u/Pecyouilar

I moved into a new place 2 months ago and I've been bringing my rubbish home to my dad's every 2 to 3 weeks (or else he takes it when he calls). I've very little general waste as I'm good at recycling. I bought a composter for the garden now. I'd been dumping the compost in the woods for the last 2 months. When I get a tenant in I will need to get a bin collection, but I don't intend to have a red or brown bin.

My auntie has no bin because her work place has a skip, so I don't think her neighbours are saying anything about her.

Here's two photos

https://postimg.cc/Xr25gnJK/779889e3

https://postimg.cc/PPyvtdmn/830bcdfc

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I got some stirfry recently in one place and I wasn't too impressed. They packaged it in a black plastic tray. Those things involve so much cleaning work if you want to recycle them.

Do any butchers put your orders into the type of plastic bags that you can see through? That's what I'm used to.

I'm just wondering what some others here think of this. During the winter a manager at our company boarded one of our coaches on his rest day. The bus was out of service and he began acting strange when onboard. He was on the phone, walking around the bus, and sitting on the step next to the driver. He demanded to the driver that he be let out at a red light, and then went after another bus that was in service. He told that driver to get out and take his break. He then drove the bus up to a terminus that it doesn't go to, and blocked the street.

There was a member of ground staff in that area who boarded the bus. He then snatched her phone from her as she was about to make a phone call about him. Some other staff came along and persuaded him to give the phone back but he argued with them for a while until he eventually collapsed. The staff wanted to do a company drug test on him but they couldn't as it was a public holiday and no managers were in. An ambulance was called after he collapsed, but he apparently wasn't drug tested.

He then went sick for 6 months and now he's back! He obviously went through some sort of disciplinary procedure and I'm not entirely sure how he got away with it. He had been out sick for two months around September, and someone said that he had a nervous breakdown because the company pressured him into coming back to work to soon, so it's their fault. Some people are glad that he's back saying "he's very brave to come back after what happened" and that it's not his fault because he's mental health problems, but others are saying that he's only got his job back because his mother's very high up in the parent company, and that if any of us did that, that we'd be fired straight away. For context, this same manager's boyfriend was fired last September for being drunk on the job, and it was the day after he was fired that this manager first went sick.

I'm referring to the ones on the northern side, that got burned last year. They began doing repairs last year, and then it seemed they just abandoned it.

I've a few questions as I'm considering renting one room tax free in my place.

If an owner decides to charge a tenant the max €1,166, does that usually imply that the electricity/waste/internet bills are within this, or is it up to the owner? What's the norm?

I'm not entirely sure how much I should be asking for? I'm a 3 bedroom semi-d in Cork, which I bought for €405k. Do most owners just take the view that because €1,166 is the max, that they should try and charge that?

What the norm when it comes to items like soap, washing up liquid, toilet paper, and kitchen roll?

Basically I've had an unfortunate experience with a solicitor who completed the purchase of my house - which hopefully people will be sensitive about - and I have a few questions.

• I'd imagine certain title documents in may name are currently stored somewhere. I'd imagine it's with some council registry office, or the like... and not the solicitor? How could I get access to thee if I want to?
• I was sort of expecting some sort of certificate that I'd get when the sale finally closed. Just like in the way if you were stopped by a guard, you could prove that you own the car you're driving. If I shouldn't have received anything like this, then it would seem that it's not like buying a car, where you get an actual cert that says you're the owner? The last I heard from the solicitor was him emailing to ask for my PPS no. on the day of closing. A few days prior to closing I actually still thought I'd have to re-visit him to sign closing documentation... which I didn't need to. On the day of closing I couldn't get through to the solicitor by phone, and has been unresponsive since.
• When I met him to sign contracts, I think he said something about how my mortgage payments would go through an account he would set. Does that sound right?
• What if I were selling this house 5 years from now; could that mean I'm tied to this guy somehow?
• Hypothetically, if he messed up with something throughout the sale, that would affect me down the line (when selling, or not), what would it typically be?

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What's the most you've paid for a banana? I'm wondering was I ripped off. Pretty sure there wasn't any price sign, but I can't imagine there being a price sign reading "€1" next to bananas. It's bananas I know.

Most bedside lamps I see have just one brightness setting, with an on/off switch. I want one where I can adjust the brightness to whatever I want at any moment. Someone bought this beauty for me about 25 years ago and I want another one exactly like it. Can you see the circular knob for adjusting the brightness? When it's turned down low it has the lovely yellowish light.

