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My mistake - I did that from memory - and I should not have done that - I apologise (maybe my in-head figures are from across the privatised water industry??) What we both ought to be able to agree on, bearing in mind the sewage being pumped directly into rivers, is that the infrastructure is...

Since posting original question, I've had a few more thoughts about this. First, my current use case includes the following; and has done for over 17 years since we moved in here. I have a twin socket, coiled reel extension lead that I use regularly. It is labelled for "outdoor use" has...

Depends what your "interpretation" of "accepting the result of [Brexit]"? If you interpret anyone who points out the reality of the significant disadvantages and negative consequences that it has brought (and that were correctly forecast prior to vote) as "not accepting", then your...

That's a no, no. Waste of vodka imho.

I'm not saying that egalitarianism is possible - far from it - I'm a pragmatist too - but I also strongly believe that the shades of grey situation has skewed far too far towards the thing that you seem to believe is far too simplistic - despite the evidence of real facts that I have already...

Do you mean that the electorate will quickly get sick of any government when they believe a fundamental lie that immigrants draw excessive benefits and get priority access to housing - even when they categorically do not?

My contention is that we don't just sit back and say "oh well, it's inevitable, just let them crack on"... It's only inevitable if you allow it to be. Or worse, if you actually support it. Or is your contention that if you support them the "bad guys" will smile upon your support and reward...

Good idea. As long as the sleepers are the used proper oil tar/creosote ex railway sleepers. Those last for decades unmaintained. Personally, I'd sink three cut sections of one post, cut down to appropriate size, into post holes in the left hand side, secured using postcrete. Then fix the left...

The UK right now has this curious position of having allowed a situation to occur which is detrimental to the greater good. Connected to debt, but far more insidious. We have allowed our publicly owned assets to be transferred to private equity, who take zero risk and extract guaranteed profit...

Exactly this. Well said Jacob. The clue is in the name. Society. Society is not a group of disconnected individuals or a collection of individuals who are fighting to best each other. Society is a group of individuals connected by a social order and a common goal. Society is a binding together.

Wow - in the pics it just didn't look like you had enough of a gap to get anything other than a screwdriver bit held in a socket wrench into that gap (plus the length of the screw) - so I imagined a driver would have been out of the question... I had the same concern about the base level of the...

Mate - it was a thought experiment to illustrate the reality of concentrating wealth within a small minority while at the same time taking away an amount of earnings from the rest of society to do so. The tax take is reduced with concentrated minority super-wealth, it is not increased. And...

That is excellent work and great use of an irregular space. How did you manage to install/secure the external boards after putting up the verticals? I had a similar problem on my own shed, and the only way I could come up with, for me, was to construct the back wall outside the shed, and then...

Amazing - very well done. (Puts my modest shed to shame!)

Wow, a post filled with mostly debunked fallacious tropes. I think you misunderstood a part of the point entirely: When I gave the factual figures of the increasing number of very, very wealthy in UK, I also provided the factual evidence of the decrease of the vast majority of the rest of...

I believe that similar notes were something of a tradition between Govt changeovers, and this note was not an isolated case. It was expected to find some kind of tongue In cheek memo when taking over No10/No11. Sadly, the first time it was attempted to be "publicly used against" the previous...

It's a useful phrase, though, for a small parcel of land that is fenced off, unused and not maintained by anyone. Of course somebody *owns* it, but if it is just left as unused then the term used would seem to fit, would it not??

The answer to the "fall off a cliff in 2008" is that, yes the Global Financial Crisis was the single factor that led to a sudden and massive decline. Sadly, the UK was "over-exposed" to the Global Financial Market, and to a similar extent, so it remains today. Hopefully the overall market is...

There's also stuff like this kit from Wickes - currently on offer...

There are different sizes of guttering, too. For a small shed you might prefer the smaller diameter piping - more in keeping with a shed's proportions. I think my local B&Q has it and it is a bit cheaper than "house size" guttering. This is what I actually bought for my car-port and shed...