Carl

They have it in the Bankers Draft. Just be careful if Irene's in there - if you bump into yourself her it'll probably cause a temporal rift...

To be fair to Bannan, when he first came over I don't think he understood what had happened. He's put a statement on X explaining this:

Being played on the Friday night.

Not exactly unexpectedly, Wayne Rooney has been sacked by Birmingham City. This part of his farewell statement is comedy gold: "However, time is the most precious commodity a manager requires and I do not believe 13 weeks was sufficient to oversee the changes that were needed." Brum were in 6th place when he took over - after 13 weeks of Rooney they're 20th! John Eustace must be grinning like a Cheshire Cat this morning.

I'd argue that it's not "IT" that's responsible for this - it's how they've chosen to design and implement their IT that is the issue. Whether that's by accident (ie bad design) or deliberate (to reduce the number of people contacting them) is open to conjecture I suppose. Anyway, you could always just phone them. It might not be readily apparent but booking.com only seem to show you their Customer Service phone number if you've actually logged in to their website. The number is +44 20 3320 2625.

For me, he just needed to conclude his post with "QED" and I'd have been 100% convinced...

New balls please...🎾🎾🎾

Well he's clearly not the first one because that bloke has kept hold of his mobile rather than giving it to his child to throw onto the tracks...

Why are you quoting a potential cost of £25,000? I thought you could get an exemption if you could demonstrate that the necessary improvements would cost more than £3,500?

Anyone who feels sorry for Nadine Dorries should read this thread:

I might be missing something, but I'm not sure you've got that calculation right... Surely the fact that 1150kWh was diverted to hot water is no different to if the same amount had been used to charge an electric car or power your washing machine or anything else - it's still usage. So I think the calculation for nett usage should be - imported + (generated - exported) Which gives you - 3400 + (3300 - 1300) Which gives a nett figure of 5400 kWh

I believe some benefits also give you NI credits which count towards your State Pension, but the best way to check your position is to get a forecast from here: https://www.gov.uk/check-state-pension You'll need to have a Government Gateway ID to use the online service (if you don't already have one of these you can create one from that link) or, alternatively, there's a link to apply by post. The forecast will show you details of contributions and credits for each year, plus give you a forecast of what you'll receive when you reach state pension age.

Given some of your recent contributions on other threads, I think the most appropriate response to that is : "**** off, man up".

Prize Payment 3 is the reference used by The National Lottery if you get 3 balls. The prize for that is usually £30 but there was a rolldown on 1st October when 3 balls paid £89. So assuming you play the lottery via Direct Debit I suspect that's probably the source.

Full details here: https://www.scottishpower.co.uk/ebss Basically, if your DD is less than £66/£67 then they'll refund the full DD amount and credit the difference to your energy account.