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General Discussion Area / Power Sounder Disaster Avoided? or maybe not.....

« on: 06 August 2011, 20:15:24 »

Woke at 4am this morning to the sound of a siren going off. Sounded like a powerful one but I wasn't really awake so not too sure what it was. SWMBO had been awake for some time and couldn't work out what it was. Stuck my head out of the window and it sounded like the noise could be at the front of the house. Got some trousers on and headed for the front door and the siren stopped
Stepped outside and couldn't identify any likely cause. Went back to bed for a bit, worried about the powersounder so went back outside and had a sniff around the base of the windscreen, nothing, went back to bed.
Got up this morning and removed the power sounder. Before I removed it I tried triggering the alarm and we decided that it sounded like the 4am alarm but not as powerful :-/
After removing it I now get 20 seconds of fast flashing from the led on the dash when I set the alarm. If I trigger the alarm the hazards flash but not a peep from the horn 
Finally I split the powersounder open to confirm how close it was to spontaneous combustion and the batteries look immaculate
Time to contact andyc for a new alarm horn. Not sure about the powersounder. I think the flashing from the led (indicating a fault) may get to me and force me to replace it..............

I wonder if the powersounder would notice if I removed it's batteries and reinstalled it sans batteries?

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General Discussion Area / Over Sensitive Touchpad (and the buddy list)

« on: 18 December 2009, 17:37:25 »

The touch pad on my laptop is a bit sensitive, quite often I find that I have clicked something (with unintended consequences) while trying to scroll.

20 minutes ago I accidently clicked "add to buddy list" and I now have someone in my buddy list and I cannot remove them. The Yabb help says:

Buddy List
The Buddy List section of the profile gives you the ability to add other members that your frequently contact to a list that will show in your User CP view. Your Buddy List will display each name, their Online/Offline status, and link options to send the user a PM, an e-Mail, or visit the link to their website.

    * Add users to your Buddy List by clicking on the link below the Buddy List display box.
    * Delete users from your Buddy List by double-clicking on their user name inside the Buddy List display box.

Double clicking the persons name in the buddy list in my "User CP" behaves just the same as single click and opens their profile  :-/

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General Discussion Area / Newbie, Junior, Senior, Lord, Baron?

« on: 21 October 2009, 11:25:18 »

Not really important but.....

Is there a sticky thread somewhere that lists what each grade represents in terms of messages posted?

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General Discussion Area / Trade Card - What Are The Benefits?

« on: 23 August 2009, 10:41:24 »

And how can I get one?

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General Discussion Area / Rust in peace

« on: 15 August 2009, 20:19:28 »

After 15 years and 200,000 miles (8 years & 66,000 miles in my hands) I left my faithful old dog with a car dealer today. If he can't find it a new home then it will be making its final journey very soon

On the positive side the dealer sold me a new puppy  a 2003 facelift saloon.