bigroomboy

I have a dabble and find it very useful, but far from an expert. I think they are amazing but there are two sides to it. Models that you download and print with maybe a little fettling in the slicer software to get good results, or designing your own models for your needs. This required you to learn CAD skills in software if your choice. Both are useful eg I print loads of workshop organisation parts and things around the house that I download and just print. On the other hand my CAD skills are improving so I can now solve my own problems with 3D printing eg parts for my hide poles and a gun rest for the hide in the pigeon watch context but also jigs for the workshop.

Getting to know your camera is obviously important, but the basics are still what make a good photo regardless of how fancy a camera is. The exposure triangle and the basic effects of shutter speed, aperture and ISO, than maybe read some books or online to gain an understanding of light and composition, rule of thirds, leading lines, telling a story etc. Also if you get really keen look at your local collage for evening courses.

Sorry for the questions. Have we signed any trade deals on better terms since Brexit? And how.many more civil servants does it take to do this? If this is the case how come immigration levels are higher after Brexit than before? In fact it looked like the highest levels we have ever had? Have we created any significantly different laws? I remember there was talk of seeking benefits of removing GM regulations to seize a productivity benefit but as far as I can recall there wasn't public support and it didn't go anywhere so we remain with the same rules as the EU? Looks like we will still be having a lead ban and similar laws on plastics etc. Enjoying 6 months drinking beer in the Spanish sun seems to be out now? Where do all the criminals go these days?

Could you please point me in the direction of some pros please?

Worth having a look at Essex gun at Braintree. Very friendly staff and I got a miroku mK60 with little use but a bit of cosmetic knocks for ironically £525 about 18 months ago and they gave me a slip to take it home without me even asking.

Hi all, a bit random but I thought I would offer here first. This is the table saw attachment for a Myford ML8 wood lathe. Should all be there and a few old blades included. £30 collect near Chelmsford Essex. Thanks.

I've got Aigles that are worn daily dog walking and around 6-7 years old. Also worn shooting and beating so have a tough life. Can't fault them but maybe before any quality drops.

I agree it causes a brain drain in other counties, but I think it's clear the strain on the NHS is coming from increasing life expectancy and an older population, not from migrants. It's amazing how many things can be blamed on migration. It may be an easy excuse, but if we don't understand the root cause of our issues we have no chance of fixing them.

So you would rather the NHS collapse and you can't get the treatment you need than be treated by a foreign doctor? Seems nuts to me, but then I'm not a heavy user of the NHS, if this were true across the board though I don't think we would be seeing the pressure on the NHS that we are?

Clearly skewed figures. 1) he is the product of migration so it's a bit ironic getting all nationalist about it. 2) foreign students contribute massively to the economy by paying for large parts of our university system. To get a foreign student visa you need to get a university place, prove you are financially independent, including the ability to pay huge fees and accomodation costs and you are not entitled to income benefits. Yes they benefit from health, social care, policing, council services whilst here just like any other student. You could put a number on that eg. £12b but it's far less than the money being put into the economy. If you are really lucky they will stay here with their advanced skills and potentially be the person that saves you life as a doctor or scientific researcher.

To be clear I'm not trying to say pensioners have caused these issues. But our own sense of entitlement and an unbalanced voting system means that policies are created that favour these outcomes. I'm also not advocating for a no benefits system. What I'm saying is it should be the absolute bare minimum to put food on the table, a roof over a head and heat in winter. Anything above that should be provided by your own hard work and planning. Being on benefits should be extremely painful, in order to incentivise getting up and going out to work everyday to contribute to the success of this country. The maths of the current systems just don't add up, it's as simple as that.

Yes because our benefits system is too generous. This discussion has become very circular.

That's funny because that's exactly what I would say to you. I'm looking at this as everybody other than somebody reliant on the state pension. I'm thinking about our children in crumbling schools with 40 kids per teacher and no materials to do classes all while we spend twice as much on pensions than education. I'm thinking about the working people giving up 80% of their time to pay for these pensions knowing they will never get the same benefit. I'm thinking about the fact the country simply cannot afford to keep doing it. I'm thinking about the massive underinvestment in our infrastructure to pay for it and the closure of local facilities to pay for it. I suggest sir you take off your specs.

£31k would be a take home of £2122 per month. Assume there were 2 earning that but with housing costs of £1500 per month then that would be £2744. Now assume that's likely to support a family if 4 that's now £841 per person for around 320 hours of work. On top of that they likely have 2 cars to run and other higher costs. You can start to see why £31k is not a huge amount of money to live off for your time and just how generous the state pension really is!

That's the same increase that's being applied to the state pension. The difference being they have paid into a private scheme where the latter is part of a benefits package. As Oowee pointed out above, a private pension option could be completely separated from government. You may choose to stash the money under the mattress, buy property or invest in rare Star wars models. The choice is yours to plan for your future under that system.