We have old-fashioned awnings on top of the verandah windows, and they have an extra flap of material (white, open lattice design) which can be attached to hang down, thus giving windows more shade without losing too much light. In addition, all the doors in the house are propped open and the upper floor windows on the shady side are open to their fullest extent.
@Priscilla This may be a useful starting point from the Government but it seems to apply to imports and exports. I can’t find anything about items that are already here. Maybe a call to a relevant government body would help, or naturally enough a solicitor.
Would I have get a cites certificate for an antique bottle, orthe lid of which has a piece of tortoiseshell?
If you currently own the object, you don't need a CITES certificate, but if you wish to sell or purchase such an object you will need one. A reputable antiques dealer will be able to advise you
Would I have get a cites certificate for an antique bottle, orthe lid of which has a piece of tortoiseshell?
That's interesting. Looks like you are OK unless you plan to take it abroad, or to NI! I guess my harmonium (1860-ish, I think, so ivory-capped keys?) would also be of interest to the authorities, which is funny as they are likely the only people who might find it interesting!
When did the BBC news website start selling subscriptions? Is this only an overseas phenomenon? When I try to access an article it is asking me to pay for a subscription.
I've not seen it go that far. I have seen numerous "reminders" to log in, but I'm UK-based.
It's sad that a lot of news websites are behind pathwalls (including the kind that will let you access the website if you let them install spyware - cookies - on your computer). So I tend to use Remove Paywalls, which allows access to articles in New York Times and The Guardian.
I don't find that the BBC prevents my reading articles, I can skip the ads. The paywall epidemic is odd, since most items on the Google feed have it, so they are pointless to click on.
What is a mudroom? A couple of novels that I've read recently, both set in the US have used this term and I'm curious.
Ours (in Canada) is a small room just inside the back door where you can kick off your boots - I think that may be a common meaning. Ours is also the utility room with the washing machine, central heating equipment and electrical panel.
When did the BBC news website start selling subscriptions? Is this only an overseas phenomenon? When I try to access an article it is asking me to pay for a subscription.
It drives me nuts, not least of which because the BBC is a reliable source I’ve sought out before, and I can’t point my students to it either anymore. (Well, through the library system, maybe.)
What is a mudroom? A couple of novels that I've read recently, both set in the US have used this term and I'm curious.
Its what used to be called a Boot Room in the UK - a grand name for a porch by the back door in smaller houses, where you find waterproofs, wellington boots, etc.
Over a last few months we have had Royal Mail post deliveries on a Sunday. This usually happens when we haven’t had deliveries through the preceding week and it looks like some mail is now delayed and the regular daily deliveries held up, which isn’t a good thing and has been confusing.
Has anyone else noticed this? We are in the Newport, South Wales area.
One of the advantages of living iin a rural area is that our post comes by van and you can pretty much set your clock by it. Our current postie is a lovely lady who keeps an eye out for older residents and delivers messages too.
I've not done an exact analysis of the mail deliveries, but I think mine now gets delivered just once or twice a week. I'm in a large town in Hampshire. But any post that does arrive, always comes in batches. Followed by barren periods.
We had a mailman that everyone loved. He would always arrive early, check on seniors, bring heavier packages up on the porch. He did such a good job he was made a manager. Our new mail person comes at all times during the day. Leaves our mail box doors open half the time, and leaves packages on the ground at the bottom of our steps WE ALL WANT OUR OLD MAILMAN BACK.
One of the advantages of living iin a rural area is that our post comes by van and you can pretty much set your clock by it. Our current postie is a lovely lady who keeps an eye out for older residents and delivers messages too.
The advantage of living in a very rural area is you can leave your door unlocked and the postie will happily put parcels inside. The courier, on the other hand, might put the parcel in your car if they see it before they reach your house. Fine if they put it on the front seat; can cause confusion if it's in the boot and you don't think to check.
We live in a quiet street off the main road about a mile out of town. The Parcelforce and the other couriers have our “safe place” which is “tucked down the side of the house”. In six years nothing has gone missing (but we do have security lights and a camera we can view on our mobile phone).
If we’re in the house, we leave the front door open so deliveries can be left in the porch: if anyone wants our shoes, coats and our soft drinks, they can have them.
And again! New National Trust cards, delayed hearing appointment letter, a bank statement and some junk.
Nothing that really matters, as we’ve already had the hearing tests and we can get all the bank information on line. Just as well we aren’t expecting anything nasty.
Here in Wiltshire we haven't - so far - had any deliveries on a Sunday and we do seem to get a lot of post one day and then nothing for several, although I think I've seen a postman about pretty regularly.
We have however had some problems with our post redirection service and twice I've had to phone up about it. Where we lived before were down to deliveries every two or three days anyway (things fell apart badly during Covid and never seemed to recover) and there's clearly some issue with the sorting office for the redirection to stop working. The people I spoke to on the phone were very helpful and now that it's happened twice it will be "escalated." Fortunately we've been back a few times and able to pick stuff up from our old address. There has been loads of it, but nothing too urgent so far.
I've not seen it go that far. I have seen numerous "reminders" to log in, but I'm UK-based.
It's sad that a lot of news websites are behind pathwalls (including the kind that will let you access the website if you let them install spyware - cookies - on your computer). So I tend to use Remove Paywalls, which allows access to articles in New York Times and The Guardian.
It might have enabled access, but that isn't the same as allowing it…
The issue of paywall removers has come up before. When you use a paywall-remover, you are normally contravening the terms and conditions of the content provider. You are also depriving a content provider of income. There is also the question of what the paywall remover is doing with your data.
There are plenty of justifiable reasons to reject cookies (eg third-party cookies), but cookies are not spyware. One irony of the comment about cookies is that paywall removers themselves tend to install cookies, track your browsing and serve you ads.
