Member postings for george Aldous

Received a phone call from BT, informing me that he was disconnecting me because of an unpaid bill.. He demanded payment immediately of £31.00 or it would be £ 118.00 to re-connect at a later date. The guy wasn't even fazed when I told him I was with Virgin Media, allegedly VM have to pay BT a percentage for line rental! I asked the guy's name - he gave me the very 'English' John Peacock with a very 'African' accent - & phone number -0800 0800 152. Obviously the fellow realized I didn't believe his story, so offered to demonstrate that he was from BT. I asked how & he told me to hang up & try phoning someone - he would disconnect my phone to prevent this. AND HE DID !! My phone was dead - no engaged tone, nothing - until he phoned me again. Very pleased with himself, he asked if that was enough proof that he was with BT. I asked how the payment was to be made & he said credit card, there & then. I said that I didn't know how he'd done it, but I had absolutely no intention of paying him, I didn't believe his name or that he worked for BT. He hung up. I dialed 1471 -number withheld I phoned his fictitious 0800 number - not recognized. So I phoned the police to let them know. I wasn't the first! It's only just started apparently, but it is escalating. Their advice was to let as many people as possible know of this scam. The fact that the phone does go off would probably convince some people it's real, so please make as many friends & family aware of this. How is it done? This is good but not that clever. He gave the wrong number - it should have been 0800 800 152 which takes you through to BT Business. The cutting off of the line is very simple, he stays on the line with the mute button on and you can't dial out - but he can hear you trying. (This is because the person who initiates a call is the one to terminate it). When you stop trying he cuts off and immediately calls back. You could almost be convinced! The sad thing is that it is so simple that it will certainly fool many. By the way this is not about getting the cash as this would not get past merchant services - it is all about getting the credit card details which include the security number, to be used for larger purchases. Please Copy And Paste

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looks like a Bundy box to me would have had a clock on top for tram or bus drivers to record their end/start of run.

I know this going to sound mad but try brown paper and a hot iron. put paper on and iron over it, might suck it out.

Neil, I always say a liberty bell celebrates the fact that we had the good sense to get out of the americas before it all went wrong..

I thought for a min you were going to say turn the monitor upside down..

May I suggest you look at https://cncdrive.com/UCCNC.html they have software that works on win10 back I have it with the uc100 adapter and it was working great til I removed my cnc because of room.

george.

I remember a couple of months ago not noticing anything different...

sorry couldn't resist.

My dog before the one I have now had her microchip on her left hip it was originally inserted into her neck as normal,

I think you are quite close to the truth with wheel clamp I think it is part of the tie down system.

welcome Tom I'm in dover.

George.

@ bob

it was a hs125 jet crashed in sept 1967, luckily the car plant was shut it says in this report scroll down to 164 in blue.

https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1969/mar/17/luton-airport

Going back to the Sintox block it is used in ballistic armour plates in body armour .

Large scale tanks are my thing 1/8th and 1/6th.

what scale is this neil and any chance of the stl files please. thanks George.

Yes Mick mine are 1/8th, A Panther and a T90 in bits.

I have been a member for a while and generally just like to read the posts of other members, My interests are large scale military vehicles mainly.

I have a Clarke 300m lathe, One of their milling machines and a home made 3d printer. The clarke machines were bought in a 50% off and tax free sale so I basically went to buy a mill and got a lathe free.

When I work out how it all works I will be a happy bunny.

Thanks G.

There is only one original survivor it was at Hendon but I think it got moved to Cosford , The replica mentioned was finished and then was to be scrapped but got saved and is on display at Hawkinge.