Did you try a hot air gun ?
I did wish I could have found it, but I have lost it and couldn't be bothered emptying the garage only to find that I'd taken it to France.
It is one of those things I only use once in a blue moon though you may remember I used a hair dryer instead for summat the other day.
But yes, a good idea, if you have one to hand!!;):)
 
Bear in mind yer insurance requires a full uk car licence. They check for fings like that when making a claim.
I have a full licence, not due to run out until 2027, if i apply for a one wiv a new photy on it then they cannot do me, I am allowed to drive without physically having the licence becorse they iz deeling wiv it.

But I can't do that in France. Which is why I have got an international licence.
I have decided to send the form off.
Dottir will have to post it over along with the rest of the mail.

Why oh why does this driving licence business ALWAYS happen when I am abroad? Infuriating.
If I didn't have a medic one they'd have told me to renew it when I was 70 back in February. :mad::mad::mad:
 
No, I haven't got one either.
Why?
Well, because herself loves to spend an hour every day all Summer watering her garden.
Obvs in France watering the polytunnel and the rest of the veg garden is important, so we pump the water out of our suge tank that collects rainwater off all the roofs. We have to have a meter in Frogland as do all peeps and as in the UK they measure your alleged sewage by how much water you consume, UNLESS you have a septic tank and outfall.
@Hippo says elsewhere that you is breaking the law. I have never heard of that, I don't remember it being in any contract with water companies in any other house I have owned, or this one, before we put the meter on.
Maybe it's a new thing what wiv planetary warming an orl.

And she loves a bath, we all know that!!
 
Morning All. :D
A shopping day. :(
Wifey is having a terrible time getting a "sample" from the old gal. :(
Despite writing it up in BIG LETTERS on a note on the door, the old baggage just ignores it all. :(
The old gal has a nasty and persistent UTI and the medics are beating up on my wife because there is no "sample" for testing.
Not a lot we can do if she's non-compliant, but it is dragging my missus down. :(
Hey-ho, have a good day. :D
That is a proper shame. Maybe if she tells her she would have to go into hospital unless she provides one and then stands over her( not literally) until she produces one?
Sorry, we once had to provide a sample of dog's urine, that was a total nightmare, so I get how she feels!. :(
 
Eye use this fer gerrin stickers oft metal. Found it at wuk.

Looks like that is just a cleaner/degreaser.Amazed it works.
I know you can get stuff for removing decals etc, just didn't hunt it up as I was already doing the job albeit slowly. I have just looked on line and there is an awful lot of bollix talked about it. It might work e.g.WD40 on a sticker that has not been baked on for years as might "rubbing alcohol" but there are two problems, one being that the sticker is plastic so you cannot get underneath it or through it without removing it, second if you scratch its "surface" with a wire brush or summit you scratch the pain below too.
But yes there is stuff on the market like "googone" etc.

A hot air gun would deffo have been good. At this rate I'll end up buying yet another one.:rolleyes: At least the first one was a "KEVBUY" i.e it cost me nowt!!
 
Get it out the manhole outside 😂😂😂 or put cling film over the pan 😯😯😯
I had to make a "commode" for W until she got herself more sorted out. Just used a disabled toilet thingy she normally has over the loo in the bathroom, a plastic bin bag and a bucket in case the bag split. It worked a treat. You could put a bin bag over the toilet pan, even though the bottom of the outside might get water on it, you could still fish a sample out of it.
Use a white bin bag and she might not even notice it. Especially at a night.
 
When yer gorra meter yer pay fer wot yer use. If they put one in and yer dun't like it, yer can go back to normal billing. Meter satays in fer leak finding. Burrit depends on tge water company. Some force meter installs when a property sells. Meter bill only. Others allow 2 years to cancel meter billing. Depends on the water company. Yer norra lowd to water the garden and wash yer car wiv tap water if yer not on a meter. Yer water comoany will want to fit a meter if yer does. Get yerself some water butts and a jet washer. Thas wot eye does.
I've had a bit of a dig into this.
It appears no umetered user is not allowed to use their tap water to water their garden or wash their car.
BUT if they use "excess" water they may be charged.
How they can tell who is doing this is not explained!

"
If you're not on a water meter, you can still wash cars and water your garden, as long as you're not exceeding the water usage limits set by your local water company, and there are no hosepipe bans in place.

Here's a more detailed explanation:
  • Unmetered Customers:
    If you don't have a water meter, your water bill is based on the rateable value of your property, not how much water you use.

  • No Restrictions on Usage:
    You are not restricted from using water for activities like washing cars or watering the garden, as long as you are not exceeding the water usage limits set by your local water company. "
 
I've had a bit of a dig into this.
It appears no umetered user is not allowed to use their tap water to water their garden or wash their car.
BUT if they use "excess" water they may be charged.
How they can tell who is doing this is not explained!

"
If you're not on a water meter, you can still wash cars and water your garden, as long as you're not exceeding the water usage limits set by your local water company, and there are no hosepipe bans in place.

Here's a more detailed explanation:
  • Unmetered Customers:
    If you don't have a water meter, your water bill is based on the rateable value of your property, not how much water you use.

  • No Restrictions on Usage:
    You are not restricted from using water for activities like washing cars or watering the garden, as long as you are not exceeding the water usage limits set by your local water company. "
Got sprinklers for me lawns as well but only use them at night :)
 
Today I spent an inordinate amount of time doing something really stoopid.
Over the years I have had a GB sticker on the back of the Disco. Then the law changed and it had to be UK, so stuck one on top of the GB one.

Then I was told it was too small, (which may not have been true) so I bought another and, yep, stuck it over the last one.

