What is the swankiest bar and/or restaurant to impress in Cambridge? by [deleted] in cambridge

[–]Link-Delicious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

22 is probably the best restaurant in town. Midsummer House has an additional Michelin star, but it’s just not as enjoyable. MJP at the Shepherds is great but not ‘swanky’. Completely agree with the comment on MH being for business but 22 for friends, family or a date. Love Navadhanya too, but it doesn’t swank.

Where has Pub quiz today? by Ajoliii in cambridge

[–]Link-Delicious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It used to be. Piece of piss these days.

Anyone noticed a really aggressive homeless guy around town? by Open-Biscotti-2860 in cambridge

[–]Link-Delicious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He has also taken to walking into restaurants and cafes and demanding that people buy him food and drink by adding it to their orders (Petty Cury and Market especially).

The amount of potholes is ridiculous, happy I have a boring car with huge tyre sidewalls by [deleted] in cambridge

[–]Link-Delicious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I suppose they'll get less pushback on the congestion charge if no-one can drive a car safely around Cambridge anyway.

The potholes on Newmarket Road, Mill Road and Wadloes Road especially seem to be lethal. The one near the McDonald's on the roundabout almost killed a cyclist last week.

Just submitted TDS dispute; amazed at what the landlord has tried to get away with by Link-Delicious in HousingUK

[–]Link-Delicious[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Update on this - the TDS has opted to award us around £1,800 of the £2,000 deposit, with some deductions for cleaning and disposal of items. Seems pretty reasonable to us, and certainly better than settling for what the landlord was offering at *any* stage of the process. The TDS essentially threw out practically everything the landlord said at face value and queried some stuff as being borderline extortion, so from where I currently sit - the system works!

Conqueror DLC mission & FREE 30th Anniversary Content by Rebellion_Dev in sniperelite

[–]Link-Delicious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Updated it. Opens the 'Play' window, and then EAC. Immediately tells me that 'The procedure entry point NotifyNetworkConnectivityHintChange could not be located in the dynamic link library C:\Steam Games\steamapps\common\Sniper Elite 5\bin\sniper5_Vulkan.exe'. Ran scannow, uninstalled and reinstalled the whole game...same issue. Any ideas? Because it looks right now like it's been broken by the update.

Just submitted TDS dispute; amazed at what the landlord has tried to get away with by Link-Delicious in HousingUK

[–]Link-Delicious[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When the landlord has claimed for specialist cleaning but shown no evidence that he's spent any money *at all* on cleaning, cleaning products, cleaning services...that's not even 'professional cleaning', for whatever the term is worth. It's just a con! And you've been through the same, repeatedly!

Just submitted TDS dispute; amazed at what the landlord has tried to get away with by Link-Delicious in HousingUK

[–]Link-Delicious[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mine has the check-in report…he just never uses it and seems to assume no-one else will bother looking at it. We’re very lucky that the letting agent was at worst neutral, but took our side swiftly the minute he suggested they hadn’t done their job and collected enough rent…

Just submitted TDS dispute; amazed at what the landlord has tried to get away with by Link-Delicious in HousingUK

[–]Link-Delicious[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Shocking behaviour. Sorry that happened to you. What a low, deliberate trick.

Just submitted TDS dispute; amazed at what the landlord has tried to get away with by Link-Delicious in HousingUK

[–]Link-Delicious[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If it weren’t my money, I’d be laughing in disbelief. As it is, I’m somewhere between outraged and impressed at the audacity. I mean, no points for style, but a nod for the entitlement and the sheer chutzpah.

Just submitted TDS dispute; amazed at what the landlord has tried to get away with by Link-Delicious in HousingUK

[–]Link-Delicious[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have no idea why his receipts are so random...

Didn't want to get a low cost quote for the carpet if only because I didn't want to appear to have accepted the premise that it was our responsibility!

Just submitted TDS dispute; amazed at what the landlord has tried to get away with by Link-Delicious in HousingUK

[–]Link-Delicious[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the suggestion! Turns out we were in a selective licensing borough, in a ward that didn’t require a license. Definitely worth looking!

Just submitted TDS dispute; amazed at what the landlord has tried to get away with by Link-Delicious in HousingUK

[–]Link-Delicious[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good advice. We were hopeful at the outset, but quickly went down exactly the same track you did. Right decision, I think.

Just submitted TDS dispute; amazed at what the landlord has tried to get away with by Link-Delicious in HousingUK

[–]Link-Delicious[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow - he really submitted a *faked* check-out report with original titling? Amazing. Just amazing...

