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From what I can see, it's no so much of an update as another attempt by Microsoft to get Microsoft Windows Genuine checker on your system. I hate the thing with a vengance (Genuine Checker that is) as it pops up everytime you open word and insists that your copy isn't genuine, even though I KNOW I brought the thing. They did it with Vista too and I'm sure it's a Gates ploy to get you to buy a newer Mircosoft Office programme.

I found that out trying to get mine to go along on the back wheel alone...........................................

[quote user="Sc"]Bugsy" "You should have watched the Moto-GP at Silverstone, far more exciting and far less prima-donnas." But slower despite the bravery of the riders. This from a 2010 enthusiasts' forum: "Moto GP lap times around silverstone recently were just over 2 minutes. Just looked at the F1 practice times from today, and they are around 1min 30seconds. Are the cars using a shorter circuit....because they can't possible be 30seconds faster than the bikes? Downforce through the corners, later braking. Television doesn't do F1 justice - the things are beyond logic. A formula 1 car can drive upside down at 120mph+ and it wouldn't fall off the upside down track - if you know what I mean! Still have two wheeels too many though.... For what its worth, the F1 cars break 150 meters later into one of the Silverstone corners, and some of the corners are flat out 6th gear bends for cars, but 4th or 5th gear knee down jobbies for bikes. The difference is amazing. " On a clear road with bends, I've never had a problem keeping up with bikes but I've always felt relatively vulnerable on a bike. Steve[/quote] Very interesting, and most of it wrong! This years Moto GP was on a circuit that the F1 cars are yet to run on I believe, even the pits have been totally rebuilt since last years Grand Prix. F1 cars can "theoritically" drive upside down, but can't in actuality. The minimum wieght is I believe currently 650 Kgs (forgive me, it's some years since I worked for Bernie Ecclestone), and the downforce generated can be up to 2800 kgs. F1 cars well within 50 metres of the apex, I don't think Moto GP bikes are far off that, but front/rear balance, and the damage carbon brakes are doing to the riders forearms is the problem rather than simply being "poorer" brakes., but I be staggered if the bikes brake that much further back the an F1 car. I would concur, having been one of the people that used to plan camera and microphone placement, that TV slows the cars visually, a problem that could be solved with more cameras, allowing them to be mounted lower. By the time F1 returns to Silvertsone I think the cars will have lost the blown difusers, throttle off exhausts and the variable engine mapping, but the likes of Adrian Newey will find a way to get it all back!

At least one provide is thinking, I'm a Firefox man, so it's an add-on!

I've just been told that if you use Google then you are supplying them with all sorts of tracking info, while also slowing down your browsing because of Google-Analytics. I did a quick search and downloaded a blocker for this (sorry can't do a link just yet). It may be worth looking into!

Well in their defence they have seen what was happening and removed the spurious software, just goes to show, even with Microsoft, there are cracks in the system!

I'm running MSE alongside the new (and free) Advance System Care 4, which has Malware cleaner and a brilliant defrag as well, so good that I am tempted to pay for the full version, but only tempted!

The Fonz didn't ride!!!  Henry Winkler couldn't ride, and any shots of him on a bike, he'd be pushed, and roll into shot. You'll never see a shot of him on a bike with any audio, as the bike wasn't running! As an aside, the bike he's on during the opening titles, is in his garage, he brought it from the film company when he found out it was THE bike used by Steve McQueen in the Great Escape!!

[quote user="Araucaria"]Noggins? There is no way I could drive a nail through six inches of 100 year old oak (possibly older). I can't get a nail in more than (about) an inch and a half. I think it will be planks after all, despite the cost - and that's what it was before. [/quote] Not right through the joists "toe nailed" from the joist side? Of course if you buying enough wood to noggin it all, you could just cross lay the same timber, joist width apart, on top of the old oak joists. Higher floor, but everything has a price.

Vincent and Brough, way ahead of their time. A friend of mine has the only Vincent car ever made and  couple of George Formby's Broughs, never fail to make me smile!

Why would you have to use metal hanger for noggins? If they were staggered, as noggins should be, they could be nailed through from the ends, couldn't they?

