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General Discussion Area / Re: Who's got snow then?
« on: 07 February 2012, 22:54:19 »
The forecast says we might get more snow on Friday and Saturday.
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General Car Chat / Re: Another notch on the bedpost
« on: 06 February 2012, 23:22:13 »
Glad you are ok TB apart from a few aches and pains 
and sorry you have lost your Rover, by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. 
and sorry you have lost your Rover, by being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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General Discussion Area / Re: hmmm.. -15 celcius better.. : )
« on: 06 February 2012, 16:44:06 »
I hope you manage to get your boiler fixed as it is turning much colder again in the Ukraine tomorrow -16 at night -10 during the day for the last few days, from tomorrow onwards -23 at night -15 during the day, by Saturday -28 at night and -17 / -19 during the day, with a cold north / north east wind from Siberia. 
Unfortunately, you will probably get the same cold conditions.
http://www.weather.ua/en/show/5/?3627
Unfortunately, you will probably get the same cold conditions.
http://www.weather.ua/en/show/5/?3627
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General Discussion Area / Re: I was not very sure..(politics)
« on: 06 February 2012, 00:30:44 »
US is useless at foreign policy, most of the politicians, could not tell you on which continent a country is situated, let along come up with any pragmatic solutions to a countries / regions problems. Look at the blunders, presidential candidates have made when asked to comment on something like Libya.
This is a great pity and a massive short coming for the world's policemen who can project awesome military power anywhere in the world.
You only have to watch the US news to see how insular they are as their news is on the following lines:
Opening headline: The Chicago Bulls made the league playoff last night, we'll go over to our sport correspondent for a complete analysis of the game, with all of the relevant stats. Five minutes later.
Next Story: The Teamsters Union dispute with Amtrack has still not been resolved with the union threatening strike action. Lets go over to our Industrial correspondent to see how this might affect you. Five minutes later.
Next Story: A survey of the most desirable US cities to live in has seen New York move up, due to its lower crime rate and civic improvements in many areas. Our New York correspondent will now give you a hands on view on what it is really like to live in New York. Five minutes later.
Next Story: And now for our nightly news story from abroad. Thermal nuclear war has broken out between Israel and Iran, with reports of up to 40% of Israel destroyed and most of Iran's major population centres.
Next Story: The Dow Jones has gained 53 points today, the big winners have been the construction and defense companies on the expectation of big new contracts from Israel. Oil has gone up $15 a barrel, so lets go over to our market analysis expert and look how the rise in gas might affect you. Five minutes later.
End of news.
This is a great pity and a massive short coming for the world's policemen who can project awesome military power anywhere in the world.
You only have to watch the US news to see how insular they are as their news is on the following lines:
Opening headline: The Chicago Bulls made the league playoff last night, we'll go over to our sport correspondent for a complete analysis of the game, with all of the relevant stats. Five minutes later.
Next Story: The Teamsters Union dispute with Amtrack has still not been resolved with the union threatening strike action. Lets go over to our Industrial correspondent to see how this might affect you. Five minutes later.
Next Story: A survey of the most desirable US cities to live in has seen New York move up, due to its lower crime rate and civic improvements in many areas. Our New York correspondent will now give you a hands on view on what it is really like to live in New York. Five minutes later.
Next Story: And now for our nightly news story from abroad. Thermal nuclear war has broken out between Israel and Iran, with reports of up to 40% of Israel destroyed and most of Iran's major population centres.
Next Story: The Dow Jones has gained 53 points today, the big winners have been the construction and defense companies on the expectation of big new contracts from Israel. Oil has gone up $15 a barrel, so lets go over to our market analysis expert and look how the rise in gas might affect you. Five minutes later.
End of news.
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Omega General Help / Re: Limp home mode
« on: 05 February 2012, 02:59:03 »
When I had this problem of my gearbox going into limp mode and at other times displaying gearbox problem on the Mid display on start up it was caused by a failing crank shaft sensor, which finally let me down, by the engine cutting out, fortunately just after the brow of a hill, so I was able to coast down and turn off a very busy A road. When I got my friend to recover the vehicle it had started ok!
Once I replaced the crank sensor about £54 on a trade card all my gearbox problems disappeared!!!
Once I replaced the crank sensor about £54 on a trade card all my gearbox problems disappeared!!!
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General Car Chat / Re: Winter Tyres
« on: 05 February 2012, 02:21:07 »As far as I can see here in the UK there is only the option of the 27 hence I refer only to the izen meaning the 27.
Look Cem - I guess you are meaning well but you are not really contributing much in the way of constructiveness to this thread, just taking it off in some random directions. Can you please get off that high horse, remove that chip from your shoulder and understand what the actual requirement of a thread is for. Thanks - I'm off.
I have always found cem very friendly, helpful and constructive and a credit to this forum and has provided much sound, constructive and helpful advice which has helped many, many members. He is trying to point out that cold weather grip in snow is down to psi and by this I don't mean air pressure, but pounds per square inch contact patch pressure. With a higher contact pressure, the tyre will cut through the snow better, due to pressure but also instant heat generated on the same principle that an ice skate works like this by momentarily causing the ice to melt. Please don't forget that the space saver tyre is only 195, so can be used on the car.
As he lives in a heavy snow area in winter in Turkey, he is giving up his free time to help you and to give you the benefit of his experience. You are perfectly entitled to take his advice or not under the old adage "that advice is worth what you have paid for it". But personally when somebody is trying to help you, but not giving you what you want to hear, I would personally ask you to please not throw your toys out of your pram as it is IMHO against the OOFers ethos where we are all trying to help each other.
