Member postings for Howi

A few hundred to discuss all the ways, right and wrong, that it should be done, and one to actually change the bulb while the rest are discussing it.

Surely, thats normal for this forum, isn;t it?

Facetious! You Peter, Nooooo.......

I am with you 100%

When I started back in the early 80's I built an accoustic modem at 300baud, computer was a Sharp MZ80K and the software was written in Fortran. Gradually moving up in spoeed to 1200, 2400 4800 and 9600 baud. I was lucky in that I had access to high quality high speed (then) modems.

Then we had PCI card modems at 33k baud which was a huge leap in speed from a much cheaper source.

Always wanting to go faster, I went onto ISDN, 2 * 64kbit channels (and twice the cost if you used both).

It was years later, when one of my sons got married that I found out everyone wanted to come to his house because we had the fastest internet.

Working for BT at the time, I was involved in planning work for the rollout of broadband, which was a game changer. I made sure I was on the list whyen it became available in my area.

Unfortunastely I live on the boundary of two exchanges, which seriously affected the max speed available (I was lucky to get 2mbit, no chance to get the max 8mbit). there were some areas though that could not go on broadband at all as they were on aluminium cable.

As soon as Fibre was available, I signed up straght away and have not looked back. I have just been connected to FTTP @ 150Mbit (from 65Mbit on FTTC) which is fast enough for me (for now).

The land line has gone, did not use it much anyway, most of us have mobiles these days.

Now, before anyone gets up in arms about no land lines (the future of BT), I used to work for the fire service in the IT department, as I was responsible for Wan and communications I had to install and maintain an externally fitted land line for the use of the public to call out the fire brigade should there be an emergency.

When we moved on to a digital phone system I tried to argue that these phones were not needed and we could save a large amount of money (same principle with Fax machines).

Oh! no, can't do that they said, so I started to look for and gather statistics to prove they were not needed.

I gathered information for 12 months regarding use of these phones at every fire station we covered.

Not one call was from a member oif the public, the only calls on the system were test calls made by the station poersonel as part of their monthly routine.

Just because you do something a particular way, does not mean it should always be done that way, technology moves on and we should move with it or be left behind.

Just saying ,

It's not that THEY don't want to read it, but that YOU should not read it.

The WOKE brigade strike again, do as I say, not as I do.

Lefty Liberal elite who want to control everything we do, say or think.

If you think '1984' was fiction, it's just a bit later arriving.

The thought police are here and active.

Nil iligitum...as they say

There are high security Euro locks available that are bump proof, anti snap, and can be opened from outside even if the key is left in the lock on the inside, they have special coded keys that can only be bought using the security card that came with the lock. ANY good locksmith will be able to advise.

I had the exact same experience when I moved into a new property (three new properties on the site).

Took a long time and numerous meter readers before they managed to correct the records, fortunately not BG but other gas companies just as bad, they just would not beleive us when we sent them the meter information.

They thought we were in a block of flats rather than 3 detached properties.

Just looked at terms and conditions - number 3 is most interesting.

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Definitely what you see is NOT what you get

I thought all of you with shallow pockets (that includes me) might be interested in this BARGAIN (I use the term lightly)

Spotted on face book - YEUMANO Auto mini metal lathe 8" x 16" 1100W 1.5hp metal gear brushless 2250 rpm 2 chucks and just about every accessary you could shake a stick at.

This is discounted from $179.99 to $96.98

Now I am not one for believing in fairies but the lathe looks very much like my Amadeal 210 + a whole lot more.

No! ~I have not ordered one (though I was tempted, especially with FREE delivery).

Yes! I know it is a scam but for the life of me I could not see what you would actually get - whatever it is is will NOT be worth $96.98

I have pasted the link here.

**LINK**

Curling stone handles? Hmm, now where did I put mine............

Oh! yes it is........

Well, I'll be blowed, I thought it was all down to old age.

Why are we trying to solve someones commercial product problems.

Having spent a lot (?) of money so far, why go cheap skate now, talk to adhesive manufacturers and get the right product for the job.

Don't you just hate it when someone comes on here for advice, only to Poo Poo (Black adder 4) every idea thrown at them.

This post is not the only one recently.

Simple Evostick contact adhesive will do the job wiuthout anything fancy.

Sorry to be blunt, but if your electrical/electronic knowledge is that bad, you should not be messing abiout.

There is a clue in your statement above regarding a smaller motor being ok...........

The paranoia on here is frightening...........

Just because it is on the internet, does not make it true.

Just look at the number of YouTube videos on perpetual motion machines.

People in general are far too willing to believe anything.

Question everthing if you want to get to the truth.

It's a new year, but all the old scams are still out there and people are still falling for them, despite the publicity surrounding them.

Stay safe, trust no one, question everthing.

I have the Seig SX2P and would highly recommend, gets as much use as the lathe. I would like bigger (who would not) but space and money dictate.

For bang per buck it is a super machine and the brushless motor is worth its weight in gold.

Nah! ditch the sprouts, keep the glass of 10 year old Port and mince pies.

Be happy, keep smiling, otherwise they have won!

Merry Christmas every one and a better 2022

Have a look at Beng's models (German). Really good kits with good instructions

There is a lot of bloatware on the Xiaomi phones, I have just bought a Xiaomi Redmi note 10 pro, but all the bloatware can be removed easily (unlike Samsumg and others). The phone has loads of memory 6gb +128gb so the bloatware hardly makes a dent. After years of 'budget end' phones I decided to get something half decent with loads of memory, a good screen (amoled) and decent cameras (it has 5!!!!!) + a good sized battery.

Really pleased with it for the price, I have an IMac but would not even consider an IPhone.

Like you, I find bloatware that you cannot remove very annoying.

I am sure someone will add to the confusion with remarks about Chinese spyware (bit like Chinese lathes!).

I have nothing to hide so it does not bother me, if Google can do it , why not the Chinese?