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It’s nice and I like the interior but not $6.3M nice. I realise it’s in the LA hills so that’s what you’re paying for mainly. Also looks to me like an old timber construction so I wonder how bad the insurance will be on that!


The vast majority of US homes are timber framed so I wouldn’t think ...

Here’s something else, a bit special, to wash the taste of those Ikea Boxes in Kent from your mind…



Absolutely stunning…

I have a leaf vaccum and it's awful - you carry it (with a shoulder strap) and the bag quickly fills up and gets heavy. It's more effort to carry around and persuade autumn leaves to be sucked up than it is to just use a rake and big hands to pick them up myself :laugh:

Blower just moves them ...

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Conversations with a man who died in 1919…

Jobbo wrote: Fri Jul 03, 2026 1:31 pm but I'll still have to go over with the traditional mower and collect the willow tree's leaves.

No... you have to go out and buy a leaf blower / vacuum...

Never adapt, ALWAYS buy new toys..

Watch on S4C, run the commentary from BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra ??

This could have gone in several threads but I’ll stick it here…



Related, the Paulo Nutini song Iron Sky features bits of this… and is an amazing tune…

TLDR - Can you summarise Zed...

Scratch that - I got CoPilot to do it...

Jeff Daniels in the Newsroom was never more apt...

RobYob wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2026 4:02 am In Bruges ... it was ok.

But... [Labour] You've just bought a house so you obviously have money so you can afford it. You have broad shoulders [/Labour]

Agreed +1

Swings both ways but yeah, it's all just talk at the moment.

If, and it's an If, it comes to pass that homeowners are charged a different type of tax on home ownership and in a corresponding move, renters are not charged council tax or similar, renters will end up paying more - its just ...

Fair enough...

And you don’t think some landlords will think… “They’re not paying council tax anymore so can afford higher rent - so I’ll raise the rent because they can afford it” ??

But ultimately, it's win win for Burnham because WHEN this happens, he can blame the Tories because, as we all know, most landlord ...

Sorry, not sure what you're saying here Jobbo - do you mean "They" as in Renters or They as in Landlords who can pay more ?

Jobbo wrote: Tue Jun 30, 2026 8:52 am Doesn't mean the tenants would ultimately pay more.

You appear to be new to the world...

Well well well...

Germany gone, the Netherlands gone and Brazil can probably count themselves lucky to have made it through against Japan.

Went down southbank last night as we were down that there London. Despite being hounded by a Quad Bike gang of some sort when we drove in it was a lovely evening.

Had a drink by the National Theatre, had some food, went for a walk and everyone was being pleasant, some cool music about, great ...