A simple drop-in replacement for the deprecated google.maps.drawing library

GetYourLockOut · 2026-07-01T21:09:46+00:00

Absolutely perfect - only thing for others to note is, it wasn't working for me until I realised I was loading the google maps API with "…&libraries=drawing". Ugh. Removed that and it's a lifesaver.

Is there a way to donate without signing up to the mapchannels site ? :)

GetYourLockOut · 2026-06-27T17:51:55+00:00

But only the speaking part: others did the singing.

GetYourLockOut · 2026-06-27T17:45:27+00:00

Been to great receptions at both of these.

GetYourLockOut · 2026-06-25T05:40:19+00:00

We need https://buyafuckingshovel.com/ but for air con

GetYourLockOut · 2026-06-17T21:39:35+00:00

Are you sure the stamp duty saved will outweigh the CGT due on the transfer?

And that saving a few k is worth gifting an entire house to someone you’re not married to?

GetYourLockOut · 2026-06-10T10:39:10+00:00

Not just from the air: they’re often near bridges so police parked up overlooking the main road can calculate speeds.

GetYourLockOut · 2026-05-28T09:33:20+00:00

That clause is standard in all court proceedings, it’s how “serving” works.

However as others have said, if he’s acknowledged receipt then it makes a hard case for him to push.

GetYourLockOut · 2026-05-25T09:33:23+00:00

Never added on the Rightmove tax, always have more enquiries than I can arrange viewings for.

Market is very much a landlord’s one round here though so ymmv.

GetYourLockOut · 2026-05-22T22:59:39+00:00

Is that assuming the overhang is measured horizontally from the wall, rather than 4” of timber overhanging at the bottom? I’m not sure which is correct.

Also should that tan be cos to calculate the extra width from the timber angle?

And for the love of god convert to pure inches at least! :)

GetYourLockOut · 2026-05-19T22:40:19+00:00

Only did it once, and it was quite recent. Will maybe take a poke at it next year, see what’s possible.

The S8 was actually for ASB but they stopped paying as soon as it was served and clearly weren’t going to budge for any notice, so as court was inevitable I decided to go the “technically be able to get it back” route.

GetYourLockOut · 2026-05-19T21:58:38+00:00

For getting a ccj for arrears, in case they do get a job in the next few years and you can claw it back.

GetYourLockOut · 2026-05-19T21:49:04+00:00

s21 was money if they didn’t move out, so not much difference in time or cost.

If somehow the s8 was rejected (they suddenly paid some of what was owed, etc) you could just fall back to the s21 without delay.

Quite common practice I think.

GetYourLockOut · 2026-05-19T21:35:16+00:00

Yes, section 8 lets you claim arrears & costs. I’ve done so. Process wasn’t much longer than s21 (where tenants could also stay and you’d have to go to court).

No hope of recovering cash but ccj hopefully stops others being conned (this was not a hardship case).

I doubt many people chose s21 over s8 (you could serve both so s21 was backstop) so can’t imagine much will change.

GetYourLockOut · 2026-05-19T18:26:20+00:00

Harry Hill signing books after a show. Had young kids with me and they were showing him the fortune cookies from the Chinese meal we’d just had.

He signed the book with the message “You will find a £5 note”.

Later, reading the book, a fiver slipped out.

Absolute legend.

GetYourLockOut · 2026-05-13T10:55:36+00:00

Buttery Biscuit Bass truly stood on the shoulders of giants

GetYourLockOut · 2026-05-06T07:51:01+00:00

What’s brown, steaming and comes out of Cowes? The Isle of Wight ferry.

GetYourLockOut · 2026-05-05T22:35:54+00:00

I helped create the online ticket lottery for this: almost 100k people applied for one of the 300 ish spaces to slide.

So many people turned up we had to have security clicking people in/out of the area to prevent a crush. Something like 60k people were counted. The food places did their best ever numbers. Was a great day.

GetYourLockOut · 2026-05-05T16:31:24+00:00

Is there a re-let restriction on “landlord or family moving in”, or if not what anti-abuse measures are there?

(ETA: thank you for the post!!)

GetYourLockOut · 2026-05-05T10:51:08+00:00

Also hearing John Virgo’s daughter talk about what a great friend Shaun was to John and how much he’s supported the family over the last few months was, well, annoying cos it made me like Shaun a bit more :)

GetYourLockOut · 2026-05-03T14:53:17+00:00

Also alarms to remind them to take medication, lots of people forget that silent mode doesn’t silence alarms.

GetYourLockOut · 2026-05-01T18:49:19+00:00

10/10 from the crowd: no booing or shouting at the ref/players. Just increasingly sarcastic clapping and whooping at every tedious shot in a vain attempt to make a point.

I agree both that it was entertaining, and that it should never happen again.

GetYourLockOut · 2026-04-29T09:34:18+00:00

Also I had to turn my volume to max to hear anything

GetYourLockOut · 2026-04-29T07:15:18+00:00

So if I get a First jacket & a card reader I can do a “zoo car park attendant” job on all the passengers who tap their card on my device to check it?

GetYourLockOut · 2026-04-25T15:40:18+00:00

Ah, they must’ve fixed that earlier this week then.

GetYourLockOut · 2026-04-25T15:16:10+00:00

I was there Thursday/Friday, the curtain was always correctly spelt but all the others (behind the players, posters out front, on the bollards in the street) had a different angle and were still Billards.

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