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@kezo almost figured out how to get this info when he mentioned HPI, but made the error of assuming tax class was involved. I think Motability may be incorrect, by mentioning DVLA. When checking if a vehicle is in a finance agreement, it shows the name of the finance company, i.e. Motability. Although the check isn’t free, you can pay extra for unlimited checks. All the website owner has to do is get some data on site visits, then get adverts on the site generating income.
If its starts generating income from Google Ads, take a screen shot of the advert and boycot the advertisers, they won’t last long.
It probably had a Wolverhampton plate. Drivers go to get a license there from other parts of the country as the test is easier.
@kezo You wouldn’t believe it, but that picture, Dunham Massey, is 15 minutes from Manchester city centre.
Been a few times mate, along with Tatton park, Jodrell bank, Old Moreton Hall, the list goes on, as there only approx 30-40 mins from where I used to and mum lives Is the deer park/sanctuary still there?
Yes it’s still there, they just wondered out in front of us.
Bit of a mixed day 18c @jojoe are you away? @joss yes got one
No mate, just a day out testing a new powered wheelchair. Mrs Joe’s a NT member and I have a free essential companion card.
Thought you were at the t’other end of the country
You wouldn’t believe it, but that picture, Dunham Massey is 15 minutes from Manchester city centre.
@kezo You wouldn’t believe it, but that picture, Dunham Massey, is 15 minutes from Manchester city centre.@kezo, Sorry to hear about your dad.
There’s a £50 gift card for your mum and Mrs Joe, bill in her name. Let me know when your ready.
Quite a nice day in Cheshire slightly overcast with patches of sun 20c.
We visited Dunham Massey National Trust park.
@kezo we’ve never had an issue with the billing or British Gas in general, we have a smart meter and pay with direct debit. If a better deal comes out from British Gas you can switch without penalty, I check every few months.
The majority of the call centres are UK based but the do have 1 in South Africa.
Another good thing is the green peak save events, if they know in advance there’s lots of sun / wind they give you a random 2 hours of half price, they’ll email you, but you must respond to the email to take part. We also got 4 hours on both Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Our washing machine and dishwasher are all switched to Sunday now.
All in all were very happy with them. Like your mum, we don’t use enough to switch to an overnight tariff.
Have you checked the 500gb, 1tb and 2tb and you are right sir!
On both the normal site and their outlet site. Smells a bit 🐟 🐟
I’ve read the Arris box has a lot of hard drive failures after 2 years. The boxes have definitely been pulled from the Freesat website and the Freesat outlet website where they sell refurbished boxes. They were all available last week as I was looking g at them, now all sizes out of stock on both the main site and outlet site, something fishy going on.
@Kezo, It’s great, software is really quick, no lags like the Freesat branded box I tried last year. It prompts you to select a HD version of a channel if you land on a SD version. Also, it integrates with IPlayer and the like and automatically gives you online channels, for example BBC news is standard definition, but channel 501 is HD via IPlayer, when you select, it instantly opens iPlayer and gives you the HD version.
Im convinced Freesat have pulled their boxes due to the Satellites being decommissioned, have a look at their website, none are available.
I still don’t understand why you can’t have a freeview app on devices like Firestick and Apple TV. Anyone would think they want you to buy their TV’s with Freely built in.
I think they’ll struggle to switch off Freeview, they’re are 16 million homes in the UK who use it whilst only 2 million use Freesat. Cant see any government letting them go streaming only, too many older folk won’t be able to watch.
I went a slightly different route and got an Apple TV+, it has breathed new life into an ‘old’ Sony TV. I don’t pay a subscription but do use all the catch up TV players. The Manhattan box sounds like a good substitution for Sky.
I had the first generation Apple TV box, I used it to cast from my phone to the tv. For all my apps, YouTube, Prime, Netflix etc I use a 4k Firestick.
Another reason not to go down the Freesat route, the satellites that provide it are coming to the end of their life, they’re due to be switched off in 2029.
With the country in such dire financial straits I really don’t understand how the government can afford to give £3750 grants to buy a new EV. We’re at a stage where people are buying EV’s because they want them, they don’t need to be incentivised. There’s so much more they could do with the money.
This is what Mrs Joe got me for Christmas 12 years ago. We didn’t have lunch till 6pm that year as I was too busy playing with it. Still got it.
I’m going to have dig out my Atari joystick and have a game of Tank Commander. No idea where it is, probably turn the house upside down and still not find it. Asteroids was another one I remember.
