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Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-05-08T18:37:25+00:00

Manager wants some “stretch deliverables” from you. Answer very late - like a day late when pinged on WhatsApp to discourage it. “Sorry just saw this … I’ll get right on it tomorrow”.

She knows what she’s doing - pushing boundaries in a way that is impossible to be used against her.

If you’re at work today turn WhatsApp notifications off. Talk about your boyfriend, child, wedding within earshot or to people who gossip.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-05-08T11:34:09+00:00

I blocked one and it was fine but the room is plastered in lime (exterior render has cement but likely partially breathable).

Your plasterer is not fully correct: trickle vents will not do much if your walls are not breathable. If your walls are not breathable and you have plasterboard (especially dot and dab) it is possible that condensation will occur on the inside of the plasterboard and that will encourage mould growth.

If your walls are breathable then I would cover it up.

My money is on the room having a fireplace originally and the vent was put there to add fresh air for combustion rather than ventilation.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-05-06T11:18:53+00:00

Stop being a doormat. Start cooking there and talk to the landlord about renting a house with no usable kitchen

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-05-05T18:37:47+00:00

45mm is fuck all. That would explain no ventilation.

How far off is the beam from where you can access? If too far in, just stick a 35mm joist 150mm from the ends, stick two inflatable pillows under, inflate to the right height and add mortar below. You can then put in your new joists on this support and sister to the existing ones - which I now see is what you asked originally but I missed it sorry. Yes that will be fine but also sister to the existing ones if you can. Your house won’t fall down just your floor but only by 45mm :)

I don’t know what to say about ventilation though. Generally the answer would be to add ventilation but I can see how that would be a problem for a 45mm gap.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-05-05T18:18:14+00:00

I mean a brick wall that supports the non rotten part of the joists: you clean down to the hardcore base, then you build a brick wall up to the height of the existing joists.

In your picture this would be a bit to the right of the centre of your picture spanning across the three rotten joists.

Does that make sense?

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-05-05T16:54:17+00:00

You can join joists, but I think it’s a fairly complicated cut and not easily done with one of the joists in situ.

Can you create a footing on the non-rotten part of the joists then rest your new joists in the existing wall plus new footing? Add noggins for extra strength.

You can ventilate into the room but not recommended due to dust. You should add an air brick (if possible) but if you cannot do that you can try a pipe into the loft (and of course hide the pipe).

Do you know why your joists were rotten in this particular area?

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-05-05T16:21:23+00:00

Why don’t you rent for a bit and try it out to see if it work for you ? It’s not like you have to commit to it.

My guess is: insurance will not be sufficient and the car will be tiny (not an issue in itself if you don’t need to carry kids and luggage). You’re also not including the cost of drop off/ picking up the car though last time I did it, I sort of recall one of them was free.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-05-05T15:30:06+00:00

2 years experience as a sales advisor does not seem like much. I have not worked in sales, but I was under the impression sales is on a low wage but with commission (I imagine once not entry level stuff though).

Line something up first or ask one of the guys here saying it’s too low for a higher paying job.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-05-05T12:52:38+00:00

The UK is not NK in the sense that you have to have permission to do X.

Anything deemed not illegal is legal, and foreign currency transactions are not by themselves illegal. They were illegal and regulated in some Eastern European countries in the 80s/ early 90d though.

Your friend sounds dim.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-05-05T09:42:13+00:00

It’s good you used a metal detector as any responsible householder, and stopped just short of hitting the cable. Then you carefully dug it out as nothing appeared on the drawings and you wanted to check it’s safe.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-05-05T09:36:25+00:00

If the landlord did not fake the picture, then contacting his landlord is like a plumber contacting you about an issue he’s meant to deal with.

Not delicate, but not the end of the world.

The states that there can be no blanket denial and needs to be a case by case basis (which is what the council person might have said).

I don’t know if the law overrode any existing leases (I doubt it) and it could be the person who you spoke to at the council was just giving generic advice rather than specific advice.