Where could I get one of these? Are the likes of these still on the go?

https://preview.redd.it/7vg4pbyqoj0h1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6fcdc120c05cdd5b5fe3efbf44dfb0c37ecdb272

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So my company owes me for unpaid work on a number of occasions. Of the requested pay to date, there is one request I put in which I'm not sure the WRC would order them to pay or not. Perhaps it's a grey area.

Here's what happened. I ended up working a shift that was 15.7 hours. 15 hrs is the legal limit on EU tachograph rules and you're not supposed to go over 10 hours driving within that. I felt absolutely wrecked by the time I got back and asked the supervisor (via whatsapp msg) if I could start my 10 hour shift (the next day) 2 hours later, so that I'd feel right when booking on. The supervisor agreed. I was careful with the wording to make sure I'd get 10 hrs pay instead of 8!. Anyway, this enabled me to have 12 hours rest between shifts rather than 10.

So what I've asked for, is that given that I went over the legal limit the previous day, that they should pay me for the 2 hours that I wasn't on site the next day. They of course, didn't respond to my request. Unfortunately for me, according to EU tachograph rules, rest time between shifts can actually be reduced to 9 hrs. Madness, I know. But I felt that given that I went over the 15 legal limit in helping them, that this would make all the difference in owing me extra rest time.

The first email which outlined my up to date total owed pay, was ignored. The reminder was addressed by my line manager, saying that so and so will be back from AL next week, and he will address that. That was 17 days ago and the pay never arrived. I don't think I should have to remind that guy once again just because he was on AL. He was copied in all emails. Because they've a history of being difficult with paying OT (which I can demonstrate) I think I'm going to file a complaint against them this time.

They're also meant to pay us a day's pay for us to attend an annual CPC course (which I know is sweet) but they're ignoring my requests to have this paid for since January. I'm sure it's supposed to be paid, but I'm not sure if it's stated in writing somewhere.

Last year I had a proper chance to file a WRC complaint but it was only for €20. They pretending to misunderstand my explanation the first two times. Instead of making the complaint, I went back a third time to request it and they paid it.

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Between August of last year and March, my dad paid off a total of 140-160k to scammers and 'recovery' scammers. He paid them in either 5k or 10k instalments. In October the bank spotted the activity and froze his account from online payments. He then began taking his money from the ATM to get it to another bank to pay the scammers from there. A few weeks later, the bank contacted the guard and I eventually got a phone call from a detective.

When I informed my siblings, and we talked with him, he promised not to do it again, but then did it again 2 days later. Then the wider family were involved. He again promised he'd stopped, acting as if this time it's for real. We assumed he wouldn't want to ruin his reputation, but we found out weeks later he then did it twice again. When confronted showed his true colours by telling us we were wrong, and that the recovery scammers are helping him... "how could I tell ye, ye wouldn't believe me". He said it was his choice to continue to deal with them but he reassured us that this time he wouldn't be giving away any money. Seeing as he was so headstrong about it, we agreed that the only solution was to have him be supervised by my uncle during any phone calls with the recovery scammers. My uncle supervised a long meeting one day where the scammers tried a ridiculous ploy that my dad didn't fall for. This caused my uncle to believe that he saw the light once and for all, and my uncle gave back the confiscated laptop and phone to my dad. Three weeks later he gave away another 5k. That was the last time, and it was in March.

We now have him on a new phone number so the scammers can't contact him. There's been nothing on his phone or laptop history that shows he's involved. When we mention of power of attorney, he keeps saying he won't do it, and that we'll "have to trust him". He says he'll agree to allow for power of attorney if there comes a time when he "loses his marbles", that it will kick into effect. What can we do here to make agree to this? Would a large scale family intervention help?

He's visited his solicitor about it and I highly doubt he told him the real story. The solicitor said to come back when the geriatrician has done the report. However, upon visiting the geriatrician, there was no report done. The geriatrician something has likely changed in his brain but that it wouldn't show in any scan. My dad seems to be able to pass any cognitive test very easily. The geriatrician referred him to some other doctor to do some spinal fluid test thing to rule out dementia. My dad is saying that he'll have to get all these test results before going back to the solicitor with us, so I think he's using all this as a way to kick the can down the road.

I plan on ringing the solicitor soon. Although there might only be so much he can say to me.

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So you can see that the wire (on the left) seems to have been cut. I think the yellowish stuff at the end is either teflon or fibreglass stuff. Was something taken from my house by the previous owners, that shouldn't have been?

Edit - just checked the photos (from December) and yes, it was this when I viewed the house in January.

https://preview.redd.it/jorg4ymo9xyg1.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3514e699ae1639f8ee73e70358ca4dd6cc46bcd4

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