Any question answered...

I used the hand sprayer and a washing up brush.

I'm hoping there are developments in pressure washer tech / tap adaptors as I've got paving slabs to clean this spring.

The day before it's listed it'll be shown in the Court of Appeal daily cause list . Hedonic regression of relativity values, eh? Sounds like a fun two days...

Is this the same case?

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2018/jan/14/property-market-braces-for-shockwaves-from-landmark-leasehold-case

Patio magic.
Or similar.

This may sound insane - I'm prepared for that. Here goes:

I'd like to both water my plants and wash the car with rainwater, as it seems profligate to use tap water to do these things.

I have a balcony, upon which a water butt could be situated - but the balcony above provides quite a lot of (but not complete) shelter.

Is there some sort of sturdy funnel type apparatus that I could utilise in order to fill my butt?

Also: fnar fnar.

Yes.

Absolutely yes.

Yep, you can get something that connects to your drainpipe.

Drainpipe is a neater idea.
Get some thin perspex/acrylic/betterplasticicantquiteremembernameofpolymer and either increase the mouth so it overhangs. Like milkjugs or orchids.
Or.
Make a wide full funnel and add some pipes to get it high enough.

If i ring Universal Credit and change my bank account will I have to start the process again? As in, 6 weeks of waiting.

I received my fist payment on the 10th.
The bank account was closed on the 8th.
Ive opened the letter. My natwest account is closed.
I need to pay them back the advance so, surely, they would want the money to get to me asap.
Not had any letters from UC at all.
Im surprised Im getting anything. I havent been in since first meeting

Such a dumb, rubbish, broken system.

One of these (loads on the market)

Yep, that's the one. The problem is that the Parthenia model is fundamentally flawed, and no-one has yet got round to fixing it, so at the moment there's no alternative to the relativity graphs produced on behalf of the big London estates.

My phone has a nice, glossy, metal back which looks good but in reality means it's bloody slippy and awkward to use with one hand.

I could get a case but prefer to keep it as small as possible and cases all seem to add a fair bit of bulk. Any suggestions for some tape or similar that could be stuck on the back to fix this. I looked at skateboard griptape but that was too rough. Any other suggestions?

I was going to say silicone tape but the stuff I know doesn't use adhesive and has to be wrapped around itself to work - how big of a bezel do you have?
:)

Pretty much no bezel. That's probably the kind of texture though.

Figured that, sorry.

Any other suggestions?

RobRenz's suggestion for getting a better grip on your knob should work just as well on a phone case.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU2jsbGNcZE

i've got 10 speed sram on my commuter - can i use any 10 speed bar end shifter with these, or does it need to be sram as well?

Any bike shops likely to have internal nipples in stock?

The ones I'm after are also called upside down or reverse nipples - the kind used with typically deep carbon wheels.

can i use any 10 speed bar end shifter with these, or does it need to be sram as well?

Has to be SRAM, unless you want to get involved in cable throw amplifying doodads.

Just Google your phone model + skin. Should add a bit more grip and nice and thin. I've used Xtremeskins before and they seem decent enough for the money.

Is this far -> George Halls Cycle Centre :)

I bought internal nipples from them on ebay.co.uk

You can get a set of SL500 10-speed shifters for £30 on eBay if you're willing to wait a while for a good deal

Thanks
And thanks too @mdcc_tester

I was all prepared to go the goop route but @Woodster 's suggestion of skins is what I want, didn't realise they existed.