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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-68056865 Review of the 20mph after 3 months, the average speed has dropped 2.4mph. From 22.7mph to 20.3mph If the average speed was only 22.7 was it really worth pissing off an entire country Has the traffic level reduced too I wonder? I'm certainly avoiding Wels...

I'll drink tepid tea but stone cold is getting thrown away, and I'll flagellate myself to wasting a good English institution.

Coffee never gets reheated, as it never gets chance to cool off to that degree.

Nice desk ornament phone box just announced too

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mik wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 8:53 am

KiwiDave wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 1:43 am My Polaroid Camera set

Wot Polaroid Camera set?

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Well the 968 and M3 are still in storage. After nearly 3 years, hopefully I'll finally be able to get the out of storage and back on the road, before the middle of this year! Other than briefly driving them in August 2021, they have been sat in storage...so seized hydraulics are a little bit of a c...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/bike-details/202401095398300?advertising-location=at_bikes I offer 1.1 8-) @Barry - have you tried an EV scooter/moped? I've not tried the smaller stuff yet, only the big bike Zeros. They should work well, within the moped performance expectations, but it's a narrow win...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/bike-details/202401095398300?advertising-location=at_bikes I offer 1.1 8-) I was gonna suggest ICE moped but that would work too - although both likely to cause daily death if the run is a D/C :lol: Friend of mine has a similar distance commute and he cycles it more oft...

Accurate. I've not ridden any of mine since October, still trying to get through a slipped disc/sciatica issue Fed.Up.

Fazer just went for it's MOT/service this morning, and I'm negotiating the extortionate insurance renewal offer (multi BJ joke policy)..

The touch buttons and hiding the regen behind a menu are reasons I'm put off the VW platform too, the Hyundai/Kia models are still the best compromise imo. HVAC, Cruise, regen are all buttons/paddles.

No firm plans other than the e-Niro goes back to the lease Co in Feb. Currently nothing jumping out at me that has me convinced its worth replacing, not through some anti-EV thinking, just the costs are a joke at the moment and with the potential recession/world issues I'm not keen on exposing mysel...

Another fifty candidate here, my plan is lots of events rather than one specific large one. I'm not one for filling these in, as the above from last year illustrates nicely :lol: That said, rather than one big bike trip I managed to attend three Euro WEC (motorcyline endurance races) - Le Man, Spa ...

Rebel Moon This is Netflix's latest PoS Honestly, how on earth do these things get green lit? If you asked an AI to write you a film that combines Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, a dash of Peaky Blinders, Game of Thrones, and Clash of the Titans, it would probably come up with something better than t...

Now that Drakeford has resigned maybe there's a chance they'll see sense?

The few 20mph zones I've had experience with are tedious, far too long and appear to be through dead town centres anyway ie: no pedestrians anyway..

We’ve just got word Worcester are putting boiler prices up by 9% and baxi adding a flat fee of £120 on every boiler. Reason is they’re getting fined for every heat pump under target they fail to sell, and that is getting passed directly to consumers. Burying heads in the sand, a great business move...

Micro bore pipes won't work but 10mm (?) or more should cope, it's then down to how well existing rads can radiate the lower heat output. And you'll need current spec loft insulation and cavity wall (if applicable) before you qualify for the grant.

Any payback model that doesn't assume energy prices will go up is seriously remiss. If anything it's in their interest to overstate the increases, generate a shorter breakeven, and part you with your money sooner. Current prices are known, future are not (accurately at least), so i can see why they...

I just remember reading something silly like the breakeven point on these is about 16 years but the battery won't last that long so you never recoup the cost of them. Break even in my quote was 8yr, battery warranty was more than that, PV 25yrs. And don't forget pay back is using current electric p...

There is a special hardware (clever inverter -single phase back up interface) that sits between supply and battery, as it needs to cut off any back feed to the grid in event of an outage. Safety etc. You can do panels/battery separate but you'll lose the vat discount on the panels if you do that. Th...

I'm ultimately looking for power outage redundancy and a more resilient power supply (cost too) for an eventual ASHP install. The former is something I would be keen on - the latter is not something I'd thought of but is quite important. I had a 2-3 day power cut in winter 2009/10 and the house got...