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General Discussion Area / Re: hmmm.. -15 celcius better.. : )
« on: 05 February 2012, 01:34:27 »
I though you were going to say you had made it a custom open top miggy to make the most of 'summer' weather. 
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General Discussion Area / Re: Who's got snow then?
« on: 05 February 2012, 00:49:47 »
Put my lurcher dog outside to go to toilet and he has just spent about 10 minutes running round in high speed circles, where he loves playing in the snow.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Spanish government intervenes in bailed out Bankers pay
« on: 05 February 2012, 00:46:05 »
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General Discussion Area / Re: custom built PC cont...
« on: 05 February 2012, 00:27:19 »
My brother has owned and run a computer shop in Macclesfield for over 25 years and regularly builds custom PCs for customers. If you want a quote give Tim a call on 01625 434118.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Spanish government intervenes in bailed out Bankers pay
« on: 05 February 2012, 00:11:20 »
At €600,000 a year, if anybody leaves, we can send them somebody with outstanding banking ability and experience....
Fred Goodwin
Fred Goodwin
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General Discussion Area / Re: Who's got snow then?
« on: 05 February 2012, 00:01:48 »
TB has been very quiet on this thread. It was only last week that he predicted that there will be no snow this winter and winter tyres will be a waste of money.
Maybe he's busy doing a bit of moonlighting at the Bank of England, working on their financial predictions for 2012-2015.
Maybe he's busy doing a bit of moonlighting at the Bank of England, working on their financial predictions for 2012-2015.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Decisions decisions
« on: 04 February 2012, 23:39:09 »
The 19th century British prime minister Disraeli said: Youth is for exuberance, adulthood for hard work and old age for regrets.
My advice would be to put together a business plan for your income, your labour and expenditure and most importantly, how you are going to get that income. How you are going to get that income is down to researching the market. See if there are any boat trade associations and ex-pat websites, in Hawaii, where you can ask appropriate questions. Always be very conservative on income and timescales to get the business established as it is very easy to be unrealistic here. Expect it to take at least 12months to establish the business, so you can start to make money in the 2nd year. If you can reach the point and confidence where you can say "I know know what I need to do to make this work" you are in with a fighting chance of making a successful business.
You know the old army saying: "the plan goes out of the window with the first shot, but your training doesn't". It is the same with a business plan, if it is well researched and you've made some good contacts, this is equivalent of your training, so you know what to do or who to ask to know what to do when things go wrong.
The is a global shortage of good IT security specialists, so an alternative lower risk plan might be to see if you can get a job in Hawaii to use this knowledge and at the same time pursue your boat building business. The key as I'm sure you know for working in the IT business is up-to-date knowledge, if you tried hard with the boat business for a couple of years, but had to give up it would be much more difficult to get back into the IT industry, where as if it took a year of two to get the boat business up and running part time, so it was a going concern, you could then leave the IT job.
Finally, you need to look at your personal circumstances and make sure your business will fit in with these not only in financial terms, but also personally as it is very easy to end up working very long hours, when you start a business, talk this through with your wife, so you have her full backing on your plans, as your wife's support especially when things are tough in business makes a massive difference.
I wish you every success with what ever you decide. I started my first business exactly 30 years ago this year and have no regrets, where I've worked for myself ever since. Life is an adventure and this has been a great adventure, some bits exceptionally good and some not so good, but I wouldn't of missed it for anything.
My advice would be to put together a business plan for your income, your labour and expenditure and most importantly, how you are going to get that income. How you are going to get that income is down to researching the market. See if there are any boat trade associations and ex-pat websites, in Hawaii, where you can ask appropriate questions. Always be very conservative on income and timescales to get the business established as it is very easy to be unrealistic here. Expect it to take at least 12months to establish the business, so you can start to make money in the 2nd year. If you can reach the point and confidence where you can say "I know know what I need to do to make this work" you are in with a fighting chance of making a successful business.
You know the old army saying: "the plan goes out of the window with the first shot, but your training doesn't". It is the same with a business plan, if it is well researched and you've made some good contacts, this is equivalent of your training, so you know what to do or who to ask to know what to do when things go wrong.
The is a global shortage of good IT security specialists, so an alternative lower risk plan might be to see if you can get a job in Hawaii to use this knowledge and at the same time pursue your boat building business. The key as I'm sure you know for working in the IT business is up-to-date knowledge, if you tried hard with the boat business for a couple of years, but had to give up it would be much more difficult to get back into the IT industry, where as if it took a year of two to get the boat business up and running part time, so it was a going concern, you could then leave the IT job.
Finally, you need to look at your personal circumstances and make sure your business will fit in with these not only in financial terms, but also personally as it is very easy to end up working very long hours, when you start a business, talk this through with your wife, so you have her full backing on your plans, as your wife's support especially when things are tough in business makes a massive difference.
I wish you every success with what ever you decide. I started my first business exactly 30 years ago this year and have no regrets, where I've worked for myself ever since. Life is an adventure and this has been a great adventure, some bits exceptionally good and some not so good, but I wouldn't of missed it for anything.
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General Discussion Area / Re: "Beats Audio" ?
« on: 04 February 2012, 03:08:50 »
Marketing exercise to sell a crap rap product.