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Us southhamsters just watched The Cage on BBC iplayer. Based around a dodgy casino in Liverpool. Cracking script and some excellent acting with just enough humour amid the terrible lives of everyone in it. Recommended.

I know vacuum cleaners hum but even so..

Some unions offer discounts which might be worth a look? Unison have a Devon holiday site but no idea what the prices are like.

Looks like there may be some efforts to try and stop some of the most blatant exploits in the market. Better than nowt! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxnv0z09r882o Also , make sure to keep an eye on your tank - there are bound to be more thefts. I've set home assistant to tell me if the tank sensor level goes down by more than x amount in y minutes.

No idea if this is any good - opentherm oil boiler which can modulate run down to only 6 kW. https://sapphireheatsolutions.co.uk/ We run our old open flue boiler at 45C flow rate unless it's very cold when 65C is needed. The biggest saving was fitting a decent controller - Drayton Digistat to fine tune times and temps. Unfortunately turning the circulator speed down just means the furthest rads don't get hot (badly installed extension plumbing).

Talking of batteries.. Maybe not the best name to choose.

A company providing electronic test gear calibration services might be able to help with repairs, at least with Fluke it's expensive enough to make it worthwhile!

Yes, they are overpriced and a limited range of type approved systems, but the price will come down. - keep an eye on the Middle of Lidl..

Just finished watching. We thought it was really good - better than the rather leaden House of the Dragon. Quite low budget but good acting and script and a bit of humour, grimness and crudity in places. Hopefully they will make a series of the other 2 novellas as well!

Ok. My "Derek" was a hidden espresso box... For those of a tender disposition, espresso was a sort of local web cache to serve frequently accessed pages in the days when internet bandwidth was laughably inadequate, think ISDN 128K. I started work as a network manager and engaged new broom mode by clearing out the server cupboard. What's that PC at the back there hidden behind all the random stuff? An old espresso box. Huh, they won't need that, they're on a really fast 2mb line; I'll rip it out. Some time later, "the internet's broken" Ooops... Frantic race to change the proxy settings to redirect to the ISP, not the espresso and a lesson learnt. Until the next time when I disconnected a redundant and not recommended overhead cat5 cable only to find there was no fibre link between buildings..

We'll need to fill up in the next few months and dreading the cost. The price is so random. Oil is truly the devil's fuel, along with King Coal it's even filthier brother. Then you have the hassle of a smelly oil tank in the garden, higher servicing costs and the noise and fumes of the pump, fan and burner. Would love a heat pump, but Mrs. SH would really hate the disruption.

Really looking forward to this. The first 3 series were excellent.

We had a lovely wireless charging trolley for some Learnpads and even then people would put them the wrong way up or jam them in at an angle, or more often than not, just leave them on the top. Sigh...

Interesting image of the eclipse on our neighbour's house.

Could wine be classed as a fruit salad?

Stick on cork tiles? Might be worth a try.

Worth checking any third party ones are made with fire-retardent plastic, some of the cheapies may not be.

Well then, you sir are clearly not a gentleman. Begone!

Just watched the Ipcress File on Disney. Great script and very clever with lots of 60's style.

Also old cars were often pretty light. I could bumpstart my old MG Midget by running alongside with the door open , jumping in and putting it in gear and away we went.

Depending on what the hardware is, is it worth scouting around for secondhand units or likely failures eg a PSU or 2? I reckon dave@ictdirect could be your pal here!

When's it due? #getmecoat

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