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roofgardener Top Member PLanting Chillis Posts: 2,378	Jim's Journal Feb 4, 2016 20:57:44 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by roofgardener on Feb 4, 2016 20:57:44 GMT Bah !!! I'm voting for Welsh Independance.

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Jim's Journal Feb 4, 2016 23:45:18 GMT

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Feb 4, 2016 20:04:13 GMT roofgardener said:

Feb 4, 2016 12:29:29 GMT sweetpea said:

New roof, new windows and new back door plus the gable end wall & chimney stacks. Supposed to be completed bt end of Feb. but we shall see.
This is courtesy of the Welsh Office which I think gets its funding from the EU??
Locally it is called the 'Regeneration scheme' and all we pay is a tiny fraction of the real costs so when the offer came we couldn't really refuse..............would you?

So THATS where all my taxes are going !

Didn't know you were a Welsh taxpayer roofie

I'll get around to it eventually

roofgardener Top Member PLanting Chillis Posts: 2,378	Jim's Journal Feb 5, 2016 16:02:05 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by roofgardener on Feb 5, 2016 16:02:05 GMT I'm English... meaning that I am a Welsh and Scottish taxpayer...

daitheplant Top Member Posts: 6,385	Jim's Journal Feb 5, 2016 19:36:59 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daitheplant on Feb 5, 2016 19:36:59 GMT Feb 5, 2016 16:02:05 GMT roofgardener said: I'm English... meaning that I am a Welsh and Scottish taxpayer... You`ll get your own back Roofus, when we Welsh and Scottish taxpayers bail out the HS2 rail system.

roofgardener Top Member PLanting Chillis Posts: 2,378	Jim's Journal Feb 5, 2016 20:02:27 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by roofgardener on Feb 5, 2016 20:02:27 GMT Yeah... right...

daitheplant Top Member Posts: 6,385	Jim's Journal Feb 5, 2016 20:09:23 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daitheplant on Feb 5, 2016 20:09:23 GMT Feb 5, 2016 20:02:27 GMT roofgardener said: Yeah... right...

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Jim's Journal Feb 5, 2016 23:08:34 GMT grindle and daitheplant like this

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I'm Scottish, lived in England for many years and now in Wales. Reckon I no longer fill in a tax return as no longer earning.
Here in my part of wales closures are the order of the day, people on the dole or whatever they call it these days but as I paid my dues for over 50 years I reckon I'm entitled to some comeback.

I'll get around to it eventually

Cherry Global Moderator Posts: 17,970	Jim's Journal Feb 7, 2016 4:47:57 GMT grindle, sweetpea, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cherry on Feb 7, 2016 4:47:57 GMT That sounds a good deal SP, and I certainly would not refuse it. Good for you. Time we got something out of Government money.

Moonlight Top Member Posts: 4,922	Jim's Journal Feb 7, 2016 8:26:48 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Moonlight on Feb 7, 2016 8:26:48 GMT Totally agree Cherry

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Jim's Journal Feb 7, 2016 17:48:41 GMT

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Thought to have a look at Freecycle today and saw topsoil locally so going round tomorrow with trailer assuming its not p'ing down and collect as Maureen wants me to build a rockery by the patio

Also put in a request for stable manure and got a reply almost immediatel so will contact and hope for the best. i couldn't remember the last place I got some from and anyway it was way out in the wilds of West Wales.

I'll get around to it eventually

daitheplant Top Member Posts: 6,385	Jim's Journal Feb 7, 2016 20:12:37 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daitheplant on Feb 7, 2016 20:12:37 GMT We have got horrendous weather forecast for tomorrow Jim, so take your mac and wellies.

Rosie Global Moderator Rambling Rosie. Posts: 9,407	Jim's Journal Feb 7, 2016 21:55:24 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rosie on Feb 7, 2016 21:55:24 GMT That all sounds great sweetpea, we're just looking into external insulation for the house, it may be free or on the green deal scheme. Apparently this kind of insulation is really popular in places like Poland etc.
	Geordie in Exile..

sweetpea Top Member Posts: 5,982	Jim's Journal Feb 7, 2016 22:05:05 GMT daitheplant likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sweetpea on Feb 7, 2016 22:05:05 GMT Feb 7, 2016 20:12:37 GMT daitheplant said: We have got horrendous weather forecast for tomorrow Jim, so take your mac and wellies. I've told them I wont be collecting if the weather is still bad.
	I'll get around to it eventually

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Jim's Journal Feb 8, 2016 8:28:57 GMT

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Feb 7, 2016 21:55:24 GMT Rosie said:

That all sounds great sweetpea, we're just looking into external insulation for the house, it may be free or on the green deal scheme. Apparently this kind of insulation is really popular in places like Poland etc.

Its worth having rosie, very effective. We got it free about 4 yrs ago under one of the Government schemes (its handy sometimes being an oldie

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Born and bred in Northumberland!!

Rosie Global Moderator Rambling Rosie. Posts: 9,407	Jim's Journal Feb 8, 2016 8:48:05 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rosie on Feb 8, 2016 8:48:05 GMT OO thats good news Lou78W, we tend to get very little for free up here with the Scottish government, can't even get free solar panels.
	Geordie in Exile..

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