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Not drinking water from the bathroom taps comes from the days when you had a water tank. The water could have been sitting stagnant which is why you shouldn't drink it. Although I have done so many times and lived, I suspect the risk isn't normally that high. If the OP has a combi bolier then they won't have a tank. Perfectly safe to drink out of of the cold water tap in the bathroom. The ones down the street are unlikely to be lead but the ones from the main and inside the home as the OP has found can be. Homes built after 1970 shouldn't have lead pipes. If the OP was that concerned they could get their water tested for lead levels. As I said previously chances are the levels are within safe limits. This may also help the OP. https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://dwi.defra.gov.uk/consumers/advice-leaflets/lead.pdf&ved=0ahUKEwjTiJeJlOXVAhWFZlAKHSyWCmUQFghKMAI&usg=AFQjCNHCcXjB-iMTmuuuLMxmJCIV9oLKUw https://www.yorkshirewater.com/drinking-water

I thought I would give another update for anyone who might find this thread useful. Particularly students with children and mature students. I applied for the Parents Learning Allowance and Childcare Grant. I only found out a couple of weeks ago that I'm not entitled to either. This means that any extra childcare I need beyond the 15 hours free my youngest gets I have to pay for. It should still be manageable, I hope, as I do get the normal Student Living Loan. But if he had been younger I wouldn't be entitled to 15 hours free. Having to pay for childcare for all of the course hours out of my loan would have made things at lot tighter, possibly not manageable especially as the younger the child the more nurseries charge. So I would say to anyone who has children and is thinking about returning to study just beware that although the .gov website calculator says you can get help with childcare it doesn't mean you can. Unless you or your partner are on a low wage, I was told by an advisor at Student Finance that she thought the cut off was £15,000 a year, you won't get help with childcare. It is something I wish I had known sooner.

I wouldn't worry about getting a solicitor at this stage. As we are talking work on a website I'm thinking photography, design, type of work. You own the copyright to the artwork (if website code you would own that too as long as it is your own code). The copyright is only transferred over if you either explicitly transfer it over, so for example "here is the artwork and you have the copyright to it" or it is in mentioned that copyright will be passed over to the client in the contract. If you have handed over copyright then they still need to prove it. If you have and still have the written proof you can use it then I would send a copy of that to their solicitor. If you have lost it then ask them to provide the contract signed and dated by you. If they can't provide any evidence then copyright still belongs to you. It is not up you to prove anything at this stage. They are the ones making the claim so they need to provide evidence to back up that claim. Just re-read your post and you mention design! The worse thing that could happen is that you have to remove the work. If they were to seek damages then they would have to prove losses which is easier said than done. At this stage don't panic. Sending a threatening letter is often as bad it gets, often companies know they haven't got a leg to stand on but they know a solicitor's letter with lots of long words will scare the average person off.

Because why shouldn't I? If you can give me a good reason I would love to hear it. I am being serious not sarcastic I would really like to know. Changing your name has nothing to do with being married. Bit like the dress has nothing to do with it or rings. Another shocker here me and the husband don't wear our wedding rings apart from me occasionally on nights out. People spend a small fortune on a wedding only to get divorced less than 2 years later. Me and my husband didn't spend a fortune and we have been married since 2010. I married him because I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him. Not for the wedding or dress (sorry another shocker here I got married in dark purple not white or ivory). Not for rhe flowers. Not for anyone else. I know that I'm married, it doesn't matter that I don't wear the ring I still remember I took those vows. I wonder if you have considered that what you call non-conformist is someone else's normal? I didn't didn't want to look like a princess on my big day because that wasn't me. I like metal/rock music, I enjoy reading about history and science. I have an interest in IT. Things which predominantly get associated with men. I would have felt a right tit walking down the aisle in a big puffy white thing. Especially to Black Sabbath. My normal might be your non-conformist. Have you considered that I might think your views are non-conformist? Most people consider themselves as normal and people with alternative views to themselves as being different.

PC World, much as it pains me to say it, have been cheaper on a few occasions recently but not always of course. Watch out for model numbers in PC World and Currys. If you see an identical laptop somewhere else as in same specs but slightly different model number then chances are it is the same model. PC World/Currys like to use slightly different numbers from the manufacturers. I think it's to avoid consumers finding an item cheaper somewhere else.

The box has been sat in from of the TV for months gathering dust. I wasn't that bothered about getting one, husband's idea. Our kids just take over the TV with mainly YouTube videos of toy cars and trains. I suspect it is the second format, our laptops went a bit mental (fans on full) when playing the format too. I think our hardware isn't up to scratch.

I think it was MKV. Has been a long time since I watched a film, any film.

