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General Discussion Area / Favourite recipes

« on: 11 August 2011, 10:59:07 »

Following on from Rods2(yes pls for the chicken and pineapple curry recipe) and Optis food thread, anyone got any cheap,tasty etc recipes?

Heres mine for two hungry people. Takes 20 mins tops.

200gm Pasta, 100gm bacon bits, 100 gm onion finely chopped,glass of wine, 100 to 200 gm blue cheese

Get kettle full of water boiling. While that is on, peel a large onion. Sweat it in a pan in some oil or fat. Then add some chopped up bacon bits. Optional add a crushed garlic clove. If you do mind it doesn't burn as you brown the bacon pieces.

Meanwhile put boiling water in a pan, add some salt and throw your pasta in. Set timer as per packet.

Back to other pan. Add glass of white wine (or a cup of water and drink wine if you live somewhere where wine isn't cheap enough to use for cooking!). Let that simmer for a while.

3 mins from serving break up 100 to 200 grams of blue cheese - ordinary cheese at a push. Stir and let that melt into the sauce.

Drain pasta (Spirals are very good for this dish) and put sauce on top. Give a good stir and add plenty of black pepper and some chopped parsley if you want.

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General Discussion Area / Quick photo to Email sizing software Q

« on: 04 August 2011, 12:46:19 »

I used to have, before my PC went pop, a nice piece of software that when I uploaded to Email a photo or two they were automatically reduced in size.

Have searched the web for it or a replacement. Anyone know what it was or have a suggestion please for suitable piece of free software?

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General Discussion Area / New NHS computer system to be scrapped?

« on: 03 August 2011, 08:59:51 »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14378346

Will we get our money back?

Will anyone be sacked?

How come Britain can't make something like this work? (They have it in other countries like Spain for example)

Another scandal of our time that will go "unnoticed" like the MOD spending and so on.

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General Discussion Area / Hungarian Grand Prix

« on: 31 July 2011, 14:55:47 »

Good race, good result.

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General Discussion Area / hlp pls with my P4, can't get RJ45 to work

« on: 20 July 2011, 13:04:19 »

paging cem or The Boy or indeed anyone else.

I bought a S/H ASROCK 775i65GV and stuck that in my old computer. Downloaded the drivers from here mhttp://www.asrock.com/MB/download.asp?Model=775i65GVy

It works but I cannot get the LAN to work and thus Internet. Tried both the onboard and installing a realtek card. Both are "there" but in advanced it says "WMI info may be corrupted" Go back to an earlier restore point. haven't got one. Fishing around on the net it suggests a problem with BIOS. On the Asrock website there are quite a few BIOS updates. Not at all sure how to or which one to update as can only save via a USB stick on another computer and it suggests not updating BIOS while computer is running?

In Device manager everything is fine except yellow exclamation marks against.

"Other devices two unknown devices"
"Microsoft system management BIOS driver"
Inside USB controllers "unknown device

Thanks in anticipation

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General Discussion Area / Stop press ! Beer isn't food.

« on: 21 July 2011, 22:07:05 »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14232970

Blimey the Russians have declared beer isn't a food but is actually alcohol. I hope the Spanish don't find out or else Rioja might not be a food anymore but called alcohol. Whatever next?

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General Discussion Area / Just had a great day out to Malaga

« on: 21 July 2011, 22:49:14 »

Sorry no pictures but just had a great day out on the airport run. Putting aside no air con in temps of up to 39 deg C and the mysterious water leak after half an hour but not thereafter ( coolant transfer pipe seal - who knows).

At the airport I saw my first Mclaren F1 (and the guy roared away for his adoring crowd ) then there was a  LAMBORGHINI MURCIELAGO that was a rental car £14,000 a week. I have to say it was a lovely looking car grey with brown seats. They even do a Westfield just for Kevin Wood when he comes to Spain on holiday!

http://www.blueskyluxurycarhire.es/lamborghini-murcielago.aspx

then it was off to a large DIY store where there was an Spanish army Hummer with four grumpy soldier types inside with the doors open and the bonnet up. Some machine but they told me to bugger off or equivalent when I went to have a closer look. Maybe their air con wasn't working either.

The best was yet to come. No not the guy reversing over the trolley he had just left behind his car but the two guys who carefully loaded a flat pack wardrobe or something onto a roof rack and then took off without either of them securing it.  It is the heat you know .

