Saturday 28 January 2023

Pay ULEZ fee on mobile phone



After driving into London this week, I pay my TFL London ULEZ (but not Congestion Charge) online using just my mobile phone. In this video, I walk you through step-by-step how to pay your ULEZ fee along with me.

How to pay your ULEZ by mobile!



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Hello, welcome back to the hut. This is the Dad Delivers Vlog where I try new things to make your family happy and it's... It's a bit of a stormy day out there, outside the happy hut so I'm fairly warm in here. 
I... I went to London this week, and if you're searching for this video you too probably have gone through and you're going to have to pay the ULEZ charge. 
The dreaded ULEZ charge. Worse than that, Mayor Sadiq Khan is going to expand it so you're watching this in the future... I'm recording this before the ULEZ Zone was expanded in London. 
There's a link in the description below that is the link that I'm using. I'll put it on the screen here so you can follow along. 
This video is just so you can follow me paying my ULEZ charge using just my mobile phone. 
I parked outside my friend’s during a train strike and here's some footage of me making my way through town. I think this is the point where I'm in the ULEZ zone.
I drove all the way down to Croydon.
I know you're going to have a hundred questions about the ULEZ Zone and charge. 
Honestly the... the link in the description: I'll always keep that up to date. Let's get started!
I'm... I'm on the page now and... and there's a lovely advert for Nando's at the bottom. Stay classy Sadiq Khan! 
The first thing at the top of the page is to uh sign in, or create an account. 
We're not going to do that. I have no intention of doing this on a regular basis, so I'm going to do this as a guest. But if you do this more regularly you might want a London Road user charging account. 
I will scroll down so that you can see all of this information. You can pause the video if you like, but it might update by the time you see this video. 
But there’s a very reassuring button here “pay the ULEZ charge”. 
I didn't go so far into Central London to hit the “Congestion charge Zone”. 
They don't make this easy for Out of Towners like us so that we get to fund London who's clearly struggling for money! 
They keep it as oblique as possible to... to rake in the money from the fines which is my personal experience, so well done for being ahead of the curve in paying ULEZ if you do this. 
And I'm going to scroll down, so I don't need the congestion charge and ULEZ charge. You might need to do that: again Link in the description. 
The low Emission Zone charge I think is for special vehicles. 
I've just got a regular car so I'm just gonna go for ULEZ, and I'm going to hit the “pay” button. 
The first thing we need to do is to type in our vehicle registration number and the country of registration. 
I'm in the UK: It's a UK car. And we will scroll down more adverts on the bottom there. I'm going to hit “confirm vehicle”. 
Where are you driving? 
And this is where you get to select whether you want to pay for the congestion charge or the ULEZ charge. What I find really disgusting and frustrating is that I've given them my registration. 
They should tell me what I owe them. They've got the technology. They've got the power, but they rely on you reporting it so you can't use this site to check if you do owe the ULEZ charge. Which again is deliberate isn't it?
It's deliberate to increase the number of fines. 
Sorry, we'll get through this as quickly as possible, but I also noticed the administration department for congestion charge is based in Stockport! 
So... because I guess it costs too much to run it in London? 
I'm going to click ULEZ Zone... but here you can check the streets that you were in just to see which charging zones you will need to pay for. It's either “congestion charge AND ULEZ” or ULEZ by itself.
I'm just ULEZ, so I'm going to hit “Continue”.
Sorry this is so confusing. 
I'm trying to make this as straightforward as possible and I've done it twice and even I can't explain it.
Now the website invites you to type in the date that you were in the ULEZ charge Zone.
I was there on Friday so I'm just going to hit that big Friday button. 
At the moment at time of recording but please check, you have three days after you entered the zone. 
So that's three days after the day that you were in the ULEZ zone. 
And it's up to midnight on the third day that you have to pay. 
This might change after I've recorded this video. I'll put a note in the description to keep you up to date. 
So I don't want congestion charge but I DO want ULEZ charge so that's ticked. Congestion charge isn’t ticked and that gives me - at time of recording - 12 pounds 50 - so I'll “add to basket”. 
So here's a summary: ULEZ charge Friday. You can add other charges, pay for different Vehicles...
I'm going to get an email receipt for this because I do want a receipt that I actually paid for the right day and the right amount. 
And there’s a disclaimer. I expect... I expect? I accept responsibility. Yeah I see that TfL don't accept responsibility for giving me the right information but there we go.
And then I'll hit the “confirm and pay” button. 
Next the London mayor wants our card details, so we'll just put in our card details here. 
And that then takes us to the payment confirmation page. 
We've got the confirmation here, “thanks for paying”. 
Well thanks for providing us some clean air to dirty up with our car. Sorry London, 
and underneath it invites us to set up auto pay: So if you do this regularly you can set up an account too.
I think it makes it simpler, but this is just for a one-off guest payment. Good luck with paying your ULEZ charge. 
I hope this helps. If this has helped thanks for being awesome by hitting the Thumbs Up Button, and subscribe to the channel. We do all kinds of fun like this! 
Can you please help my daddy get 10000 subscribers, just click on his face thanks bye all right this gonna be the proper one right?


