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Edited by Dynamic Dave on 22/09/2009 at 01:23
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>>AE talks about the lifts in the PO Tower and photographing London from the top.>>
Actually it was me...:-)
>>The PO tower is 580 ft and the lifts travel at 100 feet per minute>>
"Costing £2 million to construct, the 189m (620ft) cylindrical tall tower is made from 13,000 tonnes of concrete, steel and glass, and at the time of opening was the tallest building in London. It's shape was designed to reduce wind resistance and gave it stability and style."
Love the bit near the end where the BT Tower is described as having been an "official secret" for many years..:-)
(www.urban75.org/london/telecom.html)
Also: tinyurl.com/o8ex8p
"Serving 30 floors the lift was designed to run at 1000 feet per minute, making a journey time from the 1st floor public entrance to the high-level galleries of about 40 seconds. This was the highest speed lift in the UK. "
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>>>Hoefully you might still have a pony left out of a monkey<<<
Yus! and make sure you take a titfer with thee as there has been some rain in the smoke the last few days, also - wear some good daisy roots or you'll get sore plates with all that walking, lastly - if you do decide on 'going up' St. Pauls, there isn't a lift so you'll have to use the apples & pears :)
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..you'll have to use the apples & pears :)...
If you meet an old china you can go to the rub-a-dub for a tumble.
Edited by ifithelps on 16/09/2009 at 15:42
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(((If you meet an old china you can go to the rub-a-dub for a tumble.)))
Not if the trouble & strife finds out, although you could always pretend to be drinking Rosey Lee
in your jamjar down the frog & toad where you bought that whistle & flute.
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...pretend to be drinking Rosey Lee...
Rather have a few Vera Lynns, watch a couple of Jack the Rippers or a bit of Frankie Vaughan, and then have a Ruby Murray.
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>>>Rather have a few Vera Lynns, watch a couple of Jack the Rippers or a bit of Frankie Vaughan, and then have a Ruby Murray.<<<
I don't adam & eve it - I've led a sheltered life I'll have you know and tend to drink Acker Bilk although I don't mind an Harry Wragg now & again ;-)
Now then ... This is a motoring forum so lets get back to talking about Andrew Marr's.
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That's enough bling & clang.
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I don't think Rattle has a trouble...and he hasn't been back for advice since Altea Ego offered to show him some fruppnies! ;-)
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you bought that whistle & flute.
... for a monkey in readies though because the bleedin Crown & Anchor wouldn't take a Gregory would he?
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In Cockney ryming slang it is custom and practice not to enunciate the second part of the phrase. Some of you seem to be overlooking this convention.
e.g. for apples and pears - 'stairs' - it is only required to say apples, this has the benefit of (a) making the expression shorter and therefore even quicker for the traditionally quick speaking Cockney to say (b) makes it even more incomprehensible to the outsider, because now it doesn't rhyme!
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In Cockney ryming slang it is custom and practice not to enunciate the second part of the phrase. Some of you seem to be overlooking this convention. e.g. for apples and pears - 'stairs' - it is only required to say apples this has the benefit of (a) making the expression shorter and therefore even quicker for the traditionally quick speaking Cockney to say (b) makes it even more incomprehensible to the outsider because now it doesn't rhyme!
Whilst that can be regarded as good guidance its not a fast and hard rule.
For example.
"would you adam 'n eve it" is used in full, not "would you adam it"
whereas "lets take a butchers at it" is used, rather than "lets take a butchers hook at it"
and one would always go for a "tom tit" not a "tit", and one would call in "tom and dick" not "tom" (because tom mean something else).
Sometimes both are acceptable, for example, the term for eyes can be "mince pies" or "mincers"
The nuances and correct usage of rhyming slang easily highlights one as fluent or not.
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....and one would always go for a "tom tit" not a "tit",...
One could go for an Eartha, or an Eartha Kitt, but the result be the same - a Richard (the Third).
