Yup.. home insurance rocketed for us too.

What really takes the piss is that my Dad pays less for all his insurances despite everything being much higher value... £90k car, £350k house, etc, etc. Even his energy bills are less. When you have money, everything is cheaper.

It's across the board. The insurance companies didn't make enough money last year. They need to increase their net worth to cover potential losses, so pretty much all insurance is going up. It's being pushed by the re-insurers, the companies who back the insurance companies.

... couple of movies in a side room while parents could unwind and laugh with similar age humans. All in all it was a success with a few hundred pound being raised for the two charities we supported for the last 2 years.

... like fun. no, it wasn't at all :D Though it was satisfying getting through some technical issues and re-establishing normal power, and then also being the person that brought on the main HVAC again (Utilities Tech was busy bunkering diesel to keep the place running) I lost just shy of 2 kg in ...

We are a step closer to being done here We are at a export rate that we can't maintain enough feed to onshore, so they shut down to us for good at 9pm last night. next time they start up again will be from feed form a different field ...

We are a step closer to being done here We are at a export rate that we can't maintain enough feed to onshore, so they shut down to us for good at 9pm last night. next time they start up again will be from feed form a different field ...

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-pm- ... 021-05-26/

....That came up a few years ago. I remember someone posting about it at the time.

... was the Monthly Triumph Rat run today, chilly and wet, so I took the beemer, spend bloody ages cleaning the 765 and the rear is a little close to being done, so it stayed wrapped up... I didnt want to get it dirty so soon lol. Had a really good day on dry roads, wets roads, floods... and a bit ...

... which was the only branch of any bank in my local area. Thinking about the new one, I chose a spec which didn't exist in the UK stock so it's being built this week and I will get an update when they know more.

I think it's because the local Facebook group complained last year about the kids from social housing being absolute shits

I'm in the office today. There's lots of work being done to reduce our working space from 3 wings of the building down to 1. It looks like they've accepted there's no chance of people returning to full time office life.

... bike, kiwi? Nah not yet. I got mucked about by a FB seller of a carbon Norco and just had a rest from looking. Jess started making noises about me being a bit silly getting back into MTB post spinal fusion. So the last two months I’ve been banging on about doing a paramotoring course and flying ...

... Visitors will have an opportunity to discover the latest MV Agusta range, as well as the new designs and cutting-edge technologies, on top of being offered a first glimpse of the company’s future plans.

... specified as I want it, trim off another Motorway Services coffee per week and that's done... Man Maths has seen us go from a 7 year old Caponord being the sensible option to a new GSA... Best thing is that my mum agrees, she's the financial brain of the family and wants me to get the new one ...

Hope you got back to firing on all cylinders in time Kiwi'

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I hate being unwell...

... precisely Monty. Due to the subject matter having zero appeal to me, I had taken all the media promotion as "when to avoid watching". Being as useless as I am, I still strayed across it. I wouldn't want to bother watching the whole production, but I was blown away by how amazingly ...

... of war by way of reply. Additionally, Palestinian militants have also gone into Israel and taken civilian hostages, their justification being that Israel is a military society, and therefore it's citizens are not considered to be civilians. God is great.

Looks like that suit is being worn by the invisible man.

After being crippled in bed by a sneeze for what felt like forever I would not recommend bruised kidneys :D Then I had a chat with the insurance broker, they were confused as hell when I told them where the bike is as they didn't ...

They do have a really nice Rally in stock, 2 years old and 6 k miles, being a used bike seems to make the insurance happy too as the quotes online are not all 4 digits. I've been considering a couple of adventure style bikes like V-Strom 1000/1050 and the Aprilia ...