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  1. darknite

    Insulation under bath tub?

    What about choice of insulation though? Space blanket or normal fibreglass? Happy to give this a go and see if it helps. But don't want to do it twice if the material is a bad idea!
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    Insulation under bath tub?

    Could be interesting! Though something foamy would be easier to install. But it seems fairly simple to do at a cost of £20 plus a bit of time to remove the bath panel and shove it in
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    Insulation under bath tub?

    I think this question was asked recently but I can not find the post, though I have not searched very hard! However I was thinking this would be a good idea, to keep the bath warmer for longer, and retain a bit of extra heat in the house. What would you pack out the empty space with? I was...
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    What % of your take home pay goes on commute costs?

    Seems like 2 - 7% is "normal" A lot of people under 5%! Well with this in mind I have an informal chat today for a new job 5.5 miles from my home instead of 25 miles. Interesting though what a lot of people get paid, and job perks for fuel etc.
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    What % of your take home pay goes on commute costs?

    Looks like you all either earn far more than me, or live much closer to work! I work as a network manager in a secondary school so the 0 - 1% annual pay rise has not been an issue until this year. Costs have now gone up enough that it is now starting to hurt. Well rising costs and a 15% pay cut...
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    What % of your take home pay goes on commute costs?

    As title says, just wondering what % of your monthly take home is eaten by travel costs? I changed job 2 years ago, went from 20k to 26k but increased my commute from 22 to 50 miles per day. With rising costs of travel I am considering changing job just to reduce the travel bill! 1000 miles a...
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    Countdown to the Budget

    Well following Laura Kuenssberg twitter, and apparently there will be no changes to public sector pay. But a promise of reform. So looking at the "expected" bits in the budget. No pay rise for me, oh and the car I drive could be hit with a hike in fuel duty. But still wont know exactly until...
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    Ford Edge Titanium - anyone got one? What do you think of the ride?

    Cheers for the replies. Small update, I currently have parked outside a Ford Edge Vignale Auto for a 24 hour test drive..... Must admit the auto is soooo much better then the manual for a car this side. I still move a bit in the seat though no where near as much as the cloth trim in the...
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    Ford Edge Titanium - anyone got one? What do you think of the ride?

    Yes, a 2 year old Q5 is the same kind of price as a 1 year old Edge give or take a grand.
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    Ford Edge Titanium - anyone got one? What do you think of the ride?

    Cheers for this. Really helpful real user review. Mine wont be brand new, I will be aiming for the lower end of secondhand. Though I am seeing some Sport versions or Titanium with Lux packs for sub £24k now.
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    Ford Edge Titanium - anyone got one? What do you think of the ride?

    She can not drive an auto? Why what does she do? Its put your foot on the brake move to the stick to D and release brake? I will try and auto, not in a rush to change so got time to shop around! I just love how they look! I did just google what power I would get from a remapped Edge auto. 240 -...
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    Ford Edge Titanium - anyone got one? What do you think of the ride?

    The sales guy did say get an auto..... but I dunno, always had manuals. He said to take an auto out when he gets one in. My drive is 95% 50 - 70mph single and dual carriage and 5% smaller roads for work. But during other times there are a lot of smaller roads, we have started to go camping a...
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    Ford Edge Titanium - anyone got one? What do you think of the ride?

    Ok so as title really. I am interested in getting one, maybe not straight away but I am 99% sure I want one for my next car. Considering the manual 180ps and getting thing mapped. But I took one out for a test drive over the weekend, standard spec Titanium no extra's. I found on corners I...
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    Carpet Underlay.

    I think there are cheaper places online, but I went for Tredaire Colour RED. Not the cheapest but but no dead patches after a year. Seems really good on a concrete floor.
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    Unknown ethernet device on my net.

    Any smart device. Fridge? Thermosat? My Hive use to say unknown device, the newer models appear correctly. Older sky boxes and other set top boxes.
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    Car acident

    +1 Sadly very very true. I have zero faith in my local force to do anything but watch. You have a crime number now, should be all you need to go through your insurance. Some lovely people out there.
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    Giving up on Ryzen due to momentary freezing when under 100% load, advice needed?

    Hmm do you have access to another Ryzen system to test the unreal engine and Visual Studio on? But from the sounds of it, yes it is incompatible somehow. 1 other test, could you try turning off the virtual threads. Just use the main 8 cores?
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    Giving up on Ryzen due to momentary freezing when under 100% load, advice needed?

    Do you have the latest bios applied to the board? Also are you able to see the hard drive load? You are using a m2 ssd. Make sure the latest samsung driver is installed for it. While this could be the cpu, or at least the software you are using on that cpu it could be a couple of other issues...
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    £20k max SUV: BMW X5, Audi Q5, Touareg, ...

    Is a food edge down to 20k yet? I must admit I do like them a lot and want one as my next car. Maybe in a years time or so.
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    G.Fast 50m to 200m Estimated Live Checker

    Hmm I have no idea what my line length is! I connect at the full 79999 now but according to a line length checker I am 5051m away from the exchange! The bt checker does not list g.fast for me but my vdsl range clean is 80 high 67 low. So I guess I will get 150mb ish when it does arrive. Though...
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