Cols

I transferred all my videos to DVD last year. Mostly music progs taped off the TV over the last 20 years or so (things like Live Aid 85 - all 18 hours of it). Most of them were ok but I only ever used decent blank tapes (TDK, Scotch etc). The worst ones were the pre-recorded ones where most of them wouldn't play properly. It seemed like the tracking was out and the video and audio was unstable. Just proves that the manufacturers used the cheapest tape stock they could find.

The videos ae now gathering dust in the loft. I can't face getting rid of them - just in case ....

I've always made a point of using decent blanks, be it audio cassette, video, DVD's etc. Anything else is a gamble.

There's a certain type of day that only happens a couple of times every year in mid to late September. It's when late summer is turning crisp and it's impossible to describe. It just has a magical feeling to it. Usually, it's something I experience when I'm doing the garden and it's just turning to dusk.

The nearest term I can find for it is "Indian summer" but that applies to any number of warm days in Autumn. This is more specific.

I bet know one knows what I'm talking about

EDIT:

Just read Hazel's post and she sums it up perfectly

I love September,

.... a sort of smoky smell in the air ....Meloncholy feel of summer fading away and the start of something new.

You need to load the IOS from your pc via rommon. Try this link

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps380/products_configuration_guide_chapter09186a008045d298.html

You'll need a tftp server on your pc. There's plenty of freeware ones around.

You can also use xmodem if you can't do a tftp, just takes a bit longer. By the way, I'm assuming you have a console cable

Cols

The Showroom have a sofa session once or twice a month where a film is discussed in the bar, after its showing. I've often meant to attend but the films are a bit early for me - around 6:30pm. I can't find the info on the website but it's included in the printed programme.

This takes me back. My dad used to listen to it when I was a kid. I wouldn't say I liked or disliked the show but I do have memories of deep gloom and feelings of "death" when it was on. Even now 30 odd years later I can still remember the Sunday tea-time sense of doom.

For those who are wondering how you play this game, the answer is .....

...... with great aplomb

Warminster Crescent

A bit late with this one as it happened a couple of weeks ago, but curious to know what happened.

I was on my way to work a couple of weeks ago about 6:30am, driving down Lodge Lane towards the very sharp bend when I was amazed to meet an articulated lorry coming up the other way. The lorry was stuck on the bend, as you'd expect (it's sharp enough when you're in a car, never mind a 40ft lorry). I did a u-turn and went on my way. Coming back at night, the lorry had gone but I didn't hear anything in the local news about it. Anyone know anything about it - how it managed to get out and what was it doing up there in the first place etc.

Oh no! I didn't look at that! What a twit! Ah well, he should be well settled by now!

Well settled now, thanks. I've been here over two and a half years and I just love the place.

Radio traffic reports suggests that the Snake will be open again from the 22nd July. I've been going over Winnats for a for a few days instead, at least it's a change of scenery I suppose.

There's a lot of mis-selling going on. I've had a Panny 42" plasma for a while now (SD). A friend came round the other day who's thinking of buying a new set and he was genuinely surprised at the quality of the picture. My mate thought that all SD sets were blocky with poor PQ. In the showrooms you'll see SD tv's next to HD tv's and the salesman points out the superior picture of the HD set (which it is, potentially).

BUT .... the SD sets usually have a shared aerial feed and the PQ looks pretty dreadful while the HD looks terrific. The HD sets have a dedicated HD box under them supplying the feed. What you're watching is not an actual broadcast but just a HD demo of a couple of tarts walking round a French chateau etc. The salesman makes his sale (a few hundred quid extra for the HD set) and the punter goes home thinking that all his viewing will be HD from now on. Personally, I'll go HD in a few years time when the Beeb makes the move, which won't be until analogue tv is phased out and the bandwidth can be used.

Talking of bit rates - the same thing happens on DAB radio as well. The bit rates on Radio 3 etc have been squeezed giving cause for concern for some.

Still, as the old saying goes: more choice - less quality

And my advice for those who die

Declare the pennies on your eyes

'cause I'm the ________

I walked past it today and noticed they have live music on. Do they have special "blues nights" etc as I noticed that Frank White will be playing there. Not sure when though.

Is it a decent music venue ?????

Can't help you I'm afraid but BBC's Watchdog likes to know about this type of thing. I believe Time was based around the Burnley area so you'd have better luck searching for a forum in that neck of the woods.

It would be funny but it's too close for comfort for me. Last year we were taken over by a large company and on of the new directors held an integration roadshow to welcome us. One of his quotes was "if you don't like the ride, get off the bus...." You can imagine that any inkling of respect went right out of the window and morale has dropped to rock bottom. Believe me, there are real characters like the Armstrongs out there, running businesses......sorry, I meant ruining businesses.

Radio 4 won't be the same

I believe she lived in Sheffield for a few years, Jeremy Hardy suggested on R4 PM that this is where she picked up her dryness and her "Yorkshire" like wit, comparing her to Alan Bennett.

It's only a limited trial version as well. You're better off with Ccleaner - freeware

http://www.ccleaner.com/

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Julian Clarey next week. Excellent series - well done BBC2

Saw the programme too. I've had headaches for over 3 years and so far the doctors, chiropractors, physio's and osteopaths have not been able to shift it. It's time I tried acupuncture. Any more recommended practitioners in Sheffield ?

Finally got round to watching the series that I taped over Xmas. What a superb series, a credit to British TV. Talking of which, why are there thousands of posts about "The 100 Greatest I'm A Celebrity Big Brother X-Factor Get Me Out of Here Pop Star" - and none for Bleak House.

Anyway, the question is .....

Did the series closely follow the book, is it better/worse than the book etc. Is it worth reading it after watching the series ?

I've mentioned this before but there is a cinema in Sheffield that doesn't suffer from chav behaviour.

The Showroom

It's far too unfashionable for them.

OK - you're not going to see general Hollywood fare but that's no bad thing is it.

It will probably go through. I purposely sent an unsigned cheque to a police force a couple of years for a NIP (speeding ticket) just to waste their time and money. The cheque went through though and on enquiring with the bank they said that cheques are not checked for small amounts. Understandable I suppose with the millions that are written every year.

Seriously, many of them got shipped back to Russia. I remember seeing a news story where hundreds of them were being loaded onto ferries at Hull/Grimsby

"In early post-Communist Russia, a bizarre export market for unwanted Lada vehicles began to emerge. A shortage of both cars and spare parts led to armies of Russian speculators coming to the West (where the cars were considered unfashionable to the point of ridicule and therefore worthless), to buy thousands of Lada cars for export back to their home country"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AvtoVAZ

If I Fell - The Beatles

On the face of it, a simple love song but dig deeper and there's Lennon, singing of hurt and vengeance. Also John/Paul harmonies at their very best.

Other worthy mentions

Excerpt From a Teenage Opera - Keith West

Stop - Sam Brown

Never Let Her Slip Away - Andrew Gold

Groovy kind of Love - The Mindbenders

Say You Don't Mind - Colin Blunstone

Need Your Love So Bad - Fleetwood Mac

Originally posted by Ousetunes

John's voice sounds so tired on this version it's enough to send you to sleep.

 

That's because Spector played about with the tape speed and slowed the whole song down.

Hope you're all looking forward to the Lennon programmes on Radio 4 next week, starting with the 1970 Wenner interview on Saturday night.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/lennon.shtml