Juswundrin

I did reply a couple of days ago with our solution, which works very well. My post was deleted.

Yes, it's genuine (if that was what you were asking?). The name change has been in the pipeline for several months.

"Things like caller display, call signal, extra message services etc. These are all paid for extras to your fixed line bill " But with this tariff, they are all included, aren't they? Ce forfait comprend : ... Des services offerts et activés automatiquement : la présentation du nom, le signal d'appel, le transfert d'appel The only additional charge seems to be if you actually use the Call Transfer?

"artistically presented by a craftsman cook then " "Craftsman cook" does sound a bit clumsy to me; how about simply "artistically presented by a true craftsman"? My thinking is that, given the context, it's pretty obvious you're talking about a cook and not a potter!

I'm a big fan of Currencyfair, but the problem (in this respect) is that each transfer has to be by BACS, so 3 days in and another 1-2 days out. Depending on how little you're happy putting through at a time, and how much you need to change, that could take quite a while!

Unless there's been some recent legislation... My current prescription (issued last July) is renewable for one year. The previous one was worded slightly differently; renewable once a month up to twelve times. (This is for Ventolin and Symbicort, so not particularly heavy-duty, and I was diagnosed aged 4, so it's not a new development that needs to be monitored more regularly).

Hi "Prete a pondre".

Thanks all. Unfortunately, as the assorted agricultural 'stuff' we inherited with the house didn't include one of Mik's 'shredders', I think we'll be going for Bosch. Thanks again.

Hi We seem to accumulate ever-bigger piles of prunings - just the usual stuff, shrubs, hedges, roses and some conifers - that's too big to reasonably compost and/or too spiky to leave where we have animals, so I think the time has come to buy a garden shredder. Does anyone have any recommendations regarding good makes, models, functions to look out for (or avoid), etc? Given the difference in price, I'd prefer an electric model as, while there's a fair amount of stuff throughout the year, none of it is particularly heavy duty (anything too large to shred/chip just becomes firewood). I've done a little research and Bosch Rapid models seem to get good reviews generally. On the other hand, as I've been very impressed with our Stihl brushcutter, I'm also tending towards a Viking GE105 which seems good value for money. Thanks in advance

Hi Allan This might vary depending on what versions you're using, but it should be something like this: in Safari preferences, under General, you'll see an option for "Default web browser"; simply select Firefox from the list.

[quote user="knee gel"] if you mislay/lose the card you lose the money that's on it and can't reclaim it. [/quote] If you notify them, they'll block the card to prevent aany further transactions. For any transactions in the interim: "We will refund any incorrectly executed transaction immediately unless we have any reason to believe that the incident has been caused by a breach of this agreement, gross negligence or we have reasonable grounds to suspect fraudulent activity." If using a debit card, the Fairffx card is loaded within about five minutes, so you only need to load as much as you need for, say a shopping trip or for a day's spending. And of course, the card's useless without the PIN for personal transactions. We've had a Farifx card for some time, and are really happy with it.

"I think that I read somewhere (someone please correct me if I'm wrong), that the guarantee under UK banks only exists if you are resident in UK. I do stand corrected on this." No, the FSCS covers you (up to its limits, of course) regardless of residence.

"Does the insurer pay for the fitting of the counter?" Free fitting, €60 to remove at the end of your contract (I'd be getting that back in Year 1 alone. "Oh and is the breakdown cover included?" From memory, optional extra at 0.03c per km. If you google "code promo amaguiz", there are usually codes available for either the first 1000km, or one of the other add-ons, free for the first year.

Thanks Brodie I've done some reading on French forums and most people seem pleased with them (those who can get past the "it's too cheap to be any good" mindset!) A couple of people with claims were happy with their handling, which is always the acid test, so I'm going to sign up myself next month. Thanks again for the reply.

Hi Gardener Any chance of telling us what site you're using, so I can add it to my favourites for next time? Thanks

Hi I know of two that sell Muntons and Brewferm kits: http://www.lebonplan.fr; not used them myself, but a friend rates them. http://www.brouwland.com; my order worked out slightly cheaper here than lebonplan; good customer service, and a wide range of equipment as well as the kits. Based in Belgium. Or if you're ordering enough to warrant a fixed delivery charge of £15, try http://brew-it-yourself.co.uk; don't expect them to reply to emails, but they do publish a phone number. Hope that helps.

I've found Opera to be the fastest, most intuitive and most user-friendly browser for the last few years... it's simply that 10.53 for the Mac (don't know if there are similar problems with the Windows version) should never have seen the light of day. Thanks again, Norman.

Thanks, Norman; I think I'll risk this beta rather than keep tearing my hair out with the godawful mess that is 10.53.

Anyone used their 'pay as you drive' insurance? It seems ideal for a low-km driver like myself, and I just got a good quote on the website, so would be grateful for any opinions / experiences. Thanks

Hi Does either of you (or anyone else for that matter, possibly someone not even called Trevor) know whether the English book shop Judie mentioned is still open? Last time I walked past the place it looked closed, and not just for the day. I have piles of books in the attic to get rid of (though I suspect I might well come back with just as many as I sell).

Hi again Martin We finally got a day warm enough to stand up a ladder with the house doors open, and played around with the dish. Moving the dish around showed us that it had been aligned OK (we could get a worse, but not better, maximum signal strength). So we decided to buy a new box, and the new Humax arrived yesterday. We set it up, and we now have an absolutely excellent signal strength / quality immediadely on startup, so clearly it was a problem of some sort with the box. Many thanks again for your help.

Thanks again Martin The signal is absolutely fine on BBC News, the streams and (hadn't realised because there's nothing actually broadcast at the moment, I don't think) Rockworld.tv. All other channels have now gone ciompletely; which has made us realise... all of the channels which still work are on 27500, and we've downloaded some new channels on 27500 and they all work fine (both H and V channels). And all of the channels which we've lost are on 22000. Does that help?

Hi Martin "can you get ch 4 + 1 but not ch 4 itself? Or are both versions not working?" Neither seems to have a stronger signal than the other, and they both seem to 'wake up' after more or less the same length of time. "If however you can't get ANY ch 4 programmes, or indeed other BBC channels at all, then it's more likely that your dish has moved slightly from the optimum 2D orientation and is still working OK on 2B. " So apart from BBCNews and the streams everything comes back to life at more or less the same time (would it complicate things if I mentioned that ITV3 seems to come back ahead of the rest?) So the most likely cause, then, is simply that the dish has slipped off its alignment slightly? Thanks again, much appreciated.

Hi "When you say switch on , do you mean powering the Sat box up?" Sorry, I meant turning on the TV, the box is always on standby. "when you first switch on can you obtain a signal strength reading?" During the initial period, it switches around something like 18%..46%..18%..46% (with the occasional 0% in there too) "Could be a loose/bad conection at the LNB or Sat box , check the co-axial connections." Thanks, I will check them out, but - and this is why I hesitated to use the term "warm up" - a bad connection would surely remain bad, there's no reason for it to improve after a few minutes? Thanks again

Hi Our satellite box (non-Sky) has started to act strangely, and I wondered if it's simply on the way out (it's almost six years old) or if the problem could be elsewhere (dish, LNB...) When we switch on, BBC News is always OK and the BBCi streams are OK; all of the other channels (with, sometimes, the exception of whichever channel we'd been watching last the previous day) show as "No Signal". After a time - from a few minutes to over half an hour - the channels come to life, usually spontaneously but once or twice with a period of 'static' interference (the type we sometimes get during a downpour of exceptionally heavy rain). After that, it's fine. It's almost as if the box needs to 'warm up'. I'd be grateful for any advice. Thanks