welshbairn Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Miss Whiplash > Walnut Whip 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: I do love a Turkish Delight. Plus the wifie from the old advert was a wid, You're welcome. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 20 hours ago, nelsjfc said: I have family viewing a house that's non-traditional construction. It's not much of an issue in terms of mortgage etc but wanted to know a bit more about it. It's a concrete construction called "panelcrete". Google isn't really giving much clues as to benefits/draw backs of said construction. It was built about 90 years ago. Anyone know anything about it? I've not heard of Panelcrete but suspect its something like a Dorran Construction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefabs_in_the_United_Kingdom I think the principal issue with the construction is that it is a series of precast concrete panels that are bolted together (usually) with non-stainless steel bolts that, in the Scottish climate, have a habit of rusting a wee bit after 50 or 60 years. But because they are behind wall finishes, you cannot tell whether they have rusted away or not. Which means your concrete panels can end up free standing. Until something hits one of them. Then your house has the potential to become something akin to a house of cards. It's a while since I've been in the market mortgage market (and 2008 has probably changed all the rules anyhoo) but it used to be that Halifax were about the only real mainstream lender that would take them on as security... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 And I believe the heat loss/energy efficiency is very poor by today's standards. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 2 minutes ago, alta-pete said: I've not heard of Panelcrete but suspect its something like a Dorran Construction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefabs_in_the_United_Kingdom I think the principal issue with the construction is that it is a series of precast concrete panels that are bolted together (usually) with non-stainless steel bolts that, in the Scottish climate, have a habit of rusting a wee bit after 50 or 60 years. But because they are behind wall finishes, you cannot tell whether they have rusted away or not. Which means your concrete panels can end up free standing. Until something hits one of them. Then your house has the potential to become something akin to a house of cards. It's a while since I've been in the market mortgage market (and 2008 has probably changed all the rules anyhoo) but it used to be that Halifax were about the only real mainstream lender that would take them on as security... Anyone want to buy an Italian bridge? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ah-dee Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 I like Turkish Delight, I do. A lot of people don't like Turkish Delight, I mean Fry's Turkish Delight, the type with the chocolate on it and the purple wrapper. But I like it. A lot of people say "ugh, Turkish Delight, that's disgusting, how can you eat that? It's like eating perfume, it's like eating old women's perfume. Like lavender water, or rose water or whatever it is. How can you like that?" But I like it. I like Turkish Delight. I don't like it enough to get it every day, or every week. In fact, I can't remember the last time I got a Turkish Delight, but every now and then, I'll be in a shop and I walk past the shelves with all the chocolate and I'll see a Turkish Delight and I'll get it. It's nice, I like it. I like Turkish Delight. what do you like? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Moving flat and Sky have said that the earliest an openreach engineer can go to the flat to reactivate the line (there is a line there but no dial tone) is October 1st. Is there any way I can get this done sooner or am I fucked? And anyone got any recommendations for a good portable WiFi box or other entirety solution that I can use for the next few weeks? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Honest_Man#1 said: Moving flat and Sky have said that the earliest an openreach engineer can go to the flat to reactivate the line (there is a line there but no dial tone) is October 1st. Is there any way I can get this done sooner or am I fucked? And anyone got any recommendations for a good portable WiFi box or other entirety solution that I can use for the next few weeks? Could you have a word with them about mine and @Melanius Mullarkey 's wifi? It's shite but as busy chaps, phoning them up to moan is a bit of a stretch. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman Hessian Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 3 hours ago, Honest_Man#1 said: Moving flat and Sky have said that the earliest an openreach engineer can go to the flat to reactivate the line (there is a line there but no dial tone) is October 1st. Is there any way I can get this done sooner or am I fucked? And anyone got any recommendations for a good portable WiFi box or other solution that I can use for the next few weeks? something along these lines will see you right for the rest of the month... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Moving flat and Sky have said that the earliest an openreach engineer can go to the flat to reactivate the line (there is a line there but no dial tone) is October 1st. Is there any way I can get this done sooner or am I fucked? And anyone got any recommendations for a good portable WiFi box or other entirety solution that I can use for the next few weeks?HH beat me to it with a lower brow answer but I’d say buy a book FFS. 2 weeks without Sky? First World Problems for this pish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Tether your phone and if need be, buy some extra data. Then ditch Sky 'cos they're c***s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 8 hours ago, Honest_Man#1 said: Moving flat and Sky have said that the earliest an openreach engineer can go to the flat to reactivate the line (there is a line there but no dial tone) is October 1st. Is there any way I can get this done sooner or am I fucked? And anyone got any recommendations for a good portable WiFi box or other entirety solution that I can use for the next few weeks? 7 hours ago, Shandon Par said: Could you have a word with them about mine and @Melanius Mullarkey 's wifi? It's shite but as busy chaps, phoning them up to moan is a bit of a stretch. Ask them to switch it off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 3 hours ago, alta-pete said: HH beat me to it with a lower brow answer but I’d say buy a book FFS. 2 weeks without Sky? First World Problems for this pish. Buying a book doesn’t really help with not being able to do my job, but cheers for the terrible suggestion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, Honest_Man#1 said: Buying a book doesn’t really help with not being able to do my job, but cheers for the terrible suggestion. You'd be quicker paying DA Baracus to come round and shout at you whenever you're trying to do work at home. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 1 minute ago, Miguel Sanchez said: You'd be quicker paying DA Baracus to come round and shout at you whenever you're trying to do work at home. As long as it’s in normal hours he shouldn’t have any issue with it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Since when has a goal direct from a corner kick been called an Olympic goal? Question in a quiz in one of today's papers here asked "From where on a soccer field is an "Olympic goal" scored. Double stuff and fucking nonsense - soccer & olympic goal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 4 minutes ago, Eednud said: Since when has a goal direct from a corner kick been called an Olympic goal? Question in a quiz in one of today's papers here asked "From where on a soccer field is an "Olympic goal" scored. Double stuff and fucking nonsense - soccer & olympic goal. I was going to write a made up fact here about it being a name coined when Uruguay scored a goal direct from a corner in the 1924 Olympic Final. Then I checked where it actually is derived... Close but no cigar. Good effort though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 7 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said: You'd be quicker paying DA Baracus to come round and shout at you whenever you're trying to do work at home. I think he'll be fully booked ranting and raving at strangers in the street. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Currently running around shouting at Germans. Makes a change from it being them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 10 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said: You'd be quicker paying DA Baracus to come round and shout at you whenever you're trying to do work at home. Been waiting for somebody to point out that it's BA Baracus (for 'Bad Attitude') but apparently I'm the only one sad enough to know that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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