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I was fortunate to have dinner in the revolving resturant at the top. The toilets were in the centre of the building, which mean that your table had disapeared when you came back and you had to chase it round.
Shortly after our Irish couisins tried to topple it, and the experience was closed to the general public for good
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I too had the lunch experience in the Tower in about 74 - very disappointed to find that the soup did not all slop to one side of the plate.
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>>your table had disapeared when you came back and you had to chase it round<<
Prostrate problem?
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>>your table had disapeared when you came back and you had to chase it round<< Prostrate problem?
After all the wine absolutly legless mate.
Oh - I see!
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So it was definitely prostrate rather than prostate?
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So it was definitely prostrate rather than prostate? >>
Has to be. Innit Nsar?
Legless. Disappearing table. A legless table chased around by Altea, while his Irish cousins were trying to topple it.
Edited by jbif on 17/09/2009 at 11:00
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Alright, alright....very funny.
As an aside I was brought up near Liverpool which had its own revolving restaurant at the top of a tower. With every revolution you could see that your car had one fewer hub-cap.
If I was unusually motivated I would post a link to the place which now houses the local radio station. But I CBA.
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>>With every revolution you could see that your car had one fewer hub-cap.>>
You must have amazing eyesight...:-)
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With every revolution you could see that your car had one fewer hub-cap.
Just as well you didn't go around six times then, or you'd have had a negative number of hubcaps
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Alright alright....very funny. As an aside I was brought up near Liverpool which had its own revolving restaurant at the top of a tower.
Liverpool? resturant? revolving?
thats a burger van going round a roundabout.
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>>thats a burger van going round a roundabout.>>
You're thinking of a burglar van...
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It's now the home of Radio City. RE AE's jibe about burger vans. -:)
Edited by Robbie on 19/09/2009 at 10:53
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Nsar did point out that:
"If I was unusually motivated I would post a link to the place which now houses the local radio station. But I CBA."
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"I was fortunate to have dinner in the revolving resturant at the top. The toilets were in the centre of the building, which mean that your table had disapeared when you came back and you had to chase it round."
My x-wife was (probably still is) a waiter's worse nightmare. Regardless of where we were seated it was never good enough and after ten minutes moaning she would always ask to be moved. Too near the door. Too near the toilets. Too near the kitchen. Even when we ate in a revolving restaurant in New York she kicked up a fuss about where she was sat and it still tickles me to this day that she never got the irony.
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The restaurant was closed to the public but, apparently, BT still uses it for corporate events.
In fact I can recall TV cookery programmes in recent times featuring the restaurant being used to test competitors in cookery reality shows.
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Rattle: were you to have driven down here like a motorist, you could have come in from the M40 and parked down behind me for a fiver a day at the 10 hour slots back there. If you arrived after 6 pm and didn't drive during working hours you wouldn't even have had to pay the congestion charge. And you could have come to the boozer and tried some nice foreign beer. AE could have come too. You and I were both born on the same day after all (same day of the same month, not the same actual day obviously).
Whoever mentioned the London Eye had it right. It used to cost a tenner but may be more now. But it's well worth it for the view. If you pick your moment you can take a long shot straight down Downing St. Unparallelled perspectives on the middle of the world's greatest (although not biggest) city.
Have a good time. Contrive to let me know if you are in this part of town in the early evening at all. But it doesn't sound as if you're going to be.
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The Monument is now receiving visitors again - good views of the City after climbing a few hundred stairs.
There's also a bar at the top of Tower 42 - Vertigo 42 (old Natwest Tower) which affords excellent views. You need to book though.
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"I was fortunate to have dinner in the revolving resturant at the top. The toilets were in the centre of the building"
Just as well really. Just think what the plumbing would have to be like if they went round too...
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Now worse than my house I can warrant. However enough of AE's prostate/prostate adventures.
