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Post by Clinton Cool on May 17, 2024 15:50:47 GMT
In some other countries where renting is common, tenants have more security rights. In some other countries where renting is common, tenants are expected to pay a year's rent up front and will be removed by the police, should they fail to do so. No other country, where renting is common, forces other tax payers to pay the full rents of tenants, the tenants not having to make any contribution to the system, in order to earn this privilege.
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Post by Clinton Cool on May 17, 2024 12:59:18 GMT
Tony would have sorted it. Yes. All electrical circuits should have been tested then double tested. Three weeks earlier.
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Post by Clinton Cool on May 17, 2024 8:32:21 GMT
Isle of Skye behind, I think that is the Cuillins in the background just left of the barn thing. One of my sisters lives an hour west of Aberdeen, small town called Alford. She takes all her holidays in and around the islands. She knows me well and insists I would love it up there. I'm sure she's right. It's just such a long way. Maybe one day.
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Post by Clinton Cool on May 17, 2024 8:10:53 GMT
Slipping into racial stereotyping Jim ... how very 1970s comedian. Rog Maybe he has Chubby Brown videos on in the background while he counts the profits from his capitalist buy to lets?
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Post by Clinton Cool on May 17, 2024 7:41:24 GMT
Very hot here at the gliding club, 24 degrees. Dull morning so I decided to take a friend to Plockton in the Europa for breakfast. It is only about 35 mins but for some unknown reason I have never done the trip. Plockton is very picturesque and tranquil. Although the airstrip is a 20 min walk from the village, there is a takeaway place βFrom the croftβ about 50 yds from the airstrip. They sell e.g. bacon and egg rolls but the difference is that it is bacon from their own pigs, eggs from their own hens. Rather nice. We did walk into town for the exercise, but no seals in sight so I felt swizzed. On the way back went via friends house in Kinlochewe, wow what a lot of jagged granite around there! I like the picture with the glimpse of the sea with mountains behind, looks like home. Careful though. Posting about things not directly related to boating might be considered 'boring' by our forum's anti-conversation officer, who has few, if any, interests of his own.
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Post by Clinton Cool on May 16, 2024 23:07:58 GMT
Simply use the bikes engine, it doesnβt need to be lifted/manhandled!π€·ββοΈ That's fine but you'd need pretty good clutch control to prevent a nasty overshoot. I don't know if you've ever tried precise clutch control whilst being astride of a motor bike..it's not easy. No problem if you can sit on the bike, of course.
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Post by Clinton Cool on May 16, 2024 17:43:19 GMT
My bikes were only 125's, maybe 50/60KG, More than that I'd have said, my Honda Express is 48kg. You're right. My 125's were 100/110KG a more substantial bike would be closer to 200KG.
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Post by Clinton Cool on May 16, 2024 17:25:17 GMT
Of course there is, he needs to shimmy to the left a good way,π€£ Worry not that will be forced upon him shortly after he's crowned. Otherwise, he'll be toast.
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Post by Clinton Cool on May 16, 2024 17:23:47 GMT
He's going to stamp out anti social behaviour, apparently. Easily said. A bit like 'we will turbo charge the economy'. The only policies Labour have announced to date regarding business is to restrict/ ban zero hour contracts. You don't 'turbo charge' something, by restricting it.
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Post by Clinton Cool on May 16, 2024 17:19:05 GMT
I suspect the second bit of 'channel', to the right of the wheel helps get the bike off. If so quite an impressive setup. That might function a bit like my old one then. I had steel 'u' channel. The bike sat in one piece. The other connected to it with a 10mm steel pin for loading/ removal. The pin was welded to one section and dropped through a hole in the other. This enabled the joint to pivot to accommodate different towpath heights. The biggest difficulty was always when there was a particularly low towpath. This resulted in a steepish angle up which to push the bike. My bikes were only 125's, maybe 50/60KG, I wouldn't have liked to try it with a 100KG bike.
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Post by Clinton Cool on May 16, 2024 16:58:19 GMT
That looks like a very interesting arrangement, I'd love to find out how it works. The clue is in the term 'turntable'. Yes, I know that. It doesn't however explain how a heavy looking bike might bridge what looks like a significant difference in height between an average towpath and the turntable arrangement. It doesn't show how the bike is secured to the arrangement nor if the arrangement is locked in any way to prevent it swinging out at the wrong moment. Does it, dickhead?
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Post by Clinton Cool on May 16, 2024 16:44:59 GMT
Looks like a fairly hefty bike to get off the bow. Some sort of 'turntable' arrangement it seems. Rog That looks like a very interesting arrangement, I'd love to find out how it works.
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Post by Clinton Cool on May 16, 2024 14:34:25 GMT
They should certainly desist from bringing in knee jerk new laws to appease loud populist voices. Most especially when people who are generally at the poorer end of the scale, are going to become poorer, as a result. That, to me, is unethical. exactly, don't listen to landlords whining about the removal of section 21 no fault eviction. We seem to be getting somewhere at last. The proposed removal of this was the straw which broke the camel's back as far as I was concerned. This, along with the proposed (now scrapped) requirement for an energy performance rating which would have been impossible on my properties, without highly disruptive internal insulation. The fatal flaw with section 8 is that, even if it is correctly served, a judge is not legally bound to grant possession. Unlike section 21. No way did I want to be in a situation where I could not guarantee possession of my own property. And so, I sold up. As did, looking at today's inflated rents, many others. It was the best thing I ever did. Not only do I make far more money now, I can do so without having to be the quasi social services. Nor do I have to explain myself to others, who feel like I should be the actual social services.
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Post by Clinton Cool on May 16, 2024 14:15:44 GMT
How do you feel when the ethics you desire result in significant price rises being landed on folk, many of whom are hard up, before such price increases? This being the case following regulation of the buy to let market. This seems to raise an ethical conundrum. Is it ethical to put in place what seem to be ethical changes, if the results of the changes are unethical? I would rather people live in safe accommodation than slums, aiming to ensure that happens may increase costs but is entirely ethical in my opinion. Just out of interest I've had a look at availability where I used to have mine. Bought them in 2013. Two had rents of Β£395 the other Β£425 pcm. There are 16 similar properties listed today, 9 of them 'let agreed' The cheapest is listed at Β£895, going up to Β£1,095. So, a combination of a growing imbalance of demand over supply aided by 'ethical' government regulation has resulted in inflation of around 140% over 11 years. My view is that government should consider likely 'real life' outcomes before bringing in new legislation. They should certainly desist from bringing in knee jerk new laws to appease loud populist voices. Most especially when people who are generally at the poorer end of the scale, are going to become poorer, as a result. That, to me, is unethical.
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Post by Clinton Cool on May 16, 2024 13:55:10 GMT
Is this your ethics, my ethics, of the ethics of the woman down the road? How can the government possibly make laws based on this hotchpotch of moral possibility? Let's stick to your ethics then. Ethically, how much profit should someone make? It isn't about an amount of money, it is about carrying out business in a reasonable manner. The gov does try to regulate this by introducing rules/standards/licencing when it comes to 'ethics'. How do you feel when the ethics you desire result in significant price rises being landed on folk, many of whom are hard up, before such price increases? This being the case following regulation of the buy to let market. This seems to raise an ethical conundrum. Is it ethical to put in place what seem to be ethical changes, if the results of the changes are unethical?
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