When this first started getting discussed long ago, I made a decision that if the shitty US-standard meat ever got legalised in the UK without massive “this is chlorine-washed/etc.” stickers, I’d just give up on meat. Not worth the faff.
You’ve been here all of 5 minutes, and you’re already trashing our treasured artefacts?!
Probably thinks that Starmer will just overrule government objections to their poor meat standards…Missing the point that he doesn’t really have the ability to override things like that.
Smiths own a lot of their commercial property, so they can often hang on to a location when other stores on lease agreements might have closed up.
It’s been talked about for a while, when the vulture capital firms would eventually be in to squeeze all that real estate juice into billionaire pockets.
Do teams photos even show to external orgs?
For me, the price difference between chain pub food and nice resturant food is now too small as a percentage.
If I’m going out, and the choice is £20 a head in a half decent local restaurant, or £17.50 for something mediocre in a pub full of sports fans, it’s not a hard decision.
Same as happened with a lot of the fast food places: When you’re approaching “proper food” money, people will spend a couple of quid extra for something nicer.
My local does decent cheap food, and does well because of it. (And in this comparison, it’s the £12.50 option)
It also gives you a retreat space if you’d like to stay, but want half an hour to yourself midway through.
Spoons and BD have been on my “do not drink at” list for a while.
This underlines the BD one for me.
“What if we built a private water distribution system, that took priority over regular people’s supply, then charged for access during wildfires?”
You’ll be pleased to hear that we’re discussing it between admins, and working out what will be feasible.
Hopefully, by the end of the holidays we’ll have at least an idea of how we’re going to proceed.
I cross posted it! Pushed the button! I even kept your title.
Should I have shared a link to the post instead?
I’m glad the new builds are still required, there is no good reason a new build with proper insulation and appropriate radiators cannot be heated by a heat pump.
WRT your property: The only big practical difference in heating between gas and heatpumps, is the flow temperature of the radiators that can be reached while maintaining efficiency.
So while getting things insulated is definitely the preferred change to make, increasing the size and output of the radiators can also get an old property in range. If you currently run your radiators at 70 to heat the house(so, water delta of 50), dropping it to 40 (delta 20) for a HP reduces the effective output by 70%.
To make that up, the radiators either need to be sized for outputting 3x as much, the insulation/air tightness improved to reduce heat loss by 70%, or a combination of the two. If there is a possibility of installing underfloor heating, for example, that can make things a lot easier.
The important thing is that properties are properly surveyed, and options worked out, rather than just rule-of-thumbing everything.
I’m doing an ongoing project on my own house; gradually improving things from all angles, and as I go lowering the flow temperature of the boiler. Once I am happily running at 40, I plan to switch over to an ASHP.
I was amazed the difference swapping out the 60s radiators for new ones made. At a guess, they’re putting out 4x as much heat.
Not bad for £90!