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Tempting but I don't think I'm ready to be woken up by fox versus pygmy goat fights.

I'm wearing one of the Gap crew necks at the moment, they're decent. If you get them during one of Gap's numerous sales they're good quality for the price.

I've got a 4mx4m lawn that is shitty artificial grass just laid on bare earth. Garden is south facing with plenty of sun.

Pondering whether to turf it or do a proper job of artificial grass. Criteria is hard wearing and minimal effort (installing and ongoing maintenance).

Artificial grass seems harder work than expected, I'll need well upwards of a ton of aggregate under it and delivery of a 4m roll is fairly pricey. It should be pretty maintenance free after though.

What is needed for turf, do I need to put some topsoil or something down? Most guides just seem to suggest the soil needs turning over. My garden is pretty small so I don't really want a lawnmower taking up space, are there any other smaller options? How big are rolls of turf, would I be able to fit them in a small hatchback?

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Most councils will collect stuff. Sometimes a charge of £20 or so.

They've done it in the past, appeared to be slower once it all got going.

Well that 53% is based on the last election, i.e. with Corbyn in charge. For all the talk of a "youthquake" it didn't really seem to materialise and I can't think that Starmer has done much to change that

Unfortunately the reality is:

Not voting 53%
LAB 16%
GRN 13%
CON 10%
LD 6%
SNP 1%
REF 0%

Proposed boundary changes
https://www.bcereviews.org.uk/node/6485

According to the plans I may be changing constituency, although into one which probably has less in common with the area I'm in.

I think the average is something like 5%. Free kicks, like corners, are one of those that you get excited about but barely anyone scores.

I've been using the Weber lumpwood stuff and it seems to burn out really quickly. It seems to get pretty hot (over 300°C) at the start but even topping up with more from a chimney it faded pretty quickly.

Need to do more experimenting I think.

Unless you've put some baking soda in the water and accidentally turned the hob to boost, then it's like a scene from the Exorcist.

Just watched the first couple of episodes of this, it's pretty good.

Also noticed in the credits that it's directed by Zach Braff (JD from Scrubs).

I picked up a Weber Go Anywhere the other week (slightly by accident, it was reduced but out of stock so I ordered it thinking I'd probably cancel it or it would never come back into stock, I'd pretty much forgotten about it and remembered when it was delivered).

Haven't had a chance to try it yet but looks a well put together piece of kit. It should be easy enough to stick in the boot or just use for a quick bit of direct cooking. Also thinking it will be useful for catering for vegetarians with meat on the kettle and veg on the small one.

There must have been some significant insurance claims going on (or Thames Water incurring a lot of costs). I went past on Friday and there were well upwards of a dozen property maintenance vans on the High Street with loads of people in the shops cleaning up.

Your state comp in the 90s sounds a lot different to mine.

Better than a broom in that it picks up stuff on the first go. Main issue with it is it's an older model so the battery life isn't great.

Wood Green was looking a bit damp last week after a water main burst.

Lots of shops and the High Road shut with a pretty major clean-up operation.

I have one of the older Roombas. The actual vacuuming is good but often find it easier to quickly whip round with a cordless Dyson than make sure the floor is fully clear for the robot hoover.

Tassels may get caught, mine always seems to end up sucking up some wire and children's toys that I hadn't noticed.

If your floor is clear then they're a great piece of kit.

The hot buffalo wing flavour is where it's at. You don't seem to see them much over here though.

I used to work with Jimmy when he was 16. I remember very little about him though so the anecdote does tail off a little.

I have the Titan one. Through my limited use it seems pretty good, came with a spare pair of brushes and an SDS to straight shank adapter which is useful. It is very substantial though

My thinking was that I'll use my combi drill for most stuff so the weight of the SDS will only be an occasional thing where it's required.

When I read the BBC article this solely struck me as rather dubious

The NHS says the data will only be used for planning and research
purposes, that each application to use it will need approval from
advisory groups.

It may not be used "solely" for commercial purposes or for insurance,
marketing, promoting or selling products or services, or market
research.

However, some private sector organisations will be able to see it with
permission, and critics are worried about the type of organisations
that may gain access.

This is what I have for HDMI over ethernet https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0­8316HNQ6/ (can also get cheaper options without the HDMI passthrough and two power supplies rather than one).

Very simple, plug your HDMI and ethernet in at either end, plug one end into the mains and that's it. In my experience it sometimes cuts out a bit with CAT5e, seems fine with CAT6.

Hadn't seen the Switch Flex Mini before. May pick up a few of those when I next need to add some switches.

Mine had insurance as part of the price (and I'd have thought that would normally be the case with reputable ones) with a few exceptions such as watches and jewellery.

https://www.storkremovals.co.uk/wp-conte­nt/themes/storkremovalstheme/termsandcon­ditions.pdf

You can run multiple USB things off one power adapter, just make sure it's a decent one. You can run plenty off this for instance
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Anker-Compact­-10-Port-PowerPort-Charging-Black/dp/B00­YSA0WI8/

I have multiple, daisy-chained, unmanaged switches in my setup with no issues. For PoE stuff I have a 4 port switch with PoE which is enough for my needs.

For power I have one of these
https://excel-networking.com/catalogue/p­roduct/D13-12-EXL

For video over Ethernet that doesn't go through the network at all in my setup. There's a separate adapter at each end that plugs into HDMI.