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There are quite a few drop kerbs on the street and there's no front garden, just the driveway. Thanks for the advice guys and girls, lot less than I was expecting though as it's been pointed out, prices will no doubt vary between councils.

To quote Homer Simpson (whilst dipping grapefruits in sugar): "You can't improve on nature."

I think it was just too extreme and was locked, deleted and then set on fire.

Cool, thanks. That's actually a lot cheaper than I was expecting but from what I can see looking around it all depends on how wide the pavement is and how many kerbs have to be dropped. Beershz, was that for a single car driveway?

Following on from my misadventures with tramps, hookers and crack heads, I've been looking at moving and one place I found is very nice and has a driveway but would need a drop kerb. I'm sure there are a million and one factors to consider, but would anyone who has experience in such matters be able to give me a vague idea of the costs involved? Thanks.

Incredible!

Cool, thanks. TBH, I was looking at what Thomson offers and it seems pretty good. Their 5t cruise (5* I guess) takes in all the major sites and is all inclusive. Reviews seem very positive and the boat looks nice.

Planning on taking a Nile cruise a little later in the year but there are *so* many companies doing them that I thought I'd just ask and see if anyone's been on one and if they've used a company they'd recommend. Not too keen on one of the smaller boats because I don't want to be stuck with 8 people that I'm going to hate for a while week, so thinking of the big bastad boats might be more my thing. Quite like the sound of those 5 star super ultra deluxe jobbies. Cheers guys and girls.

Well, after random homeless man who lives in my building asking me for money earlier this week, we've now had random bloke getting sucked off by some bird on our half landing not five minutes ago... not sure if that's better or worse than the people we get coming into the building and smoking weed and, I'm pretty certain, crack on the stairs. Love London...

That engine came out a little while ago now... though obviously the Supra got there first.

Sounds like everyone apart from me has had a lion! Reckon I've been missing out...

Nice to see it's not just me that felt it was a bit out of order. I like the way he asked for exactly £10 - you can eat for a lot cheaper than that! As for moving, that's been on the cards for a little while, just hope I can make it come together.

Thing is, there are 20 flats in the building so there's a 1 in 19 chance he'll sign for it. I wager that the postie rang the buzzer of the flats nearest the ground floor as he didn't want to carry an admittedly big box all over the buulding, and they happened to be in.

Just had a knock on the door, so was naturally not too keen to open it considering how late it is. Turned out to be one of my neighbours with a package for me (Rock Band instruments!) which had been delivered today while I was out and he'd signed for it on my behalf. I thanked him and then he says 'Can you do me a favour?' Turns out he wanted me to 'lend' him £10 so he could buy dinner. Now, I live in a council building and our council has recently taken to housing homeless people in the building. All well and good and for the most part they don't cause trouble and keep themselves to themselves but when one of them, who you've never met before and never spoken to asks to borrow money, is it just me or is that a bit out of order? I apologised said that I didn't have any cash to lend him though he didn't seem convinced but he went on his way. What would you have done?

God no, not CoD4! Everywhere I go it follows me around! Whenever I go to bed and close my eyes, all I can see is dark shapes sniping from building windows, hiding behind piles of rubble, running at me from behind walls and I'm out of bullets in my MP5 and it's taking too long to reload and... and... I really need to stop playing it for a while I think

Keith C's right about the input - my TV is 'only' 720p but accepts 1080p input quite happily and if you go into the PS3 menu you can force it to only output 1080p rather than 720p, which most games support. Of course, that doesn't mean that 720p games are now 1080p but it says 1080p on my screen and that's good enough for me. Also, a full HD TV isn't necessarily better - you'll only notice the difference between 720 and 1080p on a huge screen and even then it'll only be marginal and 1080p TVs are worse at displaying regular TV broadcasts, so unless you're planning to watch all your TV in HD then a 720p one might be a better bet. Then again, considering how quickly prices are falling, I guess it makes sense to get the best and most advanced, feature-laden TV you can.

Mate, I don't do relationships: huge rockets ftw!!!!!111one

Massively off topic but these things are just awesome, steel rain indeed: Russian Smerch and Grad: American M270 I believe:

Nowt wrong with cheese and jam.

Well I quite enjoyed the first Hulk movie (which probably makes me the only person in the UK to feel this way) so I reckon I'll think this is the best film ever...

Hey Mike, thanks a lot for that! I'll keep you posted about how our project goes! If everything goes to plan then you won't be able to recognise it!

Guys and girls, my friend from work and I are doing the Staples 2 Naples rally later in the year, where you drive 1500 miles from Calais to Naples over four days in a car costing £100 or less. I thought it would be a great opportunity to raise money for a worthy cause while we were at it so it would mean a lot to both of us if you guys could sponsor us. Doesn't matter how much you give, every little counts and it really is worthwhile cause. Here's the link to our charity site - http://www.justgiving.com/bmwcar. Thanks a lot!

Well, considering the GTR has 500bhp, it's not *that* surprising...

I was so excited about this and really got into all the pre-movie hype and all the mystery surrounding the monster and the whol back story and then I went to see it and, well... what a load of w@nk. So disappointing, dull and not exciting or scary in the slightest. I think there were maybe two or three scenes where I didn't wish that I was somewhere else. Oh, and as for The Happening, I hear it's an unmitigiated pile o' sh1te.

Might I suggest you get one with an extended warranty - my boss ran one as a company car for the past year or so and warranty claims have added up to about £6k. Expensive to renew but even at £1800 a year for the top level of cover, you're sorted for all possible problems and it's cheaper than not getting one. Very thristy too, over 20mpg is a rare sight. I raced one in my BPU Supra from 50 to 120 and while it was very close, I pulled about a car length on him in that time. Awesome cars though and one of my all-time favourite BMWs.