TheNumberOfGeese

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[–] TheNumberOfGeese@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

Technically, no, as in the UK, you can't steal electricity... you can only abstract electricity, which is an offence in its own right. (IANAL)

I'll get my coat.

[–] TheNumberOfGeese@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

I was so annoyed to get that email. Never using them again. Going to install a non-smart wireless thermostat, or maybe a HA install if I'm feeling brave.

[–] TheNumberOfGeese@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

Not quite a direct answer, but since watching Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, we've enjoyed referring to things in tins/cans as trapped potatoes, trapped beans etc.

[–] TheNumberOfGeese@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

We all try to forget!

[–] TheNumberOfGeese@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's not quite true... just less than half of voting Conservative party members voted for him, preferring instead the steady hand of Liz Truss. Well done there guys.

*cries

 

Just received our new quote. Ouch! Does anyone have any recommendations for good (and well-priced) narrowboat insurance?

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by TheNumberOfGeese@feddit.uk to c/narrowboat@feddit.uk
 

Very pleased to see that Tesco have enabled WiFi calling on my phone.

Now I hopefully won't have to go outside to make and receive calls in patchy areas! Hopefully it'll lengthen battery life (and not warm my brain as much) if I turn off mobile connectivity inside too.

Is WiFi calling as good as I dream it to be on a narrowboat?

[–] TheNumberOfGeese@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm keen to learn what the other 20% are satisfactory about.

[–] TheNumberOfGeese@feddit.uk 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Maybe he thinks that more of his constituents are pro breathing decent air than pro driving smoggy private vehicles. I'd like to think he's onto something.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by TheNumberOfGeese@feddit.uk to c/reading@feddit.uk
 

Is Newbury pronounced:

  • (2 syllables) New•brie; or,
  • (3 syllables) New•b'uh•ree

I really need to know, and Wikipedia says nothing!

[–] TheNumberOfGeese@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

To add to the list, there's also:

Not sure if these will be appreciated, but at least it helps aur work to complete the Star Trek Reddit-to-Lemmy story :)

 

We're heading down the K&A to Reading. We don't have time to travel anywhere on the Thames before we have to head back, but vwe were wondering:

Is it worth dipping onto the Thames for a day or so, just "because"? Does the licence seem worth it, just for a few hours to "feel" the Thames?

[–] TheNumberOfGeese@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

No specific suggestions, but could you drive most of the way and take the tube one or two stops (or even one of the #ferries). Not great, but it does open up your parking options.

[–] TheNumberOfGeese@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Don't know why I cancelled my subscription!

[–] TheNumberOfGeese@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

Not so much what but why. It makes no sense!

 

The platform numbers on the display boards don't use decimal, or are somehow encoded with the wrong number until 30 seconds before the train heads off.

And given the doors close up to 45 seconds before departure, -15 seconds just isn't enough time to storm up the escalator, run sideways and fall down the next escalator to the correct (and-now-empty) platform.

[–] TheNumberOfGeese@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Oh that is interesting, thank you! Shall check it out!

 

Hi! Does anyone have any recommendations for lights to put on mooring pins? I've seen solar powered garden lights stuck next to them, but if anyone knows of anything better, I'd be keen to find out!

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