Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

Davesnave

PasturesNew wrote: »

Only reason I am getting a new PC at some point in 2012/2013 is because this one is 6 years old and the HD is full and I've never reinstalled Windows etc.... so rather than buying/fitting a new HD and cleaning it up and doing reinstalls, I'd rather just buy another one. I expect to pay no more than £200 when I do.

My 2006 Dell is limping along; it's OS is shot full of errors, the hard disk has a bad sector and the DVD drive is knackered. Like you, I've never done a reinstall, and although I might, it wouldn't be sensible to continue using this as a main machine.

So....last week I used the MSE local tool to find a computer on eBay. I got an Asus ex-granny PC + 19" widescreen + HP scanner/printer, all with about 6 hours on the clock for £101.

Granny didn't like computers.

chewmylegoff

PasturesNew wrote: »

I don't even know what that means.....

I know it means you went on a train that goes under the sea, from the UK to France.... and that's the extent of my knowledge.

It means I paid £35 more to have one more inch of legroom and a terrible meal. Proper posh.

misskool

PasturesNew wrote: »

You lot lead lifestyles I'd previously only encounter on the telly or in magazines I flicked through at the dentist.

PTs
Gyms at work
Eating posh lunches
Purple and yellow mange tout?

It's a whole Posh Alertfest on this page isn't it!

purple mangetout cost £3.49 for 100 seeds. Scrapping that idea for now. Also the birds seem to enjoy the free food I keep putting out for themm

Davesnave

lostinrates wrote: »

Any one else woried about donnie darko style nightmares brought on by the easter bunny aggressive posture martin lewis?

No, but his sweaty-looking shirt doesn't do much for him.

Even Bliar looked less ruffled than that in his more perspirational moments.

Davesnave

misskool wrote: »

purple mangetout cost £3.49 for 100 seeds. Scrapping that idea for now. Also the birds seem to enjoy the free food I keep putting out for themm

My mangetout are all free this year, as I saved some of last years gone-over peas. I grow one called 'Bijou.' It's a normal colour, but pods are huge - up to 6" or so.

PasturesNew

chewmylegoff wrote: »

It means I paid £35 more to have one more inch of legroom and a terrible meal. Proper posh.

They must have seen you coming.

PasturesNew

misskool wrote: »

purple mangetout cost £3.49 for 100 seeds. Scrapping that idea for now. Also the birds seem to enjoy the free food I keep putting out for themm

What happens if you water regular mange tout with beetroot water daily? That'd be cheaper - and might even work!

misskool

Davesnave wrote: »

My mangetout are all free this year, as I saved some of last years gone-over peas. I grow one called 'Bijou.' It's a normal colour, but pods are huge - up to 6" or so.

Reckon if i keep a few of the purple ones to go over, i can save them for next year? mangetout come true?

tempted now (aside from having to protect them from birds)

LydiaJ

sss555s wrote: »

Did you have to have a EPC for yours Lydia?

The thing is that although the repayment period may still be similar, The tariff after that will be far more for the systems on the older tariff until the end of the scheme.

Still worth it as a medium risk I'd expect.

No, there weren't any EPC restrictions when I got mine (Sept 2011). I have the EPC that the vendors did when selling the house, though. It was E54 for energy and E46 for environmental impact. However, it should now be C78 for energy and C73 for environmental, because that's what the EPC says it would be if it had low energy bulbs, thermostatic radiator valves, a new boiler, improved wall insulation and solar PV, because I've done all those things. Well, most but not all of the bulbs, but 4.0kWp PV panels rather than 2.5kWp. Insulation and efficiency are important to me because I like to be warm, so it's worth putting money into making it cheaper to keep the house at my preferred temperature.

My panels are doing well. As of today, I've had them 7 months exactly. They've produced 1605.7kWh, which is worth £720.16 on the old tariff (with "deemed" export). Actually that isn't the whole 7 months, because the inverter broked down in November. I delayed a bit before reporting it because it was just at the time Mum had been given 2 weeks to live, and then when I did get round to it, the company weren't able to replace it as quickly as they usually would, because it was just before the tariff change deadline and they were flat out. I'm looking forward to seeing what they can do in the summer months.

PasturesNew

Perfect Men

They now know the 'perfect man' - so how many marks out of five do the NP blokes get?

Women's idea of the perfect man? A 6ft, £48k-a-year, beer-drinking meat-eater with an Audi

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2126093/Womens-idea-perfect-man-A-6ft--48k-year--beer-drinking-meat-eater-Audi.html