The Big 'Let's sell our cars and take buses/ebikes instead' thread (warning: probably very dull)
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I suppose the bus option is my unrealistic dream.kingstongraham said:
If I could only drive as far as the nearest carpark to the entrance I came in at, and had to leave through the same entrance, I'd be very happy. Or if they closed the car gates and I had to park outside I'd also be happy. If I had to take a bus there, I'd be pretty happy too if it meant it was free of cars.TheBigBean said:
Richmond Park and the surrounding area would be nicer if people didn't drive their cars there, so whilst it would be less convenient for you, I think it would be better overall. I know my view on this is not common.kingstongraham said:
I use the car for going to places outside London and taking the dogs to Richmond Park. Life would be worse without access to a car.TheBigBean said:
Yes, I discovered on this thread that sometimes you need to buy christmas trees and toilet paper.kingstongraham said:
Right tool for the right job sometimes.TheBigBean said:
Preference for just removing them altogether, but it doesn't seem to have gone down well on this thread full of cyclists.kingstongraham said:Can we normalise parking in car parks with charging points rather than expecting roads to still be full of parked cars and pavements to be clogged up with more censored for charging cars when the great electric revolution comes?
Also, if there was truly secure bike parking that would be great.
The evolution of portable angle grinders along with the lack of interest from the police is not a positive development.0 -
The boilers are gas. I don't know the end date.Pross said:You’d have probably been exempt under the rules that are due to come it and it sounds like you’ve done enough that your property would be at least C rated. Are you not able to replace the current boiler with gas up there until 2035 as it was previously?
However, I had 1 property with an electric boiler and it was old. My plumbing and heating engineer said that the new electric 'boilers' were extremely efficient but the i cost over gas was 40% more.
The house was off the gas grid.
June 2020, a good tenant moved out. Right in the middle of lockdown. I contacted ESP Utilities with a view to connecting it to the gas grid. I was quoted and proceeded with this and the cost was £1100 + VAT.
...but installation did not happen until November so I had an empty property with no heating whatsoever and a further £2840 was spent on the boiler.
££££'s flew out of the window.
Luckily, I did get a very good tenant and she is in for the long term. I have frozen rental increases for her for 2 years.
Yes, my properties are on good nick. I think too many landlords think they can get a quick return and do not care about the long term asset or welfare. I think this is more prevalent in the SE and other metropolis where a sh1t heap of a house is still going to go up in value no matter what you don't do to it.
And letting agents are scum.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Whilst there is little negative equity in the UK, I never expected that the property values would rise that much to the point where any 'investment' is offset by other costs. But yes, I would buy the double glazing etc.rjsterry said:
As you seem to have one foot out of the door anyway, I can see why you wouldn't want to invest further. On the other hand if you were planning on being a landlord for another 10-15 years, that investment would be more easily justified. This is not that different to an owner occupier: are you going to pay for replacement windows if you are planning to sell in a couple of years or leave it for the next owner and accept that you won't be able to sell for quite as much.pinno said:
I would love to invest in decent insulation.Pross said:
Would you want someone with that attitude as your landlord? As I've said on here a lot of times before, there are far too many 'property developers' out there who think it is money for old rope egged on by programmes like Homes Under The Hammer that make it seem like you buy a wreck at auction; chuck in a budget kitchen from Wickes, paint the walls and lay some grey carpets then watch the money roll in. If they aren't prepared to invest in basics like making the house energy efficient it makes you wonder what else they are skimping on.First.Aspect said:
You two are making the mistake of using rational argument. A lot of private landlords will just get out of the market. This will push up prices. It doesn't take much to change sentiment, when being a private landlord is normally not all that worthwhile anyway.Pross said:
Landlords who feel they can't afford to upgrade to a 'C' rating by the December 2028 deadline could apply for an exemption as follows:First.Aspect said:
Nothing is clear cut. That policy would just reduce the available rental accommodation and push rental prices up. Similarly anyone who stays as a landlord would pass on costs. I certainly wouldn't see the justification for distinguishing between rental and owner occupied though.kingstongraham said:
The least justifiable is surely removing the requirement for landlords to provide energy efficient homes.First.Aspect said:
Correct. Battery technology seems to be getting to a tipping point on range (see the recent stories about better electrodes and solid state electrolytes), at which point there will be a quick pivot by the buying public. This won't happen by 2030 though.kingstongraham said:I think Starmer will be quite pleased if these changes are enacted before he gets in.
2035 will also allow more time for non city charging to get better.