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from IHAQ 307 www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=77836&...e
So if you see a King, take a second look! [deepwith]
Following a visit to Rosehill Instruments in Beaconsfield at the weekend, who allowed son to test drive various models without pressure, son is now the proud owner of a rather nice (used) King 4b :-)
Although me and Mrs F's new car fund is down by £850 :-(
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Pleased it's resolved satisfactorily.
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Glad to have helped :-)
Just think how much the car fund would have been down if you had had to buy the Conn or King new!
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...Although me and Mrs F's new car fund is down by £850 :-( ...
Good thing the lad didn't need a piano:
tinyurl.com/m2kh4e
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Good thing the lad didn't need a piano:
I used to have lessons on a church organ. Parents never did buy me one.
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You can buy churches and get an organ free inside these days.
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You can buy churches and get an organ free inside these days.
Tempting... :-)
As a school kid I used to have fun pulling out the 32ft diapason stop (lowest pitch pipes) then play the 2 lowest notes on the pedals together - the whole church would throb.
Scary going in to practice after school in winter when the church would be completely dark and I had to fumble my way around to the light switches, taking care not to fall over any tramps who might be having a quiet kip. Wasn't locked in those days.
As it turned out I was (and still am) carp on keyboards.
Edited by Focus {P} on 17/09/2009 at 14:51
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Following a visit to Rosehill Instruments in Beaconsfield at the weekend
Focus - I know Beccy very well, (what do you thick of what they have done in the old town?)
maybe we should organise a meet for those of us in the thames valley area?
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Focus - I know Beccy very well (what do you thick of what they have done in the old town?)
I'm afraid living in Reading I don't know it at all well - my main observation would be how hard it is to find somewhere to park down the main(?) street on a Saturday lunchtime! Didn't see any 'P' signs either. However SWMBO grew up and went to school there (Beccy High IIRC), and points out all the pubs she used to frequent on the odd occasion we pass through.
maybe we should organise a meet for those of us in the thames valley area?
Er... the idea of actually meeting people doesn't appeal to me; my wife reckons it's Asperger's. But there must be other more sociable types who might be up for it.
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Having purchased a DVD recorder I now need to get some blank DVD's,
I want to be able to re-write them so that much I do know = RW,
But there's DVD Ram, dual layer, 4X, 16X etc., etc.
I'm just using this machine to record progs off the telly, such as The Weakest Link :) so I'm not interested in capacity, I'm more after the a high quality recording on my Digital, Full HD, 1080P up-scaling recorder that cost me all of £50!
Any advice (preferably clean) would be much appreciated.
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Well a DVD can only hold standard definition video so you're not going to record anything in HD. The player function will upscale any recordings though.
There will be options about quality and for best quality you might only get about 1 hour on a single layer DVD.
There are advantages using DVD+R/W media instead of DVD-R/W for recordings.
You should be able to pick up a stack of DVD rewriteable media for about £5 for 10 disks.
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Even cheaper than that for top brand Infiniti disk media from 7DayShop (includes delivery!):
www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?products...1
Other alternative media brands from same source:
tinyurl.com/qr6s3
It's not widely broadcast but Infiniti, in common with Imation and one or two other leading brands, usually re-badges the superb Taiyo Yuden media under its own name.
Never, ever had a "coaster" with such top class products.
Edited by Stuartli on 17/09/2009 at 10:49
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Many thanks rtj70 & Stuart for that info.
perro.
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Does the user manual recommend any brands / types in particular? they often do; finding a brand of disk that will work reliably and actually play back in other DVD players can be a bit hit and miss.
FWIW I tend to use 7dayshop, mymemory or play.com for my consumables.
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>>..finding a brand of disk that will work reliably and actually play back in other DVD players can be a bit hit and miss.>>
This is not normally a problem with Write (-R) media as they are far more reflective than rewritable (-/+ RW) disks.
Apart from the fact that I prefer to use -R CDs and DVDs in multisession form if necessary to make full use of a disk, this is one of the reasons why I've never used RW disks.
