Brew 5,404 Posted February 9, 2022 Report Share Posted February 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Oztalgian said: WTF. Are you joking? Charging you for the rain that falls on your roof???? How did that get adopted. Can you bill them Sadly not, and the good news is I missed one! There is a highway drainage charge for rainwater falling on the roads and streets... New 2022 charges - 10.2% increase, not including 10.7% for water plus 9.7% for waste. All based on the rateable value of the property. Metered charges for the same supply - 8.1% - 6.6% and 9.6% plus 143.31p / 123.9p per cubic meter. and all plus 5% vat,, Bet you're glad you asked now... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,721 Posted February 10, 2022 Report Share Posted February 10, 2022 After a short hiatus, I'm back online. Virgin connection is down again so I'm using my phone, 'tethered' to the P.C. via a USB lead, to get an internet connection. Sometimes I feel almost competent.. I think I detailed last year, how the wonderful North West Water having yet another leak on the supply to my property..which just might possibly be down to them placing the streetside stop valve exactly where I drive over it daily... dug up the end of my drive with no advance warning and then left it for days. They incurred my extreme wrath and unbounded ire!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,721 Posted February 10, 2022 Report Share Posted February 10, 2022 On a brighter note, I'm enjoying listening to nice old vinyl while the Boss is away. Never a big fan of Elton John's later stuff, but his second, eponymous album 'Elton John' is a classic. Also rediscovering Linda Ronstadt's early 70's compilation 'Different Drum'. Vinyl definitely sounds best in my system. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,404 Posted February 10, 2022 Report Share Posted February 10, 2022 Yer needs yer tabs looked at yo do... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,269 Posted February 10, 2022 Report Share Posted February 10, 2022 20 hours ago, Brew said: There is a highway drainage charge for rainwater falling on the roads and streets... What??? You did not put the roads in, the developer of the suburb or the council did that and they costed the drainage in the price of the land development costs. Why is water measured in cubic metres and not gallons of litres, I know that it is a thousand litres or 220 gallons why not just say so. Also don't get me started on using the rateable value of houses to calculate fees and charges, the most stupid and inequitable method possible. As house prices are increasing out of sight so are rateable values so councils are getting a fat increase in rates but still cannot offer decent services. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,404 Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 Cubic metres? Oz you're missing the trick here. A cubic metre is not 220 gallons, it's fractionally smaller, and over the millions used that small difference starts to add up. Every little helps, as the old lady said. There is now a fresh patch of tarmac covering a new meter outside every house on the road now I forgot to add one of them buggered a joint up and caused a leak for an hours or so, he found it without using a meter as well... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,279 Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 Interesting day today setting up my exhibition stall at the County Showground. Sat and Sun - all about fly fishing. I should really be too old for this sort of thing but I have always enjoyed exhibition work. The exciting thing is that the unexpected always happens and some interesting people are met. Life is good. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 Any J R Hartley books in your exhibition PP? Hope you have a great weekend. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,404 Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 36 minutes ago, PeverilPeril said: Interesting day today setting up my exhibition stall at the County Showground. Hope you have lots of visitors PP though the showground website is very poor on details i.e. there are none! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,279 Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 The exhibition is called the BFFI - British Fly Fair International. Had a great first day and enjoyed it. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted February 14, 2022 Report Share Posted February 14, 2022 Good news this morning.....one of my sons was due in Kiev tomorrow...but glad to say its just been cancelled.......... 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted February 15, 2022 Report Share Posted February 15, 2022 I got an email yesterday from a friend in Cheshire saying our Christmas card arrived that day. I mailed it Dec 12 so it took 60 days. We don't have surface mail here, but that seems to be how it travelled. He said it should have been a Valentine card! If it did go airmail it must have been by pigeon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,454 Posted February 15, 2022 Report Share Posted February 15, 2022 20 minutes ago, katyjay said: We don't have surface mail here, Not at all ? No letterbox ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted February 15, 2022 Report Share Posted February 15, 2022 OK. The postgirl brings mail to my mailbox. I suppose you could call that surface mail! No international surface mail I should have said. Picky lot! Ha ha. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,181 Posted February 15, 2022 Report Share Posted February 15, 2022 Got in my car earlier on: put in drive, released hand brake, pressed accelerator & nothing happened = I had not started the engine.. Hour or so ago: got in bath, soaped myself up, then realised I'd still got my glasses on.. It's happening isn't it? I going round the bend... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,010 Posted February 15, 2022 Report Share Posted February 15, 2022 No Colly you are not going around the bend, its also happened to me , I have stood in my garage wondering why I went in there. Its called getting bl**dy old. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,454 Posted February 15, 2022 Report Share Posted February 15, 2022 As long as nobody else sees what an idiot you are, it doesn't matter. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,134 Posted February 15, 2022 Report Share Posted February 15, 2022 Trogg, was It you who had problems downloading windows 11 ? Forgive me if I'm wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,010 Posted February 15, 2022 Report Share Posted February 15, 2022 Beekay as I was able to download it if I wanted I asked others if it was worth it. As I can do all all I want with windows 10, I did not bother with it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,134 Posted February 15, 2022 Report Share Posted February 15, 2022 Many thanks for your response Trogg. I did download 11 and started using it, but couldn't get on with the way it's moved things around and some apps wouldn't respond so I found the way to 'revert' back to 10. Think I'll stay with that for a while. Cheers ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,454 Posted February 15, 2022 Report Share Posted February 15, 2022 40 minutes ago, Beekay said: Trogg, was It you who had problems downloading windows 11 ? Forgive me if I'm wrong. You may have been thinking of Brew with his problems........ https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/16673-hows-your-day/?page=602&tab=comments#comment-680753 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,134 Posted February 15, 2022 Report Share Posted February 15, 2022 Thanks Kev., like I said, forgive me if I'm wrong. I thought it was either Trogg or Brew, but couldn't recall where I'd read it. The end result was reached though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,404 Posted February 16, 2022 Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 Reverted to Windows 10, peace reigns once more at chez Brew,,, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,279 Posted February 16, 2022 Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 Lovely morning I'll be leading a working party on a local river this morning. I won't be 'getting stuck in' as I used to do. The most energetic thing I will do is to shout instructions. Right - must load tools in car. Oh! where's that whip? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldphil 331 Posted February 16, 2022 Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 12 hours ago, colly0410 said: Got in my car earlier on: put in drive, released hand brake, pressed accelerator & nothing happened = I had not started the engine.. Hour or so ago: got in bath, soaped myself up, then realised I'd still got my glasses on.. It's happening isn't it? I going round the bend... Still, at least you didn't get into the car ready for a bath..... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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