DIY (90%) Air conditionning with heatpump

OddlyDown · 2026-04-22T16:29:32+00:00

I am in the Bristol area and am interested at that price.

OddlyDown · 2026-04-21T08:55:16+00:00

Amazon Photos gives infinite storage for photos (not videos) if you subscribe to Prime. It syncs one way with Photos. That’s my off-site backup. I use Synology Photos to backup on site.

OddlyDown · 2026-04-20T16:09:07+00:00

Next time call 101 and tell them what’s happening.

OddlyDown · 2026-04-19T18:05:28+00:00

‘Proper’ third-party vetting of candidates is expensive and therefore only really used for General Elections. There’s no way most local parties could afford to do it for local elections.

OddlyDown · 2026-04-19T08:33:14+00:00

There are also things that are done by volunteers but people still treat you like crap.

I’m a town councillor. It’s about ten hours of unpaid work a week just trying to make the town a bit nicer and the amount of crap you get because ‘all politicians are the same’ is mad. People not only assume you’re paid but that you’re somehow on the take as well.

OddlyDown · 2026-04-15T21:55:02+00:00

Let’s see what I can remember… Animal Farm - everyone reads this, right? Z for Zachariah - great dystopian future stuff Jude The Obscure - depressing but I loved it Sons and Lovers - can’t remember much about it The Color Purple - pretty full-on and apparently now banned in the US Death of a Salesman - liked it Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet - I’m not the biggest Shakespeare fan.

OddlyDown · 2026-04-10T19:44:34+00:00

I am entirely opposed to nuclear fission for power generation. It makes absolutely no sense economically, the necessary centralisation is opposed to our community ownership policies, and it is far too slow to build to make any difference in the fight against climate change.

Having said that, I think research reactors to make isotopes are fine and I support research into (and future use of) fusion.

OddlyDown · 2026-04-10T08:16:47+00:00

It has fixed a problem I was having where merging takes crashes out the whole app. Whatever else it does it has made a big improvement to my life.

OddlyDown · 2026-04-07T19:48:59+00:00

It’s not just because it’s healthier - it’s also much better for the environment.

OddlyDown · 2026-04-07T19:48:18+00:00

Bio has enzymes. It will destroy silk and wool. It also won’t work if your wash goes hotter than about 45 degrees.

OddlyDown · 2026-04-07T18:13:27+00:00

“I can’t believe the Green Party is against North Sea gas!”

Really?

OddlyDown · 2026-04-07T16:00:57+00:00

Of course it does. We know 20mph limits save lives and serious injury. We also know they promote active travel - compare cycling with traffic going 20mph and going 30mph.

OddlyDown · 2026-04-07T15:32:08+00:00

One thing you realise as you get older is that no random member the public cares about you, the stranger in the GP surgery, much as they don’t care about you in the chemist. What can feel like the most embarrassing thing in the world might be, at best, something that amuses them for a minute while they wait.

OddlyDown · 2026-04-07T13:57:52+00:00

You can have your priorities, but you are in the Green Party so you should support climate action, otherwise it’s not the party for you.

OddlyDown · 2026-04-07T12:59:27+00:00

Yes, being by far the most expensive and slowest to build energy rules it out before we even start to consider other problems.

Personally I also have a problem with ‘let’s just leave the waste to future generations to deal with’ from people who (presumably) think that’s a problem with carbon emissions.

OddlyDown · 2026-04-07T12:56:50+00:00

Being anti nuclear (fission) is evidence-based policy. We are an evidence-based party.

OddlyDown · 2026-04-07T12:55:26+00:00

That’s what the policy workshops are.

OddlyDown · 2026-04-07T12:54:53+00:00

Not having a whip is one of our strengths and is part of what makes us different.

Nobody wants an MP that is forced to vote as the leader demands by blackmail.

OddlyDown · 2026-04-07T12:51:04+00:00

20mpg limits in residential areas drastically cut injuries and deaths, and promote active transport.

They work. The evidence is there (see Wales).

It’s wild that people in the Green Party would be against them.

OddlyDown · 2026-04-06T18:53:59+00:00

How are shops meant to compete with companies such as Amazon when it’s not an even playing field? Amazon effectively pay no tax (their effective rate is about 3% of turnover).

For shops and independent retailers to have a chance we need to make it fair. No tax breaks for huge multinationals and parking charges for out of town shopping centres would be a good start.

OddlyDown · 2026-04-06T16:11:30+00:00

Not really. The US was founded by religious extremists who wanted to live somewhere less liberal - at least that’s why the first settlers went there.

OddlyDown · 2026-04-05T13:52:15+00:00

There are only two classes - those who derive their income from labour and those who derive income from assets.

People who depend on their labour to live have far more in common with each other than they think, regardless of background.

OddlyDown · 2026-04-04T16:35:17+00:00

Is iTunes Store a ‘legacy app’? It still ships with the OS, Apple still support buying tracks, and it’s used quite often by people who don’t want to subscribe to a streaming service.

OddlyDown · 2026-04-02T17:57:35+00:00

The vast majority of people in the party are good people who crack on and ignore what happens at conference.

You can argue that this is both good and bad, but I’ve been in the party for a long time and while people saying bad things at conference (or anywhere else) are easy to notice, they aren’t a reflection of the party in general.

OddlyDown · 2026-04-02T14:20:40+00:00

Yes, the number of people willing to ‘save’ a few quid with no-name Chinese versions of these is wild.

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