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Hopefully he doesn't as these are rightly now illegal

Shovelled 5 cubic metres of compost today, gonna be achey in the morning.

The only storm damage was a fallen over compost heap, despite red warnings being sent to our phones in a rather over the top way.

But that completes my list of jobs to do before Christmas so am feeling good. Seed catalogues and planning what to grow next...

Nordmann fir, 6ft, UK grown Christmas tree for £12.99 at Home Bargains, picked one up today and it's a nice one

I've not seen any detailed proposals or draft legislation

Because you weren't looking?
https://www.parallelparliament.co.uk/bills/government

The Dabizas quote on it is nice too

First of all, I am very proud to be part of it. It was the act of a football genius. I was not humiliated, I was part of something which relied on a great football mind.

I am recognised all over the world for that goal. Sadly, I’m not the main actor, I’m the supporting cast.

But this kind of action makes football so special. Why should I feel embarrassed? I held my hands up. Other than clatter him, I could not do anything more.

I think only two, the one where he hit top bins from outside the box after a short corner, and the one that was a lot like the famous Holland vArgentina goal. The other goal in the hattrick took a big deflection off the keeper

The other in the top 3 was a solo effort running from the half way line against Southampton

The impossible turn past Nikos Dabizas will always be my favourite though. Soft spot also for the lob against Leverkusen and the assist for Ljungberg against Juve, having seen those live, both were moments where the whole crowd couldn't believe what it was seeing

I suppose you don't get 'insurance' against predictable events ...

You can get pet insurance against vets bills, when every pet is more or less certain to get sick and need a vet. Just a question of how often and how much

In that season BBC's goal of the season featured ONLY goals from Liverpool.

Dennis bergkamp has done this all by himself

(Month not season admittedly - August 97, 1st, 2nd and 3rd)

On the plus side, at least your surveyor spotted it before you bought it. You wouldn't have wanted to be settling in to your proud first home that you've borrowed a lifetime's worth of money to buy, when the roof and walls collapse.

There are other houses, there are always other houses, and it's worth waiting.

Imo prices are always as high as buyers can possibly afford. Stamp duty rising wont mean the overall cost goes up, sellers will have to reduce asking prices accordingly. When they cut stamp duty, it didn't lead to buyers saving money (apart from edge cases maybe), it just further inflated asking prices.

Yeah but statista is just a data aggregator, I think. The actual source of the data is just listed as 'D Clark' (just some guy?), you can't see any more, perhaps unless you're a member. Given that it is miles off the official government data, I'm inclined to think it's absolute bollocks

Where do these stats actually come from? I clicked the link but couldn't find an ONS or government source, and the funding figure doesn't match at all what other reputable sources have. Your figure appears to overstate by give or take £10bn...

https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/performance-tracker-2023/police#:~:text=Spending%20on%20police%2C%202009%2F10,17.2%20billion%20in%202022%2F23.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-funding-for-england-and-wales-2015-to-2024/police-funding-for-england-and-wales-2015-to-2024#s2

These braided pachira aquatica are very susceptible to root rot, because they have big fleshy bases and it's three or four plants grown right next to each other and twisted around.

Remove from pot and wash all the soil off. If any of the roots are rotting, then you need to remove that plant, it can't be fixed. If you are only removing one of them, you might be able to carefully cut it out and the braided effect might not look too weird after.

Replace compost with a very free draining mix. They store water in their big fleshy bases anyway so don't need a very moist soil.

On mine I got rid of all but one plant, cut it quite low and let it grow back in a normal non braided shape. But if you want to keep it braided you definitely need to never, ever over water.

This is a (rare) example of one sold non-braided, if you do need to remove some bits, debraid and prune, you could end up with one or more like this:
https://hortology.co.uk/products/pachira-aquatica-thick-trunk-money-tree

For 2023/24 "In the UK, the total amount of public spending on the police service is £27.3 billion, the highest amount ever spent. "

Now do that per capita & adjusted for inflation

Thanks all on light chat.

I'm not sure if it's regs or not but the electrician says they insist on conduit for outside wiring, so @TTM 's neat solution wouldn't work. But the light looks like it could accept conduit from below, what model/make please?

Battery lights suggested do seem like a much simpler option, albeit perhaps not the most aesthetic

Will ask the sparky about willingness to drill a hole in a light intended for rear cable entry, good tip

Water resistant, stretch trousers that look and feel nice, good for office or pub, just had a pair of these delivered and liked them enough to buy a second

£24 for navy down from £80, then another 10% off with 10BF code

All normal sizes still available

https://www.craghoppers.com/mens-karst-trouser-dark-navy/

I want a motion sensor outdoor light to go by the front door, to help with finding the keyhole in the dark and provide a little more security / reassurance for my wife.

We have previously had solar ones which aren't great, and have broken. There appear to be a handful of rechargable options available but they also look poor quality.

I had an electrician coming round so asked them to take a look.

There's no existing wiring in particularly useful places, so the best way to do it without a tonne of redecorating inside is apparently to run the cable outside from my lounge, and then a long and up a stretch of external wall. This has to be protected, so that would be in galvanized conduit. I think I'd be ok with the sort of industrial look.

But then he said that means I need a light that's built to accept conduit from below (20mm opening), rather than rear entry with the cable going straight through the wall. Only problem is there don't seem to be any of the former available. Any ideas?

There are loads of different versions of G One Allround: different compounds, puncture protection, folding/rigid, tubeless/non tubeless, different model years, very confusingly listed. As well as obvs sizes and sidewall colour.

I really rate the 27.5 x 2.25 which I got from Merlin here for £20. Listed as performance, raceguard, dual compound, same as your first link. Microskin is meant to be more premium but in what respect I dont know.

Not used them tubeless yet but they have TLE written on them
https://www.merlincycles.com/schwalbe-g-one-allround-performance-raceguard-tle-folding-gravel-tyre-275-250571.html

This is all true but surely Shimano, who only have two types of hoses, account for 90% of customers?

(Bike shops can obviously run their businesses how they want)

27.5 rims
25-27mm internal
Tubeless ready
Road/light off-road use, heavy rider, bike & luggage

Anything much to choose between the various Mavic, DT Swiss and WTB options?

much more beaterish

Your strider on the other hand is a lot fancier than ours!

The bars on mine are on one mollymawk (maybe same as yours) and I love them. The deeper I go into weird alt bars, the more I like it. Fear it is not going to stop

It's the universe's way of telling you to go to Lidl and buy a proper ham

I use specialized coolcave big plastic bin panniers on my pizza rack. Works fine. Weight is indeed a little high when they are fully loaded, but it works

If I was choosing now I would probably go pelago commuter + lowrider attachments

https://pelagobicycles.com/pelago-lowrider-pannier-support/

They just like shelter, some shade and are slow. Japanese acers anyway. Acer campestre, the native field maple, is a badass that dgaf

Any acer recos welcome.

They are slow growers so buy the size and shape you want, dont aim to wait for it to grow.

So, definitely go and see and buy in person.

These guys have a lot of choice
https://www.paramountplants.co.uk/japanese-acers.html

As well as not getting a coloured one for full sun, don't get a dissected leaf variety. Although those are imo the nicest, they will shrivel up in full sun

Mechanical brake and gear drop bar brifter that’ll work with a clutch/large capacity rear mech

SRAM force / rival 1 goes up to 42t