You have to show proof which, I am sure they check before allowing you in. Electricians, (as far as I am aware), have to show their qualifications and also have...