A butcher has been thrown out of his concession in Selfridges for selling foie gras under the counter, which they have banned. This quote is part of his comment afterwards, “Stuffing a goose with grain is like stuffing me with Guinness, it has been totally blown out of proportion." :¬) --

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I thought this was particularly slack from the phisher, this came from Barclays with a dodgy attachment for the entry of details: Dear Valued Customer We believe that Invention of security measures is the best way to beat online fraud. Lloyds TSB Bank have employed some industrial leading models to start performing an extra security check with Your Online Banking Activities to ensure a safe and

A friend on mine lives one mile from the Bluebird Hill transmitter, he's had a loft aerial for as long as he's lived there (14 years) so no idea how long before. Picture quality erratic, freeview prone to breaking up, he says neighbours also have problem. His signal strength/quality on a new freeview box shows around 50+%, I know a strong signal can cause problems but I would have thought...

On 21/12/2011 15:15, Paul - xxx wrote: Ian Field wrote: Clearly they want us to go out and buy lots of DVDs this year! I've been busy downloading some films I've either wanted to see but never have, films I've seen parts of but not all, and just plain old films I've never seen ... one of which is 'It's a wonderful life', which I'm really looking forward to watching!

Steve Thackery wrote: Dave Plowman (News) wrote: What is there worth watching on Freesat that's not also on FreeView? Irony. He was doing irony. I get the wife to do the ironing I like the old war films on "movies4men", but then maybe I'm easily

Interesting bit of film on the building of the 1000 foot TV mast at Mendelsham albeit a long time ago now;!.. Enjoy!.. http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/861 -- Tony Sayer

Steve Thackery wrote: Irony. He was doing irony. Isn't that a laundry mark in the US of A? -- David Kennedy

"PeterC" wrote in message ... On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:59:21 +0000, Bigguy 2012 wrote: On 21/12/2011 11:47, jochta wrote: On 21/12/2011 10:52, David wrote: "Brian Gaff" wrote in message ...

In message , "Dave Plowman (News)" writes In article , David wrote: "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message ... In article , David wrote:

In article , Steve Thackery wrote: Dave Plowman (News) wrote: What is there worth watching on Freesat that's not also on FreeView? Irony. He was doing irony. Ah - right. I was hoping he'd found something worth watching on satellite other than god shows and shopping channels.

I installed some 'important updates' to W7 (32 bit) last night, and now WMC - or rather the whole PC - crashes when I try to watch live TV via my USB-based Freeview tuner. It will run for a minute or so, and then stops dead. The picture freezes and a distorted sound loop about a second long keeps repeating relentlessly. The whole laptop freezes, and doesn't respond to any keyboard or mouse...

On Saturday 17th Dec WotSat Mag issue 307 November 2011 thudded onto my hall floor. Today, Monday 19th Dec WotSat mag Issue 309 January 2012 thudded onto my hall floor. Wheres issue 308 December 2012 or have I just woken up from a coma? Regards,

Thanks for all the replies. There was a major crash the day before yesterday, and the site was down again for an hour. I was assured that this wouldn't happen again. Then yesterday, it was down again, and replaced by a page whose main purpose seems to be to associate a major Jap brandname with a photo of a supposedly pretty girl (though to me she's not very pretty - JANB, Just Another...

An extract from 'The Raggered Trousered Philanthropists' (R Tressell) When an estimate was to be prepared it was Hunter who measured up the work and laboriously figured out the probably cost. When their tenders were accepted it was he who superintended the work and schemed how to scamp it, where possible, using mud where mortar was specified, mortar where there ought to have been cement,...

Thought I'd post this here in case anyone's interested, with the Strictly final being broadcast in 3D and Planet Dinosaur early next year: http://www.john-legon.co.uk/3d-view.htm It's slightly crazy but it works... :-) -- John Legon

On a couple of fora I view there are reports coming in of a possible fault with the Humax 9300 & 9150. Usually of not responding to the remote. One poster reports being No. 34 in the humax helpline queue! Now there is currently a repeat OTA for the 9300 till Friday 0900. Not a co-incidence I'm sure. I suspect the OTA hiccuped or was/is faulty. Does anyone have any further news or a fix!?

Impossible. Tim..

David_B wrote: Bill Wright wrote: ~BD~ wrote: Yes. But I decided against it. Bill Fair enough!

As subject seen on a forum. Anyone confirm and can say why? Regards David