Nice people thread part 3- Nice as pie

lostinrates

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

My parents used to have it at their previous Kent house, but I think the bottles were delivered. I could be wrong.

Yep its the lugging thats the issue. And the thing is with rural theft being what it is now.....oil disappears from tankers (a chum on mse with a generator at the back of her house..I've been there, its a hard place to get too...all was drained dry) making of with cannisters would be a breeze for them and a drama for me.

Davesnave

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

I don't think you change them yourself - apart from flipping a switch to the spare set.

I do, and it involves a spanner, not a switch, but it only happens about once a year.

silvercar

מעביר את הסמן מימין לשמאל

Translation is "the cursor moves from right to left"

But try copying pasting and then deleting characters in the middle and the cursors swap function. Or is my computer possessed?

neverdespairgirl

The Zionists are out to getcha

PasturesNew

Davesnave wrote: »

I do, and it involves a spanner, not a switch, but it only happens about once a year.

I had my switch in place in 1989 or so.... here's the sort of beast, £70.
http://www.socal.co.uk/24/86/16990

I used to leave the gas fire on low 24/7 when it was really cold outside; the door used to freeze up in the night still.... and I'd get through one big canister every two weeks I think it was.

LydiaJ

Wow this thread has been moving fast tonight.

lostinrates wrote: »

That#s when I get my pasta out. A spaghetti keeps you away from the flame, but you can ''ignite'' a pan to flambe

If there's only one of it, is it a spaghetto? I merely wonder idly as I read this thread before falling asleep.

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

You can, honestly. When my best mate and I were in Russia, she went to visit a uni friend in Astrakhan, and I went north to Archangel and the Solovetsky Islands. I had a wonderful time.

Yes, but there are things that most of the rest of us can cope with that are very eek for PN. I believe that you had a wonderful time. I also believe that PN probably wouldn't have, under the same circumstances.

vivatifosi wrote: »

I've seen a big thread on this somewhere Lydia. It may be on the DIY board or it maybe on one of the energy threads. One of the questions is whether something other than photovoltaics will come up soon. Another seems to revolve around if you get your panels free, you are effectively "renting" your roof for 25 years in exchange for the energy, which can affect house sales. That's how I understood it from limited reading anyway. It may be worth doing a search for.

Thanks viva. I'll have a look for it. I'm not going to get the panels for free, anyway. Either I'll borrow the money from my family (at interest, of course, to beat what they get in their savings accounts so they "win" and aren't just doing me a favour), or else I'll invite my parents to invest in such an excellent opportunity. I'll get the reduced bills, because it's my roof, and they can have the feed-in money because they'll have put up the cash, just like the companies do, but without the house selling complications. Since they're both in their 80s, it's unlikely they'll be still around in 25 years, but everything would revert to me if and when they die.

Generali

LydiaJ wrote: »

If there's only one of it, is it a spaghetto?

Short answer: yes.

Spago = string
Spaghetto = small string
Spaghetti = small strings

Farfalle = butterflies
Ligua di Suocera is the best named pasta which means mother in law's tongue (google it to see where it gets the name)

Masomnia

StevieJ wrote: »

I thought you were from Oldham for some reason I cannot now recollect.

Aye, ah w' born in Oldham. Grew up there but moved to Sheffield for university and have stayed here in the year since graduating.

Sorry if my last post was a bit negative, I've just let things get a bit stale life-wise. Going to sort things out this summer.

michaels

Your IRL name isn't Carrie by any chance :eek: ?

PasturesNew wrote: »

I was brought up with the fear of everything being drummed into me.... and still am really.

michaels

My parents did it last autumn, effectively instead of buying an annuity (although not from pension money) as the tax free return is far in excess of anything they could get on an annuity - obviously your parents are older so they might do better with an annuity on a per annum basis but that would be effectively living on the capital that with the solar scheme will get passed on to you.

I reckon you might be able to save about 25% on your electric bill and of course your parents make an effective 8-10% tax free return as long as the sun shines - April was a very profitable month by all accounts. I believe the rate you get depends when you first install with lower rates from next April so don't wait too long.

LydiaJ wrote: »

Thanks viva. I'll have a look for it. I'm not going to get the panels for free, anyway. Either I'll borrow the money from my family (at interest, of course, to beat what they get in their savings accounts so they "win" and aren't just doing me a favour), or else I'll invite my parents to invest in such an excellent opportunity. I'll get the reduced bills, because it's my roof, and they can have the feed-in money because they'll have put up the cash, just like the companies do, but without the house selling complications. Since they're both in their 80s, it's unlikely they'll be still around in 25 years, but everything would revert to me if and when they die.