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General Discussion Area / Holes
« on: 31 May 2019, 12:23:42 »
Another thread, or two, has been on about holes in a wall.

Well it has reminded me of one of my favourite songs during early childhood by the great Bernard Cribbins:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yShvgXZQBTs

They do not make them like that anymore ;D ;D ;)


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I have just watched the latest episode of Repair Shop (Friday 17/05/19) which is a great show.  However, I am very concerned about one item that was "repaired".

I watched as a mains electric gramophone and wireless from 70 years ago was restored,  But no electrical testing was done before the 'expert' plugged in the devices and managed to fuse the lights of the repair shop. He apparently eventually got the devices going, but it appeared that at no stage was the mains cable or the wires within the wireless replaced,  It appeared that the old brown mains cable was kept judging by what was shown, and at no stage was there any mention of electric testing by a qualified electrician. 

Now I remember that old brown cable well, and the rubber sheathing eventually perished, exposing just the bare wires that made a lovely flash, bang, and used to blow the lights.  The wires within a 70 year old electrical appliance would also be brittle.

Now I wonder if what I saw was the case, or an instance of poor editing an information giving. But, did the 'customer' who left with the gramophone and radio cabinet take back to her home a fire risk? 

The programme did mention briefly the dangers of old electrical appliances at the start of this repair, but at no stage confirmed the necessary testing and replacement of 70 year old cabling  had taken place.  I have been carrying out electrical work for 50 years, so I do know the dangers of getting this type of thing wrong.

Did anyone else see this programme?  Any comments from the qualified electricians on here?

I have written to the BBC about this, so I will be interested in their reply which, hopefully, will eradicate my fears!

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General Discussion Area / Jeremy Kyle Gone Too Far
« on: 13 May 2019, 15:39:09 »
The Jeremy Kyle show has been pulled from screening and recording of all episodes after a guest died shortly after filming. The incident is being very seriously investigated, so one wonders what has happened :o
https://news.sky.com/story/jeremy-kyle-show-taken-off-air-after-participant-dies-11718958


I know what I think of him and this show, but has he now pushed things too far?

Some online comments make for some interesting reading :o



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General Discussion Area / Burger King Adverts
« on: 26 April 2019, 16:37:29 »
Has anyone else seen the latest series of tv adverts for Burger King?

I am absolutely gob smacked about the awfulness of them as they show exactly what bad customer service is, and how not to treat those who venture onto your retail premises.

A potential customer in each advert is shown asking for a cheeseburger.  Then it shows everyone in the Burger King, including staff looking utterly shocked and insulted that someone should ask for this (to me an implied reference to the McDonalds offering) and then the "customer" is seen being humiliated by being told "not to come back"!!! :o :o. Then the message is that you must ask for their version of a hamburger.

Now in the world of good customer service you NEVER make the customer feel humiliated and unwelcome.  If a customer asks for something you do not offer then you make an alternative suggestion to win their business in a very competitive market.  To advertise that a potential Burger King customer can be told to effectively "fxck off" and to not come back, by daring to ask for a product they do not do, being made to feel stupid, suggesting the customer is very wrong, is plain ridiculous and very bad retail practice.

Now, yes, I can see they were aiming to make a joke out of this, but this is 'dangerous to your business stuff', as Ratner found out. I do never use Burger King as I do not like their offering, preferring MD's, and this certainly makes me certain I will never use them if they are so unprofessional as this.

Whoever is their advertising agency and in house marketing team should be dismissed quickly. :o  ::) ;)

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General Discussion Area / Vladimir Meets Kim
« on: 25 April 2019, 16:18:04 »

This should get Rod talking:



Yes, Putin has upstaged Trump with a meeting between himself and Kim to show that the US is not the only one that can play games with North Korea over their nuclear missiles.  Vladimir is apparently making all loving sounds about how he can make a deal to ease N.K. woes over American sanctions.

Blimey, you have to hand it to that man in Moscow that he can play a good power game and therefore is attractively (he still reminds me of Daniel Craig as Bond!! :-* :-*) very dangerous indeed.  :o :o :o

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General Discussion Area / Post Easter Chocolate Eggs
« on: 24 April 2019, 17:47:00 »
I felt really sorry today for the Sainsbury's sales management team at Head Office.

Our local Sainsbury's still has today, the Wednesday after Easter hundreds of chocolate eggs stacked high, all at half price.

No doubt there are various factors contributing to that.  The main one is a very warm Easter, which always dented chocolate egg sales.  But locally we now have not only Lidl, but a brand new Aldi, alongside Asda, Tesco and Waitrose, so the competition has escalated dramatically.  In general though the Sales & Marketing team have obviously got their sales predictions very wrong, and I know how that feels!! :'( :'(

Anyone who loves chocolate eggs should visit their local superstore as I suspect it was not a good year generally for egg sales. Half price is OK, but I recommend you wait for them to go for less, below cost, as they will to get rid. 8) 8) ;)

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General Discussion Area / Ukraine
« on: 21 April 2019, 19:03:35 »
So a comedian has won a landslide victory to become the President of Ukraine.

