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I get the feeling we've gone a bit off piste rather quickly here, so I'm going to throw some generalisations towards you, @mrkfm. Everything @transpar...
My experience, backed up by opinions from various friends who have been tradespeople, is that many plumbers, sparkies, chippies, brickies and so on go...
The opinion I've held for a long time is that most marketing is an exercise in narcissistic self-congratulation and admiration in the Emperor's clothe...
OAT = Outside Air Temperature IAT = Internal Air Temperature As for the chart, you'll see the clustering around the 5 degree increments because th...
Exactly. I don't have a problem with "sundries" being a big proportion; I would just want to know why and have evidence the scale was justified. The...
Looking at it from the other end, if I were to receive a quote for £10k - £15k then I'd want to burrow into any and all categories that were over abou...
I've just finished reading BHPSS, @editor, and I can see exactly what others are saying. The book is a startlingly accurate portrait of an industry th...
Of course, @jamespa, there’s no theoretical or even practical reason why an independent survey couldn’t be required to give evidence of corroborative ...
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