The only occasion I used one was about seven or eight years ago when I first bought a CD rewriter and used the disk to practice burning data etc.
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>>>Does the user manual recommend any brands / types in particular?<<<
The LG manual recommends Mitsubishi & Verbatim, so I'm going to buy a pack of Verbatim DVD+RW 4X today, I'm new to DVD recording - gimme some TDK Super Avilyn and I know where I'm at
What do ya'll reckon to this info ~
www.itnetcentral.com/tech/recordablerewritable-dvd...l
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What do ya'll reckon to this info ~
Which part of southern USA do y'all come from?
:-D
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>>>Which part of southern USA do y'all come from?<<<
Cornwall - see 'special relationship' ;-)
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>>..LG manual recommends Mitsubishi & Verbatim>>
Mitsubishi manufactures Verbatim media as it is one of its brand names; firms that use or have used Taiyo Yuden products (which I mentioned earlier) re-badged under their own name include Imation, Sony and Philips.
Re-badging is very common in the computer and audio visual worlds as no manufacturer can hope to produce all its products.
For instance, Kodak video tape used to be re-badged TDK products, as good a reason as any to buy it at the time; ironically re-badged products are often cheaper than the originals...:-)
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>>>Mitsubishi manufactures Verbatim media as it is one of its brand names<<<
Thanks for that Stuart.
I've just purchased a pack of Verbatim DVD+RW from Staples and I noticed that the +RW stated *rewritable* whereas the -RW stated re recordable!
In my manual is states that I can use all the variations of DVD media inc. Ram but where it says 'Formating Mode (new dics) it states 'use Video mode' for +RW whereas with the -RW it is set automatically - do you think I should do some more battle with the traffic and change the critters for -RW or would the recording be the same whatever.
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>>"What do ya'll reckon to this info">>
A far superior and more up to date website can be found at:
www.cdmediaworld.com/hardware/cdrom/cd.shtml
Click on DVD-R/RAM in the left hand panel under Media Lists and click on any relevant brand name to find out full information on various brands of disk media..
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>>>A far superior and more up to date website can be found at:<<<
Thanks Stuart ... I've not been able to access HJ all day - still can't via I.E. so I've downloaded Opera & that seems hunkey dorey for now.
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DVD RAM disks are normally used with Panasonic recorders - using -RW disks is probably the best media for other DVD recorders.
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>>>I've not been able to access HJ all day - still can't via I.E. <<<
Me neither, it hangs all day and evening but is fine early morning.
Pat
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Pat,
Think there must have been some problems yesterday because the total posts figure was only about 150 - it's normally close to 300.
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>>>Me neither, it hangs all day and evening but is fine early morning<<<
I downloaded opera Pat, it only takes up about 8MB, and will access HJ when I.E. won't ~ www.opera.com/
I still use I.E. as my main internet browser for now, but I could get to like going to the opera!
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Thanks Perro.
It's been like that for the last 2 days now in the daytime and I just assumed there was some backround work going on with the server.
Pat
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>>>It's been like that for the last 2 days now<<<
There is a thread for it Pat ~
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?f=2&t=78...0
I'm posting this via opera as I.E. has still got the gymp!
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I know, I have read it too :)
Maybe I'm stubborn ( well yes, I am stubborn!) and I know I could download Opera, but if IE is good enough for all the others, why should I? !
It's just female logic.
Pat
Edited by pda on 20/09/2009 at 08:33
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>>>It's just female logic.<<<
And there's no arguing with that Pat - is there!
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"if IE is good enough for all the others, why should I?"
Because you now know there are alternatives - most people don't. I use Opera too (so was unaware of the problem until I read about it here) but I also use Mozilla Firefox. Google's Chrome also has a keen following - it's certainly very clean and quick. The best reason for not using IE is simply its ubiquity, which means that creators of malware target its weaknesses - use anything else, and you're a little less likely to get spyware and viruses.