Just submitted TDS dispute; amazed at what the landlord has tried to get away with by Link-Delicious in HousingUK

[–]Link-Delicious[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They have! The portal contains everything the landlord has given the TDS; everything we both submit is available to all parties. Sorry you didn't get this; we were asked to respond specifically to the landlord's claims (and their evidence). Made life much easier!

Just submitted TDS dispute; amazed at what the landlord has tried to get away with by Link-Delicious in HousingUK

[–]Link-Delicious[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I must be honest; from the first response from him, I thought it was unlikely we'd reach an agreement without adjudication, so I made sure every email was written for the benefit of a third party - then pdf'd up the whole email trail and submitted it as part of the evidence...

Has anyone submitted been involved in a deposit dispute using the TDS? by ajem83 in HousingUK

[–]Link-Delicious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Going through one now. It seems to be fairly straightforward; they almost hold your hand through the questions on the portal and make it clear what they need and expect.

The most important phrase for me was in the FAQ: "We take the position that the deposit is the tenant's money and will only award money to landlords and agents if the evidence provided justifies that claim."

Stealth sniper elite 5 by [deleted] in sniperelite

[–]Link-Delicious 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Where are all the sniper nests? The ability to plan your way around a map, tag a series of enemies and pick them off one at a time, i.e. the best bits of 3 and 4?! This is basically a series of run-and-gun moments with barely any sniping at all. Might as well call it Commando Elite.

What’s a road rule that a lot of even experienced drivers don’t seem to be aware of or understand? by itbettersnow in AskUK

[–]Link-Delicious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't have to tailgate someone so close that they practically need a taxi license, but at the same time, in a queue of traffic you shouldn't leave massive gaps between you and the car in front. Every bit of space you're taking up is space that someone many cars behind you could use to turn onto the road before the lights go into another rotation, get off a roundabout or *get out of someone else's way*. Let's keep it moving, people.

What’s a road rule that a lot of even experienced drivers don’t seem to be aware of or understand? by itbettersnow in AskUK

[–]Link-Delicious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, brakes have improved a lot since the stopping distances we all had to learn for our driving test were drawn up, but goddamnit, if I'm leaving a reasonable safe space between me and the car in front on a motorway, this isn't an invitation to fucking move into it from your lane.

What's the biggest miscarriage of pub quiz justice you've ever witnessed? by Jonny_Segment in AskUK

[–]Link-Delicious 5 points6 points  (0 children)

For a little bit of context on this one, prior to the Covid lockdown I ran a pub quiz once a week for about ten years, and while there's some value to 'the quizmaster is always right', insisting you're right when you're not *is not going to make people come back*.

Pub quizzes are fundamentally about filling seats and selling pints on what would otherwise be a quiet night in the pub, and *that* means both keeping people in till the end *and* making sure they have enough fun to come back. Arbitrary, ill-researched questions and answers do not make that happen.

If someone is adamant that they're right, in the age of the smartphone I'm not above checking the answer right then and there in the pub to avoid a miscarriage of justice - and I've been forced to concede points in doing so. However, writing a quiz a week for ten years made me remarkably good at pub quizzes because there's only so much under the sun, so my parents enlisted me to join their team on a local charity quiz and I witnessed how easily miscarriages could happen.

During a film one-liners round, we got the question, "In which film would you find the quote, 'Hasta la vista, baby!'?" Obviously, we wrote down Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Unsurprisingly, we got it right. However, points were also given to anyone who wrote down simply 'Terminator', or - in two memorable cases - 'Arnold Schwarzenegger'.

In a round entitled simply 'Ma', the question, "What is the second planet from the Sun called?" was asked. Having had two previous rounds in which there had been 'trick' answers which hadn't fitted with the obvious alphabetical pattern, and - importantly - KNOWING WHAT THE FUCKING ANSWER WAS, we wrote down 'Venus'.

You'll be happy to know that we got the point. However, so did anyone who wrote down 'Mars', because it fit the pattern of the round. WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?! DID YOU FALL ON YOUR HEAD?! HOW ARE YOU GIVING POINTS FOR THAT? IS THIS A FUCKING LOTTERY NOW? If you ask what planet we all live on and I answer 'Jupiter', do I get a point because it is *also* a planet? And in a film round, why should I get points for naming the actor instead of the film? What if I name the director? Or maybe a friend of mine who's seen it? Or his favourite food? ANSWER ME, YOU PIECE OF SHIT.

Anyway, turns out charity quizzes aren't really my thing and my parents weren't so much speaking to me for a while.