Any question answered...

My wife needs them for work to help people understand different vehicle types.

The Bruder ones look great but I have been told they are too big.

I think the term is 'collector's items'.

I can't imagine that the Conrad ones will fit the bill.
Unless your wife has a healthy budget for what she's doing.

ETA - I hope your wife finds what she is looking for.

the term is 'collectors items'

Yeah. Toy collector.

https://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/

No knowledge of said online shoppe.

I bought an Aldi equivalent some years ago - fine for a grubby metal watch strap, often not much use for anything else if used as instructed.

Mine's quite good with degreaser or white spirit in a sealed container (eg. jam jar + lid) sitting in the water bath, but an old toothbrush is usually still an essential part of the cleaning process.

tl;dr not as good as I wanted it to be.

My local Wilkinsons had a big Christmas bumper pack of matchbox size cars/construction/emergency vehicles. There must be about 40 of them for something like £20. Will probably one pick up for my Son.

edit - this I think:
http://www.wilko.com/vehicles+playsets/wilko-roadsters-diecast-cars-51pcs/invt/0438476

Cheers, think I'll leave it at the pondering stage for the moment.

No, you're a chinstrap

I've had "learn to drive" on my to-do list for about 10 years. From my last attempt at nearly signing up to do this I had a shortlist of 2 recommended instructors, however, it's more North-eastish so unsure if they'll help you:

John Duggan (079611431130)
and
https://annasdrivingschool.wordpress.com/

I never got round to contacting them personally so cannot vouch for them. Let me know how you get on.

I used to work for LDC when I taught people to drive (IKR), can't vouch for your local person but the training I got and the system they use is good.

Ordering a record from Switzerland am I likely to have to pay some sort of import tax? If so roughly how much?

20% VAT (and possibly an "admin" charge by the courier) I'd think.

I'm working out annual compound interest and trying to get my head around which is the correct method.

Normally I'd just do

X * (1+r)^p

with X being the principal, r the rate and p the number of time periods.

So for 1,000,000 at 12% per annum from 1 July 2017 to 31 December 2019 (913 days) it is

1,000,000 * (1+.12)^(913/365)

But I'm running into issues with part years. Say I'm looking at interest from 1 July 2017 to 31 December 2019

Using the formula above gives me 1,327,738
However, if I compound for 2 years I get 1,254,400
If I then multiply that by 12% multiplied by 183/365 (1 July 19 to 31 December 19) I get 1,329,870 when I would expect them to be the same. What am I missing?

Thanks!

What am I missing?

That 12% a year is not the same as 6% every six months. To work out interest on part years, you need to calculate what rate for a given time period is equivalent to 12% PA. For a half years, that's about 5.83%

multiply that by 12% multiplied by 183/365

I guess you mean 12% (a factor of 1.12) to the power of 183/365?
ie
1,000,000*1.12^(913/365)=1,327,738
compared with
1,000,000 *1.12^2=1,254,400
1,254,400*1.12^(183/365)=1,327,738

Edit: Tester has spotted your error. His method for calculating the 5.83% is the same as you gave in your first (correct) example and I showed in my last line (5.83%=100*(1.12^183/365-1)

Is this a short reach brake on a Deda mudguard fork?

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Any tips for making the slot in this mudguard bracket longer? I need to extend it towards the guard. It's stainless steel, the last time I tried to work with this I burnt out two drill bits and achieved little.

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drill bit

That's the problem, you need a mill bit (rotary file)

or a simple round file

I'd use a file for that, simply because clamping the mudguard would be a massive pain in the arse.

I'd use a rotary burr in the Dremel® for exactly the reason I wouldn't use a hand file - lower tool pressure from the Dremel® gets around the work holding problem.

Cheers all, I thought that method was correct but another template had the other method which threw me.

I'd use a rotary burr in the Dremel® for exactly the reason I wouldn't use a hand file - lower tool pressure from the Dremel® gets around the work holding problem.

Maybe, that's how I slotted the last one I did - still had to clamp the 'guard to stop it skittering away.

I'd clamp the file in the vice, then run the mudguard back and forth over the file, rather than filing the 'guard, if that makes sense?

Thanks all. Time to get a dremel and see what all the fuss is about.