Recent content by boogie man

You did extremely well to get 8% p.a. I think the “average luck” figure is normally quoted as around 3.5%. I’m currently on 3% for the year, hoping I get a decent win soon to bump that up a bit.

The benefit is the monthly payments usually include servicing, insurance, breakdown cover, VED, basically everything bar the cost of fuel. Most cars even get replaced at 3 years old, so before a first MOT is due. So it’s a totally hassle free experience. For some you get the smugness/bragging...

Yes I’m sure it’s not as simple as throwing more people at the job, but it’s incredibly frustrating when you’re stuck crawling along in traffic for nearly an hour and you see hardly anyone doing anything.

I was a big Sabbath fan and remember when that was released. I’d preordered it….. the excitement of picking it up from Smiths, studying the sleeve all the way home on the bus and finally getting to play it when I got back! Well worth the wait, although Paranoid is still my favourite album.

I can see why they’re doing it, but just imagine if they had more than 12 workers onsite (and all actually doing something!). The work might only take six weeks rather than six months. :eek:

That’s hard for you then John. I used to work with a bloke who had similar problems with heights. We were part of a team that maintained and repaired diesel generators in BT exchanges (they kick in if there’s a power cut or the voltage goes too low, to keep the phone service running). One of the...

We were there in January. We didn’t do the toboggan ride, it looked a bit too manic. We’ve been on the Eye a couple of times. My wife is uncomfortable with heights but was fine…. she’s learned a trick of just looking at the horizon, not straight down. The views on a clear day are worth it.

We went to Cornwall recently with some friends. The A30 is horrendous for hold ups at one point, with literally mile upon mile of longterm roadworks, speed reductions (not that they’re needed) and lane closures. I started counting the amount of workers as we went through: twelve people! To make...

I think the point of the variable aperture is you can change the DoF in all shooting modes when you take the shot, rather than just settling for what you’re given in the normal preset. I know you can modify the DoF in portrait mode but that doesn’t seem to apply to all the shooting modes in...

A lot of the delivery drivers round our way don’t ring or knock. The only one who regularly does and then waits is the postman. We have a loud doorbell and a Labrador who goes ballistic if anyone comes to the door but often we discover parcels left on the doorstep. Luckily we live in a cul de...

Ok but what do you suggest we do about it?

Great album and Riders on the Storm is their best song IMO.

We had a similar situation with my mum. We moved 5 years ago to somewhere further away but my mum was fiercely independent and wasn’t really that concerned to be honest and said she’d rather stay in her own home than move anywhere else. I’d go up once a week to see her and do a few household...

You still have to be careful with Amazon, some of their listings don’t always make it clear that they’re “fulfilled by Amazon” (eg supplied by another retailer). I’ve had several things sent from Amazon that arrived (or mostly, didn’t! ) via Evri because I didn’t check properly.

Evri are an appalling outfit. We ordered a pedestal fan from Amazon during the first stages of the heatwave. It was only after the delivery was confirmed that I realised it was coming via Evri. Oh great. It didn’t arrive, unsurprisingly. Evri’s tracking showed it was in a local depot for a...