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Re: Things that don?t work?
« Reply #45 on: September 02, 2007, 01:54:45 PM »
Shades of 2001 (A Space Odyssey) about that thought BM.

"I won't let you do that to me Dave" etc.
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Re: Things that don?t work?
« Reply #46 on: September 02, 2007, 03:58:10 PM »
Is it lock-fix day?  whistle:

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T'was indeed lock fix day - or so I thought  sad24:

The only day I could do this week was Sunday and the 'man' said no worries it would not incur any greater cost to come on a Sunday than any other day of the week - I guess I should have been suspicious then.

During the conversation I explained fully what type of lock it was - an oval thumb turn ....however it seems he either thought I didn't have a clue what I was talking about or just wasn't listening ( I will not add any further comment to that although it is tempting !!). So he turns up today... had to hurdle the fence - looks at the front door and says " Oh yeah you will need a new lock ...normally it only needs a bit of WD40 and women never think to do that "

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Then he goes on to say he hasn't got one of those on him he might have to pop off to Homebase and see if they have any.

What are the odds - of course they don't . He rang me from the van to  say he will be back Tuesday night as he is working late then.

So I bit my tongue, exhaled and went to practice my polevaulting over the fence.

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Re: Things that don?t work?
« Reply #47 on: September 02, 2007, 04:07:52 PM »
Get there before him on Tuesday night, scale fence, get nail and hammer. Hammer the nail through the top of the fence at the point where he will have to climb it. freddy:

When he rips his trousers, leg open etc look innocent, flutter eyelashes and say "Didn't you remember ~I told you to be careful of that nail the last time you climbed the fence. Give him a bottle of TCP and a sticky plaster and show him the way to the lock whilst you go into the kitchen to make a "Cup of Tea". Emerge from kitchen bearing a steaming cuppa, just as he finishes the job. Smile sweetly and say "How much did we agree?" Pay him whilst he eyes the cuppa and say "Thank you .... Good bye" whistle:
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Re: Things that don?t work?
« Reply #48 on: September 05, 2007, 07:42:08 AM »
Thinking further about it; I suppose it may have been damaged in an attempt to break in...
Anyway, seems you won't know until the lock is looked at - best by a locksmith!

It would appear your cynical view of life is spot on  sad24:

Apparently it would appear someone attempted to kick the door in. The lock held but was twisted in the frame. Hence no one could get in - even the pondlife that was trying by force.

Took over two hours last night to repair, replace and renew.

Can only think they were after my valuable collection of shoes  noooo:

Anyway - it was very nice to go out the house this morning via the front door and wearing a skirt again  lol:
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Re: Things that don?t work?
« Reply #49 on: September 05, 2007, 07:43:48 AM »
Ummm how did one get ones child out of the house?  eeek:

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Re: Things that don?t work?
« Reply #50 on: September 05, 2007, 07:52:59 AM »
Ummm how did one get ones child out of the house?  eeek:

Oops I knew I was forgetting something lol:

For the past week or so we have been polevaulting over the back fence. I am now quite good  lol:

Only downside of this now is that she is terrified someone is trying to break in and last night we had to revert to having the lights back on.
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Re: Things that don?t work?
« Reply #51 on: September 05, 2007, 08:51:39 AM »
Ummm how did one get ones child out of the house?  eeek:

Oops I knew I was forgetting something lol:

For the past week or so we have been polevaulting over the back fence. I am now quite good  lol:

Only downside of this now is that she is terrified someone is trying to break in and last night we had to revert to having the lights back on.

Ahhh yes. I remember when I was young and we had burglars. I wasn't the same for months afterwards.  noooo:

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Re: Things that don?t work?
« Reply #52 on: September 05, 2007, 09:06:10 AM »
Anyway quit bitching.  I have a "Fing wot don work" problem worth serious moaning time.

My computer has died (RIP - you little shit  evil:)

What is so bad about that? you may well ask, well on Wednesday I was pondering whether to upgrade my computer or not, it's getting on a bit but works OK and is fully loaded with - now obsolete - expensive add-ons. I didn't really fancy starting over and  I still had some expansion space left. Vista is still an expensive joke and nothing I possess works with it.  So I decided to upgrade to the max with memory.  I ordered an extra 1Gb that arrived the next day - but...  That morning, the damn computer started to malfunction, rebooting at random.  Late on Friday I eventually diagnosed a terminal problem in the motherboard and it would need replacing.

Everyone on the net claimed to have one but on closer examination it seemed they 'no longer stocked' this item, telling me basically that I have a pile of shite and should get a new one.  evil:  I had just decided not to do that and spent even more on it.  Worse, I found an 'antiques' site that had the very one (and only one) that I needed, I could almost hear the laugh as they racked up the price to new +20% because 'I Needed it!'  and penalty next day courier delivery (don't do Saturdays) "Why should I pay premium for next week delivery?"  "Oh? I thought you said you needed it Sir?"  Bastards  evil:

So my computer is in tiny bits and waiting (I can de-fluff it now  ::)) whilst I glower and growl and fret.  I feel like my arm has been cut off.  Yes, I still have the laptop, but it's just not the same, my room is quiet - lacking that powerful purring of multitudes of efficient machi------  Oh Stop it!    It's only a computer, FFS.

