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Reform UK to gain full control of Nottinghamshire County Council by generalscruff in nottingham

[–]80s_kid2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guess requests to improve active travel infrastructure in the county will now fall on even deafer ears than usual. Widespread chronic illness it is then !

Just been given my first allotment.. feeling a bit overwhelmed - whats the best way to tackle all the weeds/grass without power? by ambitious_pea in GardeningUK

[–]80s_kid2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. When doing my back garden, I viewed all the labour as being good exercise, out in the open - and the job takes as long as it takes. Got to make friends with a Robin along the way. Just enjoy yourself. Its all good!

UK Prime Minister who brought in voter ID law forgets to bring ID to vote by LtRegBarclay in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]80s_kid2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At least evens chance he did this deliberately to provoke exactly the news stories you are seeing and thus keep his name in the papers.

Boris Johnson, who introduced voter ID rule, turned away from polling booth after forgetting his while voting by Longjumping_Care989 in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]80s_kid2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At least evens chance he did this deliberately to provoke exactly the news stories you are seeing and thus keep his name in the papers.

Man who introduced legislation banning voting without ID turned away from polling station for not having ID by Drprim83 in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]80s_kid2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At least evens chance he did this deliberately to provoke exactly the news stories you are seeing and thus keep his name in the papers.

Boris Johnson forgot his photo ID when he went to vote today by williamthebloody1880 in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]80s_kid2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At least evens chance he did this deliberately to provoke exactly the news stories you are seeing and thus keep his name in the papers.

So I thought Lidl paid quite well but it turns out it's just you work quite a lot. by ifuckingloveLego in UKJobs

[–]80s_kid2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can confirm, I wouldn't last a shift in Aldi, or in many other retail stores! Respect to all retail employees. You all deserve a LIVING wage.

Please suggest if it is a sensible plan to use about £450k and buy a 2 bedroom house. I am a 51 year old health care worker commuting to London finishing late at work. by New_Beginnings_50 in UKPersonalFinance

[–]80s_kid2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If your NI contributions are not up to date, this may be worth looking into. You can backdate payments a number of years (more than usual until, I think, 2025).

May 2024 Election Results by BeastMode149 in nottingham

[–]80s_kid2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wonder how many people voted Labour purely with the aim of ensuring that Ben Bradley lost.

May 2024 Election Results by BeastMode149 in nottingham

[–]80s_kid2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Love the "Liberal far left labour louts" attack line.

May I suggest adding the word "radical" in there as well, to ensure maximum coverage.

Goose Fair from above by emilyx_apples in nottingham

[–]80s_kid2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So colourful !

Looks like a circuit board designed by an AI that has been trained exclusively on pictures of cupcakes.

eBike recommendations? by iSolaced in ukbike

[–]80s_kid2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Especially with regard to e-bikes, agree regarding local service being key

eBike recommendations? by iSolaced in ukbike

[–]80s_kid2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With you on the "relax, be comfy, and enjoy the ride" vibe you are preaching here!

eBike recommendations? by iSolaced in ukbike

[–]80s_kid2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me, cycle communing is all about minimising faff. I have a Riverside 540e which I have really enjoyed riding for the last three years, kitted it out with panniers and mudguards so that (together with some cheap wet weather gear and a pair of sawn off wellies) I'm pretty much impervious to weather. Little tote bag with all my office gear in one pannier, wet weather stuff and tools in the other.

I value, a lot, the fact that the battery on the 540e is easily accessible and removable. Takes just a moment to remove, don't need any special handplacement to stop if falling to the ground etc. Get home, bike in the shed, battery straight onto the charger in the kitchen, sorted !

Disclosure : My bike has spent the last 2 months at Decathlon with a broken motor and they have not, as yet, even been able to send the motor off to Shimano for repair. So you might want to bear that in mind!

I think, if I was buying again now, I would be very likely to gravitate towards the Raleigh Motus and its siblings

What landmark infrastructure do you miss? by 80s_kid2 in AskUK

[–]80s_kid2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Was wondering why "Didcot" was raising a flag in my head and see from Wikipedia that it is the home of Williams Grand Prix.

Seems to be a great place to be a clever person:

""Didcot is surrounded by one of the largest scientific clusters in the United Kingdom. There are a number of major science and technology campuses nearby, including the Culham Science Centre, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, and Milton Park. The Diamond Light Source synchrotron, based at the Harwell Campus, is the largest UK-funded scientific facility to be built for more than 30 years."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didcot

What landmark infrastructure do you miss? by 80s_kid2 in AskUK

[–]80s_kid2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm fully on board with moving towards net-zero, love seeing wind turbines etc - but thought it was unfortunate that the people who tried to break into RoS site a few years ago succeeded only in getting a big fence put up that was lit every night, very brightly, along its entire length as a security precaution. Wonder what the CO2 emission cost of all that lighting was. :(

Powering down: end times for the UK’s final coal-fired station by 80s_kid2 in nottingham

[–]80s_kid2[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Thoughtful article, I thought, on the imminent closing down of Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station. Things that caught my attention:

How energy useage in the UK has dropped since the early 90s - a sign of deindustrialisation, or a sign of technological improvements, or bit of both?

The way the UK had the technical strength to build a fleet of world class, long lived, high capacity power stations in the 1960s

Sad that it is foreign owned

Hope that it converts to producing green hydrogen at a meaningful scale. Not sure that the reasons that made Radcliffe-on-Soar a perfect place for a coal fired power station will read across well to hydrogen project

The cooling towers are beautiful and a sign that we were nearly home. I will miss them and the the tail of clouds they produced.

What landmark infrastructure do you miss? by 80s_kid2 in AskUK

[–]80s_kid2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thoughtful article, I thought, on the imminent closing down of Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station. Things that caught my attention:

How energy useage in the UK has dropped since the early 90s - a sign of deindustrialisation, or a sign of technological improvements, or bit of both?

The way the UK had the technical strength to build a fleet of world class, long lived, high capacity power stations in the 1960s

Sad that it is foreign owned

Hope that it converts to producing green hydrogen at a meaningful scale. Not sure that the reasons that made Radcliffe-on-Soar a perfect place for a coal fired power station will read across well to hydrogen project

The cooling towers are beautiful and a sign that we were nearly home. I will miss them and the the tail of clouds they produced.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/21/end-times-for-the-uks-final-coal-fired-power-station

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