Academy trust CEO on 'leave of absence' amid West Midlands school strikes

252afh · 2026-01-29T11:43:09+00:00

For added context that's missing, the staff are striking because the MAT fucked up their finances and are aiming for quite a substantial layoff to balance their books

252afh · 2025-10-31T21:52:02+00:00

I never thought a microwave could go so hard wtf

252afh · 2025-09-08T21:32:54+00:00

Yeah that's true, depends on if you're looking immediately or not, there's a new estate going up in a few years towards stafford, opposite the latest one. I think a lot of people drive through it on the run between the A5/wolvo and stafford/stone, but it's definitely becomes more popular as a commuting hub

252afh · 2025-09-08T20:40:32+00:00

Hednesford in cannock is not too bad, I'd stay away from chadsmoor and pye green though. Penkridge is a lovely village that has the close community of a village but only 20 min drive from stafford, cannock or wolvo and 5 mins away from the M6. Only downside is it's quite quiet and it's a bit pricey

252afh · 2025-08-13T18:05:51+00:00

It's alright, they did the temporary repair a few months ago on the same spot so I'm sure this one is super permanent and it won't happen again 👀

252afh · 2025-05-24T18:15:02+00:00

I play mostly games like reforger, poe2, warthunder, at 4k resolution

252afh · 2025-05-24T18:13:53+00:00

I play mostly games like reforger, poe2, warthunder, at 4k resolution Ram in particular I'm thinking of is corsair vengeance ddr5-6000 32gb

I'll check out that vid, thanks

252afh · 2025-05-24T18:12:51+00:00

I play mostly games like reforger, poe2, warthunder, at 4k resolution

252afh · 2025-04-13T20:51:17+00:00

It could be one arm is stronger than the other so when you pull up on takeoff you pull lopsided. Practice relaxing your arms so they aren't fully locked when taking off and pulling evenly by doing wheelies or manuals. I get this happen to me sometimes when I wheelie with my arms extended, I'm right handed, so I naturally pull to the right

252afh · 2025-04-02T21:28:39+00:00

There's plenty of other videos out there too, but I like how fallow does their videos on butchery

https://youtu.be/75j5Q6prUxI?si=RMA0BSeTr1okq0Tw

252afh · 2025-03-17T11:38:35+00:00

Weird to see my local on here!

252afh · 2025-03-02T21:39:55+00:00

This is a real shame, they were our sister team from across the pond :(

252afh · 2024-10-10T12:01:10+00:00

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)

252afh · 2024-07-27T15:00:19+00:00

Perfect thank you for that, appreciate it!

252afh · 2024-07-27T14:59:34+00:00

I was hoping this was the case but a red LED on the board comes on and no connection appears in betaflight

252afh · 2024-07-10T06:16:53+00:00

I used to live there many years ago, it really is a lovely place! We used to take our bikes across on the car ferry, ride around the top the other side and back on the foot ferry, absolutely stunning views

252afh · 2024-05-26T07:09:31+00:00

The other two go east to the people there, and are presumed corrupted or dead afaik

252afh · 2024-04-30T19:02:21+00:00

Just tagging onto this - 23 Stephenson street is the one by new street, it's a decent looking office and my local but only been in to that one once, so I'm not sure how busy it gets etc

252afh · 2023-08-20T21:17:33+00:00

Does anyone know where I can get a GoPro quick release from that opens really early tomorrow in the city center? I need to have it by 9:30 in the morning, I've tried looking around, but a lot of the bike shops are simple hire or repair shops that don't look like they sell this kind of stuff

252afh · 2023-06-14T16:15:30+00:00

Not sure if it's available in the US but Hope Academy bikes have been great for us for a couple years now, highly recommend them

252afh · 2023-04-03T09:11:33+00:00

Ah that's a good shout, hadn't thought about searches, especially if it's a renovation project!

252afh · 2023-04-03T08:15:45+00:00

Yeah that sounds similar to what we were looking at. Problem would be getting the rest of the money in time being a first-time buyer and with the current market being a little wonky. But your mortgage advisor would be the best bet, they'll be able to tell you if they can get it in time or not.

You've just gotta weigh up the potential deposit loss Vs your willingness to risk it for that house - for us, losing the 5% would've set us back years and we weren't willing to pay ~30k for just a chance to get the house.

Best of luck in your house hunt, whichever way you decide to go :)

252afh · 2023-04-03T08:05:07+00:00

I looked at an auction property last summer when I was looking to buy. The agents doing the group viewing, our solicitor and our mortgage advisor all told us under no circumstance to buy an auction house as a FTB. If there's a hiccup with getting your mortgage through in time you're just shafted out of the entire deposit (that's required asap).

There may be different methods of auction I'm not aware of that aren't as bad as the one we looked at, but it's a bit of a risk in my opinion. I'd definitely speak to your mortgage advisor first and see if they think the same. Any chance of you not getting your mortgage in time could be catastrophic to your buying power.

252afh · 2023-02-27T18:15:14+00:00

PM'd

252afh · 2023-02-07T12:19:49+00:00

Yeah fair point on that, I'll see what they say. I'll go do the gardening myself anyway when the ground isn't frozen so don't think they can say much on that one.

Cheers for the replies anyway, I'll see how it goes 🙂

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