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ArjaiDesign Ok thanks for that.

To Chez2 Thank you for your reply. Yep ! Maplins of course, opposite the Town Hall and there`s one at Crystal Peaks retail too. Good idea. So that`s what I`ll do, try Maplins. Many thanks,

Here`s one to make you smile, but I thought I would ask anyway. I don`t have any experience in electronics and I know absolutely nothing about them. However, I thought I might help my teenage grandson get interested in electronics so I purchased a self build digital clock from a Chinese source found on E/Bay for about a fiver. And yes, the instructions are extremely minimal and of course written in Chinese. Even though I have a nice new magnifying glass to view all these tiny parts I haven`t got a clue how to begin to assemble it. So my question is, is there a supplier of DIY electronic kits with comprehensive instructions written in English? Many thanks,

Thanks for all your help and suggestions. May I just add, yes the disc is a re-writeable, or was until I shoved too much on it. I just need to re-access the Microsoft Word blurb that I have put on it. Keep the suggestions coming, I`m still hoping to crack this nut. Cheers,

It`s a cd that I have been putting notes on from Microsoft Word. I write notes, say 4 pages, then save to cd. I have been adding to the cd over the past two or three years and wasn`t aware that it was reaching "Full." The first I knew was when I was loading some notes on to the cd that I had written. I had almost got them all on when a warning was flagged up. "Disc nearly full." I thought I would just give the "Save" button one more press hoping to get all the notes onto the cd when another sign was flagged up saying "DiscFull," and I haven`t been able to access the cd since. Any suggestions of sorting this mess I have made will be fully appreciated.

Sorry for delay, it`s a cd. No, I`m not able to access any files. "Disc full" is the only message I can get from it. Thanks for your replies.

Recommendations for eating out in city centre this coming New Year`s Eve please. (2014/15) Seeking somewhere decent but not too young and trendy. (Yes, yes, I know! It`s because I`m old you see.) Many thanks,

Hi, just writing notes sort of like a diary and saving to disc. I didn`t notice until the last moment a notice saying, Disc full, but I decided to shove the piece that I had written onto the disc anyway. Now, I`m unable to access the disc at all. Help please,

Many thanks to dutch and iansheff for your input, I now feel better informed. Best wishes,

My wife and I have just paid a deposit on a new garage door. It is a key fob remote control, roller shutter door which has been made locally and is booked to be installed next week. My problem is, that I was told by the salesman that the installation fitters would string a wire and take a feed from the nearest 13amp wall socket. This worries me as the socket may become overloaded what with the wires that are already in there and there was no mention of the new wire being fitted inside plastic trunking. By that I mean I hope they are not just intending to use plastic clips held in place with small tacks. With the evermore safety features being introduced, shouldn`t the fitters be taking their power direct from the fuse board? Help please.

Does anyone remember a young lady from Foxhill in 1960`s called Sherran Anne Wigfield. She worked in a café near West St. I had just come out of the Royal Hosp with a giant pot on my leg after coming off a motorbike. I hobbled into the café on crutches and was served a coffee by this very attractive redhead. I was 18 and had it not been for me not being able to get about very well I would have asked her for a date. Just wanted to say that she was so pretty that I always remembered her. Hope she has had a good life, it`s been 50 years now. Cheers and good luck if she reads this.

I called here for breakfast a couple of years ago with a some mates before we went to do a few routes on Stoney. Didn`t see any grumpy guy but did see a few notes pinned up here and there. The breakfast was good and the café was basic which is just what is required in this location. I have nothing but praise for any café employee (or owner) who keep others in their place and prevent them or their kids from becoming a nuisance. Remember, this café is for outdoor types such as walkers, bikers, climbers and campers. So if you are a moaning city dweller who are just touring by car; then I say drive on to the city and eat at McDonalds, KFC, Burger King etc, etc where you will be in like minded company

Stick with Crosspool, Fulwood or Redmires.

Thanks cgksheff, I`ll bear in mind what you say when I go down to Wickes sometime in the next few days.

Many thanks to those above for taking the time to reply. Still undecided though.

Hi, just about to replace some insulation tubes in my garage covering 15mm dia water pipes. It seems they weren`t all covered last winter before we moved in and there has been a blow out on one of the pipes. I appreciate I don`t want the cheapo economy pack, but there are several other thicknesses as well. Just didn`t want to pay unnecessarily. Also I`ve seen some on E-Bay less expensive than Wickes. Many thanks.

To all you tattooed skinheads, brandishing Staffies, wearing vests and smoking roll-ups. Skeg-Vegas, sorry, Skegness is a great place, go there for your hols, stay there. Sure the sea is a brown colour, but that don`t mean nothing. Last time I went there (many years ago) I came upon a guy wearing a live python around his neck, never been since, but I hear it`s a great place for visiting benefits claimants.

I was in Lodgemoor Hospital for 16 weeks back in 1950 or was it 1951 when I was about 4 years old. I`d got para-typhoid, whatever that is and they put me in one of those isolation rooms surrounded by glass walls and my mom and dad when they visited me lobbed my presents through a skylight window. If I remember right, a neighbour had been digging his garden and had sieved some soil into a pyramid shaped heap. It looked such a nice brown colour I ate some of it. Then I came out in big red bloches. Mind you, it might have been when we were poking sticks down the grate by the side of the road and playing with the black sticky stuff that stuck to the end of it. I`m 67 now and feeling much better!

Hi Folks, just wondered if any old timers out there have suggestions for best Current Account. I initially signed up with the Post Office for a Current Account many years ago and they changed that over to the Alliance & Leicester. Since then it has changed to Santander and now they want to change my Premium Current Account into another Current Account, doing away with my free travel insurance. All in all, I think it may be time to change banks, so I`m hoping for suggestions from other old timers who are happy with their own Current Accounts. Incidentally, you may ask what are my requirements? Well, I don`t like paying a monthly fee, and I do like free travel insurance. Many thanks and best wishes to all.

Come on all you ex Granville College types, we need a couple of scarves here, don`t you know !

We`re all used to the same guys in town selling the big Issue. Many of us believe that they are down on their luck, without any housing and by selling the Big Issue is the first step to getting back to finding somewhere to live and eventually to find a job. But then I saw an item on the telly where a woman selling the Big Issue was classed as being in work and therefore qualifies for housing allowance and all the rest of the benefits and ends up claiming around £500 per week in benefits. Since seeing this program on the telly I have noticed two women selling the Big Issue in town. Anybody come across this ?

Yes, too many scruffs, drop outs, druggies, benefit scroungers. And am I fed up of them clip board people on Fargate or wot ? Get a proper job!

Lets get something straight, dogs are animals, and so they are inferior to humans. So keep them on a lead and out of the way.

Everyone agrees that you are going to find it difficult to find a full time job. But it is posible, eventually. Some of the other contributors have given sound advice such as, try to find voluntary work to start with, or try to get on a college course. Try to improve your writing, you will eventually need it. Ask your local bobby if he knows of any unpaid work that you can do. Work to getting a reference from your local bobby. It`s important that you build up some good references. Best wishes,

If you are looking for a Motor Vehicle apprenticeship, may I offer this advice. Get yourself enrolled in college (no excuses) and get some qualifications, somewhere along this line the job will come to you. I heard about 1,000 applicants for two mechanics jobs. The two successful applicants had already attended college for a number of years and had already qualified on paper. Thats the way to do it !