I am less clear on the justification for putting back the ban on new gas and oil boilers through.
You can show quotes from three separate installers revealing that “the cost of purchasing and installing the cheapest recommended improvement exceeds £3,500 (including VAT)”. You must also provide confirmation that you are “satisfied that the measure(s) exceed this amount”. This is known as a ‘High cost’ Exemption and applies only to domestic property;
You have already made all of the changes that could have been proposed in order to meet the regulations, and yet the property has still not achieved the desired rating.
You can prove that a proposed wall or ceiling insulation system would be unsuitable for your building;
The required improvements to the house in question require the consent of a third party, which has been refused;
A RICS-qualified surveyor has informed you that any adjustments to the house – including changing the boiler, heating system, insulation or anything else – will reduce the buildings’ value;
You have only started letting out rented property very recently (in which case, you may be granted a 6 month exemption).
Hardly onerous especially if my reading of the first point is correct and you can apply if you have to fork out more than £3.5k inc. VAT to get up to a 'C' rating. It's not like 'C' is particularly onerous either. Part of being a landlord is having to spend money on keeping your asset to an acceptable standard, if landlords are leaving the market because of this I would question whether they are goof landlords to begin with.
I have done extra loft insulation in all my properties and replaced many old double glazing units (including doors), as well as fitting constant dehumidifiers and although this has made a big difference to the wellbeing of the tenants, heating bills and keeping my properties in better shape, it's not really as sufficient as it could be.
I have had quotes for cavity wall insulation that are eye watering (that is only a piece of the insulation jigsaw) and I do not qualify for the Eco Gen external insulated cladding because if you own more than 2 properties (including the one you live in?!), you do not qualify. You are then classed as a business. So, businesses get no assistance in being energy efficient?!
Else, I could get a grant and only pay £1200. Without any assistance, full cost is £11k+.
£11k is over 2 years rental income in this part of the world. Add the usual repair, maintenance, insurance, annual boiler inspection, landlord registration fees, bad debt etc and I am looking at not getting that money back for 3 years. Multiply that across the properties I have and, well; do the maths. I have 3 rental properties.
I can safely say that I have shelled out one third of my total rental income year on year with repairs, upgrades, maintenance and bad debt. Some govt; help would go a long way and in the next 5 years if this does not happen, I will be pulling out of the market.
New boiler with 10 year warranties including fitting is £2800 (I have forked out for 2). Air source for rental properties without some form of grant? Forget it.
When the new boilers are due for renewal and I cannot fit them because of legislation, I am out and out well before the deadline or I am facing owning properties that will l have less buyer appeal. This wouldn't happen in more urban areas.
I am sure a lot of good landlords are in the same position.
I am an inch from pulling out of the market anyway. If interest rates keep rising, I could sell up and invest elsewhere without all the hassle.
Tenants in England don't have enough rights and tenants in Scotland have too many. They said this SNP government was anti-business, they certainly are.
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You're a laugh a minute. That level of attempted antagonism and your underlying, unfounded envy is both childish and presumptive.rick_chasey said:Why are you doing it then?
Do you really have nothing more productive to spend your money on?
The first point is that it has been very difficult until recently to find stable investments with a decent return.
If my rental property's yielded more than they do, I wouldn't have to keep working.
I think you would be surprised what my annual household income is. It would be well below what you think it is.
Having revealed that 1 third of my rental income has simply paid for on going costs already, you can do quick maths and realise that I am not 'rolling in it'.
I also think that there is nothing wrong with being a landlord.
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These people are insane
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I'd suggest there probably are some more productive ways to spend your money.pinno said:
You're a laugh a minute. That level of attempted antagonism and your underlying, unfounded envy is both childish and presumptive.rick_chasey said:Why are you doing it then?
Do you really have nothing more productive to spend your money on?
The first point is that it has been very difficult until recently to find stable investments with a decent return.
If my rental property's yielded more than they do, I wouldn't have to keep working.
I think you would be surprised what my annual household income is. It would be well below what you think it is.
Having revealed that 1 third of my rental income has simply paid for on going costs already, you can do quick maths and realise that I am not 'rolling in it'.
