Sue

Thanks I will have a look. I could test it out by printing a two page test.

I bought a very cheap HP printer on Friday as a stop-gap after an expensive Epson printer I ordered arrived with a faulty hinge and the top hanging off at one side :( So much for quality control :( Everything is fine, in fact a lot better than I expected for the price, except that it won't print properly from A4 Word documents. I just get A5 sized text in the top right corner of A4 paper (or sometimes in the middle). Photos, Excel spreadsheets, PDFs and selections of text from websites all print normally. I realise this is something to do with the settings either in Word or the printer, but I have (I think) been through absolutely everything on both and everything is set to A4. There seems to be no option to select "print to actual size" or whatever, which might have helped if there had been. I've also done all the turning on/off stuff. The printer firmware is up to date, and also Windows automatically updates on my laptop. I originally thought it might be due to trying to print a document with narrow margins, but even printing with normal margin size has the same issue. I have been all through the HP online virtual help - which didn't help. I phoned HP and - surprise surprise - everybody was busy. They are supposed to be phoning back and haven't. I am tearing my hair out because surely this must be a really simple issue to resolve, and I have wasted hours on it. Are there some settings somewhere which I may have missed, probably within Word, which is causing a mismatch with the printer? ETA: I have never had this problem with any other printer I have ever had.

Bawd? Did you mean bawdy, or bald? :))

Clothes moths are different from carpet moths ...

Xxx ETA: Just realised my post might imply it was me who helped. It wasn't (I wasn't there). I was just happy to see something nice on the forum :)

Oh please no :))

If you don't find anyone, I could use them on my allotment ....

Every time I get the sticky strips or papers or hanging cassettes I Google for the cheapest source. I nearly always buy them online, but not necessarily the same place for each thing. I buy in (reasonable) bulk but they do have a use by date. You might want to consider consulting a pest control expert if your problem is really bad. ETA: You can get these smoke bomb things. You could maybe use one and go away for a few days so it had worn off before the children came back. But probably better to let an expert advise you? I think I have one somewhere, I've never dared use it :)(

More fireworks now? But much less loud - at least from where I am, which is near North Cross Road.

I tried all the non toxic stuff and none of it worked. I spent a fortune. Lavender, cedar wood, you name it I tried it. I regret having had a go at somebody on here who was selling sticky traps. I said they were cruel. Which obviously they are. However. Having had some favourite items of clothing wrecked by moths - or rather, their vile larvae - I changed my mind. I have them under control now (famous last words). I use sticky traps in demi diamonds in every room (don't try and do without the demi diamonds. I had to cut a trap off my partner's hair :)) ). I use papers among my clothes and cushions etc (the bastard moths ate most of my cushions) and also those hanging things for wardrobes. I diarise to replace them when they need to be replaced. All this also costs a fortune, but at least it works. But don't get complacent. You think you have got rid of them, but they will come back! The flying males can be squished if you're quick when they settle on a wall (or with one of those battery operated zappers) but the females are very elusive and slide into tiny places where you can't get at them, very quickly indeed. I too hate using chemicals, but I honestly think nothing else works. Same with slugs. Good luck! ETA: You probably know this, but although it is the larvae which cause the damage, you need to kill both the male and female moths which will otherwise mate and produce the eggs which hatch into the larvae. Also (hard for me) they like dusty places. And also unwashed clothes. I don't use the sprays any more. I stopped when my sister was staying here with her parrot, and never started again.

Surely admin should have moved it to the lounge, not deleted it?

cella Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Interestingly, we have just finished a tortuous > three year subsidence claim and were compelled to > deal with the same company(s). Awful experience > with the lowest level of customer service. Very > stressful and just working up the energy to put in > a formal complaint with the insurers who always > insist on contracting them. Very interesting. I had a PM from another local person who is also going down the financial ombudsman route due to problems with Sedgwick/Cunningham Lindsey. I can't understand why insurance companies continue to use them. Due to their incompetence, I had to live in my kitchen for nearly six months, and developed two separate debilitating physical illnesses, both of which were worsened by stress and one of which was probably caused by stress. I am still under hospital treatment for both of them. On occasion I had to go to bed for days because I was so ill, but I was unable to lie on the sofa in my living room, which was completely boarded up, there were no windows, and almost all its contents (those which could be moved upstairs) were taking up the whole of my spare bedroom.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- No Police Officer > is going to walk our local streets on their own. Oh FFS. If you think it is so unsafe round here, why don't you do us all a favour and move somewhere else, instead of constantly posting these ridiculous statements on here.

