Drivers and their problems

Yes, but there are still cables from that battery to things under that bonnet. I'd not mess.

Agreed. I don't like to get mixed up with either straight amps or wiggley amps.

"Good news boss - I found the leak..."

"The following media includes potentially sensitive content."

A picture of the flooded road.

Who'd have thought driving down Deep Ford Lane was a great idea when many regions have had double November's rainfall already.

El Nina year, met office predicting cold snap in November and flooding in February.

Driver rescued by firefighters after car washed downstream

My hopes were dashed when the article and photograph did not reveal whether the incident had left the world a better place by removing an Audi or BMW from the roads

then cheer yourself up with some more Rufford Ford action

https://youtu.be/MDwZM4JqhDI?t=356

then cheer yourself up with some more Rufford Ford action

Eventually, I had to tear myself away from the totalling of the Audi- sadly no BMW

Lots of BMWs in this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmm7AfLMAqY

Thanks for taking me via the Echo to Outbrain land, where I learnt that one can save a fortune on costly electricity simply by disconnecting the neutral cable. Leave the live in place just in case anyone tried to nick the appliance in question.

As side benefits, my toast is lovely and soft, my tea is cool enough to drink straightaway, and that annoying advert for snow leopards has stopped coming onto the telly every 12 minutes. Actually the telly isn't working very well.

Works with cars as well - just disconnect one of the battery terminals.  Hey presto - save hundreds of pounds on filling your tank every week!

TheBillder wrote:

Thanks for taking me via the Echo to Outbrain land, where I learnt that one can save a fortune on costly electricity simply by disconnecting the neutral cable. Leave the live in place just in case anyone tried to nick the appliance in question. As side benefits, my toast is lovely and soft, my tea is cool enough to drink straightaway, and that annoying advert for snow leopards has stopped coming onto the telly every 12 minutes. Actually the telly isn't working very well.

Another benefit of wiring it that way is that you can get a lovely light and sound show whenever anyone touches the metal casing of appliances.

Them Victorians couldn't get enough of those pointless "status symbols" SUVs, didn't they?

some of the quotes from locals they found for this   https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/last-ditch-attempt-hal...

where do you begin, the owner of a pub who bemoans people wont be able to drive to his pub ? an owner of a shop who clearly doesnt understand what a cost of living crisis is?  another shop owner who supports people driving along the road, but worries with less cars that it will be more dangerous as cyclists will hit pedestrians ?

Ah, but "poor" is relative isn't it?  We're normally comparing up or down deliberately e.g. with those we aspire to be or those we don't want to be.  Plus poor also relates to what you can get.  Given that running a car appears - to many people - to be about as optional as paying tax or your mortgage - that expense is a "must be found".  (A bit like smoking those who quit are often struck by just how much they were forking out for the priveledge.)

So in the UK we can almost all easily be in the top 10% of the world's income and a surprising number of us are in the wealthiest 1% in the world (we're the super-polluters) -  but lots of us are also poor and struggling amid a cost of living crisis.

Awavey wrote:

... the owner of a pub who bemoans people wont be able to drive to his pub ? 

Why would someone drive to the pub when they can't drink alcohol (because they're driving) and other venues tend to be cheaper for non-alcoholic drinks or for food...