What can go wrong? ??? ???

After all we have had an actor as President of the USA. :D ;)

No doubt Rod2 will have some views on this :D ;)

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General Car Chat / Omega Entertainment success
« on: 07 March 2019, 16:52:33 »
For some time now I have been wondering how to play my Apple iTunes library through the car speaker system.

Today, after working on my playlists I have managed to feed / steam my iPad iTunes music library through my Bluetooth Jabra Freeway v5.5.0 hands free device via it's FM setting.  The music is coming through in it's full glory.  Really chuffed with myself as it avoids me having to just stick to a CD cassette of just 4 discs or any complicated USB port fitting, with now 1000's of songs to play 8) 8)

To some of ou this is probably old hat and simple, but for my age group..............wow!!

I may know my way around PC's, devices, and the programmes but this is a big result.  Just taken me a year or more to discover I can do this with my latest handsfree kit :D :D ;)!!

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Door Puddle Light
« on: 06 February 2019, 15:38:33 »
The drivers door puddle light has stopped working.  Changed bulb with unit still in the door, but still no light.

Obviously I have managed to prise out the 'glass' of the light unit, but I know the main body of it should also be coming out as per the Haynes Manual, but what is the best way to do so without breaking the plastic please?

Seems to be quite resistant in my early attempts to remove; is there a trick to it please?

Cheers :y

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General Car Chat / Insurance Renewal - Putting the Pressure On
« on: 23 January 2019, 11:14:22 »
I received my insurance renewal quote from the AA; Comprehensive, £150 compulsory excess, £50 voluntary, full legal protection, etc, etc,, all singing and dancing defaqto 5 star policy that I normal have, gone up to £647 from £535!!

So, once more I go into "negotiation" mode.  Speak to AA and after putting on the pressure of "going elsewhere" got down to £450.  Still not low enough for my liking, so stage two of negotiations then brought in price comparison quotes, with the best from Saga, with all the same benefits as with the AA / Ageas, at £380.  Phoned AA this morning and stated I wanted to move on with Saga, After being told they did not want to lose such a long term member of the AA they got it down to £379!  Just over £1 per day over the year 8) :y

Happy with that and sticking with an insurer who I know will look after me if the worst happens, and accept that my Omega cannot be easily replaced as back in 2017!!  But why do we have to go through this continual fight to get a reasonably priced policy for our Omega's? ::) ::) ;)

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General Car Chat / Another MOT pass
« on: 14 January 2019, 19:25:52 »
My lovely Omega has done it again. It passed it's MOT ;D :y

Just advisories to clean the brake pipes and front springs then grease them up! ;)

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General Car Chat / L Reg Senator
« on: 03 January 2019, 15:35:48 »
Today spotted a white L Reg Senator coming away from Sainsbury's.

Trouble is it was NOT in mint condition; far from it. The centre covers over the bolts of the alloy wheels were missing; dents all over the place; front bumper half hanging off; rust showing all over the body, and a grill badly damaged, All together a car in a condition that I thought had been taken off the road decades ago with far more stringent MOT's!  It was a 'bomb' of the 1970's, and the driver looked no better!! :o :o ;D ;D ;D

I really thought I had entered a time warp.  One for the police to stop on sight! ;D ;D ;)

Or a keen enthusiast to pour thousands of pounds into!! :y

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General Discussion Area / BREXIT INTERLUDE
« on: 10 December 2018, 14:18:41 »
BREXIT Interlude needs this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDYfEBY9NM4

 :D :D ;)

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General Discussion Area / They Shall Not Grow Old
« on: 13 November 2018, 17:28:31 »
Over the weekend I caught up with a documentary on BBC iPlayer called They Shall Not Grow Old.

It is 1 hour and 35 minutes long and is the best documentary I have ever seen on the Great War.  It consists only of the voices of those who took part (all deceased) explaining their experiences, emotions, fears, humour, injury and horrific deaths .

It starts with the usual small screen black & white film of the time, but then eventually, after about 24 minutes, turns into remastered full screen film, with 'sound', that has been wonderfully coloured.  If anyone has any doubt about the day to day reality of being on the front line, or resting, with all the horrific images they would have seen (and smelt), then this documentary gives you a chance to be there as much as you would ever want to be there.

It is sickening and compelling at the same time, and I couldn't look away until the very end.  This is one to watch, as an historian, or as anyone interested in WW1 or war generally.  As someone who had the advantage of talking to those in my childhood about the Great War, of having a Great Aunt who constantly mourned the loss of her dear brother, my Great Uncle killed at Ypres 1917, and has read so many books on the subject, along with watching hundreds of hours of film from 1964, this production, produced in connection with the Imperial War Museum, is the one to give our children the reason why war should never be fought.  It is full of the facts of reality as witnessed by these poor men.

This is a history lesson like no other. :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(


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