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get involved: access, environment, BMC / Re: 180k cragx Mill Bridge

« Last post by Tony on Today at 10:19:47 pm »

Tony, I can't believe you genuinely think you've not been being a cantankerous b*gger on here recently. Etc.

At last, a post with a reasoned view.

Cantankerous, in the argumentative sense, absolutely. (The “b*gger” bit, not so much.) As I wrote, that was the purpose of fora. Perhaps usage has changed. I’d argue - - I have been consistent in this throughout all my posts, not just recently.

Now completely off-topic the original topic: have you considered that my UKB profile may appear more argumentative than many since my posts are restricted to topics which are liable to give rise to strong emotions / polarised views? I don’t tend to post on topics on which there is broad consensus (with which I may agree). That may go some way to skewing the views some may have formed.

Regardless, I maintain that I do - in general - respond reasonably to polite arguments (which are posed as a view rather than a fact) and politely asked questions.

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get involved: access, environment, BMC / Re: 180k cragx Mill Bridge

« Last post by abarro81 on Today at 08:56:28 pm »

Tony, I can't believe you genuinely think you've not been being a cantankerous bugger on here recently. If you genuinely do then you're on crack. We're all dickheads online sometimes, it's fine, just be nice a decent proportion of the time and no one will mind you being a knob occasionally...

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get involved: access, environment, BMC / Re: 180k cragx Mill Bridge

« Last post by Wellsy on Today at 08:21:31 pm »

This is actually embarrassing

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get involved: access, environment, BMC / Re: 180k cragx Mill Bridge

« Last post by Tony on Today at 08:00:05 pm »

If you look back through Tony's post history he's been needlessly rude quite a bit lately.

Care to quote any (together with their context in full)?

Perhaps I can make amends mein Führer, if I only knew where I had erred in your eyes.

Who made you the forum police?

Erm, I think you’ve got confused as to whose side you’re meant to be on. It’s your mates who are arguing for policing of the forum and that you should not read the terrible posts I write.

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something for the weekend - hookups and lifts / North Wales Bouldering - Sat 1st June

« Last post by mr chaz on Today at 07:24:36 pm »

Forecast is decent - anyone out in North Wales on Saturday who doesn’t mind a tag along with a big pad? Open minded on venue, as long as there’s a few decent sub 7C options

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shootin' the shit / Re: UK General Election 2024

« Last post by ToxicBilberry on Today at 06:05:31 pm »

Keir Starmer declares he's a socialist but 'we can't afford to' raise taxes on the top 5% to pay for tuition fees etc. etc.  He has to be 'honest with the electorate'. 
Can't make this  up.

You’ve forgotten to apply the 1st rule of politics Brutus, run everything back through the reality inverter.

Socialism = expansion of the useless people under techno-feudalism

Humanitarian aid = forever war, resource stripping, globalisation etc

Health policy = making money from the misery of useless people

Etc etc

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shootin' the shit / Re: House Buying Beta

« Last post by webbo on Today at 05:46:24 pm »

We once had to take out an indemnity insurance on a property built on land that was purchased from British rail. Our buyers would not proceed without this. Their solicitor was incredulous that they requested this but then again he was the solicitor for the first people buying it from the builder.
I would offer 50 grand or more below the asking price and if they even consider it, you know it’s dodgy.

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news / Re: significant repeats

« Last post by yetix on Today at 05:41:17 pm »

I think in a subsequent podcast will said sleepwalker (stand) was easier than ilse (sit) and therefore that he might have been wrong with ilse sit, I can't remember where I heard though.. Maybe the nugget interview he did shortly after?

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get involved: access, environment, BMC / Re: 180k cragx Mill Bridge

« Last post by tomtom on Today at 05:21:11 pm »

tony/sam (are you the same person? Anyway..) - so what if this forum is a cliquey banter ridden cess pit that you don’t like?

Who made you the forum police? Why should your view be more important than anyone else’s?

If you don’t like what you read go elsewhere - or don’t read it!

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shootin' the shit / Re: House Buying Beta

« Last post by Tom de Gay on Today at 04:50:12 pm »

One alternative is that the sellers provides or pays for an insurance policy to cover any future subsidence...

I think I've had this before with window in a house I was buying (a large window) that had no guaruntee/warranty and my solicitor chased it and the vendors forked out £50 for it..

I suspect they will baulk at this but it might be a last roll of the dice for you. And bear in mind this was 18 years ago and my memory isn't what it used to be!  :D

Are you sure that wasn't a policy for lack of Fensa documentation or Planning Permission, rather than the integrity of the window itself? Insurance policies with a one-time premium to cover gaps in building control/pp documentation are pretty common (in my limited experience), insuring you against a loss if the council were to making a retroactive claim on the work done by the previous owner. Insuring the thing itself every year is what your buildings insurance is for.

When I spoke to builders a few years ago about a potentially attractively priced underpinned property, they advised not to get involved with a house that has been underpinned on more than one side.

Good luck with the search.