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/forum/read.php?20,2080911,2083226#msg-2083226 This is very confusing, then ... 😶 Got your forum names muddled up again?

cn150 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I normally stuff items from a men?s outfitters. 😂

Waseley Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is a dinner switch like those bells you had in > stately homes which you rang to summon servants? > If so how posh 🙂 😀 Dimmer 😀

Are people still seeing this happening? One of my lights is flickering at the moment, but I don't know if it is a fault with the bulb, the dinner switch or something else

I'm not even going to bother to reply to that 🙄

First Direct have never had branches. I've been with them for decades, and it has never been a problem. Apart from paying in cash or cheques (cheques virtually obsolete now, surely) everything can be done on the phone or online, or by post with cheques. Cash (and cheques) can be paid in at HSBC branches, or else at Post Offices. I paid in cash yesterday at the Post Office. It took about five minutes. I have an HSBC account as well. I just do everything online. Why would any organisation continue to pay for physical buildings when there are cheaper alternatives, including for the rapidly diminishing number of people who can't or won't use modern technology?

This is a very complex issue. Who is this "we" you are talking about?

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In my experience, cars slow down when approaching that camera, then speed up again once they are clear of it. That only works if you know it's there, of course .... Not that I'm suggesting that is a good thing!

Shoreham. Kent not sea. Nice not too arduous walks, bit hilly in places. Several pubs, one by far the best. I will try to Google it! ETA: Oh no, I think the nice one may have closed down, sorry. It was the one which positively welcomed dogs (not that I have a dog). But unfortunately I can't remember its name. It was the last one you came to, obviously depending which end of the street you started from! In which case, I'm sure somebody may have better ideas for places to go! We liked Shoreham because there's a station.

lameduck Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why does it not run 24 hours a day then Presumably because it doesn't carry things which need refrigeration 24 hours a day. Once the driver has made all his/her calls, the engine can be switched off until the lorry is due to be loaded up again ?

Romnarz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is the Facebook group in anyway related to the EDF > that has been going for a long time and we much > appreciate? > I have a feeling it is not but cannot be bother or > have the time to compare the post in both of them > ! No, the Facebook group is not related to this forum at all. Whoever set it up cheekily used the same name, presumably in the hope that people would think it was 🙄

Townleygreen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > With regard to Sue's comment about not wanting to > slide about oin one's back under the floor, I have > found a firm called Q-bot https://q-bot.co/ > > who use a robot device to spray foam under the > floorboards. Not sure, but could be a help? Thanks, I'll have a look! ETA: Unfortunately the robot appears to work from the cellar floor, which would be impossible in my case because of the rubble.

mac4 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've insulated under my ground floor by cutting a > small square hatch in the floorboards and then > sliding about on my back pushing insulation up > between the joists and holding it in place with > wire netting stapled to the underside of the > joists. Be sure to electrically bond the wire > netting to any adjacent metal pipes, earths etc. > This was years ago and it's made a substantial > difference. Is there any reason why the netting needs to be wire, rather than plastic? I have no intention of sliding about on my back beneath the floor 😂

redpost Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > PS. I don't know your exact situation, but > clearing out the cellar is the option I would > explore. You can then insulate from underneath and > avoid ripping up and replacing the floor ... it's > a pain to get old floorboards up without damaging > them and you may have to remove skirting as well. I agree that would be the ideal option, but I suspect clearing out the cellar would be massively expensive. Who would do that kind of work? A general builder? My floorboards are a bit of a mishmash, and are painted white, so I'm not too bothered about damage as they need repainting anyway.

The three remaining Egyptian goslings in Peckham Rye park are getting quite big now ❤️

Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thursday - you can save energy and at least some > money by filling in the gaps of your floorboards > with https://stopgaps.com/ , and also by lining > curtains, blocking draughts around doors and > windows with tape, etc. I use StopGap, but my living room floor is still very cold. I do have some rugs. I can't insulate the floor from underneath because my cellar is mostly filled with rubble, so I can't get at it. I believe this is from when the house was first built (it's an Edwardian/Victorian terrace, and someone once told me the builders put all their rubble into every fifth house's cellar. No idea if that is true). Has anybody insulated their floor from above, by taking up the floorboards, and if so how did you do it?

No haven't had mine yet.

Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ? More likely that letters were fewer but parcels > (including the ones that pass as deliverable as > standard mail) increased due to home shopping. Yes, that was what I meant, sorry if it wasn't clear!

Spartacus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > After the disaster of Christmas post (I'm still > misding small parcels that were sent 6 weeks ago) > they add insult to injury > > BBC News - Price of first class stamps to rise to > 95p > https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60620378 > > Interesting to read that coronavirus lockdowns led > to a sharp reduction in letter volumes yet the > system couldn't cope with the reduced load > > Something very wrong there.. But surely there was an increase in volume due to people buying things online?

I recently read Riddley Walker. Seems to me that's where we are heading 😶

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Well, this is cheery .... > > Time for a Sloe Gin Sue Alas, I have no Sloe Gin 🤣

KalamityKel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's old but useable stock :) > You also don't need to do the throat if you can't. Really? Does it still work with just the nose? I assumed they were totally different tests. I can do the throat but I hate doing it (well, I don't suppose anybody likes doing it!)

Well, this is cheery ....

teddyboy23 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Also the old framing shop next door might become > a fish and chop shop? Isn't it still a framing shop?