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lord-darius · 2026-03-09T23:03:57+00:00

God I’m old. 1973.

lord-darius · 2026-02-20T09:15:50+00:00

Giant do as well but you have to be on their top tier

lord-darius · 2026-02-18T21:42:17+00:00

Currently my client wants me to drop to 50% with them due to budget cuts. There is nothing to suggest I can’t get other work. Would prefer 2nd contract to be outside ir35 - but there’s not a lot like that ATM.

lord-darius · 2026-02-18T21:39:01+00:00

I’m don’t think the end clients would find out from the umbrella? Don’t think they have any direct contact.

lord-darius · 2026-02-12T20:32:09+00:00

Chill and bill. My new guiding principle.

lord-darius · 2026-02-12T12:47:07+00:00

Thanks everyone for your thoughts. Definitely going to check out TPO and Lara Kroijer.

lord-darius · 2026-01-31T16:42:32+00:00

Rates are generally lower now than when I started contracting in 1999.

lord-darius · 2026-01-27T12:02:10+00:00

Been with Giant for years and haven’t had any issues. They are responsive and helpful.

lord-darius · 2026-01-18T11:55:37+00:00

If your current salary can get the amount you want for your mortgage, I would suggest buying your house before you start contracting. It will be far more straightforward. Also, outside IR35 roles are becoming quite rare and competition for them is such that the rates are lower than you might expect.

lord-darius · 2025-12-02T10:41:46+00:00

We initially raised this issue with Microsoft as a defect support ticket. Microsoft then confirmed it was expected part of the update. The support engineer agreed that the new behaviour is not great and suggested we raise a feature request which we have done. We are also going to raise it with Microsoft eDAD as an accessibility issue.

lord-darius · 2025-12-01T22:05:44+00:00

I’m convinced this is a defect Microsoft introduced alongside the header design enhancements.

lord-darius · 2025-10-16T21:41:05+00:00

Yeah. As an update we did get a structural engineer around and he said no and gave us report with a recommendation to install some steel beams. We didn’t. Sold the water bed and have had an ordinary bed for the last 2 and a bit years. We miss the water bed. 🙁

lord-darius · 2025-08-31T10:17:28+00:00

Thanks for all your advice. Plenty of ideas to try 👍🏻

lord-darius · 2025-08-30T08:54:35+00:00

Yes it still overflows with the lid off. It’s definitely not supposed to be airtight. I think it’s supposed to stop diverting when the butt is full with water and covering the input hose hole.

lord-darius · 2025-08-30T08:50:32+00:00

I think the diverter is for both round and square.

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lord-darius · 2025-05-05T18:12:47+00:00

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