I'd be inclined to put some "noggins" in running the other way, but I always tend to over-engineer everything I do!!

Man after my own heart!

Have to agree with all above, CA Britline has singlehandedly kept my faith in banks alive! We get one or two calls a year, just to see how things are, they've been very very helpful and have genuinely bent over backwards to get things done, sometimes to silly deadlines, the only downside is going into the local CA, they don't seem to like interacting with Britline, it's like a different company!

That's good to hear! Of course you'll be keeping the old pump for spares (especially the thermal cut out!!), I can't remember how many times robbing an old pump has helped me or a firend out!!! Happy swimming

Where the ACER One netbooks are a bit dodgy (solid state doesn't really seem to be the way forward) I have had a string of Acer laptops, and they  have all been brilliant. I'm currently on a Acer 1410, 250GB storage, six hours out of the battery and plenty fast enough. Acer do some real bargains direct from their website.   Whatever you buy, it will be out of date by the end of next week!

I've read every post, and in summary it appears to be a "planned" tax, with so many ambiguous variations, it doesn't seem to have been planned out as much as "happened". My concern is, I "live" in France. The only property I own is in France (in the UK I stay with my in laws), but I earn my money,( which every penny of, is transfered into my French bank account), in the UK, which under EU reg's is ok. I can see a few test cases on this.

The thermal cut out is not in the pump, but rather in the junction box that connects the mains electricty to the pump, usually a plastic box on the top, once the cover is off, you should see a little (mine was about 1mm x 2mm x 2mm) unit, connected by two wires to the positive and nuetral I think. It's simply a bi-metal switch, that when it get's hot, cuts the power. They can rust open or shut, and if they do, the pump can start, but wont run for long, much as you describe. If I was at home, I could take a picture, but sadly I'm not.

I'd be wary of brake parts on Ebay. That isn't to say they are all "dodgy", but care should be taken, I have seen some pads that looked like paper mache, and would have lasted as long. I brought a cabin filter and an air filter for our Renault Modus in Periguex (can't remember the name of the factor) and they were a third of the price of the UK, and when I opened them, they both had Unipart numbers on them! Like anything else, it pays to shop around.

Sounds like the thermal cut out switch. I had the same problem, took the one out of the old pump I had and "hey presto", it worked for another two years, until that thermal cut out switch went, so I manged to get a couple from the manufacturer (of the thermal cut out, not the pump, they wanted to sell me a new pump!!) New pump? 550.00 Euros, new cut out switch? 5 for 2.50E!

I think the Archos mentioned in the Telegraph is more for computing, and I have no experience of that. the 405 was dreadful, but the 604, 605 etc were much better, and I have never had to have a subscription. I just drop the unit on the docking station in the UK, use the remote to record, pack it when I go home, drop it on the docking station there and watch. The battery life is eight hours, on par with my sub-notebook, and although the in built screen is smaller, it's easier to stick on the dashboard as we go through the tunnel than a netbook, if fact, that's wy I brought my first one, fits in my pocket!! If you download/rip films into AVI files, they are HD quality, I suppose like all things, constant improvements are always being made!!

Just thought I'd mention this, although it's nothing new. I've just upgraded my Archos media player. I gave my old 604 to a friend, who does something similar to us, lives in France but works in the UK. Once I had shown him he could record on to the Archos direct from the TV, play the 'video' either on the built in screen, OR plug it into his French telly and play them on that, he suddenly realised what I'd been doing for the last couple of years! He is now sold on carrying up to 40 films/tv programmes or converted DVDs around with him and being able to take programmes recorded in the UK, to watch at his leisure at home, or even on the journey (when his other half is driving) but it staggered me he never realised he could do it!!! So rather than bothering with video recorders or recordable DVDs, take a look at Archos, a very convenient way of taken films about with you!!

I have to say crepe (?) is quite pourous, so when I did the front of ours I used the patio brush attachment rather than the full force of a jet was. Water, especially high pressure water WILL get in/underneath if it can, and you could lose patches. Just my opinion mind you!

No problem. I have been staggered by what I have found on there!!

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