@Screwfix And you only accept physical ID in this day and age? 🤷♂️
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Tim Siddle
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Tim Siddle
@tim_siddle
Architect with Microsoft, interested in cloud led transformations , IT Strategy and Automation. Big Man Utd supporter! Views are my own...
South Wales Katılım Nisan 2009
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@tim_siddle Hiya Tim, as solvents are an age restricted item in the UK and satinwood paint is solvent based it does fall under 'Challenge 25'. When you view the listing on our website there's a notice to say you may be asked for proof of age upon collection. 🙂 - Bella
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@Screwfix is it your policy to “Challenge 25” to buy a tin of Satinwood paint? (Incidentally, purchased alongside some sandpaper and brushes).
Significant disruption today for my fiancée being challenged to present ID and only physical ID accepted??
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@WillHayCardiff What worries me most is we have devolved govts who want to play politics and not accept direct spending from the UK Govt.
I’m with Starmer on this one. The UK Govt has a role to fulfil and it shouldn’t be seeking permission or agreement to do so.
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BREAKING - Big Story
A memo from Keir Starmer to all members of the UK Gov Cabinet has been leaked.
In it the Prime Minister says “each of us will maintain a professional and respectful working relationship with our counterparts in devolved governments” but that “an overly deferential or laissez-faire approach to devolved government engagement almost inevitably creates political challenges or misses positive opportunities”.
He then adds:
“We should be confident in our ability to deliver directly in those nations, including through direct spending, even when devolved governments may oppose this.”
This memo was just 10 days after my newsletter exclusively broke the story that more than a third of Welsh Labour MSs had accused the Prime Minister of undermining devolution.
Plaid Cymru have just raised this with the First Minister in the Senedd. More updates to follow
The UK Gov has been approached for comment.
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I’m not really a fan of Starmer or Welsh Gov but our media is so underhanded.
Someone in @BBCNews actively chose this photo to highlight a relationship issue between two politicians. NOTHING to do with the story at hand & is designed to drive an agenda that undermines Starmer.
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@saylordocs @grok @grok how would your answer change if you factor in appetite for risk while balancing return.
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Hey @grok, You have $100,000.
You can invest in only ONE asset.
You must hold it until 2030.
What are you choosing?
Gold
Silver
Bitcoin
Tesla
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Hey @marksandspencer - your 3 ingredients seems to have stretched to 4 in my burgers with this additional blue plastic.
Feedback: They’re delicious and probably didn’t need this.
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The focus in the UAE on operating the country like a business for the benefit of its people is truly amazing.
While the west gets distracted by nonsense politics, the UAE and others in the region maintain their focus on building and growing with everyone contributing.
👏 👏
HH Sheikh Mohammed@HHShkMohd
اطلعت اليوم على نتائج تقرير التجارة الخارجية .. تجارة دولة الإمارات الخارجية غير النفطية لأول مرة في تاريخها تتعدى تريليون دولار (3.8 تريليون درهم ) .. بزيادة 26% عن العام السابق . وصادراتنا غير النفطية حسب تقرير جديد اطلعت عليه اليوم تتعدى 813 مليار درهم بنمو استثنائي 45% عن العام السابق . هذه الأرقام كانت مستهدفات أعلنا قبل 3 سنوات أننا سنصلها بحلول 2031 .. تم تحقيق 95% منها قبل موعدها بخمس سنوات .. بيئتنا الاستثمارية اكتملت .. وشراكاتنا الدولية تضاعفت .. وشراكاتنا مع القطاع الخاص تعززت .. وثقة العالم بدولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة ترسخت بحمدالله . نهنىء جميع فرقنا الوطنية .. ورسالتنا لهم : مضاعفة العمل .. وترسيخ الشراكة مع القطاع الخاص لبناء مستقبل اقتصادي أفضل .
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@JudiciaryGOP You can’t legislate for people being dumb. You can have dumb legislators.
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Can’t make this up.
