Lowlander

The insurance company will always offer something desultory, so do your homework, get a good market value, and be prepared to haggle with them if you decide to claim. I know many people who've accepted the first offer the insurance co. have made and lost hundreds. For the ?1100 one, print it, make sure it's a close match, and prepare for a few weeks of negotiating; you should get something close. And be ruthless - they are, so should you! Good luck - hopefully someone with recent experience will be on soon to give more advice.

Am I the only one who doesn't like the stuff? Smells like burnt flesh. I like every other type of meat, but not pigmeat....

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ruffers Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > As Jeremy said Android is great, but simply not > as stable or user friendly. And I say that as an > anti > > Apple Android fan. > > Really? I've used both and find very little > difference in the usability and stability. Granted > that the apps on Android are less well policed, > but I doubt Grandpa is going to go wild in the > Apps Store. As the family nerd, Android/Windows users need more help than Apple users. The technophobes do seem to find Apple easier to use. (And supporting Apple products in a domestic environment is bliss compared to Windows...)

Agreed, you need another dimension - like the political compass. Labour and Conservatives are very similar http://www.politicalcompass.org/ukparties2010

nashoi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > For the P13 route I suggest the following 4 > > 1 The Earl Ferrers, Streatham > 2 The Railway, Tulse Hill > 3 The Montpellier, Peckham > 4 Beer rebellion, Peckham > > Limiting it to 4 is harsh though. Half way round a > Streatham crawl a few years ago we stopped off at > the Holland Tringham, the spoons on the High Rd. > We were just in time to see a pissed pensioner > attempt to take the stairs on his mobility > scooter, never before has a pub chain been so > perfectly encapsulated in one incident. Please, you have to tell us what happened next - did he make it? Or did he go via the ramp?

StraferJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ah I see ? just like fazer71 and his planes noise > threads > > ?I don?t care if everything is interdependent and > connected, just fix my bit? As it happens, I'm affected by the other parts too (no Charing Cross trains stopping from Jan 2015 to August 2016. Closure from 20 December to 4 Jan.). But no-one seems to be able to give me a concrete answer to this one question.

StraferJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > When will what stop? The whole project? 2018 > > The shuffling along platform_15? That's probably > got variables in play - I just accept it is > unlikely to happen anytime soon Just platform 15. That's all I care about.

StraferJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 2018 is completion of works > > I am caught up in the platform squueze every > morning and it's a royal pain - but given teh > scale of construction what do people expect > staff/TFL to actually do? > > It is what it is... Just tell me when it will stop - some say 2014, others 2015, now 2018. The staff I've asked at London Bridge don't know. I just want to be kept informed...

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- ... If the Mayor didn't keep spending all his > transport budget on tourist attractions instead of > actual transport infrastructure (the Emirates > Dangleway, Garden Bridge etc) and vanity projects > such as the new Routemaster, we might be able to > get some high frequency tube lines in SE London. The Jubilee line extension was something like ?330m per mile Whilst I agree that the Emirates (?35m odd) is a white elephant, but coupled with the Routemaster cost (?35m depending on who you listen to) would buy you less than a quarter mile.

I've complained that it can take over 5 minutes to get off platform 15 in the morning peak, and that the crowd can be quite tight. Not heard anything back...and apparently it's going to be like that until 2016?

All good links. To add,tobacco; not cigarettes but snuff (relatively harmless) using machinery from the Napoleon era: http://www.samuelgawith.co.uk/default.asp

Jains don't eat it, but never heard of Western vegans avoiding it

Can't make it but interested! Do you have a list of local stockists?

My parents still run a Baxi Bermuda from the 1970s. If you have the cash sitting in an account earning 0.5% then why not go for it, otherwise I would just leave it...

I heard KP on radio 4 this morning (or was it yesterday...) and I have to say I believed what he had to say - and he came across as fairly down to earth bloke.

The Magic Wok?

MarkE Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Lowlander Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Platform 15 - does anyone know when it will be > > widened? > > I understood that it would only be once they'd > finished the St Thomas St facade which, if you > took a walk down there at all recently, looks a > long way from completion. > > ---- > Update: turns out if you ask nicely you sometimes > get nice replies! > > Hi @marke_se22, its narrow as we work on the > facade of St Thomas Street and the concourse > below, it will widen when that's finished > mid-2016— Thameslink Programme > (@TLProgramme) August 6, 2014 > > ---- > > So there you have it - we're stuck with a narrow > Platform 15 for the next two years... Thanks for finding that out and sharing - I'd just assumed it would be very short term! Oh well.

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Alec Salmond is a big fish in a rather small > political pond. Last nights debate showed how > vulnerable his ideas are when put up against a > more experienced political heavy weight. If only > Cameron had the balls to defy all the critics and > confront him in the same manner I think the people > of Scotland, regardless of political affiliation, > would be smart enough to intelligently make up > their own minds based on the clear facts rather > than the emotional patriotic bluster that the SNP > dish up in abundance. Well done Alistair Darling > for taking Salmond on and showing him up for what > he really is. > > Louisa. Unfortunately people don't think that way. It may have been economically beneficial for India, Ireland, USA, Australia etc. to have remained part of the British Empire, but some people have this mad emotional need to run their own affairs. That's why this referendum is really about your personal feelings, and is in a sense politically neutral.

Never use the trainline, they add on surcharges. Go direct to eastcoast who run the route and they give you an extra 10%. Book in advance and try very early/very late mid-week trains or at weekends. http://www.eastcoast.co.uk/ Oh, and it's August - peak holiday season and Edinburgh festival is on, so east coast services will be rammed and cheap fares scarce

Platform 15 - does anyone know when it will be widened?

China. The price of rice never rises, and the property market never falls.

aquarius moon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I know how much I could accumulate if I didn't pay > it t-e-d but what if it breaks in 13 months after > warranty ends or it gets stolen next week?! As per the links above, you have six years in England Wales to force the manufacturer to repair it free of charge if it breaks down.

Unless you're prone to losing/breaking your phones or having them stolen then insurance isn't for you (I've never had it in my 15 years of phone ownership). As vgrant says you can try and get it repaired if it's under six years old...be prepared to put in a bit of effort depending on the retailer! http://blog.moneysavingexpert.com/2013/10/22/how-long-do-you-have-to-take-faulty-goods-back/

Land Registry publishes it, you're not permitted to redact. Exclusions are commercial sales and those not for full price (e.g. reposessions). Full list here: http://www.landregistry.gov.uk/market-trend-data/house-price-data-exclusions

the-e-dealer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Quite Funny , but wrong a passer by or fellow > passenger is committing an offence if they use > their oyster to pay someone else's fare. Only if it's a season ticket, PAYG is transferrable