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Friday 27 January 2023

IKEA cushion that turns into a coat



An IKEA cushion? That turns into a coat?
Is it any good?
I want to make this channel more about things that you can buy for Dads, but not sure if this falls into that category. It's an IKEA Faltmal cushion that opens up into a quilt that sort of looks like a wrap around coat. FĂ„LTMAL is both. With sleeves and buttons to stop it from falling down... and it scrunches down into the world's most uncomfortable cushion.

What does this IKEA CUSHION do?



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Hello welcome back to the Happy Hut, I'm Neil and it is not warm today. 
It's a really Bleak January day. This is the dad delivers Vlog where I try new things every day to make your family happy and I've got this... but I've been driving my family nuts - absolutely crazy - with this. 
I've had this in the happy hut completely unopened and untouched for three years! 
I've been trying... I've been waiting to make this video. 
I think I got this originally for my Ikea dad Channel and I think I'm gonna have to shut that down because I want to do everything on this channel. 
This looks like a cushion: it's from Ikea and it's... it's a Faltmal. I think with the funny thing over the “a”... I think it's pronounced Faltmal. 
It's a Faltmal cushion that opens up into one of these! 
I don't know... it's a duffel coat? No a puffa jacket that's full length and maybe I could get to look like this guy! 
I think it's maybe that guy's thought that I haven't opened this for three years because I'm not sure that I want to end up looking like that. 
But I'm freezing today so I've gotta... I've got to open it so I thought I'd open it on camera with you and you can share along with me the joy of the Faltmal cushion. 
Is it a cushion or is it clothing? 
Can't even... right so it's seized up because I haven't opened it. 
Okay so it's got an orange zip... this is going to be a long video because I've never done this before so I don't actually know how you do this. 
There is a an instructional video or a promotional video? 
It just looks like a... some kind of dystopian future doesn't it. Where civilization has broken down and we're gonna have to be wearing these to keep warm. 
Funny that, isn't it? 
I don't know where in the world you are watching this channel but here in the UK it's pretty much... it's like the country is sort of broken down for a bit. 
We're just gonna take a rest and hand our money to companies so it's a good job I invested in this BEFORE the 2023 Financial apocalypse. 
Now I've got a second camera over here: when you open the zip, it pretty much turns into the coat. 
Oh look there are the arms, but the back... it's got all the... all the bags and things from the cushion. Uh sort of down the back. 
Oh look at this! It's got... it has instructions. 
I tell you what this reminds me of... it's... it's like a hospital gown. I hope you haven't had to go to hospital ever, but if you have this... this is what you have to do. So you’re shuffling around the hospital wards with... with just this open back. 
This is ridiculous! Okay no, I'm gonna go... I'm gonna... I'm gonna see this through. 
It feels... it also feels a bit like a straight jacket as well, which I'll probably need. Now there's a popper here, or there two poppers and I think I'm supposed to attach them on the back. So put that popper there... I don't know if I've done this the right way around? 
I thought there’d be a nice Hood? It does kind of look like there would be some kind of hood on it but alas no! It's more of a thing that covers your face. 
That's it, that's all there is to it. Let's go on this camera here. 
I thought this would be more coat-like and you can... right so there's some... so there are some downsides with this. 
First is... if I get on this camera here, you can really easily just to trip on it. 
Not that you'd want to be walking out anywhere where you might be seen in this. 
It is, look! It's like I'm ready for my colonoscopy now, isn't it? 
It's wipe clean as well and it's got this handy... oh man look at this: it's got this handy net thing here. If I tilt the camera down, so if I get some objects... hang on, like... I don't know. A bag or you know your TV remote control. 
Oh you could have like snacks! 
You could fill this with um maybe potato chips and nachos? 
Okay this is how you pack it away. I might have to speed this bit up.
[MUSIC]
I'm gonna keep this I think. 
I can't tear off a paper tag! 
It meets the Furniture and Furnishings Fire A ct. 
I'm gonna sit down, I'm going to show you what it's like sitting down. Let's go over here. 
So I'm now sitting in my IKEA chair... Oh that’s a bit bright. It's warm, it is... it's nice and warm. It's a bit irritating having this on your face. 
I don't even know if you can hear me right now, and you can just... you know feed yourself through the long economic winter... where your government does not support you, but does support the companies taking your resources. 
You can sit here and consider your life choices. 
So there it is that's not a very long video is it but is this something that you'd wear in your house? 
I mean even on the level of loungewear I'm not... I'm not... I'm not so sure that I feel comfortable even letting my family see this. 
Nevertheless I think I'm calling this a Dad delivers success! 
And right here is what YouTube thinks you want to be watching next 
[Music] 
I'm still cold. 
Can you please help my daddy get 10000 subscribers, just click on his face thanks bye! Alright this is gonna be the proper one right?