It's sad that a lot of news websites are behind pathwalls (including the kind that will let you access the website if you let them install spyware - cookies - on your computer). So I tend to use Remove Paywalls, which allows access to articles in New York Times and The Guardian.
The issue of paywall removers has come up before. When you use a paywall-remover, you are normally contravening the terms and conditions of the content provider. You are also depriving a content provider of income.
Yes. Paywall removers strike me as a form of theft; I don’t see how using one is any different from just taking a newspaper from a newsstand without paying for it.
Does anybody else use "MSN Weather" on their computer? One of its functions is a "Hurricane" setting that is supposed to show me the path of active bad weather like tropical storms and hurricanes.
For the past couple months, MSN Weather has been happy to show me the paths of tropical storms/typhoons out around the Philippines and Japan. Currently, it shows the path of former Typhoon (now Tropical Depression) Saudel, and the path of Tropical Storm Krovanh.
You know what it has not shown me or acknowledged in any way? Any storms in and around the Untied States. There are currently THREE active hurricanes between Hawaii and Mexico (Hurricanes Karina, Lowell and Marie). MSN Weather does not acknowledge them or show their projected paths at all. Former Tropical Storm Edouard (now just remnants) came ashore in Texas---and MSN Weather made no comment.
Is anybody else having the same experience? Did I somehow accidentally put a setting on MSN Weather that it only show me such weather in the Philippines/Japan range?
I am trying very hard not to go full tin-foil hat conspiracy theorist here, but why doesn't MSN Weather acknowledge or name bad weather affecting the USA?
I don't use that, but I have another, travel-type feature that keeps getting it into its head that I live in another state. So does the shopping feature at the DIY store--it rarely remembers where I tell it to look, that is, locally. I think that there must be a setting in there somewhere that is convinced you live in Japan etc. and it needs resetting. Wish I could tell you where, but google it and you might find it.
I don't think that that is the problem. "Hurricane" is just one feature. When I open it, it shows me a weather map with temperature, wind speeds, humidity, etc. etc.---but the default map is exactly where I live. Therefore, it knows where my computer is (or should be--admittedly if I take the laptop with me on travels, the app assumes that it is still at home). It is just the hurricane feature that shifts me half a world away.
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If you currently own the object, you don't need a CITES certificate, but if you wish to sell or purchase such an object you will need one. A reputable antiques dealer will be able to advise you
That's interesting. Looks like you are OK unless you plan to take it abroad, or to NI! I guess my harmonium (1860-ish, I think, so ivory-capped keys?) would also be of interest to the authorities, which is funny as they are likely the only people who might find it interesting!
Musical instruments: Made before 1975 containing less than 20% ivory by volume.
It's sad that a lot of news websites are behind pathwalls (including the kind that will let you access the website if you let them install spyware - cookies - on your computer). So I tend to use Remove Paywalls, which allows access to articles in New York Times and The Guardian.
Ours (in Canada) is a small room just inside the back door where you can kick off your boots - I think that may be a common meaning. Ours is also the utility room with the washing machine, central heating equipment and electrical panel.
It drives me nuts, not least of which because the BBC is a reliable source I’ve sought out before, and I can’t point my students to it either anymore. (Well, through the library system, maybe.)
Its what used to be called a Boot Room in the UK - a grand name for a porch by the back door in smaller houses, where you find waterproofs, wellington boots, etc.
Has anyone else noticed this? We are in the Newport, South Wales area.
The advantage of living in a very rural area is you can leave your door unlocked and the postie will happily put parcels inside. The courier, on the other hand, might put the parcel in your car if they see it before they reach your house. Fine if they put it on the front seat; can cause confusion if it's in the boot and you don't think to check.
If we’re in the house, we leave the front door open so deliveries can be left in the porch: if anyone wants our shoes, coats and our soft drinks, they can have them.
Nothing that really matters, as we’ve already had the hearing tests and we can get all the bank information on line. Just as well we aren’t expecting anything nasty.
We have however had some problems with our post redirection service and twice I've had to phone up about it. Where we lived before were down to deliveries every two or three days anyway (things fell apart badly during Covid and never seemed to recover) and there's clearly some issue with the sorting office for the redirection to stop working. The people I spoke to on the phone were very helpful and now that it's happened twice it will be "escalated." Fortunately we've been back a few times and able to pick stuff up from our old address. There has been loads of it, but nothing too urgent so far.
The issue of paywall removers has come up before. When you use a paywall-remover, you are normally contravening the terms and conditions of the content provider. You are also depriving a content provider of income. There is also the question of what the paywall remover is doing with your data.
There are plenty of justifiable reasons to reject cookies (eg third-party cookies), but cookies are not spyware. One irony of the comment about cookies is that paywall removers themselves tend to install cookies, track your browsing and serve you ads.
For the past couple months, MSN Weather has been happy to show me the paths of tropical storms/typhoons out around the Philippines and Japan. Currently, it shows the path of former Typhoon (now Tropical Depression) Saudel, and the path of Tropical Storm Krovanh.
You know what it has not shown me or acknowledged in any way? Any storms in and around the Untied States. There are currently THREE active hurricanes between Hawaii and Mexico (Hurricanes Karina, Lowell and Marie). MSN Weather does not acknowledge them or show their projected paths at all. Former Tropical Storm Edouard (now just remnants) came ashore in Texas---and MSN Weather made no comment.
Is anybody else having the same experience? Did I somehow accidentally put a setting on MSN Weather that it only show me such weather in the Philippines/Japan range?
I am trying very hard not to go full tin-foil hat conspiracy theorist here, but why doesn't MSN Weather acknowledge or name bad weather affecting the USA?