I had to send them the marriage certificate, it was requested by them. The name change was not. Also my husband had to declare his income for them to work how much I am entitled to. Also it doesn't matter how they found out they admitted that someone within Student Finance took it upon themselves to change it. They admitted that they shouldn't have changed it in the first place.

He wasn't giving just a few words but at the same time he wasn't going into enough detail by the sounds of. He need to tell more of a story and go from A to B to C, etc . Not obvious to everyone clearly? Not everyone is good at interviews Cyclone, I'm refer to me not my husband BTW. Lots of people find getting a job hard (I again include myself in that).

If someone wants to conform to society to please others, because they feel it is the right thing even if that means going against what they believe is right by themselves then that is up to them. As with the changing your name when married. This is a tradition, which someone women choose to follow. That is their choice. It is my choice to not change my name. And I wholeheartedly stand by that choice and I have had to defend my choice. My future sister-in-law and mother-in-law were shocked. My mother insisted that every would call me Mrs X - not usually most call me my maiden name as that is the name I give. It is like that on my passport, driver's license, bank cards, etc. My sister-in-law was shocked because I would have a different surname to our future children. I really couldn't get my head around that, how many parents have different surnames from their kids? Not that uncommon is it. I have told my married name is my legal name. No it isn't. The last time was when applying for my student loan, without requesting a name change they changed my name to my Mrs X. I asked them to change it back, they said no as they would need to see my birth certificate again. Then Student Finance changed their tune and said that it was my legal name and that it would be up to the discretion of the adviser who received my birth certificate. I then pointed out that I need to give them my passport details to confirm my identity (several documents need for student loans), which of course had my maiden name on. They said that my passport would need to match they name they were using. It was a complete farce until a manager got involved and they finally changed my name back and subsequently accepted my passport. Changing your name might seem a small thing and compared to telling people your gender fluid it is. But it is MY name, my name if part of who I am and I WILL NOT change it. If someone doesn't conform to what you or anyone else expects but isn't causing anyone any harm then does it really matter? It is who they are and no one should feel they have to conform to something else's idea of "normal".

Around 97/98/99. Worked on a contract for a maximum of 3 years I would say. Long time ago and he did a lot of contract work so moved jobs a lot. That it what I meant when I said formula but I couldn't remember what it was called. My husband had never heard of STAR and neither had I until last year. His employer said gave him a copy of the formula, maybe the same as what you linked to, quoted here for reference: "Situation: Describe the context within which you performed a job or faced a challenge at work. For example, perhaps you were working on a group project, or you had a conflict with a coworker. This situation can be from a work experience, a volunteer position, or any other relevant event. Be as specific as possible. Task: Next, describe your responsibility in that situation. Perhaps you had to help your group complete a project under a tight deadline, or resolve a conflict with a coworker. Action: You then describe how you completed the task or endeavored to meet the challenge. Focus on what you did, rather than what your team, boss, or coworker did. Result: Finally, explain the outcomes or results generated by the action taken. You might emphasize what you accomplished, or what you learned." He was answering the questions too straight without telling the story behind it. Once he realised that he need to give the answer in STAR format he got the next job he applied for. The actually backbone to the answer was the same he just worded the response differently to match STAR. STAR or anything similar is something I had never heard of when leaving school, or throughout college. Neither had my husband. He hadn't been job hunting for a long time. He had worked for the same employer for 17 years since he was 17.

Well that was based on a study too but I don't have the details of that right now to link to. The study was mentioned in a book by Cordelia Fine called Delusions of Gender. Goes into other areas like how you present something to person affects how they perform at said subject. For example take a Maths paper and include an intro to the test which describes the test as being designed to test your ability at something traditionally seen as masculine and men perform better at the test. Same test described opposite way (feminine) and women perform better.

This might shock you then. I'm married, still use the title Miss and my maiden name. I think the world will end. A lot of gender stuff is social. Can't remember the exact ages but I think its 4 when children start conforming when play with toys but only infront of others. So take a 4 year old boy and put them in a room full of girls, boys and gender neutral toys. They will play with them all equally. Put several other boys in the room and they will play with the boys toys more but still play with them all to some extent. Put a group of girls in there and the boys play with the boys toys mainly. Works for girls too. Children know what the social norms are even at a young age and will conform to them.

Mailouts - lots of emails at once.

SIS is MI6 not MI5. Maybe he shouldn't have said, may it was my Aunt who let slip? Maybe the rules are different for MI5 and MI6? Also maybe it was because he wasnt an agent (spy)? With his background I'd imagine it was most likely programming software rather than gathering intelligence. Don't think think he/she were lying. This was also many years ago now so my memory of what exactly was said might be blurred. You can say obviously but not everyone imagines a place where a lot of day to day normal stuff goes along. They imagine James Bond.

