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fuctifino posted:I propose a celebrity deathmatch form of politics: There are 650 MPs, but only 427 physical seats in the House of Commons chamber. So we arm them each MP with a ceremonial mace, and we let them fight it out. The winners will be those who have successfully retained a physical seat while also retaining their life. It would be funnier to have Black Rod announcing "When the national anthem stops..." Rose Hanbury was 25 when she married the Marquis of Boute-Sexe, by the way, not 19. He is 24 years her senior though.
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Mar 16, 2024 13:20
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 Starbucks posted:In a decently insulated house air conditioning heats a room up faster than a radiator, and provides cooling in the summer. Our obsession with radiators is crap. Also frees up wall space for putting things against. Love my floor/ceiling vents.
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Mar 16, 2024 13:22
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Read the other day that May 3rd would have been the general election date if the FTPA hadn't been repealed. But nah just get Penny in, cling on for another 6 months. It's fine.
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Mar 16, 2024 13:22
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Jedit posted:Rose Hanbury was 25 when she married the Marquis of Boute-Sexe, by the way, not 19. He is 24 years her senior though. That'll teach me to try counting with my fingers before bed. Thanks for the correction.
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Mar 16, 2024 13:22
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Head of state election between the Glasgow pensioner that wanted to put a stake through Thatchers corpse, and the Welsh pensioner that wanted to machine gun all the Tories.
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Mar 16, 2024 13:24
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Sunak with his arm around the shoulders of a young girl, bit Prince Andrew, innit?! https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/16/sunak-under-pressure-to-say-how-many-times-he-has-met-tory-donor-frank-hester
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Mar 16, 2024 13:31
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fuctifino posted:I propose a celebrity deathmatch form of politics: There are 650 MPs, but only 427 physical seats in the House of Commons chamber. So we arm them each MP with a ceremonial mace, and we let them fight it out. The winners will be those who have successfully retained a physical seat while also retaining their life. God this is so stupid but...The Succession to the Crown Act requires the top 6 people in the line of succession (so William, his 3 kids, Harry, his eldest kid) to get the permission of the monarch to wed, & getting married without permission of the sovereign disqualifies you & your issue from the line of succession. Bastards are legitimised if the parents marry but are not included in the line of succession. Seems stupid you say? Yes, yes it is. Like Yeah Yeah Yeahs sang, "off with your head...Heads will roll"
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Mar 16, 2024 13:45
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I can’t see them replacing the leader before the election, or rather I wouldn’t see any sensible MP wanting to replace him as leader before a general election as whoever loses will likely need to leave anyway.
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Mar 16, 2024 13:47
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Rarity posted:There's evenings weekends and half-term mate So we think they probably are at school, but can't confirm that for reasons of manners and protocol, but we also haven't seen any sign of them outside that, but that's not particularly unusual?
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Mar 16, 2024 13:48
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Let Liz Truss have another go.
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Mar 16, 2024 13:48
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fuctifino posted:I think that illegitimate children become automatically legitimised if the parents end up marrying, so it would need William and Rose marrying. From what I understand this is normally true however the laws that established that created exceptions for inheritable “titles of honour” such that it may not apply to royal succession. Regardless it would be one of those situations where, if it came up, would probably require confirmatory legislation anyway since the various Commonwealth realms would need to all agree to the same successor to maintain the personal union. Parliament wouldn’t let Rose’s kids inherit if Canada or Australia were sticking firm on giving the crown to Harry.
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Mar 16, 2024 13:50
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keep punching joe posted:Head of state election between the Glasgow pensioner that wanted to put a stake through Thatchers corpse, and the Welsh pensioner that wanted to machine gun all the Tories. Don't forget the pensioner who spraypainted Thatcher's statue recently!
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Mar 16, 2024 13:51
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Starbucks posted:I can’t see them replacing the leader before the election, or rather I wouldn’t see any sensible MP wanting to replace him as leader before a general election as whoever loses will likely need to leave anyway. I think this is solely MPs who are about to lose their seats floating the idea, mostly in a 'something needs to happen if I want to keep my seat... changing the leader is something' way The only way becoming Leader might be worth it as an MP, is if your plan was to take the leadership call an election quickly and ride the bounce into a much closer loss than predicted and happily resign to become a party grandee in the lords.
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Mar 16, 2024 13:52
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Runcible Cat posted:Don't forget the pensioner who spraypainted Thatcher's statue recently! God that ruled
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Mar 16, 2024 13:52
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PriorMarcus posted:an heated and sorry but what the hell is this
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Mar 16, 2024 13:52
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Starbucks posted:In a decently insulated house air conditioning heats a room up faster than a radiator, and provides cooling in the summer. Our obsession with radiators is crap. One thing I heard is that new builds are apparently hell in the summer because the insulation is designed to keep heat in, but does nothing about stopping it building up. Same with UPVC windows, designed to let sunlight in to 'help heat rooms' but not conduct heat between the panes to let it back out again. Radiators are also annoying though because they get in the way of furniture. We have one huge radiator in the living room that makes one side of the room too hot, and the other side of the room barely noticeable, because the house we live in was flipped for a quick sale and was designed to look good, not actually be livable.
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Mar 16, 2024 13:57
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For new builds (as I have one) it’s about keeping heat out. Thermal blinds / curtains, keeping windows and doors shut and such can keep it pretty bearable for a bit but if it gets really warm then getting a portable air con unit is needed. But they are still not fitting air source heat pumps but gas boilers.
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Mar 16, 2024 14:13
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Also heat pumps systems that did cooling were excluded from the various money saving grants and schemes.