I also think that there is nothing wrong with being a landlord.0 -
I'm confused, did the signals actually have a camera mounted on them (which I doubt) or did the imbecile decide one of the detectors for approaching vehicles was a camera?kingstongraham said:These people are insane
https://www.londonworld.com/news/traffic-and-travel/ulez-traffic-lights-cut-in-half-4343627
Hopefully a few of them will cut through an electric cable doing something like this and become eligible for a Darwin award.0 -
Probably did have a camera on, there's lots on traffic lights. Maybe pedestrian crossings are also part of the war on motorists. They slow down the necessary flow of the only important people.Pross said:
I'm confused, did the signals actually have a camera mounted on them (which I doubt) or did the imbecile decide one of the detectors for approaching vehicles was a camera?kingstongraham said:These people are insane
https://www.londonworld.com/news/traffic-and-travel/ulez-traffic-lights-cut-in-half-4343627
Hopefully a few of them will cut through an electric cable doing something like this and become eligible for a Darwin award.0 -
You have said that you own 2 houses and travel between them. Is that not true?briantrumpet said:Stevo_666 said:
Yeah, we're not taking any lectures from eco hypocritesfocuszing723 said:
Brain, you travel between two homes in different countries. How is that environmentally efficient?briantrumpet said:Emily Maitlis might have a point... Stevotories might think that this wafer-thin win means they can forget all that 'green stuff' and U-turn on their previous commitments, and indeed campaign on ungreen policies, but it might not be the winning gambit they think it is...
Please do feel free to quote a single post from me to back up your charge.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
I think there is a good reason why the thread is still going.rick_chasey said:
This entire thread exists because I was coming up with a a non-car centric solution.kingstongraham said:
You're looking for problems not solutions.rick_chasey said:
Good luck trying to get a car parks built in residential areas.kingstongraham said:Can we normalise parking in car parks with charging points rather than expecting roads to still be full of parked cars and pavements to be clogged up with more censored for charging cars when the great electric revolution comes?
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
What makes you think there are enough large scale landlords out there?rick_chasey said:
If you're too small a scale landlord to afford the necessary capex to make the country sustainable, I'd suggest getting out of the game.Stevo_666 said:
The realities of being a landlord and the realities of going eco. Probably quite an education for some people on here.
The reality of property ownership is that investment is going to be required in order to keep the buildings sustainable.
Real estate produces roughly 30% of all emissions globally. Either suck it up or sell to someone who does have the capital spare."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Because sustainability is literally the existential question that dominates all collective decision making for the human race for the next century?Stevo_666 said:
I think there is a good reason why the thread is still going.rick_chasey said:
This entire thread exists because I was coming up with a a non-car centric solution.kingstongraham said:
You're looking for problems not solutions.rick_chasey said:
Good luck trying to get a car parks built in residential areas.kingstongraham said:Can we normalise parking in car parks with charging points rather than expecting roads to still be full of parked cars and pavements to be clogged up with more censored for charging cars when the great electric revolution comes?
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What's AI? Chopped liver!rick_chasey said:
Because sustainability is literally the existential question that dominates all collective decision making for the human race for the next century?Stevo_666 said:
I think there is a good reason why the thread is still going.rick_chasey said:
This entire thread exists because I was coming up with a a non-car centric solution.kingstongraham said:
You're looking for problems not solutions.rick_chasey said:
Good luck trying to get a car parks built in residential areas.kingstongraham said:Can we normalise parking in car parks with charging points rather than expecting roads to still be full of parked cars and pavements to be clogged up with more censored for charging cars when the great electric revolution comes?
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AI is just a tool. It'll be most transformative for things like it taking 2 hours to put a 30 slide powerpoint deck together, not 6. Stuff like that.focuszing723 said:
What's AI? Chopped liver!rick_chasey said:
Because sustainability is literally the existential question that dominates all collective decision making for the human race for the next century?Stevo_666 said:
I think there is a good reason why the thread is still going.rick_chasey said:
This entire thread exists because I was coming up with a a non-car centric solution.kingstongraham said:
You're looking for problems not solutions.rick_chasey said:
Good luck trying to get a car parks built in residential areas.kingstongraham said:Can we normalise parking in car parks with charging points rather than expecting roads to still be full of parked cars and pavements to be clogged up with more censored for charging cars when the great electric revolution comes?
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Nooooooo. When it becomes self aware and can evolve itself it can choose it's own MO. It might decide Humanity it great and help us or turn us into fertilizer like those tripod things from Mars.rick_chasey said:
AI is just a tool. It'll be most transformative for things like it taking 2 hours to put a 30 slide powerpoint deck together, not 6. Stuff like that.focuszing723 said:
What's AI? Chopped liver!rick_chasey said:
Because sustainability is literally the existential question that dominates all collective decision making for the human race for the next century?Stevo_666 said:
I think there is a good reason why the thread is still going.rick_chasey said:
This entire thread exists because I was coming up with a a non-car centric solution.kingstongraham said:
You're looking for problems not solutions.rick_chasey said:
Good luck trying to get a car parks built in residential areas.kingstongraham said:Can we normalise parking in car parks with charging points rather than expecting roads to still be full of parked cars and pavements to be clogged up with more censored for charging cars when the great electric revolution comes?
