Pyrotequila

I was thinking about this the other day, and I was amazed that there weren't more protests about the previous change... the only reason I could think is that the youth of today are more concerned by oil protests, or which pronoun to use today, and they just haven't twigged that the government expects them to work for at least 30 years, for them to then get a pittance and probably pop their clogs 12 years after they retire.

By anyones maths that's a poor deal... paying into something for a minimum of 30 years to get back for around 12 years, provided they live that long, it's an average life expectancy... some could live past 100, some might not even make it to retirement age.

1 hour ago, Mister M said:

Seriously she needs to be fired.

Out of a cannon into the sun?

Increasing likelihood of snow next week; https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/forecast/gcqzwtdw7#?date=2024-02-04

Go get yourself a retired Greyhound, despite the assumption, they're actually really lazy.

MIL lost her dog last September and we got her a great dog from Sheffield Retired Greyhounds; https://www.sheffieldretiredgreyhounds.org/

They do matchmaking, so you won't get stuck with an unsuitable pooch.

Have they ever not messed around with the X1 and 97?

H - would be Hendersons

L - I'm guessing is Leadmill

32 minutes ago, YorkieontheTyne said:

Also I’ve noticed the modern design of wafer thin front indicators are very difficult to see from certain angles.

This does seem to be an issue with newer cars, they're designed for style rather than function or visibility.

Worst offenders are reversing lights!

Saw a "homeless" woman sat outside a petrol station yesterday begging, while being spotlessly clean and wearing brand new, still with tags on, pristine white Nike trainers 🤦‍♂️

51 minutes ago, gaz678 said:

Are these legal flying about all over pavements ect.

On pavements; no.

https://www.southyorks.police.uk/find-out/crime-prevention-advice/using-e-scooters/

The obvious suggestion would be to get yourself on a comparison site and shop around... there's no reward for staying loyal to a provider these days.

20 minutes ago, HeHasRisen said:

Octopus have posted the new formula on their website, I changed the formula on my Excel sheet to see what the difference would be for tomorrow, 15.1 vs 17.2

 

Yes the "fixed" terminology is something to appease OFGEM, I understand. Its not actually a "fix" in the traditional sense, as the price changes 365 times a year for electric and approx 200 times a year for gas.

Nice, you're a star!

I hope it stays as it is, it was part of the draw for that particular tariff, looking forward to storms coming through so we get super cheap electric 😎

19 minutes ago, HeHasRisen said:

No it will still work the same. The upshot is that electric will cost around 2.1p more per unit than now and gas 0.4p, due to the formula changing. 

 

That and the standing charge going up. 

Ah, so still the changing prices each day? 

How did you find out? I found diddly squat online! 

@The_DADDY @HeHasRisen

Just had this email from Octopus about the Tracker tariff changing.

Quote

• In December 2023, we updated Tracker's daily price formula and standing charge for new customers. We held this change off for existing customers, keeping your prices lower for longer, but from 15th February, we'll need to update your prices too.
• You don't need to do anything: we'll move you automatically to the new version of Tracker.
• Tracker remains one of the best-value tariffs on the market - in December and January, the updated rates have typically been nearly 40% cheaper than Flexible Octopus
• Because of how Ofgem's price cap works, Tracker is becoming a 'fixed term' tariff. Your unit prices still change daily but your unit price formula and standing charge will be fixed for 12 months.

Bit of it is explained on their website; https://octopus.energy/tracker-faqs/

Hopefully the prices don't go up too much.

I can't really work out how it's changing... from reading it, it looks like it'll be a fixed unit cost, rather than variable like it is now?

I had a thought about a solution to all this the other day while watching a BBC news story on Youtube; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIb78r6lEVc&t=124s
It came to me at the 2 minute mark of the video, when it showed a huge crowd seemingly celebrating this attack.

Instead of going small, fending off little speedboats attacking ships... why not wait until the terrorists have a gathering to celebrate, and then just carpet bomb the entire area?

The only people in attendance will be current or future terrorist group members, so win-win... less money spent on ships, missiles, sending troops in.

42 minutes ago, Axe said:

The way forward is to bring back National Service.  Then after the period of Nation Service has ended the individual has the opportunity to stay in the military assuming they are suitable for the career.  National Service would also help in the event if conscription was ever required because those who had done National Service would already have had some military training

Works well in Scandinavian countries, when I visited Sweden years ago I met up with friends there who had participated and nobody had a bad thing to say.

Life skills, training, they can stay in or leave at the end.

Anyone want to bet the same thing happens in Scientology?

It's still fairly entertaining, although I'm sure the gladiators themselves are going easy on the contestants versus the 90s version

35 minutes ago, HeHasRisen said:

Yes it's as basic as you get, it won't even include paid boosters if those are needed, so consider if that's a factor before taking the plunge. 

She doesn't need anything fancy, just a broadband connection that isn't snail paced.

The BT one we've seen is a standard fibre connection estimated at 36Mbps and 700 landline minutes a month, far more than she needs, but better to have too much than not enough 👍

1 hour ago, RollingJ said:

 I don't think you get 900mbs Full Fibre on it, for instance, but I doubt your m-i-l is bothered about that?

Not at all, she only seems to use it to search for stuff online and then ask us to buy it for her 😂

5 minutes ago, RollingJ said:

I don't think we are discussing HMG here, rather SCC?

Still counts as local government though right? 🤔

It's coming up to renewal date for the mother in laws Internet and phone line and I've dredged up from my memory a story about these things called Social Tariffs, done some searching and it seems like she would be eligible, but never having any experience with them myself I'm wondering if someone on here has?

Unbelievably it looks like the best deal for her would be from BT 😮

Is it easy to sign up?

Are there any downsides?

Is it just the same as a regular contract, just cheaper and more basic?

Noooooo, noooo, surely the government wouldn't lie to us?? I simply refuse to believe this!

Yeah right 😂

14 minutes ago, Mr Bloke said:

 

If anyone's interested, there's a live interview at 9:15pm tonight on the Mike Graham show on TalkTV

 

Will he be talking about ways to grow more concrete? 🤣

I seriously have to mute the TV when this advert comes on for Rosie Jones new show... 

https://youtu.be/XQn_wOeN5ns?si=C2CM5ZlNDmsRadzA

Fair play on being inclusive I guess, but it's really not for me 🤦‍♂️

1 hour ago, cuttsie said:

One thing is certain it will be the end of life on Earth .

This is the thing.

If anyone is stupid enough to use them, everybody loses, even those not involved.