Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.

16

General Discussion Area / HIFI

« on: 24 November 2023, 12:57:17 »

I have a Yamaha RX-V 640 RDS which is probaly now over 20 years old and was a good spec in its day.

With it being Black Friday different deals are been offered.

Richer Sounds being one of the offers have got me tempted on a new reciever. Thinking of investing  in a Denon AVR

Any Denon fans on the forum?

17

General Discussion Area / FFS - Anazon Drivers

« on: 24 November 2023, 09:53:09 »

26th Oct I ordered a cordles Sonic Sanding thing - Was left outside with out a knock on the door.

Then ordered a CPU cooler - no knock on the door but left outside - packeage not boxed or bagged - No seal or cellafane wrapping,  Parts missing from delivery. (Sorted immediately over the phone)

Reordered a AIO Cooler due for delivey by 10PM Friday (Today)  saw an email saying it was delivered at 5:11pm last night.  no knock on the door and no item left outside .

Been on to Amazon Customer Services.  Been passed round a bit from 1 department to another - currently waiting for someone to get back to me before 7pm.

Whilst on FB our local village forum had quite a few posts regards Amazon, some throwing items over the fence, 1 said they had a note could not deliver due to an issue, 1 dumped behind a bin even though they were at home, and 2 more saying shown as delivered but never recieved thier package.

Evri has a complaints page on FB and the reports are shocking, our village has nothing but praise for the local delivery team, but whilst my driver was on holiday, my neighber caught the stand in driver takeing a pic of the package and then picking it up - thier excuce was they were putting it in a safer place.  When my usual driver returned they said the standin drivers were stealing allsorts but was hard to prove.

18

General Discussion Area / Sorting Out

« on: 17 November 2023, 20:00:51 »

During the anual sort out (mines in Autum rather than Spring)

I found an OOF calender
Some number plates with my OOF name made by one of the members on here
Couple of metal OOF Name Badges with the logo on
Think I found  *and lost ) an oval badge as well.

Also (yet to find) I have the V6 timeing belt CD

19

General Discussion Area / Black Friday

« on: 17 November 2023, 14:03:11 »

Some big names have been pushing their sales pages today the rest of them have been having a Black Friday Sale for weeks

But surely why not just have a mega sale day on the actual day.

Black Friday 2023
Friday, 24 November

[/size]

20

General Discussion Area / NWS - Glad they were wearing Panties

« on: 09 November 2023, 20:44:23 »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lc580lJIfM

I was only looking for some music to listen to

21

General Discussion Area / PC Advice - DDR5 Timeing

« on: 05 November 2023, 11:03:10 »

Some one paid me back a debt thats been outstanding for a few years so am considering a new PC

I have decided on the main components (Motherboard & CPU)
It will require DDR5 but on reading up it seems people are haveing issues with thier choice in RAM and (Motherboard choice).

I seem to have settled with the G-skill brand over the years without issue.

Looking at the the manual the G-Skill timeings of the modules tested are.

30-36-36-89
30-40-40-96
30-40-40-96
30-40-40-96
30-40-40-96
30-40-40-96
30-40-40-96
32-39-39-102
34-45-45-108
34-46-46-108
36-36-36-83
36-36-36-96
36-46-46-115
40-48-48-128

Am I correct in thinking the lower numbers the better?

TIA

22

General Discussion Area / I Cant Get It Up Anymore

« on: 03 November 2023, 12:07:28 »

I have tried Firefox - Chrome & Edge and I just cant get it to come up on any of the browsers.

I have Yahoo mail working on my mobile and thats fine.

I have cleared the cache, changed the pass word.

Am Stumped.

The Gremlins are back

23

General Car Chat / Not Bad for a 20 Year Old

« on: 31 October 2023, 17:57:38 »

Date tested   Mileage

31-Oct-23            58,186 miles
02-Nov-22       57,617 miles
04-Nov-21       56,878 miles
03-Dec-20       56,013 miles

24

General Discussion Area / Car Insurance

« on: 31 October 2023, 09:39:22 »

Rarely do I watch the news but this morning I saw a mention that car insurance has rissen 61%  WTF .

25

General Discussion Area / Roll On 8th January 2024

« on: 31 October 2023, 06:47:11 »

BBC

Programs showing the change to HD (RED BANNER) across the bottom of the screen .

Dont mind it being shown at the start of a program - but to have it displayed thoughout is really annoying.

People who watch the regular programs will have got the message by now.

Dont know if it can be turned off - I record everthing so its all ready there and not an option for me to remove it.

26

Omega General Help / Oil Change

« on: 30 October 2023, 16:18:19 »

Am I right in thinking 10W 40 oil
Semi systethic?
But I am not sure of the capacity  2.2 2003 Saloon

27

General Discussion Area / Okd PC Parts

« on: 30 October 2023, 13:09:28 »

I saw a post on social media regards an ISA Sound Blaster card (Boxed etc) and the person asking for a price.

In the US they are telling him to get $200/300 for it, with a few people then saying they aveage $70 minimum

Checking out the UK most are on offer for around £15 and no sign of them even getting sold.

Have I missed something.

I have a Dreamcast, PS One PS2 XBox, wonder if there is any value now, wait for them to become a vintage item or set up an account to sell in the US.

I might be sat on a Gold mine with all the stuff I have tucked away.

Inc New and boxed Rainbow Runner Video card
Even 2 Brand New boxed/sealed Xeon 733

28

General Discussion Area / Multi Tool - Advice

« on: 24 October 2023, 19:10:46 »

Never used one - Dont know anyone that has one.

Picked this one  at random as an example.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/erbauer-emt300-qc-300w-electric-multi-tool-kit-230-240v/804pp

Are they worth it?
Gearbox speed - does the higher speed perform better?

Mains v cordless.
Attachments - Which brand fairs better for reliability/durability.

T.I.A.

29

General Discussion Area / TV Adds - Charities

« on: 17 October 2023, 19:12:50 »

Please Delete This Thread if I am in the wrong with posting it.

I am all for charities and what they offer, Over the years I have volountered and helped out at 3 different ones.

Some of the charites pull on the heart strings. Blind dogs etc

Some adds are getting out of hand (My personal oppinion)

People offer to help for free, people helping the RNLI and local Fire Services make thier selves avalable 24/7 and risk thier own lives in the process.

But what gets to me is them asking for specific ammounts each month, some offer feedback from the children and post cards about how the animals are doing.  Sorry, Spend all the money looking after them instead.  If I give money I prefer to pay what I want and when I want but want it to go to the ones that the charity is actually for.

When you hear some of the CEO's are getting upwards of £150K P.A. thats a heck of a lot of monthly donations before donations get to the intended.

When I was 16 there was an article in the paper that 83% of donations were towards "Overheards" at Dr Banardoes.

30

General Discussion Area / Disspencing Chemists - Stock Issues

« on: 17 October 2023, 18:47:01 »

Of the medication I am on, one of the items was unavailable through out the country last December - as a result I was asked to ring round and source some for myself. (Only manged to get 1 that month and nothing since)

Last month there is a shortage of something else, same again was asked to source my own.  Now this month there is no supply still, even though a nurse has told me that there should be enough for current users but none for future users.

This month its pain killers, no capsules available, offered tablets but for some season they dont work for me, they have the effevessent version that work better for me but I have to see a doctor for a new prescription  for these but no problem for the tablets.