Anyway, the point is we could be wangered.0 -
I'm really nice about computers and technology so I'd be alright, the rest of you skin shedders though...0
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No, it won't, any time soon. Depending on your interest in quality.rick_chasey said:
AI is just a tool. It'll be most transformative for things like it taking 2 hours to put a 30 slide powerpoint deck together, not 6. Stuff like that.focuszing723 said:
What's AI? Chopped liver!rick_chasey said:
Because sustainability is literally the existential question that dominates all collective decision making for the human race for the next century?Stevo_666 said:
I think there is a good reason why the thread is still going.rick_chasey said:
This entire thread exists because I was coming up with a a non-car centric solution.kingstongraham said:
You're looking for problems not solutions.rick_chasey said:
Good luck trying to get a car parks built in residential areas.kingstongraham said:Can we normalise parking in car parks with charging points rather than expecting roads to still be full of parked cars and pavements to be clogged up with more censored for charging cars when the great electric revolution comes?
It will however big very, very good at finding patterns in big data and telling you what you see likely to die from well before you have obvious symptoms. Stuff like that.0 -
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Stevo_666 said:
You have said that you own 2 houses and travel between them. Is that not true?briantrumpet said:Stevo_666 said:
Yeah, we're not taking any lectures from eco hypocritesfocuszing723 said:
Brain, you travel between two homes in different countries. How is that environmentally efficient?briantrumpet said:Emily Maitlis might have a point... Stevotories might think that this wafer-thin win means they can forget all that 'green stuff' and U-turn on their previous commitments, and indeed campaign on ungreen policies, but it might not be the winning gambit they think it is...
Please do feel free to quote a single post from me to back up your charge.
Yes (as I said to FZ), but just tell me where my hypocrisy is, which is what you suggested. You're going to have to show me where I ask people to do things I don't do, or where I tell people not to do things I do.0 -
No. It's when you put your hand up a cow's bum, and squirt bull's semen in through its cervix.focuszing723 said:
What's AI? Chopped liver!rick_chasey said:
Because sustainability is literally the existential question that dominates all collective decision making for the human race for the next century?Stevo_666 said:
I think there is a good reason why the thread is still going.rick_chasey said:
This entire thread exists because I was coming up with a a non-car centric solution.kingstongraham said:
You're looking for problems not solutions.rick_chasey said:
Good luck trying to get a car parks built in residential areas.kingstongraham said:Can we normalise parking in car parks with charging points rather than expecting roads to still be full of parked cars and pavements to be clogged up with more censored for charging cars when the great electric revolution comes?
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You told me to stop taking about Elon Musk. If it wasn't for his greatness there wouldn't even be a debate. A debate you are pro EV on.briantrumpet said:Stevo_666 said:
You have said that you own 2 houses and travel between them. Is that not true?briantrumpet said:Stevo_666 said:
Yeah, we're not taking any lectures from eco hypocritesfocuszing723 said:
Brain, you travel between two homes in different countries. How is that environmentally efficient?briantrumpet said:Emily Maitlis might have a point... Stevotories might think that this wafer-thin win means they can forget all that 'green stuff' and U-turn on their previous commitments, and indeed campaign on ungreen policies, but it might not be the winning gambit they think it is...
Please do feel free to quote a single post from me to back up your charge.
Yes (as I said to FZ), but just tell me where my hypocrisy is, which is what you suggested. You're going to have to show me where I ask people to do things I don't do, or where I tell people not to do things I do.
And you're nasty about him in the God thread.0 -
😬 you won't find a cervix there.briantrumpet said:
No. It's when you put your hand up a cow's bum, and squirt bull's semen in through its cervix.focuszing723 said:
What's AI? Chopped liver!rick_chasey said:
Because sustainability is literally the existential question that dominates all collective decision making for the human race for the next century?Stevo_666 said:
I think there is a good reason why the thread is still going.rick_chasey said:
This entire thread exists because I was coming up with a a non-car centric solution.kingstongraham said:
You're looking for problems not solutions.rick_chasey said:
Good luck trying to get a car parks built in residential areas.kingstongraham said:Can we normalise parking in car parks with charging points rather than expecting roads to still be full of parked cars and pavements to be clogged up with more censored for charging cars when the great electric revolution comes?
