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1 day to put scaffolding up - it's not just going up to one window but all the way across the front of the house.
3 days to do the work.
1 day to bring the scaffolding down....

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Let's say £2k for scaffolding hire (that's a wide area to scaffold), £1k for the windows, sills, levelling, filler, cement and paint, probably 15 man-days (3 people for 5 days) at £150pd is £2.25k. Cost of tools, equipment, maintenance, fuel etc £750. There's £6k ex VAT on a back-of-a-fag-packet...

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Morning all
Wet and windy overnight, but it stayed dry on our walk earlier. Quite warm (14C at 6am) and humid out there. If it stays like that I'll be back to short sleeves again.

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What "fat" would you suggest cutting from those figures?...

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Yup. 42% of the welfare budget goes on pensions, and pensions increase above the rate of inflation every year.
1% of the welfare budget goes on unemployment benefit.

Guess which ones are demonised by the populists?...

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And maybe councils should do their jobs rather than employing rafts of "consultants" and "advisers"? https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-b2794260.html...

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Morning all
Overcast, but the clouds are quite high and thin. No rain not he walk, but expecting it in a couple of hours.

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The problem with solid gold is that it is a soft metal. Platinum makes for a better, stronger experience and doesn't discolour like gold can....

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Morning all
It wasn't raining on our walk, but it is now. Blowing an absolute hooley at the back of the house, but it was sheltered and warm (12C) on the walk.
All play bin day, and they are just picking up our black bin now.

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Morning all ...

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RIP to my neighbour.
He told his wife he was going out for some sewing thread, but he died after spending the day drinking in the pub
... Gone, but not for cotton.

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Morning all (properly this time)

TFIF, etc.
Very windy overnight and quite overcast this morning, but also warm at 14C.

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Morning all/Evening all.
Wide awake and not sleeping.

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When we bought our house in was council tax band E. It is now band F, and that's without the work we are planning for the next couple of years.

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Oooo...
Just noticed this is a Mod-eniummm - 373000...

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morning all
Clear skies overnight, but then some light cloud came in after 4am. A chilly 6C on the walk, but with stunning light on the cloud

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The Wife just threw a bottle of fabric conditioner at me!
I think it was Lenor... it was too close for Comfort.

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Morning all
Overcast but dry, and pleasantly warm on our walk, the radar shows that we are in the gap between two weather fronts, so rain is expected later.

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Not sure what "commentators" you are listening to, but it's 14,000, not 30,000. But let's not quibble over numbers, and if the commentators say that it is because of gender, skin colour or disability, then that must be the reason.

https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news...

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https://www.thepoke.com/2025/10/28/p...-retweeted-it/