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General Discussion Area / AGGGGGH - Building Societys

« on: Yesterday at 09:47:31 »

I started a Monthly saver account in Dec last year, was told all the details over the phone etc etc, the main pointa were I could make one withdrawal a year and paying any ammount I wanted upto a specific account.

Just rung up to confirm the maturity date to make my annual withdrawal only to find out the account tranfers to a basic account for for future saving.
$:-\$
Why do they all make a play on words rather than just telling the basics as it should be. I was under the impression I could make the withdrawal and carry on, now it ends up creating yet annother account (will be the 7th with that BS . . . .WHY) I need to chill.

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General Discussion Area / Sat Nav Choice

« on: 05 September 2018, 12:39:00 »

Allways been a fan of Tomtom my current one being the Tomtom XXL.

Like the the large screen and ease of use, but sadly allthough maps are up to date am finding the maps are not acurate, junctions (local ones) are just classeda straight through (no stopping) Allthought the SPECS carmera are listed on the A61 after leaving the M1 the speeds are wrong etc.

So thinking of going Garmin DriveSmart 61LMT-D with Full Europe Maps 6" Sat Nav

Any thoughts Tomtom versus Garmin?

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General Discussion Area / Coke

« on: 28 August 2018, 00:17:02 »

Picked my ex girlfriend up from work tonight and we normally nip to the chippy for a bite to eat and I generally grab a can of diet coke to drink.

Thinking I was smart I asked her to grab a can from a morrisons petrol station thinking it would save me some money. Sadly they only had the 500ml bottles costing £1.30.

Just looked on a compare site, cheapest 500ml was £1.29. Yet a 2l bottle of diet coke caffine free is £166 (or 2 for £3.00)

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/Shopping/FindProducts.aspx?Query=diet%20coke

Day light robbery, and I thought petrol was exspensive. $:-\$

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General Discussion Area / 250 Posts

« on: 27 August 2018, 22:08:57 »

Just out of interest.

Saw a post from a new member wanting an engine in the spares section.

Glanced at his info and he has made "0" posts, but yet has posted in the spares section that requires a minimum of 250 posts.

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General Discussion Area / Cobra

« on: 25 August 2018, 00:07:16 »

Just watching the Worlds Most Exspensive cars and they are talking about the Cobra.

I remembered seeing one years ago, a twin turbo "COB 1" reg number.

Did a search for it and seems it was up for auction years ago. Wonder what it would fetch these days.

https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/1967-ac-cobra-mk-iii-twin-turbo-roadster-889167-details.aspx

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Intermitant radie

« on: 25 July 2018, 09:40:30 »

Tis only the basic 2.2 CD radia CD unit, bbut the radio plays like I am listening to the wheel tappers and shunters social club compare.

Any idea what to look for, lose wire, aerial etc? TIA

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

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General Discussion Area / Breville VDF084

« on: 15 July 2018, 23:34:00 »

Had this a while, easy to use and clean, cooking lunch yesterday and the halogen element has stopped working.

Not sure how easy spares are to obtain but has anyone ever replaced an halogen element in one of these or similar.

Any advice. TIA.

Manufacturer’s product web page: http://www.breville.co.uk/content/whats-new/664-breville-halo-health-fryer

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General Discussion Area / Earth Quakes (Tracking)

« on: 09 June 2018, 23:54:25 »

http://www.crondallweather.co.uk/earthquake.html#.WxxZnSAh1O8

Someone on FB mentioned Earthquake so went for a nosy.

Didn't expent to find what I did. $:-\$

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General Discussion Area / Motor Trade Policy

« on: 09 May 2018, 22:18:07 »

Any one got one?

Do you have start NCD from scratch or can you tranfer NCD from standard policy.

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Omega General Help / Pads & Disks

« on: 08 May 2018, 23:07:13 »

Recomended brand names for above replacemrnt.

I think I have a set of Apec pads the I bought for the 99 MFL 3.0 Elite, not sure if the will fit the 03 2.2

Either way just looked on EuroCP

Eicher

Pagid

Brembo

Choices, any better than others?

TIA

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General Discussion Area / Drivng through Yorkshire (M1)

« on: 29 January 2018, 01:03:29 »

Be Carefull

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/motorists-will-be-fined-for-driving-above-70mph-on-smart-m1-in-yorkshire-1-8981116

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General Discussion Area / Network Hub

« on: 20 January 2018, 03:20:30 »

I have had a NETGEAR DGND3700 for a few years now with no issues at all.

Also had a 8 port gigabit hub connected to it which has 2 PC's (i7 & AMD FX), TV, phone booster and DVD Recorder etc connected with no problems other than a burt out power supply a year ago. $:-\$

This is where the problem starts, thought the hub had packed up, so connected the i7 PC direct and all worked ok, so bought a new 8 port hub (Managed)(was late and I was stressed) and had no joy connecting, put it down to needing set up and ordered another 8 port PnP Gigabit hub, plugged it in tonight and still no connections on either PC, take the modem/router cable back to a PC all ok.

I allways rebooted after swapped cables and have tried the M/R cable ingoing to all hubs into each of the 1.2.7.8 ports and not connected at all. Also powered everything down and unplugged things etc.

Have run varius Modem/routers and add on hubs for years. but where am I going wrong with these hubs, Maybe 1 faulty but 2 brand new ones? Also tried alternative lan cables and new ones.

Feeling stupid as it's probably going to be something stupid.

Please also be nice to me as I am no network techie and a lot of it will be too technical for my tender brain.

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General Discussion Area / Food - Child hood days

« on: 08 January 2018, 22:08:55 »

Just doing my Asda shop online and just fancied a change, so went looking for meatloaf and all that came up was dog food, so decided to look for nut roast, and the only option that came up was the Quorn crap.

Nothing can ever replace Mums cooking or all the home grown veggies that we had to hand, I gave up on the takeaways a few years ago with just the occasional one every 2 weeks or so, and now with all the processed and frozen food etc I am just getting fed up with it all.

But it is so sad that the basic stuff like the nut roast and meatloaf just is not available any more. $:-\$

and KFC dont deliver to our area

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General Discussion Area / SIM Deals

« on: 08 January 2018, 15:33:49 »

Trying to find a SIM deal with out data useage.

Need unlimited talk/text but no data req. Dont even mind a limit on text but HAS to UNLIMITED talk

I personaly have 2 sim's with 4 GB data and unlimited Text/talk for £9 each

Just missed a plusnet deal for £7.50 1GB unlimted Text/Talk $:-\$

Any idea's form anyone.

TIA

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General Discussion Area / Tax DD

« on: 04 January 2018, 00:45:19 »

Took my car for it's MOT and it passed with flying colours.

Got a letter , , , ,blah blah, saying to ignore if MOT was etc etc

January DD not been processed yet, thought was due to bank holidays etc.

Spent 20 minutes getting nowhere on the phone to DVLA to see whats happening with no joy, so gave in.

Online the site says my car is tested. Has anyone had delays with thier DD?

✓ Taxed

Tax due:
01 January 2019
Incorrect tax status?
✓ MOT

Expires:
22 December 2018
Incorrect MOT status?
Warning
If you've just bought this vehicle the tax or SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification) doesn't come with it. You'll need to tax it before driving it.

Vehicle make: VAUXHALL
Date of first registration: June 2003
Year of manufacture: 2003
Cylinder capacity (cc): 2198 cc
CO₂Emissions: 248 g/km
Fuel type: PETROL
Export marker: No
Vehicle status: Tax not due
Vehicle colour: GREY
Vehicle type approval: M1
Wheelplan: 2-AXLE-RIGID BODY
Revenue weight: Not available

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