Since then over a few years, weirdly, the middle one can be seen through the last one, so it is like seeing double.
So I decided to remove all of them. Which proved to be very nearly impossible. I managed to remove the top two but they were all very stuck on round the edges. The bottom one would not budge. I tried turps, meths, acetone, brake cleaner, WD40, and a few other things. But nothing seemed to shift it.
So I had to simply cut away at it with a long box-cutter blade, indulging in a sort of sawing motion behind any edge that I managed to lift. This did seem to be slightly helped by use of a mix of meths and turps, but only very slightly.

Took flipping forever, it all coming off in mostly tiny bits, and there was still a residue left on the paintwork, which wouldn't shift even with all of the above solvents.
So I came in for some lunch. Went back to it, got it all off eventually (T-cut) so decided to go into town to by a new sticker and do a couple of bits. Then between us we managed to remember that I had been so intent on this that I had forgotten to go for my shingles jab. :mad:
So went into town. Despite there being NO patients waiting, no I couldn't have my jab, (I was an hour late), next available appt, end of April, So flip that. :rolleyes:
Got the forms etc to renew the licence. PO lady couldn't tell me why they couldn't do it on line, have yet to try that route again.
Got a new UK sticker and had a lovely chat with a bloke who, after waiting for about 20 years, has finally got his hands on a 1959 80" tratter he has known. He showed me his pics. He got it, ran it a bit, took it to a show, then somewhere along the line it blew a core plug and the engine cooked itself. He knew he was going to be doing huge amounts of work on it, but this was a tad unexpected! So he was looking forward to getting the engine back very soon. (He was in Motabitz buying ancillary stuff.)

This time I remembered the petroleum jelly trick before sticking the new "UK" on. :):):)

In no time at all my thread on Openreach, which I obviously had to put on AG, degenerated into the usual poop. I do wish there was a way that members could remove a thread that they have put up.
Hey ho!
Sleep tite folks!!:):):)

hot water is what was needed ...
 
Wife's brother (the really 'orrible little creep) complains that the food wifey gets for her mother (that her Mum asks for and will not accept anything else) is "NOT GOOD ENOUGH, I don't like it, you need to get other stuff". Wifey is really peed-off.
She said to him "Well you go do all the shopping twice a week then". His response.... "I don't do shopping".
She is really NOT happy with him. Neither am I. He really needs a severe slapping. It is coming his way as soon as his Mother is gone.
 
Obvs in France watering the polytunnel and the rest of the veg garden is important, so we pump the water out of our suge tank that collects rainwater off all the roofs. We have to have a meter in Frogland as do all peeps and as in the UK they measure your alleged sewage by how much water you consume, UNLESS you have a septic tank and outfall.
@Hippo says elsewhere that you is breaking the law. I have never heard of that, I don't remember it being in any contract with water companies in any other house I have owned, or this one, before we put the meter on.
Maybe it's a new thing what wiv planetary warming an orl.

And she loves a bath, we all know that!!

I've had a bit of a dig into this.
It appears no umetered user is not allowed to use their tap water to water their garden or wash their car.
BUT if they use "excess" water they may be charged.
How they can tell who is doing this is not explained!

"
If you're not on a water meter, you can still wash cars and water your garden, as long as you're not exceeding the water usage limits set by your local water company, and there are no hosepipe bans in place.

Here's a more detailed explanation:
  • Unmetered Customers:
    If you don't have a water meter, your water bill is based on the rateable value of your property, not how much water you use.

  • No Restrictions on Usage:
    You are not restricted from using water for activities like washing cars or watering the garden, as long as you are not exceeding the water usage limits set by your local water company. "
Eye din't say it was illegal. It is against the water company rules/policy on how they want customers to restrict use of their water. Yer dun't have a supply contract, you have what each water company chooes to demand. They make it up as they go. Ring up yer local water company and tell them yer sprinklers have been on for a few hours. See what they say. Policy is to go on a meter at stw for eggsample. Link below. Section 3. Policy varies across different companies, for many reasons. Capacity, population, abstraction limits etc.


The oft wat info contradicts itself. Last paragraph, no limit apart from the limit set by yer water company. They all have fair use policies. There are also special occasions when use is restructed and enforced. Historic one below for drought but thats not the general every day use rule.

 
Wot does we fink about air rating yer grass? Edgar finks we should do it. Poking spikes in yer grass to help it. Yer can get spike fings that go on yer shoes. Spikes on poles or rolling fings wiv spikes. Does yer air rate yer grass?
Yep, is a good idea. We had a spikey roller fing, but it wasn't easy to use and had a habit of jabbing me when bumbling about in me garridge. Smashing it up to stiff in the bin was a cathartic moment..
Tried and tested meffud is wif a trusty garden fork, takes longer but is betterer..
 
Looks like that is just a cleaner/degreaser.Amazed it works.
I know you can get stuff for removing decals etc, just didn't hunt it up as I was already doing the job albeit slowly. I have just looked on line and there is an awful lot of bollix talked about it. It might work e.g.WD40 on a sticker that has not been baked on for years as might "rubbing alcohol" but there are two problems, one being that the sticker is plastic so you cannot get underneath it or through it without removing it, second if you scratch its "surface" with a wire brush or summit you scratch the pain below too.
But yes there is stuff on the market like "googone" etc.

A hot air gun would deffo have been good. At this rate I'll end up buying yet another one.:rolleyes: At least the first one was a "KEVBUY" i.e it cost me nowt!!
Chemical seeps in round the edges and wuks its way in, somehow melts the glue on the stickers eye need to gerrof metal. Vynal plastic type. There's propper sticker removal chemicals but they can be er bit harsh. Some stink like 90's car paint.
 

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