Recent content by pdq

That's only where you haven't been physically stopped and the company is contacting you preemptively, purely through a data trawl of online purchases. In any case, contacting them to advise of contact details is not admitting to anything.

Brilliant, that's a relief. Thanks for the quick response.

Hi, My daughter's travelling to Tenby, on the 1127 Manchester to Carmarthen, where her onward connection to Tenby is cancelled. I've tried to contact TfW by phone, Messenger and WhatsApp, but no response (phone line claims they are closed). I want to find out if an RRB is being provided before I...

Don't forget that most people on this forum are train-savvy, and are likely to pass that up-to-date knowledge to their children. However, it's quite feasible that many parents' last experience of a train was that it's always normal to be able to pay the conductor onboard. Passing that...

Definitely agree that 0% VAT on public charging would make a far more significant impact since (a) the unit prices are so incredibly high and (b) VAT is at 20% not 5%. Agree to an extent - and a gross generalisation is coming up! The flip side is that people with less purchasing power are more...

Whilst this is true, the VAT reduction is insignificant. I pay 4p/kWh on Octopus for 'intelligent' EV charging. Let's say I do 12,000 miles a year at a poor average of 3 miles/kWh. That's 4000 kWh of charge. At 4p per unit that's £160 a year including VAT. The VAT component is £8.

The ads do tend to be linked to your previous history :lol:. On Chrome (PC) I have an ad for a fragrance store at the top (I recently bought some new aftershave) and Adobe at the bottom.

Another one - the reasonably standard sign for an EV charging point which has the front end of something like an Austin 1100 with a massive 3 pin plug.

Possibly a gig at the Piece Hall on the Saturday.

I have a theory... TfL see that a solicitor has been engaged. They then infer that, if it goes to court, representation will continue. Therefore, TfL would need to ensure their case is absolututely watertight, so would need to get their legal team spooled up, checking everything. The cost of...

I don't drink coffee at all but like a decent cup of 'normal' full bodied tea. It's surprising how many chains and even independents are unable to fulfil this, given the supposed effort they go to for coffee. Various gripes - poor quality tea, water not hot enough to brew properly, unfiltered...

Not all schools. Ours breaks on Thursday. Anyway, email has gone out from the school advising parents.

Could be awkward tomorrow when the school bus doesn't run. I've seen this, but I guess most parents won't have... Would they have had to give notice to Metro/WYCA and other bodies?

Indeed. My previous Skoda was petrol and had numerous issues with the technology, often needing a switch off and back on just to get things like the heater to work. Conversely, my current Kia EV has been faultless.

When I was at York uni in the early 90s, one of the local supermarkets - a regional one, maybe Jacksons? - had a policy that all cheques had to be pre-authorised before starting to shop. This was for all customers not just skint students. By this time, the bigger shops were just starting to take...