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  1. Dureth

    House purchase help

    The indemnity policy is meant to cover the costs, risks and mitigations in the missing transfer deed and the lack of planning consent. Ensure your solicitor reviews it thoroughly, but I wouldn't let this stop me proceeding with the purchase. Are both of these items relatively historic or recent...
  2. Dureth

    Fun Track Car for 5k?

    I can add that an RX8 is one of if not the best handling cars out of this comparison (I’ve owned and tracked the following: focus st mk1, civic type r, Mini Cooper s, mx5 mk1, mr2 mk2). The engine, if maintained, is reliable for hard use as constant high revving isn’t a bad thing, if anything it...
  3. Dureth

    The ongoing Elon Twitter saga: "insert demographic" melts down

    With 7500 direct employees and ~6000 contractors that means with revenue of 5billion you are looking at $370,370 per employee. Considering that many of these will be low paid contractors for moderation and support roles and the platform cost of delivering the service beyond payroll costs was...
  4. Dureth

    David Cameron buys £1500 used Nissan Micra...

    So with a bit of internet detective work by reverse image searching the advert image used on the telegraphs report of this (which had its number plate blurred) I managed to find the corresponding advert on friday-ad.co.uk by that dealer. This website lets you view expired adverts, from this I...
  5. Dureth

    Virgin Media Discussion Thread

    So I had a reply to a tweet I sent to VM about the long install time. A nice Alexandra is helping me out on web chat. No-one knows why the wait is so long, it's not construction related and the flat is already cabled. They are trying to convert my order to a self install as you suggested...
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    Virgin Media Discussion Thread

    There was no option for that when I signed up. I assumed the old cable boxes in this flat were defunct hence the need for an engineer visit. I think they say cable and wireless on them, that's how old they are! :p Still worth asking for a self install kit?
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    Virgin Media Discussion Thread

    Urrrghhh, moving flat and BT couldn't transfer my fibre despite it being enabled in every other flat in the building. Decided to give VM a try as their boxes were already on the wall in the new place. Ordered online, chose an installation date of 28th of April, all seems good. Today I get an...
  8. Dureth

    What did you do to your bike today?

    The crash will go through your mind quite a bit to start with, especially with such a hair raising moment as you had with the lorry. Your mind will work through it though and the thoughts will stop, it's only natural. You might also find that once you get a hire bike and go out for a gentle fun...
  9. Dureth

    General election voting round 5 (final one)

    Maybe she would be willing to sacrifice the odd pair of £1000 shoes for her values and beliefs.
  10. Dureth

    Buy privately or from a dealer?

    Not exactly wear and tear if it has happened in a very short period. Even 2nd hand you can expect the vehicle to be fit for purpose for a reasonable time, including wear and tear items.
  11. Dureth

    What did you do to your bike today?

    The bike is small, larger than a CBR600RR but smaller than a ZX6R. At 5'7" it fits me perfectly. The handling is very confidence inspiring for such a quick turning sports bike. Build quality and finish is excellent, mine is an 08 model with 18K miles on the clock and looks like new. I find the...
  12. Dureth

    *** Show us your bikes! ***

    Congratulations! :D
  13. Dureth

    What did you do to your bike today?

    Took the Triumph 675 daytona into Destination Triumph Solent near Fareham this morning for it's MOT. The service was excellent, free coffee as you'd expect and a Bonnie test ride to take away with me for the onward journey to work. Loved the laid back style of riding the bonnie demands and...
  14. Dureth

    £16,271 Below Average wage?

    £30K is roughly around £1800 a month take home. In Hampshire (not even THAT close to London, just down South) a 1 bed flat costs ~£600 a month in rent. A 3 bed terrace or small semi detached would be ~£1000 a month in rent. Add on council tax of £120 a month, gas and electric of ~£70 a month...
  15. Dureth

    11.11. 11.11

    Go and educate yourself!
  16. Dureth

    suspension from work

    If it is B&Q how long ago was the phone call to the orange team? The phone system recordings were kept for both IT service desk and orange team for a LONG time when I was there. You might be able to get the conversation pulled from tape backup if it gets serious.
  17. Dureth

    suspension from work

    Sounds like you work for B&Q (previous KITS employee here so have some knowledge of their discount/cc scheme) and the situation sounds familiar. I know that frequent gift card purchases by staff are flagged in the system as there were a lot of cases where staff would buy them to re-sell on ebay...
  18. Dureth

    To those of you with a 'weekend' car

    Sounds like a perfect case for buying a motorcycle! Cheap, fast and more exciting than any car you will ever likely be able to afford. Slight risk of dismemberment . . . :D
  19. Dureth

    Rights following used car purchase (back street garage place)

    You bought it from a business not privately so within the first 6 months it is his duty to show that any fault was not already existing. Both the exhaust and the window should be fixed by him as within the time frame you have owned the car it is not reasonable to expect those to fail (they are...
  20. Dureth

    My electricity meter is still reading 00000 due to Solar panels!!

    It's hardly an often replacement and maybe it could be a requirement of mortgage-ability that all solar systems are in working order.
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