Questions Thread

[Torquay Gunner]

I am just about to switch energy suppliers(long overdue).  We have not got a smart meter and we just can't decide whether we should get one.  Any strong opinions for and against would be welcome!

[Thefox81]

44 minutes ago, Torquay Gunner said:

I am just about to switch energy suppliers(long overdue).  We have not got a smart meter and we just can't decide whether we should get one.  Any strong opinions for and against would be welcome!

Im strongly for. Just for the fact you can keep an eye on your usage by the hour, day, week, month or year. Certainly helped us save some money. Cant think of any reasons to be against tbh.

[Torquay Gunner]

17 minutes ago, Thefox81 said:

Im strongly for. Just for the fact you can keep an eye on your usage by the hour, day, week, month or year. Certainly helped us save some money. Cant think of any reasons to be against tbh.

Ok thanks. Just because I heard that some of the meters(maybe the older ones) lose connectivity and people as a result have received ridiculous bills, which the energy companies have taken as gospel because of the meter. 

Edited 11 March 2025 by Torquay Gunner

[jgtuk]

On 28/01/2025 at 10:53, jgtuk said:

Had a stroke of luck this morning, tenant called and said he wanted to give me 1 months notice to leave the property… 

He’s apparently found alternative housing and wants to move asap. 
Of course, I’m delighted as it saves me from (a) having a horrible job to do and (b) trying to get around the missing paperwork. 
2024 was a terrible year for me and my family, still a few major problems to negotiate with regards to an ongoing injury claim against me but fingers crossed 2025 will be better. 
(and we don’t get relegated) 

As an update, the property went on the market last week, we’ve had 6 viewings and today,  two offers, one for the full asking price from a cash buyer! 
Hopefully just the formalities to sort out and it’s gone 🤞

[Samilktray]

Can anyone recommend a half decent tailor to get a suit jacket altered, around the Clarendon Park area? 

[Stadt]

7 minutes ago, Samilktray said:

Can anyone recommend a half decent tailor to get a suit jacket altered, around the Clarendon Park area? 

I've used Suit Yourself on Belvoir St, nice chaps there

[The Blur]

Going to Leicester this Saturday.   The weather is not looking too great,  any recommendations for good indoor activities for a 3 and 1 years old?   Open to travel to Leicestershire as well.  

[Bellend Sebastian]

Now that the mission has been completed, Did Katy Perry put the ass back into astronaut, as she claimed she would? 

 

I'm sure data will be released soon to prove it either way

[Zear0]

12 minutes ago, Bellend Sebastian said:

Now that the mission has been completed, Did Katy Perry put the ass back into astronaut, as she claimed she would? 

 

I'm sure data will be released soon to prove it either way

Not sure we need cheap jokes at these astronauts expense tbh. The expertise to fasten, unfasten and re-fasten their seat belts is humbling. 

[Bellend Sebastian]

12 minutes ago, Zear0 said:

Not sure we need cheap jokes at these astronauts expense tbh. The expertise to fasten, unfasten and re-fasten their seat belts is humbling. 

I am a man of science, how dare you

[Free Falling Foxes]

Vue cinema start times.

If a film is advertised to start at say, 14:30, when does the actual film itself start? I'm assuming that first you get 10 or 15 mins of other stuff and what you actually wish to see begins around 14:45.

Is that fair to say?

I'm asking because I cannot arrive to see a film until 10 mins after the advertised start time.

[The Bear]

5 minutes ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

Vue cinema start times.

If a film is advertised to start at say, 14:30, when does the actual film itself start? I'm assuming that first you get 10 or 15 mins of other stuff and what you actually wish to see begins around 14:45.

Is that fair to say?

I'm asking because I cannot arrive to see a film until 10 mins after the advertised start time.

Usually it's 30 mins after the advertised times. You get adverts, then trailers, then another advert right before the film starts. 

 

At least that's what happens at Odeon. It might be quicker and around 20 mins, but you'll be fine arriving 10-15mins late. 

Edited 15 April 2025 by The Bear

[vandamman]

Has anyone had any success appealing a primary school offer? 
 

We didn’t get into the school within walking distance cause it was ‘oversubscribed’. That said, got into a good school still. 

[jgtuk]

It seems I’ve been banned from posting in the general news thread and had a post removed. 
It was a reply to the screenshot below. 
Was there some reason I’m unaware of?  

 

[chrishlcfc]

I’ve just declared that I have started working again on a zero hour contract at a previous job that I used to do to the DWP as I’ve been claiming benefits(universal credit). Now they are asking me for 4 months worth of bank statements and photo id. Think it’s absolutely amazing they are legally allowed to do it but presume I won’t have any option but to do this. I have nothing to hide but it’s just how the hell they are allowed to do it which is galling for me. 
 

Not even be paid from my new old job yet been waiting to hear when I am and not heard anything back yet as well. Right mess

[Torquay Gunner]

Anyone know what these are supposed to be?  Saw them down by my local lock. 

 

 

 

 

[EastAnglianFox]

15 minutes ago, Torquay Gunner said:

Anyone know what these are supposed to be?  Saw them down by my local lock. 

 

 

 

 

 

We have loads of these in our local woodland, not sure if its the same everywhere but our "fairy doors" are used by kids to put gifts/wishes behind the doors for the Fairy's.

 

 

[Wolfox]

Hi…. Like a complete klutz I managed to break this door catch on my in laws caravan in Norfolk…

 

I tried some super glue but it didn’t bind quick enough…. I have obvious thoughts on how to keep it in place whilst the glue sets…. I couldn’t find an equivalent shape or size online either 

 

suggestions please !

 

this shows where I broke it below 

 

[Dreadnought]

If you are anywhere near Sheringham, the best hardware store on the planet is Blyth and Wright and they will have a solution. 

[SemperEadem]

Why are Sunday trading laws still a thing?

[Jon the Hat]

3 minutes ago, SemperEadem said:

Why are Sunday trading laws still a thing?

Goddists.

[Trav Le Bleu]

11 minutes ago, Jon the Hat said:

Goddists.

Regardless of religion, I miss having one day of the week where everyone just chills.

[Parafox]

8 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Regardless of religion, I miss having one day of the week where everyone just chills.

 

Loads don't chill though as you'll know if you've ever been to a supermarket on a Sunday.

 

It's probably one of the busiest days of the week because there's only the 6 hour window.

 

Fosse Park is manic on the rare times I've had to go on a Sunday.

 

Ridiculous, really.

[Trav Le Bleu]

53 minutes ago, Parafox said:

 

Loads don't chill though as you'll know if you've ever been to a supermarket on a Sunday.

 

It's probably one of the busiest days of the week because there's only the 6 hour window.

 

Fosse Park is manic on the rare times I've had to go on a Sunday.

 

Ridiculous, really.

And the reason they don't chill is shops being open on Sundays.

 

But consumerism must keep constantly turning, to fuel the insatiable appetites of billionaires and to hell with the obvious advantages of giving the masses a day of complete universal rest, a concept that at least ancient humans understood.

[The Bear]

3 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

And the reason they don't chill is shops being open on Sundays.

 

But consumerism must keep constantly turning, to fuel the insatiable appetites of billionaires and to hell with the obvious advantages of giving the masses a day of complete universal rest, a concept that at least ancient humans understood.

You think ancient humans sat around for a day doing nothing? They had lots of stuff to do like finding food, making/maintaining tools and staying alive in general to worry about. It was a 24/7 job.