I could be having fun - like for example - putting a new lock on my front door.   lol:  Or mowing a lawn with scissors or herding sheep or 'putting the beer away'  confused:   

I wonder what time day my new motherboard will arrive?   Will it work?  Can I contain my impatience?


Bang!  silence......... 

This is possibly a stupid question but I've known people do this in the past, did you order compatible memory?   scared:

I've seen all sorts of wierd things happening with people who have used different speed memory on dual channel capable motherboards.
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Re: Things that don?t work?
« Reply #53 on: September 05, 2007, 11:32:58 AM »
Thank you for the interest, but as I have 3 Gb of PC3200 - one brand new  evil: I chose the MoBo to fit the memory - as it were.

They are three matched Crucial boards  And now (hopfully) I'll be able to run them with a 400MHz FSB rather than the 333 that I had.

I don't quite understand why I have two RJ45 Net ports though....... To set up as a domain perhaps?

Gosh!  I have SATA Raid too  eeek:

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Re: Things that don?t work?
« Reply #54 on: September 05, 2007, 11:36:34 AM »
WTF was that post about. eeek: Is there a translator in the house?
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Re: Things that don?t work?
« Reply #55 on: September 05, 2007, 11:38:53 AM »
WTF was that post about. eeek: Is there a translator in the house?

Nick, it's techie stuff - with your reputation it would be best to leave it. Otherwise every PC on the planet will self-destruct due to your influence. In fact, it would seem that just your interest is haaaaaavvvvvvvvvvviiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggggg an unwarranted effect on mi
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Re: Things that don?t work?
« Reply #56 on: September 05, 2007, 11:50:36 AM »
Thinking further about it; I suppose it may have been damaged in an attempt to break in...
Anyway, seems you won't know until the lock is looked at - best by a locksmith!

It would appear your cynical view of life is spot on  sad24:

Apparently it would appear someone attempted to kick the door in. The lock held but was twisted in the frame. Hence no one could get in - even the pondlife that was trying by force.

Took over two hours last night to repair, replace and renew.


Can only think they were after my valuable collection of shoes  noooo:

Anyway - it was very nice to go out the house this morning via the front door and wearing a skirt again  lol:


I'm sorry to hear that, but better a damaged lock than a turned-over home eh?

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Re: Things that don?t work?
« Reply #57 on: September 05, 2007, 11:58:18 AM »
Life has taught me that a cynical outlook has saved me from many disappointments....

Glad it's not just me then. I'm constantly critisised for being over cynical about everything and everyone.
I always explain that it's better to be that way, so if something DOES go right  noooo: then it comes as a nice suprise. eeek:

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Re: Things that don?t work?
« Reply #58 on: September 05, 2007, 12:07:53 PM »
Dont know if they are still selling them but in the brown box component section in PC world they were flogging 250gb SATA2 drives for ?60.  

Memory wise if you can get them Geil/Golden Dragon dual channel memory is pretty much unbeatable, just be careful searching for it on an office computer. The last time I tried googling 'Geil Dual Channel' from the office the firewall blocked it as porn. Either there is a dyslexic domain namer out there or some scarey IT geek is getting their jollies off flicking through a copy of computer shopper  eeek:

Life has taught me that a cynical outlook has saved me from many disappointments....

Glad it's not just me then. I'm constantly critisised for being over cynical about everything and everyone.
I always explain that it's better to be that way, so if something DOES go right  noooo: then it comes as a nice suprise. eeek:

Plan for the worst, hope for the best. Nothing wrong with that mindset Growler.  happy088
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Re: Things that don?t work?
« Reply #59 on: September 05, 2007, 12:55:57 PM »
Dont know if they are still selling them but in the brown box component section in PC world they were flogging 250gb SATA2 drives for ?60.  

Memory wise if you can get them Geil/Golden Dragon dual channel memory is pretty much unbeatable, just be careful searching for it on an office computer. The last time I tried googling 'Geil Dual Channel' from the office the firewall blocked it as porn. Either there is a dyslexic domain namer out there or some scarey IT geek is getting their jollies off flicking through a copy of computer shopper  eeek:

Life has taught me that a cynical outlook has saved me from many disappointments....



Plan for the worst, hope for the best. Nothing wrong with that mindset Growler.  happy088

Tell Mrs Growler that then. She insists that I'm just a miserable old get. ::)

I never get disappointed about anything as a consequence of my constant cynical outlook on life, that's why I'm so bloody happy all the time! noooo: