Ingenuity

Hi Victoria... i feel your pain! I had a damp problem in a bay window for 2 years and after 5 attempts by the same company to fix it, I got a refund and found a recommendation on here. The work was done in February and it looks like it has worked at the first time of asking. What I liked about him was that he looked at lots of possible issues for a good hour and didn't just go down the route of an automatic damp proof course. Really nice guy to boot too. David Duggan is his name and his number is 07943 804075.

Thanks Alec thats really good of you. Loz, the survey was designed by a senior lecturer at the University of Brighton working with DEFRA, not our good selves, they are just using our solution, but thank you for your feedback and comments. The survey will be closing tomorrow at midnight. Thank you to those who took part and for those who do so between now and end of Friday. Thanks everyone Paul

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Hi there We've been asked by DEFRA and the University of Brighton to run a survey on water conservation and water saving technology. They want to know what prevents you from saving more water, your view of future water saving technologies and how important water conservation is in your daily life. DEFRA need to understand these views so they can shape Government policy and meet EU and G20 targets effectively. The survey will take between 6 and 8 minutes and you can participate in the survey by following thie link. DEFRA Water Survey Thank you for taking the time to share your views. Paul PS Please feel free to forward the survey to other people you know in the UK.

Hi Kay Or should I say hello neighbour!!! We've lived (my gf and I) on the street for 3 years now and the football noise isnt a problem. Lets just say planes are much more of a distraction flying over London than the football noise ever could be. And if you've lived in London before you'll know that you get used to that noise very quickly. As for the park. It's actually really nice having it there. The bushes and trees are very dense and actually provide a good layer of security plus you're not overlooked making the gardens very private other then your next door neighbours. If you want to drop me a personal message asking anything more feel free. Good luck on the move Kay Paul

Hi everyone, New Survey for St George?s Day Today we?re launching our latest independent survey. With St George?s Day just around the corner we wondered what your views were about it.... (and my good friend Mark was happy for us to to canvas anyone here who fancied sharing their view!) There?s always a chorus from a variety of unofficial groups wanting the day to be England?s Bank Holiday, but do you agree? Why should it be and what would you do on the day itself? Anything, or is it merely an excuse for an extra day off? We?re giving you the chance to have a say, and what?s more? you?ll also have the chance to petition for a Bank Holiday if you?re so inclined. The petition and the results will be sent to Downing Street. Obviously to have any clout with the powers that be, we?ll need to get a decent volume of responses so we?d like you to pass this e-mail onto your friends, family and colleagues. They can have access to all the results and headlines too while being able to voice their views. You can complete the survey by clicking on this link, http://live.claritysurveys.co.uk/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=l8KJl82. You can be assured we?ll never sell any personal data or share it with any 3rd parties (well apart from Gordon on this one occasion!). Finally, a personal thank you from me for taking part, and we hope you?ll be taking part again soon. Remember you can register and see the full results by visiting our website, www.clarityuk.net/register.php Paul Clarity UK.net

Paul from clarity pops his head above the parapet.... and wonders how long before he has to duck! To assure people, the validity of voting, our system has ways and means of ensuring this and we won't say any more than that to ensure that if someone has less than honourable intentions they cant find a quick work around and the results get fudged. Huguenot, absolutely agree with you on methodology. And Mark and I have spent a lot of time discussing the best way forward and how we structure this. There are a myriad of ways it could proceed and we're charged with finding the best way forward. Collaborative to a point but when push comes to shove, we'll have to decide. If we go down a weighting route it adds to complexity. And i'm sure you've heard of many surveys and polls being skewed in such a way. The simplest is a direct favourite which people vote for. Just as Mark believes too, the debate is healthy and useful. But we all know now, we can't please everyone all of the time. It isn't possible is it? We'll do our best. Hand on heart. And we hope we do a great job you can all be proud of. Thanks everyone... and at this time try and focus on what categories are the best for consideration. There will be a point where nominations for polling are canvassed in January, so please keep on topic (did i just sound like Mark then?) otherwise we'll be covering old ground come January. Paul (by the way.... at clarity we have engaged an SEO campaign and are top with msn and google on 28 of 77 search strings and top 3 in 38.... so we're getting there.... if you want to private message with me with any ideas on search strings, we are about to review and i would value your input, thank you)

I think blocking out on a turning pitch with quality seamers moving the ball and getting reverse swing is a bit much even for the Aussies at 75-5 and over a day to play. And yes England may have a tough series too but Flintoff can reverse it and Panesar can get good turn... 2 skills the Aussies dont seem to have at the minute.

Yes but Sean.... were you thankful you werent waking up with that after gig feeling of the ringing ears???!!!!! Roll on Kaisers on monday!!!!

Saw The Foals at Brixton last night supported by Holy F*ck....amazing gig, the place was jumping..... but then Brixton does get a bit mental!

Mockney.... how on earth did you manage 10 minutes of that (the one with John Travolta right?)???? That must have included getting up to make a cuppa or something??? That is a shocker. I tried watching one a week or so ago on C4 with Christian Bale and Sean Bean in it, cant remember what it was called but it was a bit of a '1984' rip off. I didnt get into that one either and when moaning about it to my fellow director was told it was one of his favourite films.... maybe i should get through the pain barrier of films and be more hard core!!! Paul

Sorry mockney Just not my cup of tea. And you never know sometimes you can miss the decency of a film based on your mood at the time. Having said that the DVD is on my shelf and unlikely to get watched again so if anyone wants to buy it off me for something a little bit more than the worth of a Bradford & Bingley share... its theres! Paul

Hi Cassius Not wanting to be coy (certainly not something i tend to be!), i'll give a bit more detail when we close it (wouldn't want to sway views based on a personal opinion). The full results will be in the secure area on our website mid next week. Take care Paul

Hi all Thank you to everyone who's taken part in the survey so far. I'm quite surprised with the results to date and there have been some good ideas put forward on being a little bit greener. We'll be closing the survey this Friday so anyone who wants to share their view, you've got 2 days left. Thanks everyone Paul

It's not good.... i think its been lavishly praised for being "cult" which often translates as utter bag of toss.