Recession? What recession?

Phew! Grabbing a few minutes to catch up! Recent weeks have been hectic, with business piling in, the creative juices flowing with answers to long- standing problems appearing out of the blue, and dealing with all the issues that both business and leisure have been throwing at me. In particular, the unfolding (and predictable) shambles over the new Window Rating Scheme (particularly in view of the dodgy science involved): Predictable in the knowledge that it could never be more than a marketing ploy - in the same vein as the 'Secure By Design' label owned by the Metropolitan Police - and that those, like me, who view the whole thing as a well-intentioned job-creation scheme, would continue to stick with the entirely justifiable U-value calculators from truly independent sources such as the highly reputable BRE at Watford.

I never completed my treatise on DGU fabrication, started here in August to explain why these new- f angled slim sealed units for Georgian-glazing-bar windows are distinctly dodgy. That's 'cos it seemed superfluous while a full discussion was in full flow on Philip Rougier's ExpertExpert site. Here's the link to the relevant page for those interested: http://forum.expertexpert.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=42

So much for retirement, too much to do. must fly. More later.