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Anyone else seeing this in their areas? Over the past few years, I'm seeing on a relatively frequent basis young idiots, often with faces covered, darting about on motorbikes (scrambler type things) that I suspect aren't insured, taxed etc ;) Was driving home a week or so back, at night, and...

Justified? Not justified? Morally ok? Morally obscene? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15267487/Tesla-shareholders-Elon-Musk-1-trillion-pay.html

Or indeed is there any adjustment? Background. It's a fire door so I don't want to do anything that compromises that. The issue is when the door is closed and locked, it's possible to push/pull the door slightly against the gasket. Normally in this scenario, I would adjust the hook keeps to...

Let's say you buy a product/service from a legitimate business and it turns out to be something else e.g. counterfeit and/or dangerous. In that scenario you have my sympathy. However, a couple of weeks back there was a piece on the news about fake weight loss jabs. One woman was giving her...

Our legal system is a complete and utter joke. Smash the gangs? Taking it seriously? What a load of old sh1te. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15223423/Albanian-drug-dealer-stay-UK-judge-remorse-learnt-lesson.html

No. Just announced. Has gone to a woman called Maria Corina Machado. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Corina_Machado

Bought myself a 2015 Honda Civic 1.8 petrol. I always like to keep a litre of oil in the car to top up. Manual states to use: 0W20, meeting standard ACEA A3/B3, A5/B5 However it also states if 0W20 not available, 0W30 can be used. To confuse matters, when Googling, some are saying 0W20 is...

Oops sorry, I maybe mistyped the thread title. Absolutely pathetic sentences. And if the judge was limited by the legislation e.g. due to their age, it needs changed...

Having driven for 30 odd years (manuals) I'm pretty well versed at parking on hills :) However when it comes to autos I'm a newbie. Note it's a 2015 model so not full of up to date bells and whistles! Is this the correct procedure? (I don't need told about pointing the wheels towards the...

Trump and Netanyahu announce 20 point peace plan. A significant step towards lasting peace in the region, or another false dawn? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15145983/Donald-Trump-Benjamin-Netanyahu-agree-peace-plan.html

I was out walking with my mum a couple of weeks back, just around where she lives. We were walking past a substation (not tiny, not huge) and the hum/noise coming from it was pretty loud. Within a stones throw (literally) there were houses and apartments, some of which had their windows open...

Watching QT earlier this week. Lisa Nandy, Billy Bragg and Richard Tice were on the panel. They were discussing Reform and the chances of Farage becoming PM. Billy had been quite level headed and reserved during the prog, however he started to become more animated and louder at one point. He...

Government to announce their plans tomorrow. Predominant reason for the card (at present) is for it to be shown if seeking employment i.e. to crack down on illegal workers. Card to be checked against central database to ensure its legitimacy. Citizens will likely be asked to produce the card...

Mods, I'm hoping you don't move this to the cars section as it's more of a GD question, albeit vehicle related :) I've only ever driven manuals (been driving 36 years) bar one time years back. However, I've bought myself an auto. Re your main car/vehicle, is it a manual or auto? Which do you...

Positive move towards peace? Neutral move towards peace? Negative move towards peace? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15119503/Keir-Starmer-Britain-Palestinian-state-ignore-US-Israeli-anger-Gaza.html

Seems strange to me that someone who pertains to want peace wants to change the name of a dept. from Defense to War. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/05/pentagon-officials-department-of-war-anger-confusion-00548367

... of gaining power, so Farage has announced at his conference speech today. I'm not posting this for any other reason other than to say I sincerely doubt it.

Mum's got a new door with a thumb turn euro cylinder. If the door is locked internally i.e. by using the thumb turn, to unlock externally the key needs to be turned twice. If the door is locked externally, to unlock externally the key only needs to be turned once. Is this normal?

Tuesday late evening, I was ordering something off Amazon. These were my delivery options: Join Prime Free standard (arrive Saturday) £2.99 (arrive within 24 hours) I wasn't in a rush for the item, so I selected free standard. Previous experience has told me delivery would most likely be...

Too early? Not early enough? Should never have happened in the first place? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15019467/Lucy-Connolly-FREE-Tory-Councillors-wife-jailed-Tweet-Southport.html