Calsug

Sorry I've never had a skip but if someone is doing building work and they want a skip then by all means take the space - its not a long term thing and it saves having rubble sacks all over the place. Really what is the alternative?

Just did the online calculator that Sue suggested, seems we are paying about double the amount we should! EDIT - just checked my total bill and its about ?450 as I pay by 8 installments.

I am starting a new job overseas in shortly and was wondering if anyone can recommend an accountant that can help me understand my tax liabilities as a result of this. Thanks Calsug

damn okay thats annoying! Will take a look on their website

So you find it cheaper with a meter? We pay ?55 per month for water, 3 bedroom house with one bathroom and no meter. I don't know if thats good or bad?! Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bic Basher Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Someone has to pay for all those warning cards. > > > Just got my bill in which has gone up a > whopping > > ?150 for 2018/19! > > > Do you have a water meter? I've saved a massive > amount since getting one (and I'm also much more > careful with water use :) )

Why would there be a comeback? I own a car and fortunately most of the time I have a space outside my house, sometimes when I go away for the weekend I come back and someone is using it. Fine its a bit annoying as have to park further up the street and carry the usual ton of kiddie equipment etc BUT I know its not my parking spot and I don't own it. Also if at a later stage the parking space becomes free I will move my car to back outside my house On the odd occasion that my neighbour has parked in such a way that if they reversed a bit a space could be made for me I knock on their door and they will make space - they do the same if I can create some more space. Its fair, it works and I have no sense of entitlement that the road outside my house is mine. sweetgirl Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So what if they reserve their parking spot! > If you want to park there just move the bins! Be > prepared for any comebacks as there may well > be... > It's especially annoying when you see people who > dont live in the area clogging up the road with > their vehicles, making use of local parking > facilities! > This is probably the only area which doesn't yet > have cpz!

If its for a skip or delivery etc.. then I think its fair enough - probably with a knock on the neighbours door to give them the heads up If its to reserve their parking space then definitely not and I would be a bit irked if someone did that

Bin men have just been! Thanks James Calsug

And on the subject of roll your eyes moments... BunnyBurrow Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > First world problem. > > Be grateful you have money to buy the things you > need. Lots of people don't! > > 😁

James do you know if the missed bin collection will be made up this week? Don't want the council getting any ideas that once every three weeks is a workable option ;) Thanks Calsug

Agreed with the above! Think a few of the comments on this thread are pretty unreasonable, people need to understand the modern ways of paying and accept that cash will eventually go the way of the cheque book and will become a roll your eyes moment when someone produces it as a form of payment until a point it is no longer accepted... Contactless payment in particular is quicker and easier for all concerned.

Firstly some people don?t like to carry cash so I?m with the OP on this one, very rarely have money in my wallet. That said minimum spend doesn?t really bother me, take it as part of the cost of convenience for not carrying cash if you want to pay at a small business as I totally understand they have transactional costs to cover and it?s unfair for me to expect them to absorb it.

James the main issue I saw was grit being laid down poorly on pavements which meant they were still unsafe to walk on, I am not blaming the workers though, give them a shovel and a target to grit a certain number of streets and that?s probably the best they can do. But really why weren?t grit spreaders used to properly distribute grit?

The gritting of pavements round me was patchy at best, know the public statements mention X number of tones of grit spread but I wonder how much was spread properly... as mentioned on another post saw numerous examples of grit randomly slung along a path which ultimately made for the odd ?stepping stone? of grit - was totally pointless and a waste of resources

Likewise! Panicked this morning but remembered reading this post yesterday and went outside to find pipe frozen, quick tap with a hammer and the backed up water came out! Would add that we needed to re-pressurise the boiler too frump Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This thread saved us from a lot of bother, from an > expensive call-out and from freezing when we woke > to no heating and a non functioning boiler this > morning.Did exactly as described and problem > solved. We will contact Billy when the weather > improves for a full service. Thanks!

For starters I?m talking about the level of snowfall in London and not anywhere else. Secondly a bin lorry on a properly gritted road and with winter tyres - no damage. I agree thouh particularly on these roads which again are poorly prepared it is dangerous but you seem to have missed the point... we have had a dusting of snow in London

I was seeing if it was just my street as what you don?t know is ours was not gritted or cleared so thought it could have been an issue isolated to certain areas As for understanding why - London getting a few cm of snow and paralysing a capital city to the point where a bin can?t be collected due to health and safety is frankly embarrassing if we are being honest. Putting aside it doesn?t happen very often blah blah blah I saw one side of a pavement vaguely gritted by workmen randomly slinging grit from a van and the other side of the street left completely untouched - the end result being a tick box of a pavement gritted but both sides unsafe to walk on. it does not cost much to get a push along grit spreader for side streets and to redeploy people to do that instead of litter picking for example. I?m not suggesting we invest in a fleet of snow blowing machine snow etc but get a bit creative, the solutions needs not be expensive. Poor preparation, lack of training and no actual problem solving is what causes the issues regardless of how frequently we get snow here. So no I don?t necessarily understand why, but I was asking to see if it was just me affected or as mentioned above basically the whole borough is ill prepared to the point where services are not functioning effectively. You?re right it?s not a big deal BUT it?s annoying and possibly avoidable P.s to preempt a reply saying I could have done my bit - I did clear the part of the street outside of my house .

Where in my post did I say it was a big problem!? It was a simple question and you are being sanctimonious for no reason... hammerman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Calsug Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Anyone else not get your bins emptied > yesterday? > > Not such a big problem in the scale of things.

Thanks Renata / Rob. Will compact the rubbish down as much as possible until the storm passes!

Anyone else not get your bins emptied yesterday?

I thought there was a limit on the amount of dogs a dog walker can walk with? Seen it a number of times as well where clearly a "professional" walker pays no regard to the dogs they are managing and they are running (and crapping) all over the place - saw this in Camberwell Cemetery the other day with a lady shouting loudly across to another walker whilst a funeral was going on nearby - was pretty appalled that not only she thought it was appropriate to have dogs running amongst peoples gravestones but also that she was being loud whilst a funeral was taking place.

My friends outside of London thought I was joking when I said I wasn't sure I could make it down to Surrey this evening but after seeing a van stuck on our road I am genuinely thinking driving will be a pain / dangerous

Unfortunately this is the problem with the UK, roads are not gritted and pavements not cleared quickly enough, it becomes slushy then refreezes and is then even more of a mess the next day...

Are you sure? They knocked on my door the other day and seemed to have credentials lilithangel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The NSPCC do not cold call via house visits. My > husband works for them and confirmed this is a > scam. Also the collection staff would not have > access to information regarding increase of child > abuse in a particular area. Please report these > people to the police. Do not give them your > details. Either that or send them to my house!!!

It sounds like a great idea in theory but in practice it is a lot harder - When you say Zero waste, are you including the delivery of the produce to the store? Believe one shop has achieved no plastic and the produce is very expensive as a result - the supply chain really is not geared up to accommodate this kind of transportation. Basically you will buy a 50 kg PP bag of say oats wholesale and pour it into a shiny looking bin, then what do you do with the PP bag? There is margin to be made for sure as you are basically becoming a repacker without the need to repack, but your goods are low value so you would have to sell a lot of oats!