MtB Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 8 hours ago, Loddon said: Battery storage is what you need, so I am led to believe Yes this. I believe a Tesla "Powerwall" can be had for about £7k. Terribly tempting! Plus the solar panels obvs. How do I fix the solar panels onto my thatched roof though? 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 8 hours ago, MtB said: Yes this. I believe a Tesla "Powerwall" can be had for about £7k. Terribly tempting! Plus the solar panels obvs. How do I fix the solar panels onto my thatched roof though? 🤔 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUMPY Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 8 hours ago, MtB said: How do I fix the solar panels onto my thatched roof though? I didn't realise you had a syrup like Michael Fabricant 🤭 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudds Lad Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, Loddon said: I didn't realise you had a syrup like Michael Fabricant 🤭 It could be a nice shredded wheat like Arthur Scargill had back in the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 11 hours ago, MtB said: Yes this. I believe a Tesla "Powerwall" can be had for about £7k. Terribly tempting! Plus the solar panels obvs. How do I fix the solar panels onto my thatched roof though? 🤔 From a friend on Facebook I don't think he posts here " October power update. The lack of sun last month meant we had to use some power from the grid last month, amounting to 23Kwh costing £4.50. Which is 20% of what we used in October last year. On days when we don't generate enough to run the house , the battery doesn't do much, but it looks like we will get it fully charged today, which will power us for tonight and tomorrow. So even now it's not a waste of money, just not as effective as March - September . So taking the 3 full months since we had the battery installed our power usage has been 15% of what it was during the same period last year" Comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUMPY Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 30 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said: From a friend on Facebook I don't think he posts here " October power update. The lack of sun last month meant we had to use some power from the grid last month, amounting to 23Kwh costing £4.50. Which is 20% of what we used in October last year. On days when we don't generate enough to run the house , the battery doesn't do much, but it looks like we will get it fully charged today, which will power us for tonight and tomorrow. So even now it's not a waste of money, just not as effective as March - September . So taking the 3 full months since we had the battery installed our power usage has been 15% of what it was during the same period last year" Comment Another advantage of battery power is you can charge it from the grid and then use it when there is not enough sun. On the 3rd January Octopus were paying consumers on the agile tarriff who used electricity between the hours of 0000 and 0500. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 4 hours ago, Loddon said: Another advantage of battery power is you can charge it from the grid and then use it when there is not enough sun. On the 3rd January Octopus were paying consumers on the agile tarriff who used electricity between the hours of 0000 and 0500. 😉 But how long will it take for the electricity bill savings to cover the cost of the battery and control equipment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 24 minutes ago, David Mack said: But how long will it take for the electricity bill savings to cover the cost of the battery and control equipment? Probably about the same amount of time as it will take for the hurricanes and sea level rises on their way from global warming to swamp Weymouth and plenty more coastal towns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyG Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 On 06/01/2022 at 10:27, Mike Jordan said: Yet another half baked story featuring living on a canal boat for little or no cost. Journalists must be the cause of most of this countries problems, they are paid to make it up! Thought that was politicians? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 Metro obviously love these Man ditches renting to live in 100-year-old Dutch narrowboat | Metro News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 12 hours ago, ditchcrawler said: Metro obviously love these Man ditches renting to live in 100-year-old Dutch narrowboat | Metro News "Paycheck"? Which country does this journalist come from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudds Lad Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 8 minutes ago, Athy said: "Paycheck"? Which country does this journalist come from? The United States of Socialmedia. It’s become so ingrained in peoples lives you can actually hear it in children’s accents, phraseology and speech patterns. I fear the end is nigh for regional dialects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 4 minutes ago, Hudds Lad said: The United States of Socialmedia. It’s become so ingrained in peoples lives you can actually hear it in children’s accents, phraseology and speech patterns. I fear the end is nigh for regional dialects And thank goodness for that given Angela Rayner's recent question in the House of Commons to the PM: "Was you there or wasn't you there at the party, Prime minister?" And her supporters excuse this abominable mangulation of the English Language as "Stockport dialect"! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudds Lad Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 2 minutes ago, MtB said: And thank goodness for that given Angela Rayner's recent question in the House of Commons to the PM: "Was you there or wasn't you there at the party, Prime minister?" And her supporters excuse this abominable mangulation of the English Language as "Stockport dialect"! But if you can’t tell where folk are from by their accent, how will you know if they’re wrong ‘uns or not? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 15 minutes ago, Hudds Lad said: But if you can’t tell where folk are from by their accent, how will you know if they’re wrong ‘uns or not? Look at their boat, obviously!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Jordan Posted January 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 (edited) Some years back a crime story appeared in a local paper in the Bristol area, it was a very unpleasant story which had the effect of informing everyone of a new idea for assault. A few days later the same story (word for word ) appeared in a news paper belonging to the same group and circulating in the Newcastle area. At the time it raised the question of how much truth existed in the original story! By taking an interest in the boating story we may be encouraging the clowns to write ( or repeat )more rubbish. Edited January 21, 2022 by Mike Jordan Missing text Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 56 minutes ago, Hudds Lad said: The United States of Socialmedia. 🤣 I'm not aware of the term being used instead of the more common term "salary"; but if it is, surely it should be "pay cheque". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 1 hour ago, MtB said: And thank goodness for that given Angela Rayner's recent question in the House of Commons to the PM: "Was you there or wasn't you there at the party, Prime minister?" And did they all know what she meant? 22 minutes ago, Athy said: 🤣 I'm not aware of the term being used instead of the more common term "salary"; but if it is, surely it should be "pay cheque". Only posh people in management had salaries when I was on my tools, the rest of us just got wages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 5 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said: And did they all know what she meant? Only posh people in management had salaries when I was on my tools, the rest of us just got wages Salaries are paid monthly, wages are paid weekly (so, as a schoolmaster, I was on a salary). The expression "the average weekly wage" is quite often used. There may be exceptions, but that's generally the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 4 minutes ago, Athy said: Salaries are paid monthly, wages are paid weekly (so, as a schoolmaster, I was on a salary). The expression "the average weekly wage" is quite often used. There may be exceptions, but that's generally the case. When I was on a wage, it was very weak. Also as my dad used to point out, those on a salary work one day every four years without pay. The leap day, February 29th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 13 minutes ago, MtB said: When I was on a wage, it was very weak. I'll set 'em up, you tell 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 45 minutes ago, Athy said: Salaries are paid monthly, wages are paid weekly (so, as a schoolmaster, I was on a salary). The expression "the average weekly wage" is quite often used. There may be exceptions, but that's generally the case. I worked shifts and if you were unlucky you caught the 9 hour night when the clocks changed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie Booth Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 1 hour ago, ditchcrawler said: And did they all know what she meant? Only posh people in management had salaries when I was on my tools, the rest of us just got wages You must be gurt posh, we plebs got us dole to live on 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 9 hours ago, Athy said: 🤣 I'm not aware of the term being used instead of the more common term "salary"; but if it is, surely it should be "pay cheque". When did you last hear of anyone being paid by cheque? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, David Mack said: When did you last hear of anyone being paid by cheque? We got one yesterday from UKPower paying for the post in our garden. edit Did I misunderstand, did you mean get their wages by cheque Edited January 21, 2022 by ditchcrawler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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