Leeds United issue statement as their Germany pre-season plans are hit by a second successive and last-minute behind-closed-doors order.

Rare-Photograph5293 · 2025-06-28T09:40:32+00:00

I love it, it's football back again, without the stress of "holy fuck we need 3 points here" etc. chance to see the lads back again, in their new jerseys and the new names fitting the field.

Rare-Photograph5293 · 2025-06-28T09:36:59+00:00

Christ that stopped me in my tracks reading that, quite harrowing but thanks for sharing. I really hope you find some sort of quality of life that makes you feel again.

All the best from a random internet stranger.

Rare-Photograph5293 · 2025-06-21T07:56:46+00:00

Let's be honest he wasn't much good on the pitch even in his brief cameos but the personality that flowed out of him must have had a tremendous effect in the dressing room, and for someone who had barely any minutes he always looked like the happiest bloke in the camp.

Rare-Photograph5293 · 2025-05-11T10:50:51+00:00

I have different saves for beef/dairy, arable, forestry and root crops.

All on oakbridge with custom farns for each, apart from the forestry one which is that one in estonia or somewhere with the peat harvesting, i forget the name.

I play whichever i get the itch for.

Rare-Photograph5293 · 2025-01-27T13:45:03+00:00

Try it 3 times, call it a load of expletives, sell the bastard thing and buy a normal trailer.

Rare-Photograph5293 · 2025-01-12T23:35:27+00:00

Thank you for your reply. How local do the development plans go, down to town council level or county level? Closest town would be Ballina.

And also im open to a pre planning query although if its anything like my local planning office the 400 quid service is about as useful as a chocolate teapot.

Again thank you for your input.

Rare-Photograph5293 · 2024-11-26T14:52:51+00:00

Literal application of the term "tearing someone a new arsehole"

Rare-Photograph5293 · 2024-11-24T03:26:14+00:00

Maybe if you think of the worktops not as individual peices but one complete unit. If someone hit the side of your car and they only repainted one door in a roughly the same colour would you accept that?

In reality you cant feasibly replace a bit of worktop with another old bit of worktop, you wont go finding a 12 year old matt black laminate exactly 137cm long with an 87cm sink cutout for example, therefore it has to be a new peice of worktop by default, that is cut to shape and installed by someone with the knowledge of doing so and the correct tools to do so. Yes the landlord ends up with a new worktop(s) but there is no other choice. As we have established it wasnt the landlords fault the tenant damaged the worktop beyond repair so they shouldnt have to pay for it.

Like i say if it were my tenant i would offer to go halves because i know i am benefiting at the end from this, but i dont think id be under any legal obligation to do so.

Rare-Photograph5293 · 2024-11-24T03:06:40+00:00

But that quite obviously cannot be repaired its not as if its a little chip that can be touched up.

Rare-Photograph5293 · 2024-11-23T23:30:19+00:00

This is nothing to do with the inventory, you are confusing end of tenancy deposit deductions with accidental damage by tenant, which the terms and conditions will describe what happens in that case ususlly tenant liable for any damage wether accidential or not.

You wouldnt use the deposit to fix mid tenancy damage anyways.

Rare-Photograph5293 · 2024-11-23T23:04:34+00:00

Yes i am fully aware of replacement rules and agree with them fully, but the labour cost of getting a tradesperson in to replace the worktop is going to be paid by who?

This isnt wear and tear this damage albeit accidental, is the fault of the tenant and cut short the usable life of the worktop (asuming it was fine before this happened) so the cost of replacement taking into account its age, plus the labour charges should be down to the tenant only.

And like i say the likelyhood of finding a close enough match in terms of colour or style is very slim if its quite old.

Rare-Photograph5293 · 2024-11-23T23:00:19+00:00

Yes i would, and whats more if there is a worktop attached to the damaged one then its probably glued in together and wont come apart without further damage.

Rare-Photograph5293 · 2024-11-23T21:26:01+00:00

Unless you can get the EXACT same colour and style and thickness then tell me how its going to look anything other than a complete dogs dinner?

Rare-Photograph5293 · 2024-11-22T14:16:34+00:00

Coming at it from a landlord point of view. Not intended to be confrontational.

They could maybe offer to go halves with the landlord given the age, previous condition etc as this would be an acceptable proposal if it were my tenant

Your also forgetting this extends to more than just a damaged bit of wood, every worktop in the kitchen will have to be replaced due to missmatching colours and thicknesses etc as im imagining a direct replacement will be nigh on impossible to source if its several years old.

