Just thinking aloud here...
Can you boot the install media when the laptop storage is installed?
If so, you can use gparted from the install media to clean the storage device and start from scratch. That might help.
You should be able to tell what mode to install the os in from the boot mode of the install media.
That is odd. However iirc it is an option in the bios.
Fwiw telling grub to uefi boot will not work if the boot device doesn't have uefi support (and trying to boot in bios mode from a uefi disk fails as well... Been there got the T-shirt)
To get the install media to boot you could try removing the laptop storage...
On all the lenovos here hitting enter when the bios displays the Lenovo splash screen gives a menu that allows you to get at the bios or a boot menu.
You have to be a bit careful cos it's on a countdown, paused and resumed by the enter key... And you have to get it timed right.
Indeed...
The daughter says "it's not like Guinness in taste or style but it is in Culture" which is fair.
Nah they aren't shit, they are just poor traditional school fiction with added magic...
School fiction is a genre that has existed for ever and is always no better than "meh" imho. The Potter books are definitely at most meh but not as bad as shit.
It's not like Guinness though... Much, much nicer ( admittedly nicer than Guinness is a bit of a low bar, but let's take wins where we can after the 6 nations this year!)
Cardiff at 11pm can be interesting, exciting or fear inducing... Rather depends which bit and where you are going. I would say it's probably safe to walk 1 km however that really depends on you.
Walking around the centre is the only way to go... There may be bike hire places around but you shouldn't need to do that.
The weather - if it isn't raining it will be now in a minute. Actually yeh follow the weather forecast.
Local cuisine? Lol. Nope. Can't recommend anywhere. Depends what you call local.
Plenty of history around. The national museum is excellent.
Yeh nearly everyone speaks English in Cardiff. Even 1st language Welsh people (rare in Cardiff) will be fluent English speakers (except in north Wales where they might not be, or at least pretend not to be)
General tips - it can rain quite hard for quite long periods of time so be prepared to get wet, however it can also be dry and warm if not hot. Don't drink too much Brain's Dark, you will get a headache.
Funny Autoincorrect...
Pre 1850s, in most cases, you needed to have lots of offspring regardless of wanting them or not.... Mortality was high.
Hmmm there are quite a few of these... Ok these are UK/us mostly.
America: fanny - backside
UK: fanny - the other side (!)
America: rubber - condom
UK: rubber - something you use to erase pencil marks.
UK and others: Durex - Condom brand
Others: Durex - sticky tape
US: Suspenders - things for holding trousers up
UK: Suspenders - things for holding stockings up. Used with a suspender belt and with, or without, other underwear...
USA: Pants - leg coverings e.g. blue jeans
Most of the UK: Pants - things you wear under your blue jeans (unless ”going commando”)
IANAL however.... Your daily storage rate is way too low. It will cost you more to get what they owe you than you will get out of them.
Send them a letter changing the rate to £250 a day and stating payment terms of 30 days.
You have to be (legally) reasonable, so give them 14 or 28 days to get something sorted, after which the new rate will apply.
You should send them (snail mail and email) invoices every week reminding them of their ongoing commitment to paying you.
They may not pay you, in which case you have to go through small claims (Google it) or sue them to get the money they agreed to pay you (by not removing the vehicle after you gave them a reasonable time to comply) the former costs you time and effort the latter cost time effort and money.
In my experience, once invoices for significant sums start adding up to being a PITA for them, things will happen. Once the car is gone you have to decide if it is worth your time and effort to chase down the invoices. Hint - it probably isn't.
I got rid of incompetent bailiff companies this way (they kept buying a debt that someone had taken out using my address as theirs and the original loan company didn't check)
tl;dr - you have to make it worth their while to make you go away whilst being cool, collected and, above all, reasonable.
Yup. Exactly that. Us poors can work harder to earn enough so that we also can live in nirvana.