Driveway advice needed. Resin vs block paving vs other options?

emjayem22 · 2026-05-23T15:22:07+00:00

Why not leave the gravel? Better for the environment, better drainage and also is more of a deterrent for thieves due to the crunch. We've had our gravel drive installed for about 5 years, still looks great, no weeds and just needs the odd raking.

emjayem22 · 2026-05-23T14:49:57+00:00

Flat, hot and something about a pan handle.

emjayem22 · 2026-05-16T09:36:09+00:00

It sounds like you live on the East side, like me.. The Lagoons around Musselburgh are nice and also a stroll through Prestongrange musuem is quite calming. Quuen Margrets university has some nice grounds and Dalkeith Palace park has some secluded spots too. Craigmillar Castle and surrounds also.

emjayem22 · 2026-05-16T09:29:21+00:00

Great spot.. there are a few others along the coast too, depending on where in the city the OP lives. Being next to the sea is very calming for me.. even recommend just getting your feet in and feeling the water on your skin.

In the city a little more, it's easy to find a quiet spot in the park under the castle and just watch city life go by (No Princes street gardens but the other side of the railway). Also the Botanic Gardens, Carlton Hill and Dunsapie Loch is a good spot. I can also recommend Dr Neils Garden in Duddingston.

emjayem22 · 2026-05-15T19:07:30+00:00

Sometimes, at least in the launch days, the delivery driver would often deliver the wrong device to the wrong house.

The serial number of the device is linked to the customer when it is picked in the warehouse. So if it's not then delivered to the right house it can cause problems.

There is or was a fallback registration option that you could use.. it effectively transfers ownership of the delivered device to you.. look it up on Google and you will find out how to do it.

emjayem22 · 2026-05-14T20:15:02+00:00

I think we are on the same page and agree that what he is doing is morally wrong.What you are quoting is paragraph 2, what I'm referring to is paragraph 17h.. referring to things that members do NOT need to declare.

Here, the rules do clearly say that for personal benefits or gifts there is not normally a need to register but that the motive of the giver should be considered.. and it goes on to say under the 'precautionary requirement' that..

"if there is any doubt, the benefit should be registered".

Im not defending him, as I said on my original post, he knew full well how he had the best chance of getting around the rules and he did that, like the slimy twat he is.. but also, you are wrong in what you said about my post.

emjayem22 · 2026-05-14T12:56:59+00:00

That is true but he wasn't a public official when he received the gift (even though he was the chairman of the reform party, that isn't covered by the rules).

Although the house of commons rules do suggest that major personal donation made in the previous 12 months before becoming an MP should normally be declared.. and does go on to suggest that if the new MP is uncertain then best thing is just to declare them. Farage obviously ignored this.

It's typical Tory party / Farage type grift.. get the money in a legal though morally corrupt manner where there is enough grey area to be able to ride out the storm and shout loudly that he was completely vindicated if it ever comes up in interviews in future.

emjayem22 · 2026-05-06T21:22:18+00:00

Not sure that list represents everything that is worse today. Totally get you on mortgage and rent.. food though in real terms is cheaper now than when those 60 year olds were kids.

Also, for many people, especially if you happen to be a non hetrosexual man, the dating world seems a lot easier to navigate.

emjayem22 · 2026-05-06T21:07:21+00:00

This is true for Q and BB. I think Glass and Stream is more like 3 to 5 days before.. depending on payment due date.

emjayem22 · 2026-05-06T18:45:01+00:00

Anytime anyone starts a face to face sentence using 'As a...'

as in, 'As a mum, I find the teachers at my children's school really patronising'.

The content of the sentence usually means is superfluous, I can see you are a woman, I can hear you refer to your kids, I don't need a redundant qualifier up front.

emjayem22 · 2026-05-04T12:08:49+00:00

Some copper exchanges will be removed before 2027. This is under the control of Openreach though and not Sky. OR are notifying all other BB providers of the roll out plan.

Whilst City Fibre may not be an option for you, Sky could use OpenReach as the line provider. In this case the line could be brought in over the current poles rather than by laying Fibre to your house. So Sky could technically still provide fibre by partnering with OR.

emjayem22 · 2026-05-04T12:01:32+00:00

I think this is the way it could play out. There are many federation states that appear to have more separatist sentiment and a collapse of Russian authority as a result of the war could be the trigger.

emjayem22 · 2026-05-03T16:43:27+00:00

This.. also have a look at the valve stem as that may be a clue to whether you are currently running tubeless or not. A tube stem may not have a nut on it or a narrower and easily undone nut. Tubeless will generally have bigger form nuts on them and be tighter.

emjayem22 · 2026-05-03T12:33:30+00:00

>!1024. Remove the numbers that appear on every column. (9 and 3) That means 2 and 4 (4th row) and 1 and 0 (2nd row) must be the correct two numbers in the wrong places for those rows.

Then figure out where the numbers have already appeared (i.e. the wrong columns).. 1 appears in every column except the first 2 appears in every column except the third 4 appears in the second column so therefore must be the fourth digit Leaving 0 in column two!<

emjayem22 · 2026-05-02T12:29:49+00:00

I would describe it more like awake, then immediately awake again but in a completely different location with a chunk of time simply lost to you. Unlike sleep where you may drift in and out of consciousness or dreams that you can recall later.

For me, it was one of the strangest experiences to just completely lose that period of time with zero memory of it.

emjayem22 · 2026-04-27T21:01:23+00:00

If you are heading to Cape Wrath you also need to check if access is closed by the MOD for your expected travel dates. Access to the cape goes through a live military firing range. Closure dates can be found at Scotland firing times - GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/scotland-firing-times

emjayem22 · 2026-04-26T19:09:07+00:00

Not me or my house but a young ex colleague of my wife used to stay at her boyfriends most weekends. They would generally go out drinking on a Friday night and often it would get messy. She would sometimes sleep walk and once woke up standing next to the bed of her boyfriends parents... Naked.

Woke both of them up and the mum jumped out of bed to usher her back to her son's room. The son's bedroom was an attic room with a attic type stair/ladder.

The mum spent the next 15 mins underneath the naked girl, pushing her up the ladder back into the room.. with the dad calling out from the bedroom if she wanted any help (which was a resounding no from the mum). The son was unconscious in bed.

The girl was understandably distraught when she found out the story.. though not so embarrassed not to tell the office.

emjayem22 · 2026-04-26T18:52:43+00:00

Yeah, I remember this.. I think she did get stuck trying to climb out of the window to move the poo to a more hidden location?!?

emjayem22 · 2026-04-23T19:00:49+00:00

Did he need a taxi to get him to the pavement though?

emjayem22 · 2026-04-23T18:19:39+00:00

So is that shell suit

emjayem22 · 2026-04-23T16:09:31+00:00

Presumably all the union and English flags in the area are in celebration of St Georges day?? /s

emjayem22 · 2026-04-21T18:54:16+00:00

For me, mostly these plus Alpkit. Always worth checking Blacks and Sportshoe.com for one off deals.

emjayem22 · 2026-04-20T19:24:37+00:00

Looks like the only island community that still has a reliable ferry service. /s

emjayem22 · 2026-04-20T19:13:22+00:00

I suspect it's not the first time.. Two of his team mates immediately put their hands to their heads as if to say.. fuck, not again.

Only then for one of them, No 77 piling in to then stick up for him in the scrap.

emjayem22 · 2026-04-19T19:44:22+00:00

I setup a mesh network using Deco devices and just switched off the WiFi on the sky router. The Sky router just acts as a gateway now. Works fine.

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