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Post by andy on Aug 27, 2023 20:17:14 GMT
In the village we are getting 2 storeys of flats built over retail units built over a basement car park with charging points. Some folk dealing with salvage electric cars park them 50 feet apart and some manufacturers have suggested it too when there have been problems they want to address. Not that they are necessarily more likely to catch fire than ICE cars but when they do it's much more of a problem.... cobalt poisoning, for example. Being in the same building as EVs charging seems risky. Perhaps the building will be more expensive to insure? |
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Post by geoffr on Aug 27, 2023 20:26:56 GMT
In the village we are getting 2 storeys of flats built over retail units built over a basement car park with charging points. Only thing missing is a big bad wolf carrying straws and sticks... Big bad wolf is better described as Tesla with his mates PHEV and EV. |
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Post by lesleysm2 on Aug 27, 2023 22:55:45 GMT
(excepting Lesley's pint, which finished up terminally drunk) For the record I took the pint with me when I left |
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Post by peterba on Aug 28, 2023 6:52:28 GMT
For the record I took the pint with me when I left
I was confident that - in those circumstances - you would have followed the correct procedure, Lesley.  |
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Post by spinno on Aug 28, 2023 7:03:02 GMT
For the record I took the pint with me when I left
I was confident that - in those circumstances - you would have followed the correct procedure, Lesley. Bog standard fire etc. instructions "When evacuating the premises ensure that you have only your essential items with you" |
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Post by geoffr on Aug 28, 2023 7:58:42 GMT
I was confident that - in those circumstances - you would have followed the correct procedure, Lesley. Bog standard fire etc. instructions "When evacuating the premises ensure that you have only your essential items with you" Some years ago the building in which I worked, and in which Kate had previously worked, was being refurbished. The builders were experts at setting of the fire alarm, conveniently, at around 3:00 in the afternoon. After a couple of instances I decided to use a different car park and was able to avoid the protracted wait to be let back in, and the traffic, by ending my working day whenever the alarm was activated. Obviously I reported my departure to a fire warden. The result was that I got home early enough to get a couple of hours work done without interruption. Many of my colleagues had delayed departures because the offices were on top of the car park, access to which was denied by the fire alarm. |
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Post by aitch on Aug 28, 2023 9:35:22 GMT
Bog standard fire etc. instructions "When evacuating the premises ensure that you have only your essential items with you" Some years ago the building in which I worked, and in which Kate had previously worked, was being refurbished. The builders were experts at setting of the fire alarm, conveniently, at around 3:00 in the afternoon. After a couple of instances I decided to use a different car park and was able to avoid the protracted wait to be let back in, and the traffic, by ending my working day whenever the alarm was activated. Obviously I reported my departure to a fire warden. The result was that I got home early enough to get a couple of hours work done without interruption. Many of my colleagues had delayed departures because the offices were on top of the car park, access to which was denied by the fire alarm. If it's the building I'm thinking of, when I was in it (on the 10th floor) we didn't need builders to set off the alarms - the the guys in the workshops on the ground floor were pretty good at doing that. |
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Post by geoffr on Aug 28, 2023 10:54:10 GMT
Some years ago the building in which I worked, and in which Kate had previously worked, was being refurbished. The builders were experts at setting of the fire alarm, conveniently, at around 3:00 in the afternoon. After a couple of instances I decided to use a different car park and was able to avoid the protracted wait to be let back in, and the traffic, by ending my working day whenever the alarm was activated. Obviously I reported my departure to a fire warden. The result was that I got home early enough to get a couple of hours work done without interruption. Many of my colleagues had delayed departures because the offices were on top of the car park, access to which was denied by the fire alarm. If it's the building I'm thinking of, when I was in it (on the 10th floor) we didn't need builders to set off the alarms - the the guys in the workshops on the ground floor were pretty good at doing that. I think that problem was solved, possibly by doing away with the workshops, we’ll not go there. The 10th floor was refurbished, we moved up from the 9th and then that was refurbished as was the second floor (last one below the car park). I think it was that one that caused the problems. The windows on the 10th floor needed to be replaced back in 2015 but the cost was enormous, they probably still need replacing. |
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Post by lesleysm2 on Aug 28, 2023 21:49:42 GMT
Did you get back in the pub for another pint o.k ?  Nope they remained closed all day but I did take my pint out with me then drank it on the way to the next pub, which remained open |
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Post by spinno on Aug 29, 2023 7:15:04 GMT
Did you get back in the pub for another pint o.k ? Nope they remained closed all day but I did take my pint out with me then drank it on the way to the next pub, which remained open The true British spirit in the face of adversity, get to the next pub if the one you want is closed. |
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Post by willien on Aug 29, 2023 11:52:55 GMT
Did you get back in the pub for another pint o.k ? Nope they remained closed all day but I did take my pint out with me then drank it on the way to the next pub, which remained open Thereby breaking several laws - but when needs must...  |
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Post by lesleysm2 on Aug 29, 2023 22:56:52 GMT
Nope they remained closed all day but I did take my pint out with me then drank it on the way to the next pub, which remained open Thereby breaking several laws - but when needs must... The prices in the Bells I wasn't wasting a drop! |
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