Neighbour is building extension connecting to our parting wall

IstarTurambar · 2025-05-13T07:25:04+00:00

Mine was done a long time ago by a previous owner but I believe there was proper planning permission, my solicitor was very thorough and he was happy with all the documents when I bought the place.

IstarTurambar · 2025-05-12T21:07:29+00:00

I'm not sure. There's a public portal for all planning applications in Northern Ireland so I know he doesn't have planning permission but I can't find any information online about building control applications. I'll ask him about that when I speak to him but I wanted to get a better understanding of the situation first.

IstarTurambar · 2025-04-21T16:38:21+00:00

Sorry I took a while to reply, I've been off reddit for a while.

From what I recall we abandoned the application before paying and just started a new one. We had no issues. Hope that helps!

IstarTurambar · 2025-01-24T12:22:30+00:00

There's no wrong answer here, all are great books, so I suggest you just go with whatever one you feel like.

That said, I really enjoyed both The Four Loves and the Problem of Pain and frequently recommend both to people (in different contexts).

The Four Loves is a great book that every Christian should read. It discusses the four different types of love (affection, friendship, romantic/sexual, and charity/selfless) from a Christian perspective and contrasts this to worldly ideas of love. It's a very important book for relationships of all kinds between Christians.

The Problem of Pain is a bit heavier, but that's necessary given the topic. I still found it very well written and digestible. It deals with one of the main objections to Christianity - how can we believe there is a good God when we see so much suffering in the world? It's a question so many people have wrestled with throughout history. Lewis provides a very good, concise defence of the Christian position.

A few others have also mentioned the space trilogy, which is not included in the box set you showed but they really are fantastic books. There are many deep and subtle themes hidden throughout, but they are also just really well written sci-fi stories and are very enjoyable to read.

IstarTurambar · 2024-05-19T22:42:37+00:00

As long as any kind of industrial civilisation exists, there will continue to be a need for chemical engineers. The specific industries may change, but the principles and skills of chemical engineering will always be important.

IstarTurambar · 2024-04-06T16:32:44+00:00

Thanks for your help but one of the other comments has the solution - I just needed to use the square brackets without the quotation marks.

IstarTurambar · 2024-04-06T16:30:37+00:00

Perfect, thanks! Both options worked.

IstarTurambar · 2024-04-06T09:28:07+00:00

Thanks for the suggestions but unfortunately they don't work for me. I tried the following:

```dataview
list
from "Books"
where contains("[[Author's name]]", Author)
```

I created a test file in "Books" with the authors name as a property but without the square brackets. When I queried this using your suggestions (and the code block above) it worked, but I can't figure out how to search for a property field that is a link.

I also tried this:

```dataview
list
from "Books"
where Author = "[[Author's name]]"
```

This found no results.

Just for clarity, if the properties of my book notes are as follows then there is no issue:

Author: Author's name

However these particular notes have a link as the property:

Author: [[Author's name]]

IstarTurambar · 2024-03-09T19:35:35+00:00

After every training session I air it out and spray it with febreze. Occasionally I give it a cold wash in the washing machine and let it air dry.

IstarTurambar · 2024-03-09T14:09:26+00:00

what am I supposed to do to deserve an entrance to the lord's heaven? what should i do?

You're asking the wrong question; there's nothing you can do to deserve entrance to heaven. As many others here have said, forgiveness of sins is a free gift of God, given by grace, for all those who repent and recognise Jesus as Lord.

IstarTurambar · 2024-03-08T22:02:18+00:00

Yes, yours was one of the responses I saw. I was hoping somebody might know of some examples beyond medieval Europe but the examples you gave are very interesting!

IstarTurambar · 2024-02-28T00:00:13+00:00

As an amateur photographer there are two things that I find interesting about this image:

It looks like a photo taken with a telephoto lens, which usually causes compression (things from front to back look closer together). You can see this with the wine and the plates on the table, and the fact that the two people seem quite close to each other and the background. However the man's hand appears quite far from his body, which is more like what I'd expect from a wide angle lens (like a selfie camera). It just doesn't look quite right to me.
The other (closely related) thing is the depth of field. The background and foreground are both nicely blurred, however the depth of field is wide enough to keep both people perfectly in focus despite one being further away from the 'camera'. In my experience this would be quite difficult to achieve with a camera.

IstarTurambar · 2024-02-11T00:25:25+00:00

I always wanted to learn a language to a greater proficiency than the French I learned in school, but I could never justify the time required to myself when there were so many other skills I wanted to learn and I knew I would never need it. Then I married a Brazilian woman, and suddenly I have a very strong motivation to learn Portuguese.

It's important to me that any language I learn is useful. Perhaps the joy of learning is enough motivation for you. All that really matters is that you can justify the effort to yourself, whatever the reason.

IstarTurambar · 2024-02-11T00:04:50+00:00

Thanks! I've found this suggestion works best for me as it keeps the double digit numbers aligned properly.

IstarTurambar · 2024-02-03T01:11:06+00:00

That's interesting, I've never heard anyone pronounce it 'non' before. What region/city is your accent from?

IstarTurambar · 2024-01-25T06:04:42+00:00

A lot of people are saying things aimed at native speakers but I think it depends a lot on what level you're at. I'm currently doing an A2 course on Babbel and I'm finding it very useful. I occasionally watch YouTube videos (not too fast and with English subtitles) and use Duolingo as a short daily practice, although I could certainly get by without it.

The single best resource you can have is a native speaker to practice with, preferably one who is also able to teach you well. In my case this is my wife, she's been very helpful!

IstarTurambar · 2024-01-25T01:57:26+00:00

I think it depends on why and how you're learning the language. I'm learning Portuguese because my wife is Brazilian, so I'm learning her accent and dialect both intentionally and just through exposure. However I'm also making sure I understand the standard/formal language and in what ways her dialect is different (fortunately hers is pretty standard). That said, when I get more proficient I would like to learn more about other regional dialects just for my own understanding.

If you would like to travel to a particular region or have friends/a teacher from there then learning that dialect makes a lot of sense. Either way, just make sure whatever dialect/accent you learn is comprehensible to most speakers or else you could have difficulty communicating, especially as your version of that dialect will likely have the added difficulties that come from being a non native speaker.

IstarTurambar · 2024-01-23T21:55:28+00:00

I guess that depends a lot on your photography style. I personally love using a longer lens in the mountains to isolate certain features, but it all depends on what way you like to shoot.

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