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by Ascender
Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:32 pm
Forum: Moaning
Topic: Selling Cars Privately
Replies: 68
Views: 1993

Re: Selling Cars Privately

Holy thread bump Batman... Put the camper van/motorhome up for sale on Autotrader a few days ago. Immediate interest which was good and I guess makes sense as we're coming into Spring. Punter one... Very interested, sets a time to come the next day. Doesn't appear. I phone him and he says he's inter...
by Ascender
Thu Mar 21, 2024 3:12 pm
Forum: General
Topic: It’s time for another forum cycle/vehicle disagreement
Replies: 934
Views: 308742

Re: It’s time for another forum cycle/vehicle disagreement

Under the new priority system pedestrians always have right of way. The red man signal for pedestrians merely alerts them to the fact they should be more cautious. Technically under the new system traffic lights for pedestrians and pedestrian crossings are almost irrelevant as a pedestrian stepping...
by Ascender
Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:19 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Greggs closed!
Replies: 11
Views: 234

Re: Greggs closed!

I did some work for a client recently who are committed to being compliant with cyberessentials and it turned out they'd had a massive security breach 6 months previously. "How did you recover from that?" I asked as I tried to get a lay of the land.... "We just turned lots of stuff of...
by Ascender
Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:14 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: First Cars - Insurance
Replies: 51
Views: 2298

Re: First Cars - Insurance

Actually, that's a good point @Carlos, now he has a works van I could probably remove "commuting" from the policy coverage although I do wonder if that means NO COMMUTING WHATSOEVER or if it just means the odd time would be ok.
by Ascender
Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:56 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The Movie Thread
Replies: 2211
Views: 432788

Re: The Movie Thread

They're remaking The Crow. My initial reaction is of course, huge skeptiscism, but that nice young lad Bill Skarsgard doesn't tend to suffer shitty screenplays, and it has been 30 years since the first film and things have moved on wildly since the original. And it's not like the original won't sti...
by Ascender
Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:04 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: First Cars - Insurance
Replies: 51
Views: 2298

Re: First Cars - Insurance

Exactly. On paper, it's obvious that they're at it, but how much work would they put into proving it in that sort of claim I wonder.
by Ascender
Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:03 pm
Forum: Moaning
Topic: I used to be with "it"
Replies: 24
Views: 526

Re: I used to be with "it"

I keep waiting for there to be some sort of reaction against all this sort of crap, but it appears there's no end in sight and I just need to accept I'm getting old.
by Ascender
Wed Mar 20, 2024 12:57 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Greggs closed!
Replies: 11
Views: 234

Re: Greggs closed!

Beany wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2024 12:52 pm Fuckin' oof.

They got CyberEssentials/CE+? ;)
Don't even mention that dirty word! I've had way more dealings with those things in the last two years than I ever want to have again!
by Ascender
Wed Mar 20, 2024 12:49 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Greggs closed!
Replies: 11
Views: 234

Re: Greggs closed!

The latest big-name high street food retailer to suffer an outage due to IT issues. Is this the start of a concerted cyberwar to send the masses into revolt, an uprising against our government, making us ready to accept our new Russian leaders? Or has someone been using a default password on their ...
by Ascender
Wed Mar 20, 2024 12:03 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: First Cars - Insurance
Replies: 51
Views: 2298

Re: First Cars - Insurance

Yes, I've seen similar being posted online. I guess it's one of those things that works just fine until it doesn't. Unless you have a claim though, I guess you could easily get away with having parents as named driver on multiple cars, all using the same NCB discount etc. Companies are never going t...
by Ascender
Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:52 am
Forum: General
Topic: Greggs closed!
Replies: 11
Views: 234

Greggs closed!

The latest big-name high street food retailer to suffer an outage due to IT issues. Is this the start of a concerted cyberwar to send the masses into revolt, an uprising against our government, making us ready to accept our new Russian leaders? Or has someone been using a default password on their f...
by Ascender
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:14 am
Forum: General
Topic: Full Fibre
Replies: 57
Views: 1031

Re: Full Fibre

We're still stuck with Starlink being the only option if we want anything over 23M. We get 150-300 with them and its £80 a month.
by Ascender
Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:46 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: First Cars - Insurance
Replies: 51
Views: 2298

Re: First Cars - Insurance

The boy's renewal is in... now 2 years NCB and it's gone up £300 to £3000. Time to shop around and see if there's anything to be done to reduce that.
by Ascender
Fri Mar 15, 2024 5:50 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The House Projects Thread
Replies: 2212
Views: 358471

Re: The House Projects Thread

FFS.... Sorry to hear that @Gavster, on and on it goes...
by Ascender
Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:47 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The House Projects Thread
Replies: 2212
Views: 358471

Re: The House Projects Thread

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by Ascender
Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:21 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The House Projects Thread
Replies: 2212
Views: 358471

Re: The House Projects Thread

Gavster wrote: Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:22 am Cheers guys!

We're in the 3pm timeslot and hopefully will be out by 4pm or so
Good luck! Will be sitting refreshing the thread about then...
by Ascender
Thu Mar 14, 2024 12:59 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The (mainly city-focussed) anti-car movement
Replies: 18
Views: 328

Re: The (mainly city-focussed) anti-car movement

I don't even understand what the original tweeter's beef is about the Cycling UK tweet. It's just a competition to win a fancy bike of your choosing because that's what people will like. And the bit about the Range Rover is just further evidence of him being an utter bellend.
by Ascender
Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:32 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: First Cars - Insurance
Replies: 51
Views: 2298

Re: First Cars - Insurance

Currently looking for my younger boy. He is 17 and getting to the stage where he wants a car to practice in. Cheapest so far is a classic mini but he hates them and budget fro something decent is way outside of his price range anyway. Quote for him passing at the moment would be about £2000 Tried a...
by Ascender
Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:25 am
Forum: General
Topic: The House Projects Thread
Replies: 2212
Views: 358471

Re: The House Projects Thread

lol, how on earth do you know that?! Its April to August thankfully! I've had clients say their demolition has been delayed for a year due to missing the bat survey window - it sticks in the mind :lol: Have found other advice that says Phase 2 surveys must be between May-September and there must be...
by Ascender
Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:22 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: First Cars - Insurance
Replies: 51
Views: 2298

Re: First Cars - Insurance

Currently looking for my younger boy. He is 17 and getting to the stage where he wants a car to practice in. Cheapest so far is a classic mini but he hates them and budget fro something decent is way outside of his price range anyway. Quote for him passing at the moment would be about £2000 Tried a...