peckham_ryu

There's a series on YouTube called Spying on the Scammers, which you can find on Jim Browning's channel there. It includes a fascinating scene captured from CCTV inside the office of the CEO of a scam centre where he and his partners discuss which scams to implement next. Other than the criminality, it's just like any other company sales meeting. Thank you for alerting us to this latest tactic. The scammers get more and more convincing every year.

I see no restriction in the current regs on how far you can travel. You can leave your house for any reasonable excuse, and outdoor recreation is explicitly listed as a reasonable excuse. Plod can pull you over whenever they want to, under the Road Traffic Act. They can and do ask you all sorts of things, The opening line is usually ?Do you know why I?ve pulled you over??, but maybe they might ask what you?re up to. There?s no need to be difficult but at the same time there?s usually no legal need to answer questions other than providing your driving licence and other vehicle related stuff. There are plenty of people driving and behaving like idiots, so they have enough people to pull over without needing to bother with people out for a nice quiet drive in the countryside (which is perfectly law abiding behaviour, unless you pick up a passenger and fall foul of the illegal gatherings restrictions).

I put it in a paper bag or cardboard box. It?s perfectly recyclable, as long as it?s just paper (not shredded photographs etc).

You?re fine johnnie. Maybe whoever messaged you has struggles of their own, impairing their own reactions. Now get down here and scrub that scrawl off the walls ;)

That?s a pain. I end up cleaning tags off my house a few times a year. Some are easier than others. Based on where I saw him pause, I think last night?s tagger was spraying ?PATS?:

You usually only see graffiti taggers by their spray-painted autographs, but I saw an actual person wandering up the road doing his tags last night. I always expected it to be pairs of excited teenagers in hoodies. The chap I watched last night was a nicely dressed twenty-something in a button-down shirt with a preppy leather-strapped backpack. When he got to outside my house he looked around furtively (although not upwards to where I was) and started shaking his can: my wall is like catnip for taggers. When I called down and politely asked him not to do it, he stopped and ambled off. The whole experience was all terribly middle class. I put my shoes on and discreetly followed to make sure he wasn?t going to double back. Last seen strolling onto Grove Park, and I can?t help wondering if he might live in one of those well-to-do houses there. The way he just accepted my polite request seemed quite meek. I only cleaned the last tags off last week, which also involved stripping and repainting some cladding, so I?m quite glad he left it this time!

Sorry I don?t have a local recommendation, but maybe can give a little insight. I had one done with an audiologist at a clinic near Harley Street, and another at the London Independent Hospital. Totally different experiences. At the hospital, there was a proper soundproof booth, and gave a much more trustworthy result than the private clinic. At the private clinic, there was no booth: the audiologist had to ask the roadworks outside to be paused, and actually he gave a totally incorrect diagnosis and was clearly very motivated by trying to sell hearing aids. I?m sure that?s not a reflection of all private clinics, but it?s a salutary lesson in checking the Google reviews and finding an established place! You can get a referral from your GP, but unless your hearing loss is an emergency (i.e. very sudden) then they may not be very speedy. However, if you will need hearing aids then the only way to get the NHS ones is by NHS assessment, so that may prove to be more useful in the long run. Best of luck!

peckham_ryu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I will definitely be asking him back > when I?m ready to do the next rooms on my list! > ... > His number is still 07927 239023 I did exactly that, and again I?m really pleased with the work. I know Ray is available again right now by the way

Ray Murray has just finished painting in my house. He takes a lot of pride in his work, and is very good at it. I will definitely be asking him back when I?m ready to do the next rooms on my list! Also, good communication right from arranging to quote, through to scheduling dates and keeping in touch during the job. One of the things I like is that Ray only quotes for work that he will do himself. (I had invited a quote from another company recommended on this site, but they couldn?t tell me who would actually do the work. I made the right decision taking up Ray?s quote instead.) Ray mentioned to me that his next job has just been delayed. That could be good news for you if you?re looking for a reliable decorator who is actually available to work soon. His number is still 07927 239023

Thanks. Can I just check, has he done some silicone sealing for you? I ask because even very good painter/decorators usually don?t do this. perkik Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi. > > Mark of MJB Painters and Decorators could > certainly do this and give you a quote. I've > always been pleased with all painting/decorating > work they've done for me, very professional, > reliable and high standard of finish. Give Mark a > call on 07506 047721 and I'm sure he'd be happy to > give you a quote. Thanks.

Can anyone recommend someone good with mastic? I need silicone sealing all round my kitchen. The kitchen fitter didn?t do a great job of that part, and I doubt I could do a better one. Looking for someone who has the knack.

May I be the first to welcome OP in advance to the Aircraft Noise thread ;)

It?s like you?re describing my late cat. Also a British short hair, taken on when previous owners divorced. She was evil 70% of the time at first, but slowly worked herself up to becoming a lapcat. I?ll be honest, it took her a few years with me to fully cut out the random furious ambushes. I assume that mine and maybe yours were dealing with something like PTSD. Biologically, a general excess of nor-adrenaline in the system, making them ready to go into fight mode. I dealt with mine by picking the little spitting fury up and shutting her out in the garden for a spell each time. Not 100% effective when she went for guerilla tactics (slash and dash, to a hissing retreat under a bed), and all very unpleasant until she calmed down. Still, she did calm down eventually and become completely and utterly lovely. There?s hope for them all, if they are given the opportunity to settle. Best of luck.

A bracing morning walk with the dog, wishing Merry Christmas to every other smug dog-walker encountered

I like Christmas. I like Advent. They happen in December. It?s not December yet. I think this comes as news to the charity collectors in M&S up Lordship Lane today. Singing Santa Claus is coming to town in November is just plain wrong. Stand with me ED! Resist!