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Give it a rest Earl, this is beginning to sound like your solo pursuit of personal one-upmanship.

It's really annoying and has been an issue for years.

Can you provide one?

We have an item that needs proper professional care, not a high street generic service. Any experience of the local ones please?

Therein lies the challenge and what this is all about - local Dutch authorities want more say in how they legislate to deal with nuisance modified bikes, e-bikes, e-scooters etc due to the chaos they cause (see my earlier statement about chaos in inner-city Amsterdam!) as central Dutch government claims you cannot differentiate between an e-bike or a fat bike (I am not sure if this is within the current legal definition or something else). As a result, some local authorities want to ban certain types of vehicles from cycle lanes including e-scooters, fatbikes, some e-bikes and large cargo bikes and claim that central government is moving too slowly to act - from 2027 it will be law that anyone under 18 has to wear a helmet when riding an e-bike or fat bike but local authorities want central government to do more. The government is bringing in the helmet law apparently because of the sharp rise in hospital admissions of e-bike riders (it doubled between 2020 and 2024) and the number of 12 - 18 year olds suffering brain injuries from e-bike accidents rose 6-fold. I can't wait for someone to jump into the Dangerous Drivers Everywhere thread and suggest people look at StreetView to see there are no such drivers around and watch for the reaction! 😉 Let's be clear challenging the validity and commonsense of a suggestion made by another forum user is not trolling - coming on and calling someone an "agitator" and "troll" is much closer to troll like activity! These are both awful and show how there is a real problem with distracted drivers and I very much hope that you win any case as the impact of a momentary lapse of concentration by drivers has long-term consequences for other road users.

Wasn't it the OBR who leaked that they'd told her the public finances weren't in such dire straits? It's all very weird, was she just afraid of being upfront with the public?

I likewise keep getting delivery attempted at Barry’s but unsuccessful on 28th and 29th. Still undelivered.

"the hundreds of thousands of new, affordable homes are somehow immune to the same market forces" This is because they are usually built very cheaply, they are very unattractive (often because climate change rules limit things like having usable windows), they are built without any thought as to how the new residents will be offered basic services such as GP surgeries, transport links and schools etc, and no one who had any choice would want to live in them. The secondary market for modern new built homes is completely different to older homes that were built with some aesthetic thought.

Well, they would wouldn't they. Of course Kemi, members of the shadow cabinet and other political leaders in opposition are stirring it. The Times quotes ministers accusing Rachel of misleading them but are not named and who knows, if they're real, what their agenda is. The OBR is supporting her Rage bait is the word of the year and the right wing press have played their part in that.

Morning, all. I'm a Windows (10 and 11) expert and would be happy to help for a very reasonable fee. Txt me on 07908891661. I don't do Apple Mac, but, yes, am working with Linux Mint and finding it a very useful alternative to Windows. My old machine was sluggish with W11 but is back to its good old speeds on Linux. A life-saver.

Have been let down by decorator on large job to repaint entire house internally (all walls, ceilings and woodwork). Just posting in the unlikely event anyone has availability to at least do a room or 2 pre Christmas and capacity to do rest in January.

Looks like Rachael is getting close to the toaster again! The media is out to get her after they got duped.

I think “high rises” and “crime” might be your words not mine “liking the character of an area” is something I imagine mos people feel. But it is subjective. What year was your home built? Should it not have been? To preserve the character of the area at that time? I don’t think building is the only solution. Investment landlords and multiple property owners could also be tackled but simply saying “no. Because character of area” isn’t going to help anyone growing up in the area get a place to live

I had a frustrating (non) delivery experience with Yodel recently who I believe are now part of InPost. Fortunately the supplying company had some kind of customer service so got a refund Totally agree with last paragraph, one of the excuses I was given for non delivery was bizarre. Delivery companies and suppliers offer delivery on a certain day and when they're unable to fulfil this they lay a false tracking trail. Think Amazon may also do this.