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Random Irritations

AmandaJR said:
Yes but once I'm using the keyboard I hate going back to the mouse as it's more convenient to stay on the keys.
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Just sorted it ..................... bear with me!
In the address bar at the top of the page type about:config and hit enter.
Click on the Accept the Risk and Continue button.
Click on Show All.
Scroll down to browser.backspace_action.
Mine was showing a value of 2, I suspect yours also does.
If so, click on the pencil icon on the right hand side of that line and change the value to 0.
Click on the pencil icon again, this should save your change.
Close the page and voila, you're done.
If this doesn't work ....................... my apologies.
If this does work ........................... BOOM.
Good luck.
 
fundy said:
Being first to view a property, putting in an offer and being told that it will be considered along with any others after the 18 viewings today and tomorrow :eek:
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What you experienced is in Scotland the way it's done - all about how much you absolutely want to buy the property.

You'd get your solicitor to express your interest and other viewing and interested will do also. When the seller is happy that there are sufficient expressions of interest you and all others are advised of a closing date for offers. You (your solicitor) submits a sealed offer to the sellers solicitor. On the closing date the seller's solicitor opens all the sealed offers and the seller decides which to go with - and that might not be the highest. Or something like that. Properties going this route will be advertised as 'Offers Over'. If the property is advertised as Fixed Price you can make an offer against that price and it may well get accepted - especially if you offer more than the FP :)
 
Slime said:
Just sorted it ..................... bear with me!
In the address bar at the top of the page type about:config and hit enter.
Click on the Accept the Risk and Continue button.
Click on Show All.
Scroll down to browser.backspace_action.
Mine was showing a value of 2, I suspect yours also does.
If so, click on the pencil icon on the right hand side of that line and change the value to 0.
Click on the pencil icon again, this should save your change.
Close the page and voila, you're done.
If this doesn't work ....................... my apologies.
If this does work ........................... BOOM.
Good luck.
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Ooh you clever, clever boy :-) So I read about the about:config stuff but didn't know how to start (was looking for that in settings).

Happy days are here again :giggle::giggle::giggle:
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
What you experienced is in Scotland the way it's done - all about how much you absolutely want to buy the property.

You'd get your solicitor to express your interest and other viewing and interested will do also. When the seller is happy that there are sufficient expressions of interest you and all others are advised of a closing date for offers. You (your solicitor) submits a sealed offer to the sellers solicitor. On the closing date the seller's solicitor opens all the sealed offers and the seller decides which to go with - and that might not be the highest. Or something like that. Properties going this route will be advertised as 'Offers Over'. If the property is advertised as Fixed Price you can make an offer against that price and it may well get accepted - especially if you offer more than the FP :)
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Im not in Scotland though, Im in England! TBH Id give for any system other than our current one which is so open to (and actually being) abused, its ridiculous. Horrendous industry full of unregulated individuals, pretending they mean well. There are the odd exception but they seem to be few and far between in the current market. Kind of frustrating when you get viewings cancelled on some properties (even en route to the viewing) as the vendor has accepted an offer from the first viewer to not being able to have the same advantage when you do get first viewing on one youre interested in)
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
What you experienced is in Scotland the way it's done - all about how much you absolutely want to buy the property.

You'd get your solicitor to express your interest and other viewing and interested will do also. When the seller is happy that there are sufficient expressions of interest you and all others are advised of a closing date for offers. You (your solicitor) submits a sealed offer to the sellers solicitor. On the closing date the seller's solicitor opens all the sealed offers and the seller decides which to go with - and that might not be the highest. Or something like that. Properties going this route will be advertised as 'Offers Over'. If the property is advertised as Fixed Price you can make an offer against that price and it may well get accepted - especially if you offer more than the FP :)
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I entered a sealed bid auction in the UK for a House down my road, 25 years ago. The house was up for 150 odd, best and final offers by Friday. I bid 172. Didn't win. Fine. Buyer pulled out, I was the next highest, so it was mine. For about 12 hours, until someone put in a better bid. The buyer took the better bid, and that was that.
Best and final offer by Friday? Total bollocks. I would never bother with this style of buying again.
 
Email from the club today to say fairway mats are mandatory on Monday...ok so it will be good to be playing but wasn't expecting the ground conditions to still require the use of mats.
 
AmandaJR said:
Email from the club today to say fairway mats are mandatory on Monday...ok so it will be good to be playing but wasn't expecting the ground conditions to still require the use of mats.
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At Wellingborough? Didn’t realise it went to fairway mats during the winter
 
Liverpoolphil said:
At Wellingborough? Didn’t realise it went to fairway mats during the winter
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Started last winter - previous winters were advisory. I'm struggling to understand that the ground conditions are that poor bearing in mind I walked round Brampton Park last week which looked pretty dry (and they get literally flooded every winter never mind a wet one). I sometimes think we're a right royal inconvenience to the Course Director who must love having his course so pristine. Already snarky comments on Twitter about repairing pitch marks!
 
Interesting to know how far South the common usage of fairway mats is, i have never heard of them being used ever here in the South West.
 
D-S said:
Interesting to know how far South the common usage of fairway mats is, i have never heard of them being used ever here in the South West.
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I fear its going to become more prevalent as in our case its the worm casts creating muddy areas where it is impossible to get a lie unless you're using a mat.
 
AmandaJR said:
Started last winter - previous winters were advisory. I'm struggling to understand that the ground conditions are that poor bearing in mind I walked round Brampton Park last week which looked pretty dry (and they get literally flooded every winter never mind a wet one). I sometimes think we're a right royal inconvenience to the Course Director who must love having his course so pristine. Already snarky comments on Twitter about repairing pitch marks!
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We went to mats for one winter because the fairways got burnt out so there was no grass covering in a number of areas.

Surprised yours in on mats , always seems a great draining course
 
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