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Monday 16 January 2023

How NOT to fix my garage flat roof again



Fixing my flat garage roof again... 2 more leaks appeared in the garage since the last video. So it's back up the ladder on the roofing felt with more tar. Plus the bitumen is much thicker this time thanks to me tipping the liquid out on the last garage video. My wood store (aka box of planks) is ruined by rain water so I try to recover that, all while trying to make this video in the style of the ace YouTuber Emma Chamberlain. It's fun.

How NOT to fix my garage flat roof again



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Do you want to go out?
Okay, I'm trying out this little microphone 
I don't know if it's any better than... 
This is Sunday and I don't want to Vlog 
I want to just fix the things in the house 
I want to get the camera out. It slows it down... 
But then if I don't film it, I don't do the jobs.
This is a video about how our garage roof isn't fixed despite the video where I think I said I fixed the garage roof.
I did. I fixed it. On the other side.
And then I noticed all these other leaks 
I don't know if I should be showing you our security 
I got that leak fixed which is wonderful and then another leak appeared and I didn't film me fixing that 
But I poured the rest of the tar that I had on the roof and I don't know if you can see the mould there... but I think I've got a tub full of tools 
I have a feeling that that tub is full of water 
I don't want to look 
oh no it's dry! okay 
same is not true over on this side 
water comes in there which I could cope with except... tragically it's gone into my precious wood pile 
If you identify as a man and you have kids... I don't know if you have your own pile of wood 
I don't know if it's a male thing or if it's just a me thing 
But this is really terrible because the leak is captured by my... is captured by my pile of wood holder 
look can you see the water! 
so it's now ruining all my wood 
anyway I'll deal with that later 
The most pressing thing is I've got to somehow fix this leak on the roof 
This is the weather for the next few days 
Can you see that? minus six and minus four! 
If I can get the tar into the hole... Oh no, I’m stuck.
I’ve locked myself in! 
Casper! 
Send help 
send for help 
Hello 
What? 
I've... I've locked myself in the garage 
Have you actually?
Yeah I don't know how... this door never works!
You’re so lucky, I didn’t decline.
Yeah. Can you let me out? 
Casper go get help!
Can you just turn the handle clockwise? No no no... just turn it clockwise? 
There you go 
Ah thank you 
I was gonna decline as well! 
I thought I'd make my videos more like Emma Chamberlain for once what do you think? 
What do I need to do to make it more like an Emma Chamberlain video?
Wear heels.
Or....
I’ll even use...
Tell you what, on this one I'll even use some Emma Chamberlain music 
I need to get a ladder.
[Music] 
[Music] 
I really don't like this ladder 
When you're taking it down it's... it's like it's going to take your fingers off 
Emma Chamberlain at this point would probably do a little bit of a fashion check? 
So I've got my painting gear on 
It's basically all the stuff that I don't want to throw out but I've got quite a lot of it! 
And this... this I got this at my old infant school party 
It's in Camden in North London 
Because the school's moving out because they're going to demolish the Infant School in Camden Town to build a new underground station 
Except it's still lying derelict 
I've got this six years ago now and it's still lying empty and derelict 
But I suppose I got a t-shirt out of it 
Casper is absolutely useless at playing fetch 
[Music]
[Music]
Someone left a comment on the garage roof video to say “did you stir the tar?” 
Did you stir it? 
And I don't know why, but I lied and I said yes and... well I did a little bit 
I did sort of stir it a bit but I clearly didn't stir it enough because look... that's what tar should look like, not the liquid that I was pouring before 
so at least it's thicker but because I've poured out all the liquid it is now super tough 
BUT the advantage with this... I can pour it really easily and it will just stay in place instead of just running off the roof. 
[Music] 
I have no idea where this leak is.
[Music]
The liquid, the actual water that's running in... I don't want to fall off the edge 
It's there 
There's um oh that seems sealed, so it could be there or there 
I’d better answer that.  Hey it's Dad, hi Dad!
[DAD: Fallen down a hole or somehthing?]
Who me? 
Yes 
Well, ironic you should say that - I'm on top of the garage roof 
Oh right okay, I’ll phone you back later.
Okay - I'll see you in a bit [Music] 
Before it was actually easier because I could just pour the tar on like it was with rain water, and it would just run where it runs and it would run into the gaps. 
But it's a bit more sticky now so I've got to spread it around with this old paintbrush that's solid from the last time I did the uh the tarring. 
The last time's over here and that's set really, really well and that... that works really well.
It's a bit like spreading peanut butter at this stage because all the liquid's gone out uh you know the peanut butter that you haven't stirred in a while. 
I don't know whether to speed this up, or to just let you enjoy me spreading the tar on the roof. What do you reckon? I think I'll leave it real time 
[Music] 
The stones are getting mixed up in it.
[Music]
I think that's it. 
It looks like something that a six-year-old has done.
I think that um all the bits that need to be sealed are sealed. Just give that a try. 
Okay so I've done that, now it's time to assess the damage to the wood pile. 
I think maybe I'll put some sad music on this. I definitely will speed it up. 
This was part of the happy hut. I wanted to turn this into something and I don't know what 
I don't know why I'm hoarding this 
I think it's because whenever anyone wants a piece of wood then then I've got...
Let's clean this up. 
[Music] 
So um this is... that's how much water is in here and it stinks. 
It really stinks... oh man 
[Music] 
Throw those away, oh geez, oh my God. And my two saws! 
[Music]
Maybe if I leave the wood out while it's minus six maybe that will kill off the mold?
What do you think? 
I don’t know why I’m keeping this. 
I think... it’s to build some kind of model Railway system that's hidden in the happy hut... and I could just sit there in my 60s and just watch a little train go round and round. I think that's all that's all I want in life. It'll happen one day.
But I’d better use that energy and that Ingenuity to, you know, stop the house from falling down and then... then I could build my little model Railway.
What I should do now is show you what happened next but um... I don't think it's going to rain for... for a week now and I want to get this video out.
I'm... I'm not sure that was very much like an Emma Chamberlain video? 
[Music]


