United Kingdom chat thread V4: lamb rogan josh, £3 meal deals, and brexit - General

[QUOTE=Hezzy;52718591]Bengley got out of one of these fines by writing to the company and claiming he was simulating driving from John O'Groats to London over the space of 8 hours and that he did not in fact park at any point Have a look at this forum for more info on how to fight these fines; [url]http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showforum=60[/url] They're scummy as heck because they make themselves out to be legitimate PCNs but aren't.[/QUOTE] Thanks for the link. I'm going to dispute it on her behalf mostly because it was a load of bollocks. Also, them pretending to be legitimate PCNs is what fucking aggravates me. It's basically extortion using a mask of legality, and it ends up tarring any and all parking issues with a shit brush.

This morning I counted 6 emails I needed to write, two relating to work/my scholarship, two relating to incorrect orders and 2 others. I've done the first four, but I can't remember for the life of me what the last two were.

Moved out Saturday, got a "reminder" from the landlady that she wants the property professionally cleaned that night. I am looking forwards to reminding her of UK law regarding rental - I rented the place with damp all over it and full of shite (in Jan), despite obtaining promises she would fix the damp and she never did. By law she is entitled to the flat back in the same condition it arrives, minus fair wear and tear. Well, I left it looking much better than when I moved in, so I am looking forwards to a little fight if she tries anything. I could have returned it like a shitheap and been legally in the green, lol. Seriously, most London landlords are fucking scum from my experience, and the letting agencies are damn well near worse. For example, "hi, we booked a viewing today in 3 hours assuming its ok thanks" - fuck off, I have a right to quiet enjoyment of my property by law, but I am a reasonable person and I am willing to perform viewings, provided I am given proper notice of 24 hours or more, and they are appropriately spaced out (cluster them all in a few intervals please) I am a reasonable fucking person, but landlords and letting agents, by god. At least my new one strikes me as a decent person.

Private parking companies, at the end of the day, are there to do a job. I don't like them either, but if you breach their T&Cs you'll get a ticket. As codenamecueball said, try speaking to the store manager at Aldi and they can often get the ticket cancelled. If not, make an informal appeal and explain the situation (politely). They may well accept your appeal particularly if you provide evidence of your shopping that day and a disabled blue badge if you have one. If not, you can appeal to POPLA who are independent and allow a lot of appeals. Don't ignore it, because they can and will take you to court now. It used to be the case that you could just ignore these, but the Protection of Freedoms act 2012 means you are liable as the registered keeper, which makes it a lot easier for them to take you to court.

[QUOTE=Terminutter;52719416]Moved out Saturday, got a "reminder" from the landlady that she wants the property professionally cleaned that night. I am looking forwards to reminding her of UK law regarding rental - I rented the place with damp all over it and full of shite (in Jan), despite obtaining promises she would fix the damp and she never did. By law she is entitled to the flat back in the same condition it arrives, minus fair wear and tear. Well, I left it looking much better than when I moved in, so I am looking forwards to a little fight if she tries anything. I could have returned it like a shitheap and been legally in the green, lol. Seriously, most London landlords are fucking scum from my experience, and the letting agencies are damn well near worse. For example, "hi, we booked a viewing today in 3 hours assuming its ok thanks" - fuck off, I have a right to quiet enjoyment of my property by law, but I am a reasonable person and I am willing to perform viewings, provided I am given proper notice of 24 hours or more, and they are appropriately spaced out (cluster them all in a few intervals please) I am a reasonable fucking person, but landlords and letting agents, by god. At least my new one strikes me as a decent person.[/QUOTE] Did you take photographs to evidence the damp & clutter?

Yeah you're fucked if you don't have pictures from when you first moved in.

[QUOTE=Bengley;52721822]Private parking companies, at the end of the day, are there to do a job. I don't like them either, but if you breach their T&Cs you'll get a ticket. As codenamecueball said, try speaking to the store manager at Aldi and they can often get the ticket cancelled. If not, make an informal appeal and explain the situation (politely). They may well accept your appeal particularly if you provide evidence of your shopping that day and a disabled blue badge if you have one. If not, you can appeal to POPLA who are independent and allow a lot of appeals. Don't ignore it, because they can and will take you to court now. It used to be the case that you could just ignore these, but the Protection of Freedoms act 2012 means you are liable as the registered keeper, which makes it a lot easier for them to take you to court.[/QUOTE] I've contacted Aldi's support email and I'm going to go speak to the manager on Thursday, so yeah hopefully this will get this solved.