The EU fined X €45 million after concluding people would think Donald Duck was a real person.
Give me a break.
House Judiciary GOP 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸@JudiciaryGOP
The Commission even gave an example of what it found so objectionable: a blue checkmark on a Donald Duck parody account. It called the practice “deceptive.” That’s right—the Commission fined X €45 million because its practices might lead users to believe that 1) this fictional duck had come to life, and 2) was a real X user.
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@entrustTMF @grok how have the Sunday times tips for the last 10 years performed in the immediate year after they were released?
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@JustinWolfers It’s the UK model and it’s terrible.
The answer is more vocational education and less consideration of degree education as a default path for everyone. It’s unnecessary.
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A smarter model for paying for college: income-based repayment. You start paying your student loans only once you earn enough to comfortably get by. That turns higher ed debt into something more like a tax surcharge on success, not a choke collar on people who are struggling.
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Emirates: 120 Boeing 777-300ERs.
Qatar: 57.
Air France: 43.
United/American: around 20 each.
It's not even a contest.. Emirates owns this plane. But why did they order so many back in the day while others spread bets on A350s? Looking back, was that the best move ever or just way too much now that efficiency is super important?
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@ollieparrot @colinsutton Or scrap the daft 2 per customer limit.
If you are intent on doing yourself harm you’d just go to the next shop and buy 2 more or walk back in the same supermarket for a repeat transaction.
It tries to solve a serious but tiny problem and ultimately fails at even doing that.
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It is not as straightforward as that. In retail shops, customers are limited to buying two packs in any one purchase (32 tablets). The means heavy users (dealing with chronic pain) may have difficulty obtaining supplies through retail stores (especially as the stores may not always carry the stock).
Thus, doctors may prescribe larger quantities (in x100 packs) to ensure supplies are available to patients who need them.
This could be overcome if the system enabled doctors to issue an exemption note (time-limited) to selected patients to permit them to purchase bulk supplies. Then there could be a general prohibition on prescribing paracetamol.
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If the £23 million were spent at Tesco where paracetamol tablets are 35p for 16, it would provide 191 tablets a year for every man, woman and child in Scotland.
This is a procurement problem. Why do our public services not buy from the cheapest suppliers? And it applies to all services through the UK.
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What’s the name of this movie?
• 10/10 Plot
• 10/10 Cinematography
• 10/10 Cast
• 10/10 Acting
• 10/10 Soundtrack
• 10/10 Direction
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Yet again the resilience of Welsh/British transport infrastructure is called into question.
The last tunnel was built in the 1800s. With modern technology it should be feasible to resolve this problem with ease and reasonable cost.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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@OctopusEnergy I’ve removed my zappi integration as it was just not charging. The last week has been terrible. Schedule generated but no charge added.
The app doesnt now allow me to re add the Zappi integration either.
Feels like everything going backwards at the moment.
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@OctopusEnergy the new 6 hour limit on your charging - can you please add some control mechanism in the app to target time charging instead of % charging. It’s easier for me to do scheduled charging through the MyEnergi app now due to your new constraints.
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@sarah_go_green @OctopusEnergy Well the last 2 days mines been plugged in the octopus app has failed to actually get my charger to charge the car. Unhappy Mrs Tim this morning sitting at the rapid charger and late for work. Eek 😬
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Just had the email from @OctopusEnergy about the changes to Intelligent Go.
SO if you plug in your EV and more than 6 hours are needed for charging the additional hours in that schedule will be at peak rate BUT will 11.30pm to 5.30am still always be at the 7p per kWh rate?
So if you get an afternoon slot plus staggered throughout evening into the peak rate and say that totals 10 hours how do you know what part is charged at boost price and what's offpeak price?
The email says the whole house will still get the 6 hours of offpeak but is that regardless of what the EVs doing?
I'm trying to work out how you'll know what's definatly boost price and what's offpeak.
I think if i struggle to work that out from the email others will too 🤣
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