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Where can I buy rubbing alcohol or IPA on a typical high street?

Paks hair by Argos on the high road. It is called rubbing alcohol.

Boots or Superdrug perhaps?

So clever. The playground is your natural habitat, isn't it? Is it the bullying you love, or the kiddy fiddling? Probably both. They often go together.

That’s the most playground response ever posted on here.

And that is quite some title to have claimed!

Has anybody stained one of those bamboo cutting boards (as in: on purpose, with dark wood stain, to make it look more like "dark wood")?

For what it's worth it won't be used for cutting food, it will only serve as a (then wall-mounted) base for a turntable, and I want it to look less than a cutting board and want it to blend in more with other dark-wood-coloured things in the room..

Somehow I got a hunch the bamboo won't take the wood stain nicely / evenly, but happy to be told otherwise 🙂

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So clever

Cheers babes.

It's very dense, so I think you might be onto something.

I found finding stains quite tricky. In case you don't already know this you need to do some surface prep - ideally sanding back with a medium grit to raise the grain, then clean with a solvent, then stain, wipe, stain, etc.

Hi @Pasty_Spumante I don't think your position is that bad in terms of the law just in terms of the relationship and compliance of te neighbour. As has already been stated it appears that the previous owner gave verbal permission (known as a bare licence) for the neighbour to use the land. Therefore the maxim without force, without secrecy and without permission which combined are considered indicators of adverse possession does not apply.
Also as there has been coming and going by you and the previous owner of your land he has not 'excluded the world' which is another reasonable indicator of adverse posssession.
These are braod indicators and in the world of common law relating to land it is nuanced but I think he still has a fair way too go.
In addition I think he falls a long way short of acquiring an easement (right) to graze as that is at least 20 years

Cheers. They're all convenient so hopefully should be able to find it somewhere local.

Thanks for that - my neurosis, lack of sleep and everything else probably led to a sense of heightened distress in my OP. I mean, I’m anxious but very much of the mindset of got myself expecting the worst, however I’d probably feel I’ll be leaving myself vulnerable if I didn’t. The key things are, we’re here now, I’ve met, amicably, the neighbour and whilst he clearly isn’t (maybe can’t) going to fence his animals in and was talking like he owned my land (I just ask that you keep that gate shut, I just ask that you keep the dog on a lead etc etc) he was ceding in begrudging acknowledgment he couldn’t just do what he wanted anymore and said he’d move his stuff etc etc. I have also spoken to other local land owners who have suggested that although he can come across as quite abrasive and always concentrates on his own interests rather than his responsibilities (they suggested I’ll end up fencing his horses out and clearing some of his shit) he is broadly fair minded and to keep, as I was smiling but also being respectfully firm and direct about my rights in my own land and that he now has to respect those and that he’ll get there in time. He’d done various odd jobs for some locals and they’d suggested his work was good and he was straight as it were, although of course it was in interest to be. We’ll see where we are at the weekend and if no movement I’ll catch him in the week and tell him I’m going to support him to start moving his stuff (which I’ll do very respectfully) off my land and ensure he is aware that it is our intention to work to our clock and not to his. We wouldn’t let his horses come to harm but he needs to know we won’t be responsible for the safety of his livestock, we can’t be! I’ll keep it straight and sweet and fair and perhaps we’ll get to the point where I try and ask how he would feel if we put a gate at the entrance to his plot with our house name on or if we let animals roam and damage his field or left a car in it. As I said, a couple of handshakes and he even gave me a pay on the shoulder so it wasn’t oppositional but he needs to recognise the mutual benefit of having respectful neighbours - and I’d say he could do waaaaay worse - and was just lucky he previously had one that gave him free reign over the whole land. I’m documenting everything, loads of pictures, invoices etc, before and after and meeting the other neighbours on our land on Saturday (who he has done a little work for) to try and instil a sense of community and we’re all there for our own reasons and have to be allowed to carry on without fear or impingement. My hope, although not ideal, is that we might end up bearing the time and financial burden of carrying out his responsibilities (as well as always being there to help) but he’ll respect the rules and boundaries and not go out of his way to make things difficult

I know this sounds OTT. But you should always secure your boarders as soon as you move somewhere. No one ever seems to, but day 1 is absolutely the easiest point to do it - "I just want to get everything sorted properly. I'm sure you understand."

Never assume you're dealing with people in good faith. Spend the money, get your shit locked down so you don't have to worry about it in the future.

Call me a cynic, but I think this guy is a piss-taker. Give an inch, and all of that.

I agree but need to approach it sensibly but also with surety. Within 2 weeks my land will be fully cleared and tidied up and within another 2 a 2m fence with a belting hotwire to keep his horses off it - not my job to, but easier for me to take control - will be securing my land and he will have zero access to any part except the access area (which is wholly on my land but he has a right to pass through to enter/exit).

I actually agree but it's a little trickier to do with 3.3 acres of land and a shared access. I've given no indication I'll be hanging about for him and have told him we need to and will get going even if he makes no effort to secure his horses. It isn't ideal but we could be waiting for months so it's better financially to spend £500 on a hot-wire to keep his horses off my land. I'll also be putting CCTV - nothing to do with him - at the entrance to my land and other spots, very strictly not in view of any of his land though.

Any recommendations for phone screen protectors? I'm desperate not to smash the shit out of a new phone. It's a Pixel 8 if that makes a difference. Currently using an Otterbox one which is crap. It doesn't fit properly and is already covered in scratches so seems to be made of some sort of soft, transparent cheese.

These days you can get solid ones that use an epoxy to stick to the screen, they're good for ones with curved edges like the Pixel 7.

Still need some, I've got some I don't need?

That sounds ideal! Any suggestions of brands to have a look at?

I'm historically very smashy with phones but my last 2 pixels are still going strong with Spigen cases, no screen protectors. This 6 is a few months out of a 2 year contract and the 3 from before is now my work phone that had a two year contract before that.

I didn't have a screen protector on my old phone and that was fine to be fair. I just hate getting new phones any more often than I absolutely have to so trying to be extra cautious with this one.

Jesus, I just tried to take a screenshot to show the damage to my screen protector. I'm getting thicker by the day.

I have a Whitestone one on my Pixel 7, and it seems fine so far.

I'm not in love with the amount of single-use plastic involved in it coming with a jig and UV curing thing, but it does work.

Did it not upload for some reason?