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    Phew, I got away with it again!

    Milliways!
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    How’s Rachael from accounts getting on…..

    How (are we changing to a more productive and higher skill economy)? To do that we need to reduce the cost of employing people for one. Bring back proper 'Indentured' apprenticeships - to make that more attractive the tax on employing the apprentices should be removed for another.
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    Phew, I got away with it again!

    My local butcher would question that as 'fillet'!
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    Should there be a general election when Starmer gets booted?

    I do wonder if Starmer resigns who would replace him - I don't see anyone in the present mob who could be effective and less damaging to the national economy. However, calling a general election could (should) lead to a more balanced government.
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    What have you been doing today?

    Buying car insurance - Online. WTF does it take so lloonngg, 2.5 hours start to finish, thought doing things online was supposed to quicker and more convenient?
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    It's over..who will take over ?

    To whom do we address the requisition to stop the boats from being destroyed?
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    Got myself a wee problem. Thoughts & ideas appreciated.

    Is there any 'Spockets' under the bottom row of tiles? That row does appear to be at a different slope the rest of the roof with a large gap under the bottom edge of the second row. That is likely to allow wind blown water up under the second row. Sprockets are wedges that affix to the bottom...
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    Window Sill and Frame Rot Repair/Bodge - Best Options?

    To far gone! Bodge, then. When the rain stops and the timber drys out brush the loose rotten wood away. Use copious amounts of wood hardener on the bare timber. Buy a length of architrave or pencil topped skirting Cut that to fit between the walls. Chop out the rotten timber on the uprights...
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    Dodgy Superser portable Butane heater.

    The safety 'device', at least in the ones I've seen, are a fine mesh over the air input holes to the pilot flame - same principle as a miner's Davy lamp.
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    Dodgy Superser portable Butane heater.

    Good grief - I didn't know they were still selling these nasty, dangerous things. They make enormous amounts of damp* as well as carbon dioxide and if they don't burn cleanly Carbon Monoxide - you have installed a CO monitor haven't you? In every room in the house. If left burning in one room...
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    dishwasher instalation

    Are the hoses restricting how far back the machine will go? See if re-routing them solves your problem.
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    Voluntary Redundancy

    Where I worked we had a lot of staff take redundancy or just leave; many finished on Friday but came back on the following Monday into the same job! The reasons for most leaving was to get more money and the employer was happy as they didn't have to pay so much in 'hidden' costs* of employing...
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    Re-roof ideas and plan

    Picture 1 I see 'Soakers' but are they over the tiles? There should be a Flashing over the soakers, either straight or stepped. Soakers should extend under the tiles for at least half the width of the tiles and are the length of the tiles. The flashing then goes over the upright side of the...
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    Labour do it again!

    Nothing to do with the weather, then? As someone who spends a lot of my time on and in the sea water I wouldn't wish to be travelling in an open (small) boat this last Month!
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    Prepping for Solar - Installing Cable

    Both neighbours who have had solar installed in the last three years their installers used 10mm T&E for the interconnect cables. One has a Battery, one doesn't.
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    The UK government didn’t want you to see this report

    I know. They haven't a clue and should be ashamed of themselves. All they can see is more votes for the next election.
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    The UK government didn’t want you to see this report

    There is a solution, which China has, for it's own state some years ago, recognised. e The human overpopulation of the planet. Unfortunately, for the rest of the world it needs both political and religious input to actively be firm with mankind to limit childbirth to a maximum of say two...
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    How to repair exterior door after storm

    I think there is 2 expedient methods. How is the glazing and the 'raised and fielded' panel retained? By beadings or slots in the door frame. Method 1 - the easiest; Obtain (if do have, beg borrow 2 or 3 sash clamps that are the full width of the door. Take the door down. Once you have done...
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    60cm cooker not 60cm - how to move kitchen unit / worktop

    M-I-L had this problem with her 'new' cooker. The workaround was to take the side panels off the new cooker when then just fitted in. Her kitchen had been built to the size of her original cooker. Most free standing kitchen units are built to 60.5cm wide so really the gap ought to be 61cm wide.
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    Greenland Vs NATO

    No from me. Trump has actually said said something today I agree with - ulp! Giving the Chagos islands away is stupid!
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