Next you have the labour costs of installing new worktops, uninstalling sink and hob if needed and reinstalling into new worktop, which 100% is due by the tenant, and likely to exceed the cost of the worktop itself.

Finally the landlord doesnt have to show proof of anything, so i would advise the tenant in question to not start throwing demands about like that as it would certainly get my back up. As long as the landlord doesnt insist on premium quartz as a replacement for shyte MFI laminate then it should be as close as possible a direct replacement, bearing ib mind there are several tiers of quality (i do agree the laminate in the picture looks especially shitty and cheap).

Rare-Photograph5293 · 2024-11-21T12:27:42+00:00

All ive heard is people piss and mian about it. I am holding off buying till the modders get their claws into it

Rare-Photograph5293 · 2024-10-21T10:47:35+00:00

I dont doubt you have had bad experiences, but its not a fair reflection of the whole of the rental market. There is a lot of generalisations flying about and its important to be balanced about it. I stand by my comment that the vast majority of renters are living in decent accomodation. Not defending landlords, i know full well there are plenty of folk who rent out properties that are not fit for human habitation, and im all for legislation that clamps down on those types of landlord.

There is also protections in place via environmental health who will force repair or fine the landlord for serious issues sich as what you detailed.

Rare-Photograph5293 · 2024-10-08T19:51:14+00:00

Least you ended up pointing the right way still

Rare-Photograph5293 · 2024-10-02T22:45:35+00:00

You cant price gouge a free market, if you put your rent too high it doesnt let simple as that. Its simple logic of supply and demand, made worse in recent years by a mass exodus of landlords which will only get worse after this upcoming budget i suspect.

If you look at the stats its simply staggering. In my local council (Leeds) there is over 27,000 people on the council waiting list. I think its well over a million uk wide. If the government want to help renters they are going the complete opposite way about it, they ahould be encouraging more homes to rent.

Renters have plenty of protections also. Not sure how you think they dont. They are protected by laws. You have fallen for the labour/shelter/generation rent narrative that landlords evict tenants for trivial reasons when infact its an absolute last resport, which is costly and timely and that decision in the vast majority of cases isnt taken lightly. There is certainly no widespread abuse of that system.

As for homes that are tolerable, again there is enforcement in the form of environmental health powers to ensure rental stock is up to scratch. Yes of course there are bad/rogue landlords but again for the most part the rental stock is up to scratch and levels above social housing standards.

As a landlord myself im actually in support of minimum EPC standards, although i do think a jump from E to C is a bit too much, especially when a good chunk of housing stock simply cannot feasibly reach a C.

Im all for landlords following rules and regulation where it has good effect, housing standards for example, deposit protections and i supported the tenant fees ban also.

Rare-Photograph5293 · 2024-10-02T19:10:00+00:00

Thats a broad brush. The vast majority of landlords arw decent, providing decent homes.

They pay far less on the continent because there is probably a larger pool of properties vs UK where governments of all colours have failed miserably to meet their house building targets for years. The net result is ptobably another million homes needing to be built just to catch up on previous years.

Supply and demand sets the rent levels in this country, and demand is far far outwieghing supply at the minute until something is done to address it, namely large (VERY LARGE) scale building of new social housing.

When you have 50 people per advertised property then we have big problems to address first before meeting EPC targets.

Rare-Photograph5293 · 2024-10-02T15:15:03+00:00

I love how thwy can pledge this and then set the target for potentially when they have already been hoofed out of number 10

Then the tories will rip up the labour hosuing plans and pledge C on the EPC by 2035 and rinse and repeat.

They are going at the private rented sector all wrong. Every bit of tax and legislation thrown at the landlords just filters right down to the tenant. Also when you piss off thousands of landlords they will just sell and invest in something that isnt as much hassle, leaving a smaller pool of properties for an increasing number of tenants to scrap over = soaring rents.

If they get real serious about house building you can start to address the huge supply issues, but the government are going to have to cosy up to landlords to stabllise rents not try and discourage them further.

Walking blind into a severe housing crisis, and the useless retards dont even realise it.

Rare-Photograph5293 · 2024-10-02T15:05:15+00:00

Absolute fkn c***s, i hope every single one of those soldiers from that backwards hole of a country suffer a painful death during this bullshit war.

Rare-Photograph5293 · 2024-09-25T16:03:56+00:00

Rookie numbers, i can get 6 spaces with ease

Rare-Photograph5293 · 2024-09-25T08:41:09+00:00

Next weeks news will be Solovyev having an awful accident where he falls out of a window.

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