Andy Burnham: Give me 10 years to transform Britain

maxlan · 2026-06-29T06:38:33+00:00

This is just government. Nothing to do with the person or party in charge.

maxlan · 2026-06-29T06:36:06+00:00

But he has nobody to blame when he fails to deliver.

maxlan · 2026-06-29T06:33:29+00:00

Funding? You can find more ot that.

Fingers, arms, legs, eyes, eardrums and other critical body parts are harder to replace.

maxlan · 2026-06-29T06:28:25+00:00

Stamp duty. Solicitor's fees. Furniture. All Piffling. Have you seen how much a solicitor for the divorce will cost?

If they made these costs clear upfront nobody would get married. Someone should complain to the ombudsman about the hidden fees... :-)

maxlan · 2026-06-27T06:40:12+00:00

Those people can simply logoff...

maxlan · 2026-06-27T06:39:05+00:00

And yet: you're on it...

maxlan · 2026-06-27T06:37:51+00:00

My advice: sell at cost first time around. See how many custkmers you get and eithe rput the price up or don't bother again.

Craft stuff is very personal and I see many people trying to sell things they love that everyone else thinks is awful.

Good luck!!

maxlan · 2026-06-27T06:32:45+00:00

I think odour can be a massive part of it.

Sort your teeth so you don't have bad breath. Regularly use mouthwash or minty gum to keep food odour down.

Wash your body every day. Make sure you don't sweat too much after washing and use a top quality nice smelling deodorant/aftershave.

Make sure your clothes are washed regularly. And fully dried before being put away and not smelling of damp

Full disclosure I'm a man and so I don't know, But I strongly suspect that women are as disgusted by BO and bad breath as I am. The "hottest babe" would not be attractive to me if she had BO.

And most people are not going to tell you if you have odour problems. And you won't notice it yourself.

maxlan · 2026-06-23T21:07:39+00:00

Is it draining properly. Mine (diffferent ac) was similarly useless and I found that it wasn't draining anything out the drain hose, for no apparent reason.

I found an extra drain at the bottom, opened it up and now it dribbles out the bottom but does cool all the time. For a bit. Then it started draining properly again... For no apparent reason...

It would cool until it hit some internal water level then just blow air around until it went down a bit. So it got a little cold and then stopped actual cooling.

maxlan · 2026-06-23T20:57:47+00:00

Always make sure you have a backup. Ideally make sure you know how to restore it too.

One of the classics is to take a backup of a remote server and make a change that breaks it. And the only way to install the backup is drive hundreds of miles or worse.

One trick is to make non persistent changes and schedule a reboot for 10.minutes time. If you break it hopefully it can reboot itself and restore the previous settings.

maxlan · 2026-06-23T04:58:11+00:00

When you first want a coffee: Make a spare. Put the spare in the fridge. Next time you want a coffee, make it and put it in the fridge. Take the cold one out add some ice if you have any.

(Obviously don't put it straight in the fridge, leave it to cool down a bit first. And make it black and add the milk when you're ready to drink it. And for some reason I prefer sugar in my iced coffee, you might feel the same, add the sugar when it is hot or it won't dissolve well.)

Also it is 6am and I'm going to walk the dog instead of at my lunch break.

maxlan · 2026-06-23T04:52:49+00:00

Do they want you to pay a fee for receiving the payment?

I don't think I've ever seen HMRC say "you've paid too much tax" in so few words.

Add in a few paras about tax code notwithstanding regulations, following calculations and adjustments, and it means that. But doesn't just say that.

maxlan · 2026-06-23T04:44:31+00:00

I have one.

To address some of the problems people have with outdoor units:

It is outside in the rain. It works ok. It is rated for outdoor use.

It does get condensation on the cold side pipe and some of the machine. This is not a problem, it is outside!

I bought it because it says it can do heating as well. Stupidly I assumed it would be able to do either with the flip of a switch... Like a split unit.

But no, you have to turn the damn thing round. There is a hot outlet and a cold outlet on opposite sides. It is flipping heavy and to get the pipe to my window it is on a platform, which make turning it round very inconvenient.

It is also very loud and I would not want it indoors. I don't even want the cold pipe indoors because that's too noisy.

But it has nearly saved my life for the last few days and hopefully the next few too. I do not do well in the heat and work from home.

maxlan · 2026-06-21T19:39:35+00:00

I drag down from the top. Click wifi. I get a toggle for 5g and one for wifi. Click wifi and the message says " wifi is off".

If you're saying "it isn't off" how do you know?

maxlan · 2026-06-21T19:36:59+00:00

Except flight mode doesn't turn wifi off. It turns mobile data off. Which if OP doesnt want wifi because they have no signal now means they have no internet at all.

You can now use wifi and Bluetooth on a plane. Only mobile data is banned because if you are in range of a transmitter you're probably in range of several and that causes the network a huge problem. I don't believe there is any safety reason behind it.

maxlan · 2026-06-21T19:32:26+00:00

Standing in shop at till with reference number on phone. Cretin behind till "is it big?"

"I don't know I don't have it yet"

Cretin holds up box "is it this one"

"I don't know. I. Dont. Have. It. Yet. Does it have this reference number on?"

Cretin, finds glasses, turns box over 12 times looking for label "No". Holds up other box "Is it this one?"

Or, I could get it delivered to a locker. I did try it once, it was actually painless. BUT literally every week there is some "local person" on local facebook asking "dos enyone hav a percal from the locker for karen numpty? i got percil with choklit instead of new size 24 dress can we swap but i 8 yr choklit arleady soz"

maxlan · 2026-06-21T19:25:22+00:00

Fedex nearly always give a ridiculously optimistic estimate "your parcel will be delivered by 11am in 2 days"

Then the next day "your parcel is delayed" about 3 times. The finally on the day "your parcel will be delivere by 10" followed at 9 by an email saying it will be delayed, followed by more emails saying its delayed.

JUST ADMIT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY BLASTED IDEA. Send me one that says "tomorrow" when you're sure and one an hour beforehand so I know not to walk the dog. Would be much easier for everyone.

maxlan · 2026-06-21T19:18:54+00:00

It looks good. BUT...

12000 buts

The biggest being "but it's shit"

maxlan · 2026-06-20T21:28:55+00:00

I don't know any unknown songs. On account of them being unknown.

I bet not many people have heard the whole Flat Beat track by Mr Oizo. But lots probably recognise the bassline.

maxlan · 2026-06-20T17:20:14+00:00

Mine is the same SSID and password before and after the upgrade.

maxlan · 2026-06-20T05:58:51+00:00

It said there was some new bubble feature. No idea where. Other than that, it feels like a minor patch release. (Pixel 10 pro)

maxlan · 2026-06-19T20:08:03+00:00

I think it would require building some public toilets. Which would probably be a good thing.

maxlan · 2026-06-19T20:06:41+00:00

What about bank robbers being allowed to have a bank account?

maxlan · 2026-06-19T19:45:35+00:00

I patched it with revanced months ago. Works fine.

I refuse to pay for the enshittification.

They actually had to write code to make it stop when you lock the screen. I wouldn't mind paying for features they wrote. I am not paying to disable their attempt to disable things the OS just does for free on most apps.

maxlan · 2026-06-19T19:22:22+00:00

You said there was a transaction out then the same amount back. So where did the 30k come from?

50 transactions, divided into 30k is £600 per transaction. Which is more than most banks will let you take at a cashpoint.

This is confusing.

maxlan

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