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[nicebutdim]

No, it is more of a super-power these days.

Captain Common Sense, the capped crusader who does not do dumb ----!

Smart enough to wear a cap, rather than risk entaglement when wearing a cape ?

 

[Midwest]

An Obituary printed in the London Times​

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:

• Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
• Why the early bird gets the worm;
• Life isn't always fair; and
• Maybe it was my fault.

Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).

His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place.

Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.

Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children.

It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an aspirin to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.

Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.

Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realise that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.

Common Sense was preceded in death, by his parents, Truth and Trust, by his wife, Discretion, by his daughter, Responsibility, and by his son, Reason.

He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers;

• I Know My Rights
• I Want It Now
• Someone Else Is To Blame
• I'm A Victim

Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing.

Can't think of the correct terminology, but thats a bit of a myth. Cos things change from generations to generations. Things change, perhaps you won't, or shouldn't. But new generations will.

 

[spynage]

More DIY crap. The whole house was like this. Thing is the couple had only bought it a few months previously yet the surveyor didn't flag up the electrics as a point of interest at all. If they had then they could have an EICR done and possibly knocked some money off the purchase price. What would you recommend their next course of action be? I think they deserve compensation.

Fuse board was 16 edition clipsal. It had a plastic shelf glued onto the top. What should the surveyor be looking for? Right beside it is a bit of twin and earth dangling about an inch away from an incandescent bulb, all under the stairs.

 

[James]

More DIY crap. The whole house was like this. Thing is the couple had only bought it a few months previously yet the surveyor didn't flag up the electrics as a point of interest at all. If they had then they could have an EICR done and possibly knocked some money off the purchase price. What would you recommend their next course of action be? I think they deserve compensation.

Fuse board was 16 edition clipsal. It had a plastic shelf glued onto the top. What should the surveyor be looking for? Right beside it is a bit of twin and earth dangling about an inch away from an incandescent bulb, all under the stairs.

That’s some rough work even for diy!

 

[pc1966]

Yes, it takes a special "skill" to do something so utterly badly as that.

 

[spynage]

Or when they use the un-insulated connectors from the 3plate ceiling rose without tape in a metal fitting in a bathroom. Been like that for 10years apparently and never touched the metal until a lamp went in it and they twisted the fitting slightly changing it and couldn't reset the rcd!View attachment 64416

Just WOW. A little knowledge eh.

 

[spynage]

That’s some rough work even for diy!

I tell you what was rough. The survey!

 

[Mike Johnson]

To be a little bit fairer to the Surveyor, they would not have done an intrusive survey of the property so most of the things exposed by the electrician would not have been obvious to them, but still a bad survey to not pick up any of the exposed items.

 

[spynage]

To be a little bit fairer to the Surveyor, they would not have done an intrusive survey of the property so most of the things exposed by the electrician would not have been obvious to them, but still a bad survey to not pick up any of the exposed items.

Yeah. Understood. I'd like to know what these surveyors do though. This pic is also from under the stairs right by the consumer unit. I wonder what their electrical training is?

 

[freddo]

What would you recommend their next course of action be? I think they deserve compensation.

Don't think there is much that can be done, a house is sold as seen, they will just have to accept it and have the house rewired.

There were a fair number of poor alterations in my house, including bared live conductors buried in filler in 4 locations, a consumer unit wired in 10mm SWA connected to the back of a socket, outside lighting in garden wall wired in flex buried direct, earth wires were cut out and garden lights class I, fed from 32A MCB.