Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

awww
Did you check up the trees?

You should install CCTV so you can watch them.... or replay video to see which direction they headed off in.

She can't fly.:( If she could I'd be less worried about her because she'd be able to get out of harms way.

PasturesNew

I want to see tomtom's sites... I'm sure he's making loadsadosh ... and I like to look in awe at people who are more successful than me because they're more focussed.

I am too unfocussed

vivatifosi

tomterm8 wrote: »

I use site24x7 for that on really critical websites... you can set it up so that it send you a text message within a minute or so of the web site going down. It is a bit pricey though.

PasturesNew wrote: »

This particular one's a DotNetNuke site, I moved it to PowerDNN mid-year when my last host was bought out and they migrated it and it didn't work on their new servers - and they gave me a month to shift it. 4GB DB and a site I've been writing since 2006/2007.

Am I witnessing geek flirting here;)?

Only joking. Sorry. I have no idea what either of you are talking about.

lostinrates

Does anyone know the magic words to catch and tame a plumber? As well as the yard there is going to be some house plumbing to do soon and I'm finding that securing a plumber is like trying to trap a yeti.

PasturesNew

vivatifosi wrote: »

Am I witnessing geek flirting here;)?

Only joking. Sorry. I have no idea what either of you are talking about.

Companies that provide hard disks where we can put our files so they are seen on the Internet as websites.

That's what those are.

Hosts.

vivatifosi

lostinrates wrote: »

Does anyone know the magic words to catch and tame a plumber? As well as the yard there is going to be some house plumbing to do soon and I'm finding that securing a plumber is like trying to trap a yeti.

My local council runs a trusted trader scheme that will give out names of trustworthy tradies, including plumbers. Takes a lot of the risk out of finding a good one. Worth checking to see if there's something similar near you.

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

My local council runs a trusted trader scheme that will give out names of trustworthy tradies, including plumbers. Takes a lot of the risk out of finding a good one. Worth checking to see if there's something similar near you.

Silvercar told me about this, but our council doesn't do it. It seems such a superb resource to have, though, so I wish they did!

vivatifosi

Try this then lir:

http://www.trustmark.org.uk/

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

Try this then lir:

http://www.trustmark.org.uk/

wow, nearest one is twelve miles/30mins away! I'll try him though,as the next nearest is in the next county!

I have been ringing loads, they just don't all back or are lovely but too busy.

silvercar

lostinrates wrote: »

Silvercar told me about this, but our council doesn't do it. It seems such a superb resource to have, though, so I wish they did!

Not me, I didn't know it existed.

I have in the past phoned the department in the council that I thought would use certain trades and persuaded/ flirted the name of reliable tradesmen out of them:) I remember getting a list of approved tree surgeons that someone had helpfully annotated comments to.

Plumbers are a nightmare as soon as you find a good one they disappear or suddenly stop providing a good, reliable or honest service. The last one I used for a big job I found on MSE. Unfortunately he then had a motorbike accident and stopped work. It may be worth asking on the DIY board.