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Sounds like a lot of your problems would be fixed by moving to a less rubbish area of the UK, where decent schooling for your kids would cost £0?

From the Independent: The biggest single shareholder is the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, which holds around 32% of the shares. Another pension fund, the UK-based Universities Superannuation Scheme, holds another 20%. Around 10% of the shares are owned by a subsidiary of the...

Yup, I don't really understand why this can't happen. Being renationalised now, with the current private owners getting a nice fat payout from the UK taxpayer whilst that same taxpayer is saddled with a huge investment bill just seems crazy. It's privately owned, those private owners made a lot...

Yeah maybe. My simple logic is that for the same price they charge, you can get a used retail drive that still has 2-3 years manufacture warranty, which I assume will always be better than a 3rd party eBay random seller warranty. Also TBH I don't really like the grubby way they seem to do...

I'm considering buying some 2nd hand HDD in the 14+TB range for media storage. Not the Chinese located or the OEM/datacenter 'refurbished' resellers you get on eBay/Amazon, but where a private seller has pictured the serial number/manufacture date & SMART stats. If the serial number checks out...

I rate the Fiat Panda. Pretty sure you can get certain models with an auto.

Congrats! you sound in pretty good health compared with most 80r olds I know :D, although sorry to hear about the Aids.

It's one of those things you don't really think about - I admit I sort of assume that of course bridge pillars are massive concrete things able to easily brush off/sink a ship. RIP to those on the bridge, must have been terrifying.

Yes it's a large salary. But also yes the tax traps & loss of benefits for parents are very unfair & do crush ambition/lead to much tax avoidance via salary sacrifice/pension payments etc.

It's a moronic statement from somewone who inevitably has a history of linking back/ blaming *everything* on Zionism/Israel/Jews.

Someone defacing the Banksy is surely just as much 'art' as it was? Banksy embarrassed himself on this one anyway as that is a deliberately pruned well managed tree.

I have a filling or worse in every single molar tooth, all from before I was 16. Yes I regret not taking better care of teeth when a teenager, not least because it now costs a fortune to keep ontop of.

I don't understand how deep sea mineral mining can possibly be economically viable. That said, I have no issue with it. Even if it miraculously is worth doing, any actual impact (outside of standard human/industrial mistakes like oil spills etc) will be near zero.

I only lived at home during uni holidays and before starting first job, so wasn't charged anything. I did help out with household tho. Long time away but I'll do the same with my kids I think. If they're living at home whilst working full time (not studying) then it's different & I'll get them...

Thin end of the wedge. Time to sell up & move, then invoice ex neighbour for all move costs & enforce via small claims, this image being part of evidence pack of the distress they caused you.

T-shirt £7 Trousers £25 Belt £30 about 10 years ago; non gucci Socks £5 Boxers £5 Slippers £40

Sounds like a bit of a bargain OP.

NI cut is really ******* in the wind in the face of continuation of frozen allowance/income tax bands. Child benefit clawback increase to £60k-£80k is good I guess. Although the idea of doing it on a household basis from 2026 sounds like fantasy.

1kg of fat contains roughly the same energy as 1kg coal. I'm sure the average fat person could spare ~10kg from the love handles etc - That's a huge amount of non fossil fuel energy we are leaving on the table. The point when it's morally justified on a climate change basis to harvest excess...

A few things conspired against LPG in the UK - minimal manufacturer commitment, car tech making it impossible retrofit (direct injection), the changes to tax/congestion charge in London in early 2000s, Shell/Autogas relationship ending etc. It just found its niche. It's still widely available...