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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rjsterry said:
😬 you won't find a cervix there.briantrumpet said:
No. It's when you put your hand up a cow's bum, and squirt bull's semen in through its cervix.focuszing723 said:
What's AI? Chopped liver!rick_chasey said:
Because sustainability is literally the existential question that dominates all collective decision making for the human race for the next century?Stevo_666 said:
I think there is a good reason why the thread is still going.rick_chasey said:
This entire thread exists because I was coming up with a a non-car centric solution.kingstongraham said:
You're looking for problems not solutions.rick_chasey said:
Good luck trying to get a car parks built in residential areas.kingstongraham said:Can we normalise parking in car parks with charging points rather than expecting roads to still be full of parked cars and pavements to be clogged up with more censored for charging cars when the great electric revolution comes?
You've obviously never done bovine AI. I have, and that's where you put your hand to manipulate the cervix.
Maybe you should put that in the 'Something I've learnt' thread.0 -
Tbh I’m just parroting what some big tech investor said at a PE conference I was atFirst.Aspect said:
No, it won't, any time soon. Depending on your interest in quality.rick_chasey said:
AI is just a tool. It'll be most transformative for things like it taking 2 hours to put a 30 slide powerpoint deck together, not 6. Stuff like that.focuszing723 said:
What's AI? Chopped liver!rick_chasey said:
Because sustainability is literally the existential question that dominates all collective decision making for the human race for the next century?Stevo_666 said:
I think there is a good reason why the thread is still going.rick_chasey said:
This entire thread exists because I was coming up with a a non-car centric solution.kingstongraham said:
You're looking for problems not solutions.rick_chasey said:
Good luck trying to get a car parks built in residential areas.kingstongraham said:Can we normalise parking in car parks with charging points rather than expecting roads to still be full of parked cars and pavements to be clogged up with more censored for charging cars when the great electric revolution comes?
It will however big very, very good at finding patterns in big data and telling you what you see likely to die from well before you have obvious symptoms. Stuff like that.0 -
It will be a matter of time before it can evolve itself though and this is the point (singularity) when Humanity will start to be superceded.First.Aspect said:
No, it won't, any time soon. Depending on your interest in quality.rick_chasey said:
AI is just a tool. It'll be most transformative for things like it taking 2 hours to put a 30 slide powerpoint deck together, not 6. Stuff like that.focuszing723 said:
What's AI? Chopped liver!rick_chasey said:
Because sustainability is literally the existential question that dominates all collective decision making for the human race for the next century?Stevo_666 said:
I think there is a good reason why the thread is still going.rick_chasey said:
This entire thread exists because I was coming up with a a non-car centric solution.kingstongraham said:
You're looking for problems not solutions.rick_chasey said:
Good luck trying to get a car parks built in residential areas.kingstongraham said:Can we normalise parking in car parks with charging points rather than expecting roads to still be full of parked cars and pavements to be clogged up with more censored for charging cars when the great electric revolution comes?
It will however big very, very good at finding patterns in big data and telling you what you see likely to die from well before you have obvious symptoms. Stuff like that.0 -
Ah gotcha. Two separate operations. I should have remembered. It's certainly something that would have come up in conversation with my dad. I guess a zero success rate on the AI would also have alerted you if you were doing it wrong.briantrumpet said:rjsterry said:
😬 you won't find a cervix there.briantrumpet said:
No. It's when you put your hand up a cow's bum, and squirt bull's semen in through its cervix.focuszing723 said:
What's AI? Chopped liver!rick_chasey said:
Because sustainability is literally the existential question that dominates all collective decision making for the human race for the next century?Stevo_666 said:
I think there is a good reason why the thread is still going.rick_chasey said:
This entire thread exists because I was coming up with a a non-car centric solution.kingstongraham said:
You're looking for problems not solutions.rick_chasey said:
Good luck trying to get a car parks built in residential areas.kingstongraham said:Can we normalise parking in car parks with charging points rather than expecting roads to still be full of parked cars and pavements to be clogged up with more censored for charging cars when the great electric revolution comes?
You've obviously never done bovine AI. I have, and that's where you put your hand to manipulate the cervix.