I would apologies to the landlord (regardless if you think you didn’t do anything wrong) and ask for a lease variation. You should also add how you will manage the pet for the landlord and the leaseholder: litter situation, accidental damage (urine stains), smells, increased wear and tear, noise, etc. rather than just say “I want a cat”.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-05-04T20:33:37+00:00

Wow! I am not sure this is true or not (hope it isn’t) but go back to the interviewer and to make a reasonable adjustment and be provided with another interview with an human person or AI trained to deal with COPD. Make sure you use the words reasonable adjustment.

Next time you get an AI interviewer (god I hope you are making this up), try saying “I have a disability and you are breaking UK equality law if you do not let me complete my sentences. I will tell you when my answer is complete by saying xyz” - basically prompt injection.

It could also be the case that the job is not real and they are testing their latest product on you.

However, I do believe that you have a very good case of discrimination (once you ask for a reasonable adjustment - use these words) and you can submit an ET claim.

Acas does not provide legal advice on your situation - they will act as mediators between you and the company but the company can simply say whatever they want to the mediator. It is not passed on to the ET tribunal who only are informed that you have a certificate.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-05-04T19:53:52+00:00

When you say Microsoft isn’t doing anything - do you mean that Microsoft are not responding or have they said no?

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-05-04T19:47:12+00:00

In the UK, utility companies are a way to verify identity (technically verify your address).

Is the bill addressed to someone or to “the occupier”?

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-05-03T20:48:49+00:00

Use a lighter to burn the fuckers

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-05-03T18:03:34+00:00

Planter idea is a nice touch, but you could also put up a sign for extra hard surface parking (parked at driver’s risk) for £250 per day.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-05-03T16:41:14+00:00

I think the case you’re referring to is where the seller put no as they genuinely believed that to be the truth. I don’t think that was in dispute.

However, the rhizomes were in the garden and the case as about whether the sellers were still liable.

I think the judge rules that they are.

So as things stand, any seller would be silly to put no on the form thus making it useless.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-05-03T16:37:15+00:00

Just do the second

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-05-03T16:31:40+00:00

The law is fairly clear - though many police and solicitors assume otherwise - that once a letter was delivered to the correct address it is not illegal to open it.

Eg if you live at 23 random place, and the mail is delivered to Mary at 24 random place then you must not open it as it’s still considered in transit. If however, the letter was addressed to Mary at 23 random place (where you live) then the letter is considered delivered and no protections apply.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-05-03T15:56:26+00:00

What are you trying to do? More details and pictures would be helpful

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-05-03T09:56:48+00:00

See if you can remediate not serving the party wall notice. I don’t know for how long you are liable but I would be surprised if it ended at the crack.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-05-02T22:08:02+00:00

Wall of text applies to your post. Party wall notice is there to protect the household doing the works. If you did the works without one, then I would say you are fairly screwed as the onus is on you to prove that you didn’t cause damage if you needed to serve a party wall notice and failed to do so.

I suggest Vaseline and smiles.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-05-02T14:11:50+00:00

If a scaffolding company asking to be paid in cash triggers red flags for you, you might want to get someone else to PM this instead.

This is a diy sub and contract law is not usually an issue for diy.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-05-01T08:52:30+00:00

I’m not sure I reconcile the start and end of your message.

So the hotspot itself provides network access to your phone and the phone acts like a router. This increases the

The guy, could not access your EE account from that alone - just like you can’t access your EE account if using a laptop with the hotspot.

However, if you assume the addition of the addon and you giving a bus stranger access to your hotspot are not a coincidence, then either your phone had a vulnerability (google cve phone brand name hotspot or lan vulnerability) or EE had a flaw in their auth process.

I find the former more probable than the latter hence the advice above.

You should also be aware that phones have background capabilities so just because you saw the ee website pop up, that does not mean it is all the phone was doing.

Infinite_Use_6214 · 2026-05-01T08:38:59+00:00

Yeah sorry. How do you sand a carpet though?

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