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This is an example of your 'whataboutery'. I don't doubt the tale or that the people were genuine but for every such example there will be those who are not. SWMBO lived in Aspley and was driven out (long story), by neighbours from hell who never worked a day in their useless lives. It's a little naïve to assume everyone was 100% genuine though those you saw apparently had real hardship - however unless you followed those unfortunates up up don't know the outcome. I have no problem at all with people claiming benefit, it's just unfortunate that some are all too

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It can be toxic to dogs though, horse worming tablets contain ivermectin which is toxic to certain breeds of dog. It is also not conducive to the good health of anyone with it on their shoes and walks on my carpets.

There is a clown who turns up at Shipley Park with a horse box. Takes up 6 parking paces and the two horses always leave quite a pile on the ground. They could easily take it away but much prefer to leave it where people and kids are walking around. When challenged he said "it does no harm" and drove off. I'm with Mr Mayfield on this.

That rather proves my point. You had a setback, some temporary hardships and now you are by any standard living a comfortable life. How the poor see themselves next to the wealthy is is largely irrelevant. The experience of being homeless gives you an insight, it also gives you knowledge of the remedy. The system allowed you the means to climb out of poverty and become a valued contributor to society. It allowed myself as a snotty nosed kid from Sneinton (whose mother and a brother were treated for malnourishment), to gain a half decent education and become one of the 'comfortable'

We had a fairy, its name was Nuff... Many must have seen it because I often heard people say "it's FairyNuff"...

If the dining room light is just a switch wire (no neutral), the fitting or a lighting junction box is probably used in a 'loop in loop out' configuration, there are other ways but that is the most common. Finding and identifying a neutral will be messy. Using an appropriately fused spur unit from the power socket will be OK done properly. Use 2.5mm cable from the socket INTO the spur unit and 1 or 1.5 mm cable OUT to the light (assuming you're not taking 2.5 to the light). Ensure the spur unit has a 5 (or less) fuse not a 13 amp... To be pedantic the spur unit should also be lab

My mam worked as a home worker for years making bridal tiaras. The house always seemed to be full of wire, reels of silk, net and wax pearls. As kids we often help bend the wire, using formers, bind with silk and whip little pearls on the ends to cover the sharp points. She was also a good machinist with industrial lockstitch and overlock machines taking up one end of the lounge. For the hours homeworkers put in and the rewards they got I'm sure it would be considered modern day slavery now days...

My daughter had six but Mr Reynard thought that was four too many helped to reduce the number. As you say PP amusing creatures. Pity their scratching makes such a mess of the grass.

I don't see the relevance of what you're saying? Surely you were referring to 'only some' and not all the population? Perhaps I should compare the more affluent? Isn't it pointless comparing our poorest with our richest, what purpose would that serve? My point it that even the poorest in the UK are still living at a level far above that which can be called 'suffering'. Forget the third world just stay in the UK but go back to the time I was a kid. Rations, ragged clothes, poor housing, no social security, no NHS... Try telling your grandfather of the hardship of a centrally heated house

Politics in the sense you are using it means to campaign, influence, promote etc. It's semantics really but I used the word in it's generally accepted meaning. I 'm referring to party politics and as such the mega rich / moguls really don't give a damn.

I never understood why the paper grocery bags in American films didn't have handles. You'd think after a while they'd realise you can't unlock the door with both arms full nor can you put one down then pick it up again.... Strange people the Muricans...

Pffft!

You misunderstood they were required, have been since wooden back boxes and pattresses were superseded by metal Changing a socket often brings up the problem of short cables because the terminals are different. Sparky will give the cable a good pull to see if there is any slack, it saves having to crimp if there is. You don't necessarily cut into the cable and short it out. The damage can reduce the insulation to the point where it is not sufficient when the cable carries carry the full load. I did not say you had to bring old installations up to spec, there

Do you need all the expense of the copper wire (earth), in your house that hopefully will never carry a current? Do you need fuses and breakers that never operate from one year to the next? Can you absolutely guarantee that at some point in the future someone will not work on your system and give the cable a good tug to try for a little bit of slack? You can say you will never touch the installation but at some point a total stranger will be living in your house and be completely unaware of the potential danger. I've taught many apprentices and they will always argue the necessity o

Caravan, easy beach access 104 for a week 'ont net. Golden Palm resort is only 255. Perhaps they mean the east coast of Abu Dhabi...

Quite right and thanks to TV discovering a cheap way to fill an hours air time cookery is trying its damnedest to turn itself into an art form. It's not, it's basic chemistry for the pretentious.

Sound as a pound! my vision of crispy Col is receding rapidly! Be careful with light circuits and where you pick up the neutral...

I don't believe so but if I'm paying the piper, I call the tune. If I order steak well done I don't want some prissy chef flouncing around going...merde, zut alors, sacre bleu and all that... and insisting on cooking it the way he likes it - virtually raw with a broken egg on top. I'm 75 next month, I think by now I know my own mind..

No one says you're not trying RR... very

Sounds like a plan. The cable is fine (2.5mm) but some points to remember if you want keep with the regs; Holes in the back box(es) must have grommets Earth conductors must have yellow/green sleeving Most important - You can only spur off a ring circuit- you must not spur from a spur unless you use a fused spur unit. Ultra important!!! isolate!!! do not turn up at the next meeting a nice shade of charcoal! You cannot wire back to the consumer unit (a new circuit), without Part P notice to the council.

nonna I think it's insulting to the customer to be so arrogant that they think you must like whatever they cook. I had a disagreement some years back at a restaurant in Keyworth. I asked for no dressings or sauces. It came covered in sauce with the cook boasting of course you'll like it. it 's provencal - I didn't.. nor did I eat it. Like the old adage, 'I knows what I likes'

That's just arrogance, not the you're likely to find me eating haute cuisine...

Can i put your name forward Col?