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General Discussion Area / Al-ko indi trailer hub torque

« on: 04 July 2011, 18:46:39 »

Anyone know what the torque is for Alko wheel bearings on a trailer please?. It is a 1000 kilo axle with the indi suspension arms with standard taper wheel bearings (large inner, small outer). 

have searched the web unsuccessfully.

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General Discussion Area / Nice having good neighbours but..........

« on: 03 July 2011, 15:47:42 »

Just had some Spanish neighbours call. They spotted the mother in law is staying with us and knew she likes rabbit so brought us one (alive in a paper sack).

Rabbit Paella for tea tonight then!

I wish she told them she likes 4x4s 

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General Discussion Area / Computer Moboard help pls

« on: 29 June 2011, 09:43:25 »

One of my desktop ATX form PC's has developed a fault. It used to beep a lot, crash occasionally. Then it got to the stage where it only goes to start windowsXP in safe, normal etc. None launch XP.

I concluded rightly or wrongly it was a motherboard fault (probably dust) .

Obvious fix would be a like for like Moboard. P4V800D. Looked on Ebay and no S/H but some "new" from China.

Then started thinking might as well upgrade the system. faster processor current spec 2.5 upgrade to say 3.0Ghz. Ram is 1.5M so OK. keep my MSI AGP video card. Hard drives IDE.

The choice is so bewildering I don't really know what to do.e.g.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350468926006&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Would I notice an improvement with a faster processor? If not can anyone recommend a suitable Mo board that will take my existing components please?

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General Discussion Area / Fracking Britain

« on: 22 May 2011, 15:35:32 »

I think there is a super irony that Britain is "greener" than ever but have allowed Fracking to exploit natural reserves. This despite all the issues in the USA (tap water that is so contaminated that you can set fire to it), hazardous chemicals in the air etc.

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/what-is-fracking-journalism-students-explain-with-catchy-song-2283858.html

Not safe in Spain either as licences have been granted here too.

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General Discussion Area / Level 2 heat alert

« on: 25 June 2011, 14:36:00 »

Watch out folks. It is going to be hot tomorrow. Government guidelines for combatting the effects of temps as high as 29 DegC? Drink more water and stay indoors with a window open.

Couldn't see any suggestions for cold lager or BBQ 

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General Discussion Area / One more for Nickbat

« on: 26 June 2011, 18:22:49 »

Nice to know the Eu has got expenses sorted.

There are two leaders. Herman Van Rompuy and Jose Manuel Barrosa. I think they are both "President".

A week ago they went to a Russian Summit. Travel in the same plane scheduled flight with their aides.? Not on your life.One had a Belgium air force plane for free - just fuel costs while the other hired a charter plane.

Free and easy with our money and why do they need two presidents? Why did both have to go to the same meeting with their own entourages including Baroness Ashton ?

I can hear blood boiling........................

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General Discussion Area / Another pensions injustice

« on: 20 June 2011, 12:12:08 »

Good to see that parliament is debating the proposed changes to womens pension age by raising them to equal men. I hope some form of common sense prevails, e.g. stgaed over a longer time.

Yes there has to be change but everything seems to be precipitous. Apparently it will save £10 billion so more money for madcap spending

Of course only about 330,000 people are "affected" and they are only women to boot so its Ok to cheat them at a late stage out of what they expected for all of their lifetime of work.

Only principally affects women aged 55 and 56.

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General Discussion Area / HPi checks.

« on: 11 June 2011, 10:09:57 »

Just a thought but why isn't HPi part of a government run site that is free to use by us innocent punters?

having been the victim of car theft on several occasions and on one the car was ticketed by a traffic warden in some distant city where it had been abandoned. A few days later it was towed away following complaints from locals. ONLY then did anyone make the stolen car connection.

Here is an idea Mr Cameroon for your Big Society. Put the stolen car database in the public domain. Let Joe Public when he sees a car seemingly abandoned in the street check on the police run records and advise them where it is.

As for cost of such a scheme, well it could be funded by money recovered from car thieves - impounded property etc. I would ban them from driving/owning a car for a period of time. If that caused hardship, they could work in my "government run workhouse" smashing big rocks into small ones to make East Coast defences etc.

Just todays great idea..............