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Studying while contracting!
I tried this a few years ago. Had a nice contract lined up and there were some evening college courses nearby and done them. Bit of a bind as it's self funded but so glad, it was a way of getting ahead of the bear and keeping that 40 hour week. May have to do it again this year, it also made... -
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Cost of living
Same here, Setup a a separate bank account, and was lucky enough to get paid weekly. I much prefer it that way. Again was perm and then went back contracting, best thing I did. Some of the permies I know are still in thier old job an no better off, thier pensions ate shuffled from one pension... -
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Hosepipe Bans
Elan Valley , mid Wales.....the reservoirs there come under Severn Trent Water -
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Red Alert
People want convenience, some don't want an old probably a characteristic house as a do up. So they buy new , keep up with the Joneses, 2 cars in the drive and a curry meal for 4 from Tesco each night. Most of these housing sites have a standard set of designs and they can have the fancy bolt... -
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Handing in my badge
Finding it in the Industry I work in, pushing to get more out of the employee , rushing projects out and then 3 weeks later the boss is saying 'why did we do it this way ' and then costing them more money. Think technology has made people work more faster . Some of the clowns I work haven't a... -
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Captain Tom Foundation being investigated
It goes to show the hypocrisy doesn't it. Captain Tom was used a a pawn to generate money for a good cause. I'm glad I didn't give a penny towards the thing . -
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Electric car
yes three phase is more costly for an underground cable than over head lines. DNO's are very reluctant to have three phase in domestic installations due to the potential difference between single phase appliances. With three phase you need to bring in a neutral as your would have single phase... -
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Electric car
Domestic installations 7kw max. Stipulated in IET Wiring Regs
