The “ I’ve got something to say, but it doesn’t warrant its own thread “ thread.

[BKLFox]

Watching 'Ambulance' last night on BBC & these latest comments on wasted funding in NHS peeked my interest as i watched a call centre try to free an Ambulance on what was an overally busy night with all resource being required in the Hull area, to go & meet the coastguards helicopter 8+miles from Hull Royal Infirmary to pick up a patient because the brand new 'Heli-pad' at the hospital wasn't designed to accept the helicopters the coastguard used.
Surely during planning being a coastal city & hospital accepting patients rescued from sea & surrounding areas from the coastguard you would have thought they would design the heli-pad accordingly, but no.

[CornwallFox]

40 minutes ago, BKLFox said:

Watching 'Ambulance' last night on BBC & these latest comments on wasted funding in NHS peeked my interest as i watched a call centre try to free an Ambulance on what was an overally busy night with all resource being required in the Hull area, to go & meet the coastguards helicopter 8+miles from Hull Royal Infirmary to pick up a patient because the brand new 'Heli-pad' at the hospital wasn't designed to accept the helicopters the coastguard used.
Surely during planning being a coastal city & hospital accepting patients rescued from sea & surrounding areas from the coastguard you would have thought they would design the heli-pad accordingly, but no.

Helicopters have changed over the years

[kenny]

1 hour ago, grobyfox1990 said:

That is interesting, other way round in my experience. Way too much risk in public contracts and onboarding costs are too high. If you are making 30-40% in PROFIT that is unbelievable. I price jobs to make a 60% recovery. Break even is fantastic, consistent profit is unheard of IMO.

 

Most consultants hit around 10% profit, we are a bit over that but are an outlier.

[grobyfox1990]

1 hour ago, kenny said:

Most consultants hit around 10% profit, we are a bit over that but are an outlier.

Very broad statement. If 'most' consultants are hitting 10% profit their charge out rates must be artificially low. Or they're outsourcing everything to Mauritius at £50 an hour. Given you said you didn't know about Mauritius I am guessing you don't out source, in which case I assume you must be underpaying your staff compared to market?

[kenny]

8 minutes ago, grobyfox1990 said:

Very broad statement. If 'most' consultants are hitting 10% profit their charge out rates must be artificially low. Or they're outsourcing everything to Mauritius at £50 an hour. Given you said you didn't know about Mauritius I am guessing you don't out source, in which case I assume you must be underpaying your staff compared to market?

We pay above market rates and work shorter weeks.....

 

10-12% is about standard after the Directors have taken a salary.

[grobyfox1990]

41 minutes ago, kenny said:

We pay above market rates and work shorter weeks.....

 

10-12% is about standard after the Directors have taken a salary.

Some incredibly broad statements said very confidently and leaving my very confused LOL.

Market rate for a grad/associate is £150-190 an hour, partner at £700 are you charging that and making 10% on top?! Whilst working 9-5?!

[kenny]

9 minutes ago, grobyfox1990 said:

Some incredibly broad statements said very confidently and leaving my very confused LOL.

Market rate for a grad/associate is £150-190 an hour, partner at £700 are you charging that and making 10% on top?! Whilst working 9-5?!

We aren't solicitors, we are Engineers. Charge out rates for partners are rarely as high as £150 and hour.

[grobyfox1990]

36 minutes ago, kenny said:

We aren't solicitors, we are Engineers. Charge out rates for partners are rarely as high as £150 and hour.

Ahhhhhhhhh ok, got there in the end. Understood!

[kenny]

5 minutes ago, grobyfox1990 said:

Ahhhhhhhhh ok, got there in the end. Understood!

Whenever I work with solicitors I charge myself at £200 ph safe in the knowledge they are laughing at how cheap I am.

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 hour ago, grobyfox1990 said:

Some incredibly broad statements said very confidently and leaving my very confused LOL.

Market rate for a grad/associate is £150-190 an hour, partner at £700 are you charging that and making 10% on top?! Whilst working 9-5?!

I'm the kind of person that if I paid that much, I'd work 3-4 hours a week.

[jonthefox]

When you fit a new smoke detector, are they supposed to make random little sqeeks?. 

[Grebfromgrebland]

21 minutes ago, jonthefox said:

When you fit a new smoke detector, are they supposed to make random little sqeeks?. 

Sounds like you might have mice. Have you looked into this at all?

[The Bear]

24 minutes ago, jonthefox said:

When you fit a new smoke detector, are they supposed to make random little sqeeks?. 

Still in test mode where it beeps every few mins? 

 

Mine used to do that and it drove me mad. Took the battery out for a bit then put it back in. That sorted it. 