When I stayed in a rented flat at university, I should have taken pictures when I moved in. When I first arrived I moved the bed to hoover and found a thick green slime all around the skirting board and cleaned it all off. With the help from my flat mate, we moved the mouldy beds to the garage and I bought a crappy £100 bed for my three year stay. When it came to us moving out the landlord complained about the state of his bed, so I said he could keep my new bed as I wasn't going to haul it back home anytime soon. Could have been a whole lot worse but lucky it wasn't. So yeah in short photograph everything as soon as you move in.

landlordism is a disease

[QUOTE=codenamecueball;52722444]landlordism is a disease[/QUOTE] Only landlord I've known personally got sent down for sticking a steak knife through his tenant's hand after they argued over a lack of sealant in the windows. Granted, the bloke he stabbed was a right aggressive knobcheese who thought he could handle anyone and anything, but he hardly deserved it. Bad situation turned terrible.

[QUOTE=Chris Morris;52723498]right aggressive knobcheese[/QUOTE] well we've all had one of those once in our lives

[QUOTE=Hezzy;52722157]Did you take photographs to evidence the damp & clutter?[/QUOTE] Indeed I do. Will need a little digging to get them, but I have them. Need to push that probability of chance to 51% that the landlord is in the wrong! Also got to deal with my county court judgement about the landlord before this one, uni was a pain. They didnt even contest as they knew they were so far in the wrong.

I got paid in work to get pissed at a Gin tasting evening with a free bar afterwords. Tonight was a great night.

[QUOTE=Thechuz1337;52724092]I got paid in work to get pissed at a Gin tasting evening with a free bar afterwords. Tonight was a great night.[/QUOTE] Lucky sod. I got paid to have a Chinese lady yell 'PUK GAI' at me, unaware I understand Cantonese slurs.

[QUOTE=NeonpieDFTBA;52716333]Aaaand I'm back at uni. Got rear ended on the motorway coming down which sucked, but the car was largely alright and so was my stuff. Beautiful internet connection here :dance:[/QUOTE] you by milton this year?

Got two medium-sized Domino's pizzas. Also got an ear infection so it hurts to chew. Also got a job. It's also warehouse but not Amazon. Still an oligarich company that has probably passed a few Earth-fucking or working class-castrating laws somehow.

if you guys need some mundane to cash dollar, royal mail are hiring for warehouse bodies over christmas

just spend £9.10 on some shitty sandwiches and expensive drinks because coop's meal deal didn't go through fuming

In lieu of doing proper work I've been pissing about trading crypto currencies. Yesterday I had 20% profit, if I was less of a fanny I could've bought 10x what I did yesterday and made back a days wages. I'm not much of gambler though. I only play with small amounts. It's slightly annoying, my boss has been getting into it as well, but he can afford to plough loads into it. He's put 5 grand in since May, but manages to only buy at the top so I've got that one over him

[QUOTE=DatHarry;52728645]just spend £9.10 on some shitty sandwiches and expensive drinks because coop's meal deal didn't go through fuming[/QUOTE] I want this on my epitaph. Every fucking time.

[QUOTE=cr2142;52726456]you by milton this year?[/QUOTE] Erm I'm pretty sure we live pretty close now but I'm like 3 minutes from sobar/the hobbit

Already have a hatred of HMRC due to the hoops they are putting me through for bringing my stuff to the UK. Get told that I only need to state that what I'm shipping is personal items on the customs lable and nothing else. UPS didn't state anything either. Get a call after my stuff has shipped this evening "Oh do you have the transfer of residency code so you don't have to pay VAT?". Looks like I'm $400 (at least) down until my transfer of residency is, hopefuly, approved and I can claim back the VAT. On the upside, at least it's not put in storage until I pay. Going months without my gaming PC would suck ass.

[QUOTE=NeonpieDFTBA;52728821]Erm I'm pretty sure we live pretty close now but I'm like 3 minutes from sobar/the hobbit[/QUOTE] im basically in bedford atm, by orange rooms and popworld?

[QUOTE=cr2142;52729753]im basically in bedford atm, by orange rooms and popworld?[/QUOTE] Oh, the better part of Bedfordshire. I am in the not at all acceptible part of Bedfordshire.

[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;52729964]Oh, the better part of Bedfordshire. I am in the not at all acceptible part of Bedfordshire.[/QUOTE] oops mean't bedford place in southampton :)

[QUOTE=cr2142;52730000]oops mean't bedford place in southampton :)[/QUOTE] this is a not at all acceptible mistake

[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;52729964]Oh, the better part of Bedfordshire. I am in the not at all acceptible part of Bedfordshire.[/QUOTE] The public toilet that is Luton?

[QUOTE=Adam.GameDev;52730048]The public toilet that is Luton?[/QUOTE] Calling it a toilet is a compliment, toilets are feats of modern engineering. But around there.

[QUOTE=cr2142;52730000]oops mean't bedford place in southampton :)[/QUOTE] boyeeeeeee I'm going to be there tomorrow night. Keep an eye out for the fat 6'3 powerlifter with 2 twinks

[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;52730052]Calling it a toilet is a compliment, toilets are feats of modern engineering. But around there.[/QUOTE] I upset myself yesterday when I found out how close to Luton I actually live, fortunately it's far enough away for me to pretend that it isn't there