HorseChandelier

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Cake day: October 1st, 2023

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  • Hmmm there are quite a few of these… Ok these are UK/us mostly.

    America: fanny - backside

    UK: fanny - the other side (!)

    America: rubber - condom

    UK: rubber - something you use to erase pencil marks.

    UK and others: Durex - Condom brand

    Others: Durex - sticky tape

    US: Suspenders - things for holding trousers up

    UK: Suspenders - things for holding stockings up. Used with a suspender belt and with, or without, other underwear…

    USA: Pants - leg coverings e.g. blue jeans

    Most of the UK: Pants - things you wear under your blue jeans (unless ”going commando”)


  • IANAL however… Your daily storage rate is way too low. It will cost you more to get what they owe you than you will get out of them.

    Send them a letter changing the rate to £250 a day and stating payment terms of 30 days.

    You have to be (legally) reasonable, so give them 14 or 28 days to get something sorted, after which the new rate will apply.

    You should send them (snail mail and email) invoices every week reminding them of their ongoing commitment to paying you.

    They may not pay you, in which case you have to go through small claims (Google it) or sue them to get the money they agreed to pay you (by not removing the vehicle after you gave them a reasonable time to comply) the former costs you time and effort the latter cost time effort and money.

    In my experience, once invoices for significant sums start adding up to being a PITA for them, things will happen. Once the car is gone you have to decide if it is worth your time and effort to chase down the invoices. Hint - it probably isn’t.

    I got rid of incompetent bailiff companies this way (they kept buying a debt that someone had taken out using my address as theirs and the original loan company didn’t check)

    tl;dr - you have to make it worth their while to make you go away whilst being cool, collected and, above all, reasonable.



  • Yeh - it’s just the Arubas are much more sensitive to slightly dodgy connections. Connections and wiring which worked with their predecessor Ciscos just fine is persona non Grata in the Aruba universe.

    With cameras they just won’t talk to them even if the port is set to 10mbps rather than Auto. Stick an unmanaged switch in the way and they work fine.

    One thing I have found is that FS.com sfp+ Aruba compatible modules work just fine which saves a packet!


  • We have an extensive Aruba estate here (managed for us by the local authority). You have to be careful about licenses for management software. The authority weren’t so there are issues… Though that may be authority incompetence rather than an Aruba issue.

    The other thing we have noticed is that they are very touchy indeed about 10mbps connections (cameras often need an intermediate unmanaged switch), and also will drop so-so 1Gbps links back to 100mbps at the drop of a hat…






  • Live in Wales so I have skin in this game…

    Observations: 20mph limit means most people drive below 30 in urban areas.

    20mph might not be universal in UK but many many places I drive through over the border in Engerland have a 20 limit.

    Most roads with a 20 limit have an average speed of… Stationary /walking pace anyway.

    The mandatory 20 limit was proposed and supported by Welsh right of centre politicos who dropped it like a hot potato on implementation - it was was weaponised legislation used as a stick with which to beat the left of centre Welsh Government Assembly ruling party.

    My commute of 16 miles each way, though mainly through urban areas, has about 500m of 20mph limit… Commute time is unaffected. I’m all right Jack!

    Over all I like the 20mph limit and the shouty loudmouths who don’t have failed to engage critical thinking.