[JonnyBoy]

looking at getting a coffee machine, ninja luxe cafe pro top of the list atm. want a semi automatic that is easy to follow - i don't want to spend time trying to get the right grind etc as thats why the cafe lux pro is up there as fave choice so far as has barista assist function. Any guidance would be appreciated 

[CornwallFox]

9 hours ago, JonnyBoy said:

looking at getting a coffee machine, ninja luxe cafe pro top of the list atm. want a semi automatic that is easy to follow - i don't want to spend time trying to get the right grind etc as thats why the cafe lux pro is up there as fave choice so far as has barista assist function. Any guidance would be appreciated 

Can offer no words of wisdom of my own but if I was buying one this was a good review I found

 

https://coffeeblog.co.uk/ninja-luxe-cafe-701-pro-review/

 

 

[Zear0]

9 hours ago, JonnyBoy said:

looking at getting a coffee machine, ninja luxe cafe pro top of the list atm. want a semi automatic that is easy to follow - i don't want to spend time trying to get the right grind etc as thats why the cafe lux pro is up there as fave choice so far as has barista assist function. Any guidance would be appreciated 

As with all these things depends how much you want to spent. I used to have a Rocket Appartamento, but when it gave up the ghost I want ease and convenience and got the Sage Bambino Plus as the automated milk frothing sold it. It's been really good. 

 

I've seen plenty of reviews for the Ninja and it seems a bit Jack of all traders master of none as they're trying to offer more features than can be provided for the price range they're aiming at. A decent burr grinder costs more than the machine and that's one of the main features to actually extract good coffee. That being said, all good coffee suppliers can send pre-ground coffee which would be far better than ground beans in a cheap grinder. I do have a decent grinder so buy beans, but you can a coffee subscription from ozone coffee to ship ground beans every other week for £8 and it'll be fine during that time. 

 

That being said, James Hoffman seemed to like the Ninja and he's my go to coffee nerd that knows more about coffee that I've forgotten. He has also said similar to me that just buying pre ground beans and spending more on a better espresso machine makes more sense. 

 

Good luck down this rabbit hole! 

[JonnyBoy]

2 hours ago, Zear0 said:

As with all these things depends how much you want to spent. I used to have a Rocket Appartamento, but when it gave up the ghost I want ease and convenience and got the Sage Bambino Plus as the automated milk frothing sold it. It's been really good. 

 

I've seen plenty of reviews for the Ninja and it seems a bit Jack of all traders master of none as they're trying to offer more features than can be provided for the price range they're aiming at. A decent burr grinder costs more than the machine and that's one of the main features to actually extract good coffee. That being said, all good coffee suppliers can send pre-ground coffee which would be far better than ground beans in a cheap grinder. I do have a decent grinder so buy beans, but you can a coffee subscription from ozone coffee to ship ground beans every other week for £8 and it'll be fine during that time. 

 

That being said, James Hoffman seemed to like the Ninja and he's my go to coffee nerd that knows more about coffee that I've forgotten. He has also said similar to me that just buying pre ground beans and spending more on a better espresso machine makes more sense. 

 

Good luck down this rabbit hole! 

 

because i'm a sucker for filter coffee, iced coffee in summer, maybe the do it all ninja pro but but the beans already grounded? it says it can do that 

[Dr The Singh]

2 hours ago, Zear0 said:

As with all these things depends how much you want to spent. I used to have a Rocket Appartamento, but when it gave up the ghost I want ease and convenience and got the Sage Bambino Plus as the automated milk frothing sold it. It's been really good. 

 

I've seen plenty of reviews for the Ninja and it seems a bit Jack of all traders master of none as they're trying to offer more features than can be provided for the price range they're aiming at. A decent burr grinder costs more than the machine and that's one of the main features to actually extract good coffee. That being said, all good coffee suppliers can send pre-ground coffee which would be far better than ground beans in a cheap grinder. I do have a decent grinder so buy beans, but you can a coffee subscription from ozone coffee to ship ground beans every other week for £8 and it'll be fine during that time. 

 

That being said, James Hoffman seemed to like the Ninja and he's my go to coffee nerd that knows more about coffee that I've forgotten. He has also said similar to me that just buying pre ground beans and spending more on a better espresso machine makes more sense. 

 

Good luck down this rabbit hole! 

Currently drinking nescafe gold, it does the job

[jonthefox]

6 minutes ago, Dr The Singh said:

Currently drinking nescafe gold, it does the job

I’m more camp 😉

[Zear0]

5 hours ago, Dr The Singh said:

Currently drinking nescafe gold, it does the job

Gold? Someone's doing alright 

[Vowels]

The world seems to be full of crap things from my childhood coming back as 'nostalgic' like angel delight etc, which I never liked.

 

Yet Arctic Roll, which is an absolute winner, no sign?

 

Not worth its own thread, but I long for Arctic Roll and you can shove your Angel Delight.

[Torquay Gunner]

1 hour ago, Vowels said:

The world seems to be full of crap things from my childhood coming back as 'nostalgic' like angel delight etc, which I never liked.

 

Yet Arctic Roll, which is an absolute winner, no sign?

 

Not worth its own thread, but I long for Arctic Roll and you can shove your Angel Delight.

Yes I noticed Article roll disappeared a while back, no idea why as it was a classic.  Farm foods was probably the last place I saw it. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 hour ago, Vowels said:

The world seems to be full of crap things from my childhood coming back as 'nostalgic' like angel delight etc, which I never liked.

 

Yet Arctic Roll, which is an absolute winner, no sign?

 

Not worth its own thread, but I long for Arctic Roll and you can shove your Angel Delight.

Blasphemy! Raspberry/strawberry Angel Delight sprinkled with Cadbury's Flake crumbled on top = heaven.

 

Quick and easy too.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Are persimmons the best fruit in the world? Sensational.

[Parafox]

1 hour ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Are persimmons the best fruit in the world? Sensational.

 

I thought they built houses.