Maybe you should put that in the 'Something I've learnt' thread.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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I don't much care if its not in the next 30 years. Past that, it'll be what's keeping me alive.focuszing723 said:
It will be a matter of time before it can evolve itself though and this is the point (singularity) when Humanity will start to be superceded.First.Aspect said:
No, it won't, any time soon. Depending on your interest in quality.rick_chasey said:
AI is just a tool. It'll be most transformative for things like it taking 2 hours to put a 30 slide powerpoint deck together, not 6. Stuff like that.focuszing723 said:
What's AI? Chopped liver!rick_chasey said:
Because sustainability is literally the existential question that dominates all collective decision making for the human race for the next century?Stevo_666 said:
I think there is a good reason why the thread is still going.rick_chasey said:
This entire thread exists because I was coming up with a a non-car centric solution.kingstongraham said:
You're looking for problems not solutions.rick_chasey said:
Good luck trying to get a car parks built in residential areas.kingstongraham said:Can we normalise parking in car parks with charging points rather than expecting roads to still be full of parked cars and pavements to be clogged up with more censored for charging cars when the great electric revolution comes?
It will however big very, very good at finding patterns in big data and telling you what you see likely to die from well before you have obvious symptoms. Stuff like that.0 -
It would also be quite tricky to get one's arm up the 'delivery channel' as well as the means of delivering the dose.rjsterry said:
Ah gotcha. Two separate operations. I should have remembered. It's certainly something that would have come up in conversation with my dad. I guess a zero success rate on the AI would also have alerted you if you were doing it wrong.briantrumpet said:rjsterry said:
😬 you won't find a cervix there.briantrumpet said:
No. It's when you put your hand up a cow's bum, and squirt bull's semen in through its cervix.focuszing723 said:
What's AI? Chopped liver!rick_chasey said:
Because sustainability is literally the existential question that dominates all collective decision making for the human race for the next century?Stevo_666 said:
I think there is a good reason why the thread is still going.rick_chasey said:
This entire thread exists because I was coming up with a a non-car centric solution.kingstongraham said:
You're looking for problems not solutions.rick_chasey said:
Good luck trying to get a car parks built in residential areas.kingstongraham said:Can we normalise parking in car parks with charging points rather than expecting roads to still be full of parked cars and pavements to be clogged up with more censored for charging cars when the great electric revolution comes?
You've obviously never done bovine AI. I have, and that's where you put your hand to manipulate the cervix.
Maybe you should put that in the 'Something I've learnt' thread.
It cheers me up a bit that we can discuss these anatomical details and not be slapped with a "censored".
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Tricky, but I bet Russell Brand has tried.briantrumpet said:
It would also be quite tricky to get one's arm up the 'delivery channel' as well as the means of delivering the dose.rjsterry said:
Ah gotcha. Two separate operations. I should have remembered. It's certainly something that would have come up in conversation with my dad. I guess a zero success rate on the AI would also have alerted you if you were doing it wrong.briantrumpet said:rjsterry said:
😬 you won't find a cervix there.briantrumpet said:
No. It's when you put your hand up a cow's bum, and squirt bull's semen in through its cervix.focuszing723 said:
What's AI? Chopped liver!rick_chasey said:
Because sustainability is literally the existential question that dominates all collective decision making for the human race for the next century?Stevo_666 said:
I think there is a good reason why the thread is still going.rick_chasey said:
This entire thread exists because I was coming up with a a non-car centric solution.kingstongraham said:
You're looking for problems not solutions.rick_chasey said:
Good luck trying to get a car parks built in residential areas.kingstongraham said:Can we normalise parking in car parks with charging points rather than expecting roads to still be full of parked cars and pavements to be clogged up with more censored for charging cars when the great electric revolution comes?
You've obviously never done bovine AI. I have, and that's where you put your hand to manipulate the cervix.
Maybe you should put that in the 'Something I've learnt' thread.
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?rick_chasey said:
I'd suggest there probably are some more productive ways to spend your money.pinno said:
You're a laugh a minute. That level of attempted antagonism and your underlying, unfounded envy is both childish and presumptive.rick_chasey said:Why are you doing it then?
Do you really have nothing more productive to spend your money on?
The first point is that it has been very difficult until recently to find stable investments with a decent return.
If my rental property's yielded more than they do, I wouldn't have to keep working.
I think you would be surprised what my annual household income is. It would be well below what you think it is.
Having revealed that 1 third of my rental income has simply paid for on going costs already, you can do quick maths and realise that I am not 'rolling in it'.
I also think that there is nothing wrong with being a landlord.
'Spend my money'?
The properties are an investment. I'm not spending my money on rental jolly's.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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