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Tuesday 10 January 2023

How to make a LINK to subscribe to your YouTube channel



How do you make a link to subscribe to your channel?
A link you can put in the description so that when the viewer clicks it, the link directly takes the viewer to a subscribe dialogue button where they can become a subscriber?
It's all in this video, plus the subscribe link is just below

How to make a LINK to subscribe to your YouTube channel



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Hello welcome back to the Happy Hut 
It's not the warmest day in the world today 
I'm Neil and I help high achieving creators and performers just like you high five to get ideas out of your head and out onto here on YouTube to make the world happy. 
But the hardest thing that I find here on YouTube is gaining subscribers and I'm taking a wild and crazy guess that THAT might be a problem for you too. 
I'm going to share with you a little something that might just might get you one or two extra subscribers and it's this! 
It's this little link that you can put in the description for your videos where you can say “click here to subscribe”. 
When you click on the link, it takes you directly to a subscribe button for your YouTube channel. 
I don't know why YouTube still places a great weight on subscribers. 
Years ago you had to actually subscribe to a YouTube channel to be able to be offered their videos. 
Now YouTube offers us videos from channels that we watch with without us needing to subscribe to them BUT as you know, YouTube doesn't release features without say, 500 subscribers to get community posts... 1000 subscribers for the precious monetization - that might be something that you're aiming for right now. 
You need 10000 subscribers to get YouTube stories, and 100000 to get a play button. 
I've uh... I've got a play button, but it was made by my son for a 1000 subscribers. 
That's the Brown play button. But just think, one day we might even be able to get to hold one of these! 
It was all a dream! 
But back to our massively successful YouTube channels... and back to this magical link where you can put it in your description right now and when a viewer clicks on the link, it magically takes them to this window where they can subscribe to your Channel with just one click. 
Hopefully it might get us some more subscribers. 
Would you like one of these links? 
Excellent choice! 
It's very simple: just copy the text that's on screen now, or funnily enough it's down in the description for this video. 
And it's youtube.com - you don't need to type in the https:// youtube.com/@neilmossey?sub_confirmation=1
And obviously where it says your handle, don't type in the words your handle - that's where you put in your actual YouTube handle. 
It's a new thing that YouTube has introduced where everyone gets their own unique YouTube name and if you want to change your handle, or your YouTube name before doing this... I've made a video all about it right here. 
Let me know if you get one of these for your channel down in the comments below and thank you if you hit the thumbs up button or the Subscribe button and maybe one day we will all get that diamond play button! 
[Music]


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