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im on puppy linux at the moment with firefox and no problems
cant remember the last time i used ie to be honest
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There are a few of these now where you post your job and tradesmen supposedly get in touch with prices.
Any stand out as having a better class of tradesman - one that turned up and gave a price would be a start........
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I used ratedpeople about a year ago and it was successful - got about six builders prepared to quote in just a few days, chose three to give actual quotes, picked the middle one, got references, he did a cracking job, now used him twice. Seemed a simple enough site to use.
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There's also Which? Local, featuring tradesmen recommended by the magazine's subscribers:
www.which-local.co.uk/
You may need to be a subscriber to check it out.....
Edited by Stuartli on 20/09/2009 at 12:40
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Thanks. Regrettably you do need to be a subscriber to Which.
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Can someone please explain how to use a garden shredder?
I bought an Alco 'New'tech 1400 out of the local rag for £30 but I've never used one before and I haven't got a user manual with it ... should there be some sort of pusher downer with it, or do you just put the cuttings in it & hope for Newtons force of gravity?
Can I put thin branches in it or is a shredder just for thin stuff and a chipper is required for, well - chipping?
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There are two main types of domestic shredder, the Archimedes screw type which pulls the stuff in (our Bosch is one) and the slicer type that you gently push stuff into. Looks as if your Al-Ko is second type and has a rotary cutter with blades which probably need replacing. You can get spares. The aperture you push the branches into will give a clue to the size - if it's a small one it might be 25mm max, could be bigger - start small and see how it goes.
Cutters - www.mowermagic.co.uk/acatalog/Shredder_Blades_for_...l
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Al-Ko doesn't seem to public manuals on its website but, if you click on the Products Tips download link on this page, a PDF file appears with guidance on use:
www.alkogarden.co.uk/downloads.aspx
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Thanks Manatee & Stuart ... I wasn't expecting a lot from it for £30 - I was going to buy a new Bosch but I saw this Alco and thought I'd give it a go.
In this area, garden sacks are 70p a throw so it will soon pay for itself.
The blades are expensive I thought, but I'll be getting some anyway - cheers!
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Perro, I was reading elsewhere just a day or two ago about someone with a garden shredder from Freecycle and he thought he needed new blades. I've a faint feeling it was the same make as yours but don't recall the model offhand.
Anyway, he took it apart and discovered the blades are reversible, so cost him nothing in the end. Don't know how relevant or practical that is but worth a check?
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Blades are comparitively expensive - around £15 I think but the are reversible and can be re-sharpened. Blades need to be replaced fairly frequently - its amazing what a difference a sharp blade makes. Avoid shredding roots as stones will take the edge of the blade in seconds
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>>>its amazing what a difference a sharp blade makes<<<
Cheers CG, I reckon that is the answer as the blades look like they have seen better days!
I did try to shred some New Zealand Flax leaves, but they wrapped themselves around the blade disc & stopped the motor :)
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I have spotlights that have GU 10 halogen 50W Bulbs. As usual with these they dont seem to last 2 mins! Looking to change to energy saving prob LEDs.
Now i see various bulbs with various amounts of leds in them and various wattage usually about 1 to 1.8. What would a like for like replacement be for my existing bulb and anyone recommend any cheap suppliers?
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LED bulbs for GU10 replacements are a really cold blue light.
I find that if you want GU10s tp last then you have to buy a premium brand eg GE or Philips. The supermarket own brands are v poor.
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And you need the highest wattage you can get, and they are still too dull. I am trialling one.
Agree with nsar, you need buy good branded ones or they wont last. In my experience RING gu10s dont last either.,
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Try installing a dimmer switch so the bulbs are manually 'softstarted'.
Alternatively install low voltage (12v) lamps , you will benefit from the latest generation of electronic transformers, which have a soft start feature.
I agree that branded bulbs seem to have a better life.
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Have a look at these Bobby ~ www.ecofriendlylightbulbs.co.uk/home.php?cat=275
Far from cheap though!
