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It seems to be sadly. Im in a stone cottage with earth render and some earth bricks and was recomended by a few people to do a DPC or undercut the house. A mate who is a builder mostly of modern passive type well insulated houses was also going to do a full modernised number on the place, going...

Im in exactly the same boat, four granite stones walls, earth brick partition walls, concrete floors, cement render and modern paint etc. Place was as wet as an otters pocket until the render, floor and carpets came up. Havent got much to add that Joe hasnt said, hack off modern render...

Polish forces look after their leavers as well, worked with a fella who left their army with two degrees in IT. They have a smaller elite armed forces though opposed to our large, creaky, thinly spread forces.

My first machine was a Commodore 64 dont know about Lotus 123 but I ran Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge on it, wanted that car ever since. Then moved onto an Amiga a few years later and Championship Manager. Now Im playing the same game in its Football Manager guise 20 years on.

By camel? But if its that much hard work and expensive to get a Don Revie and you get jailed there for being a lothario why bother going there? When the credit stream runs out all those white collar western suits out there will bugger off to India or Shanghai. Its hot but thats about it and...

and debt. Skint arent they, had to lend a few quid from Abu Dhabi all those half arsed skyscrapers and speculation goosed them. Had a few days there ten years ago, as Brigadier says soulless. Hard work getting a bevie there, even harder work enjoying it. Its all swish and clean, marble floors...

Those supercars will come in useful for nicking tourists goosing on the beach or couples giving each other a peck on the cheek in restaurants.

I like Woolton. Its an upmarket lovely neck of the woods. I used to drink there a bit and had a mate from there years ago. Best part about it is even though the people there are worth a few quid they arent as obnoxious as people Ive came across in Knutsford and Richmond.

Met him about a year ago at Liverpool's training ground as a mate knows Skrtel. I like him. From what Ive heard about him hes a committed family man who lives a quiet life outside football. When he gets on the pitch though he is like a street fighter. Hes done wrong and should be punished...

Alf going on about flamin possums about 10 secs in as well: We have pine martens here instead, dont wee in the house but chewed the wiring in my car and gave me an engine problem and loss of power which cost a few quid to sort out, also once chewed through the mrs mums brake cables.

Whilst reading about old houses in general although Im focused on parts about granite stone and earth bricks, sandstone comes up in the same topics and the same advice applies. Lime seems to be the best way on these houses for mortar and rendering and limewash with natural pigments for...

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/margaret-thatcher-tax-snatcher-mystery-1828441 As bent as Berlusconi.

Its just a marketing spiel bodge. Buy British, British is best. Yeah okay, Parma ham and cheese and Argentine/Uruguayan beef. Im not a fan of their agitation for GM foods, chemicals, pesticides and killing off bees. Its just business to most of them apart from the small bio farms, all about...

Lancastrians and people from Cheshire as well, or wools as we say, shouldnt be giving anyone fashion tips. Its the land of the flourescent orange or green trab, the Kappa trackie and worst of all the skinhead with a fringe.

Yes Im about half an hour from Brno, in the woods. Im in the direction of the race track its about a 15 minute dart from my house, Im more into F1 then the MotoGP thats there although they have other races, some Ferrari race next month with Fisichella and Johnny Herbert in it. Agree about...

More like a cesspit. :wink:

Would you believe Im a qualified English teacher certified by a London school working abroad? Standards are slipping eh? The country has gone to the dogs. You can blame me if a Czech plumber doesnt put enough apostrophes on your itemised bill. Anyway Im looking forward to your next...

Coal is back in fashion these days. Germans are switching back to coal now after getting scared of nuclear power after Fukushima. Bit of long termism from Thatcher and the UK could of been supplying the new generation of coal fired plants the krauts are building. Instead the krauts will be...

ooohhhh missing apostrophe, you must of went over that post with a magnifying glass. I wasnt being grammar police. For me if I held such a strong opinion on something it would be a subject that I know well and have read up on and researched. So as someone with an interest in politics I...

I cant trust that someone has got such a grasp of the subject and that Scargill was in the pocket of the USSR when the writer cant even spell Marxist, I stopped reading there.