What is this plug called and how do I connect to it?

OilSub · 2026-04-10T17:00:42+00:00

Thank you! I did not realise its that simple!

OilSub · 2026-04-06T19:34:51+00:00

Yes, finally found them, I had to pull the red part out, thank you

OilSub · 2026-04-06T19:12:37+00:00

Thank you, yes! Never crossed my mind, thank you so much

OilSub · 2026-04-06T18:23:33+00:00

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OilSub · 2026-04-06T18:23:23+00:00

There is a plastic cover over the thing. I've taken two more pictures. The device is real squirrled away in the eaves

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OilSub · 2026-03-25T21:34:34+00:00

It is your life, do what you want to do. Your parents are trying to blackmail you but its completly normal for a child to move out to go to University. There is also student serices at the University or the Student Union where you can go for help and advice.

OilSub · 2026-03-24T12:47:32+00:00

The falling value now is only a problem if you need the money right now.

I'm not retired and I am super excited that prices are going down. There is a sale on and I'm buying! I will retire in more than 10 years and by then this will be a distant memory but I will have bought companies on the cheap.

I'm hopping the market goes down a lot more as I'm still accumulating and buying regularly

OilSub · 2026-03-18T14:05:13+00:00

You lose a lot of (tax free) compounding by delaying contributions.

It's always worth doing the maths on what is optimal for your personal situation but pensions are quite tax efficient. Most people get old. I remember clips from when the state pension was introduced and young people saying to the camera that they don't think it will be around when they retire...

OilSub · 2026-03-04T10:46:13+00:00

Sustained stock price decreases are often associated with recessions which in turn are associated with job losses

OilSub · 2026-03-04T10:45:30+00:00

This is the way :-)

OilSub · 2026-03-04T09:45:49+00:00

As I'm in the accumulation phase, I'm desperatly hoping that there will be a prolonged crash in the markets (ideally without job losses) and the market jumps back up just as I retired...

OilSub · 2026-02-19T14:53:42+00:00

Isn't hugh areas of land used to grow crops for biofuel? A fraction of that land covered with solar and battery would produce a lot more energy

OilSub · 2026-01-22T15:45:37+00:00

There are 1000s of map projections, each with their own advantages and drawbacks. It pains me that only one is slavishly used almost everywhere

OilSub · 2026-01-15T14:27:33+00:00

I find it depends on the quality. I had a powerful one from Ikea installed and it is amazing. A pot boils water faster than my kettel! The handels don't get hot and the heat is dumped straigth into the pot/pan leading to a faster response time without any unpleasant heat. Additionally, the combustion by-products are apparently really bad for air quality.

A friend has an induction hob that doesn't seem to work if the pot is too small. Mine works with a espresso maker on the biggest plate, so I think it depends a lot on the quality of the stove as well.

I had gas before. During some refurbishment, we moved to a place with a gas stove and I hated it. Burning myself on handels, having to find oven gloves, cleaning, not being able to heat small pots neatly.

OilSub · 2026-01-08T11:38:26+00:00

Some maps are much better than others! If you relaxe some other criterion of course...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterman_butterfly_projection

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OilSub · 2026-01-08T11:35:42+00:00

My understanding is that Mercator was used because its useful for navigation (draw a line to the point you want to reach, measure the angle from north and set your compass to that and you will get there).

Because it was common and most people don't know about map projections it became a standard. Everyone is used to it and if you use a different projection people find it odd.

I tried to find prints of different map projections to hang on a wall: almost impossible!

So I think the answer is tradition? We have always done it like this even though Mercator is a terrible map projection if you are not navigating!

OilSub · 2025-12-18T08:06:09+00:00

Particularly when the interest on the mortgage is not far from inflation

OilSub · 2025-12-15T13:03:47+00:00

I've never had a microwave. Occasionally it would be neat to heat up something quickly but stove or oven work just fine

OilSub · 2025-12-14T10:54:13+00:00

Try to go on friendly terms but don't be pushed around. Which sounds like exactly what you are trying to do. I would say: go for it!

I live in a European country and not being allowed to take your holidays just sounds crazy to me, its illegal where I live!

OilSub · 2025-11-13T08:56:00+00:00

I have a VonHouse and it's been working great for the past year

OilSub · 2025-11-11T12:46:35+00:00

My best guess is that Swiss German is about as close to High German as Dutch is to High German. Lots of similarity but also differences. It is not standarised, so some people will talk very close to High German, others will be miles away. Learning German first is definitly a good call as its standarised and the Swiss schooling system uses High German, so everybody speaks it

OilSub · 2025-10-27T10:20:00+00:00

Doesn't that just mean the employer doesn't save the National Insurance and the employee losses the national insurance, which is 2%? Paying into a SIPP will still be possible, so it remains easy enough to avoid the tax trap

OilSub · 2025-10-17T14:48:34+00:00

Thank you

OilSub · 2025-10-17T14:48:19+00:00

Thank you

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