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Mar 16, 2024 14:25
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Starbucks posted:But they are still not fitting air source heat pumps but gas boilers. It gets cold in the winter, now doesn't it. If it's hot in summertime, you can just fill your garbage bin with cold water and go have a soak and some cocktails
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Mar 16, 2024 14:29
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NotJustANumber99 posted:Also heat pumps systems that did cooling were excluded from the various money saving grants and schemes.
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Mar 16, 2024 14:35
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Guavanaut posted:But are still zero rated for VAT as long as they do heating. this is an interesting sentence: "HMRC’s understanding is that most air conditioning units are air source heat pumps. However, in cases of doubt, deciding if any particular product is to be treated as an air source heat pump will depend on the facts of each case."
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Mar 16, 2024 14:47
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Most fitters won't charge you VAT, so until one of them gets done for VAT fraud, split system air conditioners are at least de facto zero rated for VAT as long as they do heating.
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Mar 16, 2024 14:50
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Rappaport posted:It gets cold in the winter, now doesn't it. You mean a few weeks of sub-zero temperatures at night?
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Mar 16, 2024 15:44
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SixFigureSandwich posted:You mean a few weeks of sub-zero temperatures at night? In normal language 'cold' is a subjective measure. But I was making fun of the garbage bin swimmer gammons from a couple summers back, I realize the heating element fixation is stupid.
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Mar 16, 2024 16:11
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Bucky Fullminster posted:and sorry but what the hell is this I'm sorry. I'm diagnosed dyslexic so writing anything here takes a moment and I still make mistakes. I'll be more careful in the future with my a's and an's.
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Mar 16, 2024 16:14
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keep punching joe posted:Just have an election jfc We could always have another civil war, it worked for a bit before. Maybe let's not do the Lord Protector thing again though, he was a shithead, how about the Doge of London?
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Mar 16, 2024 16:16
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Dead Goon posted:Sunak with his arm around the shoulders of a young girl, bit Prince Andrew, innit?! Darkly funny that the press suddenly care about racism in the Tory party / racism against Dianne Abbott now, when Labour is loving garbage.
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Mar 16, 2024 16:27
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fuctifino posted:I propose a celebrity deathmatch form of politics: There are 650 MPs, but only 427 physical seats in the House of Commons chamber. So we arm them each MP with a ceremonial mace, and we let them fight it out. The winners will be those who have successfully retained a physical seat while also retaining their life. And like the old song, the winner will be Jeremy Corbyn in a bloodstained sweater.
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Mar 16, 2024 16:28
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Mar 16, 2024 16:29
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I had to pay VAT for my a/c that does heating. Worth every goddamn penny. With regards to heat isolation I was wondering if I could get external heat shields fitted to my windows. I have a conservatory and we "sensibly" got it built with a proper roof. It's still terrible though. It's loving freezing in winter and boiling in summer so it just stays with the doors closed most of the time. I wish I'd just gotten an extension instead.
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Mar 16, 2024 16:39
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I wish rolladen windows or even just outside shutters were more of a thing here.
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Mar 16, 2024 16:41
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Bobstar posted:
I prefer a radiative heating system. It's quiet, requires little to no maintenance. What I like most is that you can use insulated water tanks as energy storage and generate heat when power is cheap and store it for later. You can even combine different energy sources to the same system, such as a heat pump, wood boiler, even solar added into the same system. The advantage air based heating has is that it's quicker to heat and can also cool.
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Mar 16, 2024 16:45
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I was thinking of getting something like this https://www.abodewindowfilms.co.uk/product/high-reflective-silver-window-film/ (I assume it goes inside not outside?) However my wife is concerned that it will make the house stand out more and someone might throw a rock at us. Her defense mechanism is to never be noticed, which isn't a bad strategy to be fair... I'm just not sure anyone gives that much of a gently caress? I just want it to not be a thousand degrees in there in summer.
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Mar 16, 2024 17:05
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If a house has a high end alarm and half a dozen cameras, I assume there's something valuable in there or the inhabitant is paranoid. If a house has shutters or window film, I assume they're a light sleeper or get hot easily. It's only if a house has both that I start thinking meth lab.
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Mar 16, 2024 17:10
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Mine just has 7 cats... Maybe they're running a meth lab?
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Mar 16, 2024 17:13
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I wouldn't put it past cats.
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Mar 16, 2024 17:23
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Isn't there a home improvement thread somewhere in ask tell I could ask about it? There must be.
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Mar 16, 2024 18:18
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Mebh posted:Mine just has 7 cats... Yeah, we just had to install this due to two kittens destroying the net curtains. It's not that obvious from outside.
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Mar 16, 2024 18:30
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PriorMarcus posted:I'm not sure if there's a full plumbing thread but this is a minor problem so I thought I'd ask here. e- i quoted the wrong post  replacing the valve is very simple, the rubber O- rings are very often the first point of failure and will cause a leak when they perish. they are threaded and screw in and out with a bit of gumption - you'll want to liberally wrap up the thread on the new one with ptfe to give it a bit of longevity. draining down and refilling a sealed heating system can be a massive pain depending on how big your system is and whether you fully drain it or not, as inevitably once you've refilled it to pressure and bled the air you'll have to faff about rebalancing the radiators. it's not complex by any means but it's not a five minute job kecske fucked around with this message at 19:00 on Mar 16, 2024 |
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Mar 16, 2024 18:43
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Yeah if the stat on your resistive electric towel rail is leaking water call a priest instead.
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