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Frankly, most of the charity bags in your letterbox are, IMHO, dodgy anyway. Read the fine print and you'll see that the charity that has it's name plastered in big letters on the bag actually only get about ?100 for every tonne of clothes collected (i.e. 10p per kilo). Your bag probably had maybe 5kg of clothes, so your charity would have got 50p for everything you put out. The clothes themselves mostly get shipped off to be resold in other countries and those profits go nowhere near your charity. Personally, I drop them straight into charity shops - St Christopher's a personal favourite. I know that they will resell them for a decent price and all that dosh goes back to the charity.

Worked for me.

Your own posts don't get the 'new' symbol. The software assumes you read what you wrote before you posted it.

Meanwhile, back on topic, I think someone at Corbyn Central just lost their job... http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/09/21/jeremy-corbyn-deletes-embarrassing-pig-gate-tweet-mentioning-diane-abbott_n_8171006.html

You're on catchup, Foxy... http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,1536592

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have located the 'Main' box with test socket > behind my bedside cabinet the nearest box to point > of entry. Testing from this point makes no > difference. I don't think Parallel extn. wiring is > causing my problem. Or even external wiring from local > exchange. You need to take the faceplate off to expose the test socket and plug your router into that. Just using the socket visible through the faceplate won't make any difference. Also, since you are happy with wiring stuff, go into the main socket and remove all wires from the terminals EXCEPT the signal wires on terminals 2 and 5. You might want to note what colours go where before you pull any wires so you can put them back if it all goes wrong! I did this in my last house and my BB speed doubled. > I'm not sure that the Basic Home Hub allows port forwarding Seems it does... http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/32211/~/how-to-set-up-game-and-application-sharing%2Fport-forwarding-facilities-on-the-bt http://www.filesaveas.com/bthomehub_portforwarding.html

Has it ever been faster? Your distance to the exchange is a pretty big factor. Infinity (Fibre to the Cabinet) nullifies this distance factor. But there are other things you can try: 1) Is it your wireless? Try plugging straight into the router with a ethernet cable and see if that makes a difference. If you get significantly higher speeds, then you might want to check your wireless channel, router, etc. 2) Is it your wiring? A lot of house telephone wiring has more wires connected than it needs and these just create noise which slows your broadband. If you can find your main phone socket (probably has BT on it) and take the faceplate off, you will find a second socket in there called the test socket. Plug your router straight into that and if you speed improves you might want to look into buying an i-plate or, for a cheaper option, if you are confident with such things you can remove the 'bell wires'. (PS mess about with your wiring at your own risk!)

Ridgley Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I must admit they are all getting on my last > nerves, right-wing left-wing both wing on the same @#$%& bird. Welcome to the sensible world of the Centrists.

The photo is probably too big - max is 614kb.

Have you made sure it has http:// in front of the link? I don't think the autoconvert works if you don't.

genwilliams Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm a pretty trenchant feminist. and > I like benefitting from chivalry reminds me of the famous Grouch Marx quote: "Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others."

From what I've heard about McDonnell, I suspect he spent most of yesterday being tutored in the art of the calm response! I think there were a lot of people at Corbyn Central will have heaved a rather large sigh of relief as the credits rolled. Unsurprisingly (since Corbyn has said policy will come from the members) there was mostly criticism of the government, rather than much in the way of new ideas. His apology about his IRA comments was vaguely acceptable - although he did the classic, weaselly "I apologise for any offence caused". His story about why Corbyn didn't sing the anthem was completely laughable, though.

Ridgley Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It was mentioned on the radio that Jeremy and Diane had a thing back in the day? The Standard had it too. Apparently back in the 70's and 80's they had a number of 'flings' and went on holiday together a couple of times. Quite common knowledge around Westminster apparently, but just hit the papers. Personally, I haven't felt so queasy since the John Major/Edwina Currie thing came out.

NewWave Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The point I was trying to make really was-sexism aside. > If someone has a sedentary job perhaps It would be good manners to perhaps offer a seat to someone > who looks like they may need it. That's entirely different to your first post. I think most people here would happily give up their seat to someone in more need of it - pregnant, older, with kids in arms. But that's not chivalry - that's just being a decent person. How are people supposed to know you have aches and pains? If you are still dressed like most shop workers, then you probably look much the same as an office-bound person. You are asking for levels of ESP not usually seen in your average human. And how do you know the people already sitting down don't have aches and pains?

I watched it. Corbyn came across OK, but I thought the format meant Cameron could just fire back nice, almost preprepared soundbite-sized quotes. The public suggesting questions is all well and good, but unless they pick better and more incisive questions - and follow up on his answers - I reckon Cameron will be rather happy if Corbyn sticks with this format. Also, Cameron has always had a weak spot with his 'Flashman' arrogant approach to PMQs - this actually almost made him look more thoughtful.

*Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have also noticed strange astrological phenomena > - the unexplained convergence of three stars in > the heavens and - only this morning - the image of > a kindly, bearded man appearing on my morning > toast. > > He Walks Amongst Us. ... and he has the initials "JC". What more proof do you want?

I just kind of hoped the OP was a troll...

Cordless are very good for general DIY work, but try and buy a kit that has an extra battery. Buy a decent brand (Bosch, Black and Decker) - I've bought cheapies before and the batteries die very quickly. Get a two speed, for drilling and screwing. (Fnarr.)

... and Diane Abbot is in the cabinet. Holy crap.

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > We'll see how it all works out. They're all reasonable expectations, Otta. It's the people who actually think Corbyn is actually PM material I worry about.

His first worry will be the Parliamentary Labour Party. They might unite around him, but in a Julius Caesar type way. Looking at the Guardian summary of his policies: Economy: His weakest area, straight up. His anti-austerity call will get good press, but will fall down in the detail. The completely barking 'print loads of money to fund things we like' plus the old 'tax the rich' stuff (ideologically good soundbite, but never actually raises much money). Tax: Richard Murphy's made up number on the tax gap is going to come back to bite him. Finding ?120bn worth of 'unpaid' tax will be... um... interesting. Education: Good - but expensive - ideas. Housing: Popular - but ineffective - ideas. Immigration: A couple of months ago, these might have caused him problems, but recent events make these rather timely. Defence: Pulling out of NATO? One word - barking. Public Ownership: Unsurprising policies. May need to pull out of Europe to enact some of them, since EU rules may prevent him doing them. Europe: He's a surprisingly unclear on his Europe policy. Not sure what he believes. Heathcare: Anti-privatisation, but apart from that, not much in the way of change. Foreign Policy: Wobbly, to say the least. I get the feeling he knows that this is the bit he's going to get the greatest grief and the least support for his ideology.

There are a few stories going around that he didn't want to run at all, but for various reasons the other more left-wing candidates wouldn't/couldn't run and so he rather unenthusiastically threw his hat in the ring.

Parkdrive Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks for reaffirming my view that you ignorant and narrow minded. Considering most of your views are wildly incoherent and poorly thought-out, I'm not really going to lose much in the way of sleep about that one, am I?

I'd already pencilled my vote in for TJ. Shame - I thought she's make a good mayor. Back to the drawing board.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I thought Sol Campbell was going to be the Tory candidate! What happened? I think they discovered he was Sol Campbell.