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“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
One of my favourite sites.
This used to be my sig on another forum.....
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
I can't picture you as Smaug, Lydia. Not even a teeny weeny bit.
Glad it went well today.
You reassure me.
Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »One of my favourite sites.
This used to be my sig on another forum.....
That is one of my all time fave xkcd items. Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »Yes, the plastic knob.
I looked at the video - to say it petrified me is an understatement....
Photo of mine attached, not because I think anybody here can fix it by mind control, but to be clear
http://i58.tinypic.com/9qgprc.jpg
Good news, this is in changing a (normal) light bulb diy territory. (Edit: actually even easier as it is not out of reach nor is there any possible electrical danger)
Unscrew the silver coloured outer ring that is 'rough' so you sould be able to do this by hand and take it with you to b&q / wickes / homebase and ask for a replacement radiator stat valve and they will have a choice of suitable ones starting at about a tenner but you can pay more if want it to look posher. With the new one set it to full hot and you will be able to screw it on in the same way as the old one came off.I think....0 -
HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »Probably not that many years behind you TBH. I'll stick it out for a while yet, but likely to do my own thing at some point.
IIRC you are the same generation as me although a little younger.
I went from 'I don't really enjoy this', to 'before turning the gun on himself' in very short order.0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »I've never mentioned it before, but one of my radiators has the knob broken off. The twisty knob where you set the temperature. I'm assuming it's still safe to use and I'll just not know what temperature it's set to, nor be able to change it. For me, it's the kitchen one, so I'd prefer to have to only set to the frost-free option as I don't heat kitchens (no point heating a room if you'll just be in there for 20 minutes/day to make a few coffees, microwave a spud and make some toast, so it'd be annoying if it were stuck/broken off on full blast.
It's not something one can call out a plumber to fix, not worth the cost, which I assume would be a lot.
I've done the same. Swinging a suitcase out of the way, it hit the radiator control and snapped it off. Wasn't as clean a break as PNs. It can wait til BG do their annual service and they can fix it at the same time.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0 -
Good news, this is in changing a (normal) light bulb diy territory. (Edit: actually even easier as it is not out of reach nor is there any possible electrical danger)
Unscrew the silver coloured outer ring that is 'rough' so you sould be able to do this by hand and take it with you to b&q / wickes / homebase and ask for a replacement radiator stat valve and they will have a choice of suitable ones starting at about a tenner but you can pay more if want it to look posher. With the new one set it to full hot and you will be able to screw it on in the same way as the old one came off.
Well, that sounds doable! That silver ring is moving round - I did screw it in both directions, but then got scared it might suddenly erupt into a fountain (even though my sensible head said it's not going to happen like that), so I stopped fiddling and took the photo.
Your explanation sounds doable to me
I'll also take the broken plastic knob bit with me, as I find when I try to explain what I want they then ask a question that leaves me stumped.
When I was trying to buy a shed lock I was trying to draw what I meant in the air, but they had no idea what I was on about .... they'd asked "what sort of lock?" ... I then decided to take the existing one off and kept it in my bag - and then I wandered in a hardware shop and they had an identical one on the wall!0 -
I've done the same. Swinging a suitcase out of the way, it hit the radiator control and snapped it off. Wasn't as clean a break as PNs. It can wait til BG do their annual service and they can fix it at the same time.
I think you're obliged now to follow michaels' explanation and fix this yourself. Then we can at least compare disaster stories when it doesn't turn out to be that simple 0 -
HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »
Maybe I need a mug to keep me focused.....:D
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