Lemming Wrote: -------------------------------------------I > doubt there are any shortages of people who feel > their insurer has been an absolute bastard as soon > as the opportunity arose. I have a case with the financial ombudsman at the moment, but the main problems were with Sedgwick aka Cunningham Lindsey, rather than the insurance company (although the insurance company dealt very badly with my complaint).

Chick Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > this doesn't make sense. > > > Countrlass22 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Macutd. U should call 1p1 inform police state > have > > photo to. > > We had it and they came in unmarked car caught > > them trying get items for identity theft. > > > > Said wish more report as you see it that > entering > > your gate going into bin is theft. > > That it's gangs women sometimes guys. > > Identify theft mostly It makes sense to me.

It makes sense to me.

Humdinger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > im half convinced this post > is simply taking the piss to be honest. Only half convinced? :)) :)) :))

Lemming Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > The cracks were not due to subsidence. I didn't > > have to pay anything for the surveyor, I was > not > > covered for the repairs by my insurance company, > a > > builder did the required work (can't remember > what > > it's called but it's very common, the back of > the > > house was falling away - less awful than it > > sounds! - and had to be fixed back again, a > > relatively quick and easy job). > > > > There was no "subsidence" marker applied > anywhere, > > to the best of my knowledge, and my premium > wasn't > > affected. > > Consider yourself lucky. (Well.. the first time > anyway.) I only posted that in response to the people on here who think that as soon as you contact your insurance company re any kind of cracks they immediately mark it down as subsidence on your file or whatever. In my experience that was not the case. Though obviously the work done this year was clearly a result of subsidence.

I think that refers more to introducing new species which would not normally be found in that geographical area? I might be wrong.

Houseoflego Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Maybe a giant bird poo, if so poor bird, > definitely not well. Car cleaners thought it was > flour and water. That would have been white, surely?

Lemming Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I would be wary of rushing to my insurer as a > first port of call and mentioning 'subsidence'. > > If you're concerned, employ a structural engineer > to assess. He or she can tell you if it's > subsidence or not. If it is, or could be, proceed > to insurer. If it isn't, remedy privately (it's > only going to be cosmetic repairs in this case > anyway). Some years back, I had cracks in my bathroom wall at the back of the house. I contacted my insurance company who sent a surveyor. The cracks were not due to subsidence. I didn't have to pay anything for the surveyor, I was not covered for the repairs by my insurance company, a builder did the required work (can't remember what it's called but it's very common, the back of the house was falling away - less awful than it sounds! - and had to be fixed back again, a relatively quick and easy job). There was no "subsidence" marker applied anywhere, to the best of my knowledge, and my premium wasn't affected.

scrawford Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi I started this thread as I have subsidence in > one corner of my house (which is on the outside > wall as well). I have found a company on the > internet (Geobear) which uses foam under the area > affected. Am waiting for their site visit to > provide a quote. From what ive read they?re not > cheap. One advantage of this company is that you > do not have to declare this to your insurance if > you go private. I?ll let you know how I get on. Geobear is the firm my insurance company employed for my bay. They injected resin. This was only the very start of the required work to deal with the subsidence and its effects. Obviously every case is different, however. You may not "have to declare this to your insurance if you go private", but as noted above, you have to declare subsidence if/when you sell your house.

So, what was this yellow gloopy stuff? Did it wash off? Could it have been from a massive bird flying over your car?!

ed_pete Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Heard of Google ? Try using the words "southwark > council replacement bin" and see what happens. What a friendly response.

Yes, Red Admiral. Used to see loads when I was a kid, hardly ever see them now :( The cabbage whites are so called because they lay eggs on cabbages (and other brassicas) and the resultant zillions of caterpillars then proceed to devour all the cabbages. Very quickly :( Unless you net them ..... the cabbages, not the butterflies ....