Thats OK DerbyTup. I could understand why some people think I'm lying though. As it can sound a bit far fetched! It must be nice to have skills that mean you never have to apply for jobs. Every job he had I think he was headhunted for. Living very comfortably in retirement now on the South Coast.

Well I suppose he could have been lying! He could tell me he worked for them but not the specifics of what he did other than, as seems common with this thread, it was IT related. He was very sort after (retired now). He later was head hunted by a company in Australia who said along with the salary a flat would be included. He said that as it was a 6 month contract his wife would be coming and a flat wouldn't be suitable for her. So they offered him a house with a pool instead. He ended up stopping over there for 12 months altogether but by law, something to do with Visa's I believe, he had to leave the country for 3 weeks after 6 months before coming back. They paid for him to go to New Zealand. Hes not the bragging sort btw so I believe him. His wife, my Aunt, went to Cambridge that's where she met him. The both had well paying jobs throughout their careers before retiring.

I'm wondering if their emails are been picked up as spam at the other end? If it is a shared server and there are other domains on that server sending spam all the domains on that server could have been blocked and marked as spam. The advice to contact your host is the first thing to do.

As TVs have got smaller so have the speakers. Bought a soundbar with the last TV. Would recommend it. I like to play music it through it too. I play a lot through YouTube via my phone but also I play music from my NAS drive through the TV itself. I like having a Smart TV, it plays some videos better than our Kodi box and also plays at least one video fornat that the Kodi box won't.

Taxman you best tell that to my Uncle who worked for MI5. He definitely wasn't allowed to tell me what he did.

You can disagree with the law all you like it doesn't mean it isn't the law. Please see what I said about the Limitations Act, also re-read the Consumer Rights Act - burden of proof is on the customer after the first 6 months of purchase. The act does not say goods have to last 6 years. The law is the law Ghozer. Maybe it wasn't you but not long ago I'm sure you were telling people on here that shops could pass the buck to the manufacturer. No offense but I don't think your knowledge of consumer rights is that good, techie stuff yes but rights not so much. Your rights are with the shop you bought it from not the manufacturer. The manufacturer might CHOOSE to offer a remedy but legally they don't have to.

Its up to 6 years and it doesn't mean all products, electrical or not, should last 6 years. The 6 years comes in because of the Limitations Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limitation_Act_1980 By law you can only claim for up to 6 years later. Also the burden of proof is on the consumer after the first 6 months, this means they have to prove the fault was there at the time of purchase. If the consumer cannot they the retailer doesn't have to do anything. The Dail Mail have incorrectly described it as a 6 year warranty. Products do not have to be good for 6 years.

Not sure when the competency thing came in but my husband was experience that last year job hunting. Not in the applying stage, that was often still C.V.s but at interview stage. He said that interviews involved nothing about whether he was capable of doing the job or not but all about as you say "provide examples of" a time when... What he didn't realise is that you have to answer the questions in a particular formula. It was only when he applied and did get an internal vacancy that he was told about the formula. He reworded his answers and landed the next job he went for. Not sure how long he would have had to keep applying for had he not been told about the formula.

I agree with what your saying. But my sister struggles as it is. If the cut meant she couldn't pay bills or food then what? She has a 2 year old to think of. It's not a case of struggling a bit personally as a lone adult, as in cutting back on non-essentials. Is a 2 year old meant to suffer because she might find a job with more hours somewhere down the line? ---------- Post added 11-08-2017 at 09:03 ---------- I don't think struggling to find someone to look after your child overnight is an excuse is it? @Ms Macbeth. The dad as now decided to start a family with his girlfriend. The same woman he cheated on my sister with whilst she was pregnant. His girlfriend knew he was married and had a child on the way. He claims when the child is born he is going to work part-time. Presumably because it means he will have to pay less for his first child. He refuses to disclose his earnings yet claims he is overpayimg my sister. My sister has asked him to get set weekends. He works shifts. He refuses to put in a request with his employer. My sister knows someone who works at the same place and he could have set weekends - others have done it, its a call centre with hundreds of people so felixible working should not be an issue. Yet he refuses to request it. They recently went to court because he kept rearranging when he could have his soon at short notice (this of course complicates going back to work as she doesn't know if her ex will ring up the day before saying he can't have him). He agreed to have him every other Wednesday and every other weekend. Even though he agreed to this in court he now says he can't do the Wednesday. Basically it goes back to him not willing to ask his employer for set days. She is trying to get a job but she has waited until she gets 15 free before applying because she knows she can not rely on his Dad.

In the example I gave who looks after my sister's 2 year old at night and weekends? I and my parents would help her out of course I wouldn't be able to help her all the time and neither could my parents. It would also mean never seeing her child.