We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.
This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.
Debate House Prices
In order to help keep the Forum a useful, safe and friendly place for our users, discussions around non MoneySaving matters are no longer permitted. This includes wider debates about general house prices, the economy and politics. As a result, we have taken the decision to keep this board permanently closed, but it remains viewable for users who may find some useful information in it. Thank you for your understanding.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
Nice People 12: Nice in Nice
Comments
-
I am sure with recycling there is a point of diminishing returns where if you make it too complicated more people don't bother making actual disposal worse.
DSS wants his mate to dismantle his to be scrapped car on the drive where it has sat for 18 months already as that is worth more than getting a disposal company to pick it up. I am not keen.....I think....0 -
Shredded paper... my shredder's close to full. Not emptying it today, but it'll need doing soon/sometime. So, if I have shreddings in the shredder .... I am guessing it's best to empty those into a paper bag, then at the recycling centre lob the whole lot in the "paper" skip.
It's so complex overall. When is something paper, when is it cardboard, when is it a directory, when is it none of these. And plastics - what's a plastic - I've a milk bottle and a thick bleach bottle.... presumably both plastics.... I know plastic microwave food trays aren't plastic because the skip says no to those..... too hard for mere mortals.0 -
DSS wants his mate to dismantle his to be scrapped car on the drive where it has sat for 18 months already as that is worth more than getting a disposal company to pick it up. I am not keen.....
No, apart from obviously reducing the value of houses on the street.... there'll be nuts/bolts/washers and oil splashes to be found for 10+ years.
Best to stick it on ebay "spares only - buyer collects". At least it goes for free then.
Yes, you can make money selling individual parts on ebay, but you're still then left with the bits nobody wants ..... so a lot of hassle. In most areas, though, these days, the car people pay you to come and take it away due to the value in the metal. Have you checked these people lately?0 -
I'm sure you are right, Michaels - make it too much of a pain, and people start to say, "!!!!!!!" and just chuck it in the normal rubbish....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0
-
I've just booked our summer holiday - for 22nd August, so that feels a bit advanced planning. A week or so usually suffices.
We're staying in (unoriginally, for us) Cornwall, for a week, near Widemouth Bay. We'll get Kermie a nice little beach tent so that he doesn't get sun burned or cold in the wind, and I'm sure we'll have a great time....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
Then they send round someone to spy on you using anti-terrorist laws so they can fine you £200 and stop you taking holidays to the US as you now have a criminal record.
The extent to which the state has its hooks into people as a matter of course deeply troubles me.
Oh and you have to book it with the council, you can't turn up on a random Wednesday......
gen, you need to wander over to MikeR's post on DT about how/ why is it OK to be a communist ofr some such title. I'm not much for state interference, but his views are quite a few steps too far.:eek:PasturesNew wrote: ».
Best to stick it on ebay "spares only - buyer collects". At least it goes for free then.
Yes, you can make money selling individual parts on ebay, but you're still then left with the bits nobody wants ..... so a lot of hassle. In most areas, though, these days, the car people pay you to come and take it away due to the value in the metal. Have you checked these people lately?
Our fitter had quite a side line going stripping Cougar's for parts and made a nice little side income from it for years, though you do get left with bits no-one wants. Not to mention various numpties coming along and hoping you could give them a lift back home, because it's really difficult carting a front bumper and two headlights back on the bus.......0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »I've just booked our summer holiday - for 22nd August, so that feels a bit advanced planning. A week or so usually suffices.
We're staying in (unoriginally, for us) Cornwall, for a week, near Widemouth Bay. We'll get Kermie a nice little beach tent so that he doesn't get sun burned or cold in the wind, and I'm sure we'll have a great time.
It is beautiful there and usually fabulous weather.0 -
I don't think I've ever actually entered a caravan. Certainly not stayed in one. But it would've been a bit of a squeeze with 6 of us!...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0
-
Then they send round someone to spy on you using anti-terrorist laws so they can fine you £200 and stop you taking holidays to the US as you now have a criminal record.
The extent to which the state has its hooks into people as a matter of course deeply troubles me.
I've no idea where the conviction that the RIPA legislation is an anti terror law came from - probably journalists seeking to sensationalise things. It is used routinely to investigate all sorts of crimes and is available for use for the prevention and detection of any crime.
However, the good news is that the government didn't give councils the power to carry out directed surveillance in order to see what people put in their bins - it was so they could investigate benefit fraud and the like. The law has been changed so that directed surveillance can only be carried out in order to investigate a crime which can be punished with a prison sentence of at least six months. Councils also need to get a magistrate to approve each individual use of RIPA whereas before they could sign it off themselves.0 -
gen, you need to wander over to MikeR's post on DT about how/ why is it OK to be a communist ofr some such title. I'm not much for state interference, but his views are quite a few steps too far.:eek:
Mebbe. I'm pretty grumpy as I'm so damn tired so if I'm PPR'd by tomorrow you know what's happened.0
This discussion has been closed.
Confirm your email address to Create Threads and Reply
Categories
- All Categories
- 352.1K Banking & Borrowing
- 253.6K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
- 454.2K Spending & Discounts
- 245.2K Work, Benefits & Business
- 600.8K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
- 177.5K Life & Family
- 259K Travel & Transport
- 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
- 16K Discuss & Feedback
- 37.7K Read-Only Boards