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Thanks for the link Perro - I had been automatically assuming LEDS but there also seems to be energy saving bulbs as well (not LEDs) which don't seem to be that much dearer (£5.85 for a 50W equivalent).
Might go down that route.
AE is it LED your are trying out or energy efficient?
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My parents want to spend a night or two somewhere in SE England. It should be a pleasant and interesting place, with a train station - they will not have their car with them. They would like a place with some good walking, perhaps along the coast or in the countryside.
I don't really know SE England. Any ideas?
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Try Arundel in West Sussex..
Lovely little town, nice pubs and hotels ,huge castle with large park for walking , well worth a visit , antique shops aplenty, the river Arun runs through the town and has some beautiful walks and a bird sanctuary about a mile up from the town , South downs way is within a couple of miles.....
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Try Arundel
Seconded. It's lovely all around there.
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Thanks. That sounds ideal.
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A friend of mine much enjoyed his first visit to Canterbury earlier this year.
I think he found a decent hotel in the centre, which more than passed the 'no car -on foot' test.
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Chichester is a good place for a night or two, as is Portsmouth (for the dockyard)
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i mentioned my pvr was running hot last week
well it made a pop noise at the weekend and this is what i found
tinyurl.com/n7xjxe
fortunately i found an old power supply unit from a computer in my dungeon and by borrowing a 1000 microfarad capaciter had the old ship pvr up and running in no time
cool running too
so
the moral of the story is if something seems to be running hot then its probably just days off burning your house down
no wonder i dont leave stuff on standby
>>>as you can see it blew the top right off the capacitor
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"my pvr was running hot last week"
The capacitor is more likely a symptom than the cause. PVR's do run hot and usually have a fan to help dissipate the heat. This has to be quiet, though, so you may not know if it has stopped or slowed down. Worth checking to avoid a repeat...
The tiny fans used to cool graphics chips in computers can also fail with expensive results.
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The tiny fans used to cool graphics chips in computers can also fail with expensive results.
Shouldnt be expensive. A cheap card wont have thermal protection, expensive cards do.
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Unfortunately this sort of thing happening with electrolytic capacitors - the electrolyte dries out and then they go pop - seems to be on the increase. Presumably the drive for ever lower costs has lead to these caps. with limited lifetime, even ignoring the big fuss a few years ago when shedloads of dodgy ones were manufactured. Heat will accelerate the drying out and hence cause even earlier failure.
The only upside is that the fault tends to be very visible and cheap to fix if you can DIY. I shudder to think how many otherwise useful elelctrical goods are going to landfill with this problem.
Edited by SpamCan61 {P} on 21/09/2009 at 19:52
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The only upside is that the fault tends to be very visible and cheap to fix if you can DIY. I >> shudder to think how many otherwise useful elelctrical goods are going to landfill with this problem.
I dropped off an old non-working CRT monitor at the recycling place yesterday. There were even LCD TVs in the container that they went in!
There was as you say a while back where there were lots of poorly made capacitors made that rendered a lot of equipment as scrap. Easily fixed if you were able to do so otherwise not economical.
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Its not so much the ease of fixing these things, or the inherent faults. Its the price of changing them.I can get a new 19inch LCD screen delivered vat paid for 59 quid.
Edited by Altea Ego on 21/09/2009 at 21:03
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Certainly anything other than DIY isn't going to be viable for pretty much any household appliance repair these days, but at least these caps with their tops bulging / blown off are easy to spot without tedious fault finding to component level.
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Certainly anything other than DIY isn't going to be viable for pretty much any household appliance repair these days >>
I recently had to scrap an otherwise perfectly serviceable washing machine simply because the cost of labour plus parts to change bearings made it a no-brainer to replace it with a new machine.
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The screens I saw were 32" or larger LCDs. Thrown out. Assume they were broken.
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These pictures/maps are updated. Are old ones kept available? If so, where?
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