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Huggers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > First they came for the putter-ups of lost cat > posters, and I did not speak out, because I hadn't > lost a cat, > then they came for the putter-ups of primary > school fete posters, and I did not speak out, > because I didn't have a child still at primary > school.......... xxxxxxx :)

Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Typical laissez-faire, cuddly-wuddly reax from a > fair few ED residents. How can you like > bedraggled, rainwater-filled, dirty signs and how > can you tolerate the selfishness and laziness - > for that it what it is - of those who put them up > and don't take them down. > If they are up for a week or so, fine, but after > the event, they should be taken down. To leave > them up is the same as saying 'not my problem guv, > someone else can clean up after me'. xxxxxx And the missing animal posters torn down after three days? What's your non-cuddly-wuddly take on that? I'm guessing you have no pets. ETA: And Green Goose, are you really saying that people trying to find their missing cats and dogs are flyposting?

polla2256 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm currently looking into a multi pronged > approach. Cctv and a huge dog. xxxxxx Perhaps we could train up the neighbourhood foxes :)

According to this, he was a very experienced pilot: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/01/16/vauxhall-helicopter-crash-pilot-named-pete-barnes_n_2486918.html?icid=maing-grid7|uk|dl1|sec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D146323

the-e-dealer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There was no passenger. xxxxx Yeh, that's what I said above. "No passengers on board". Very fortunate. I know the area very well too, often drive through and also use bus station/tube station. Absolutely amazed more people weren't hurt, especially at that time of day. But very unfortunate for the pilot. Apparently he had been diverted, so possibly wasn't familiar with the area. It seems that a mist/fog had recently come down, as apparently the view had been clear earlier. But according to early reports I heard, a specific warning had been given to air traffic about this particular crane. Don't know if that's true, as I don't know why it would have been singled out. But in any case it should have had lights on, don't know if they were not visible to the pilot in the mist.

Heard Chris Shaw interviewed on the BBC News Channel earlier, sounded like the Chris Shaw who is the melodeon player in Gig CB, he used to live on Peckham Rye, don't know if he still does. He was stopped at red lights, if lights hadn't been red he'd have been under the crash :( Very lucky escape (as had the crane driver who was late for work this morning). One man was rescued from a burning car. Amazing there weren't more casualties. Met giving press conference (I think), anyway a statement, at 11.30am according to BBC. Terrible for all involved but especially the families of the dead :( ETA: Pilot killed, no passengers on board, one person on the ground killed, one person critically ill.

I have not the least interest in football usually, but that's really interesting, thanks :)

Green Goose Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > If it's about missing cats or dogs I ignore them > for 3 days - after which the animal has either > returned home or has gone to meet its maker. After > that they come down. > xxxxxx Great. Many animals are found after a far longer time than that. I hope you feel very happy that you might have been responsible for some animals never being reunited with their owners.

Thanks, I'll have a look.

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I had the same test result as you once, but nothing at all was found from subsequent investigations. If that helps!

Thanks Jeremy. I don't think it's going to be worth spending ?55 on it - the money would be better put towards a new laptop, however that isn't going to happen in the near future!

Just realised though, isn't this converter going to be the wrong way round? I need a converter from analogue to HDMI, not the other way round, because the signal (or whatever the term is) would be going from my laptop to the projector.

Thanks everyone. ed_pete, I'll make enquiries.

Sadly I found that what I thought was an HDMI socket (?) on my laptop wasn't. It's apparently an analogue equivalent to it. Whatever that means :)) So I couldn't use the projector anyway as they only had one lead for it, which needed an HDMI socket :( Bloody hell, my laptop isn't THAT old !!!

Absolute pain. I got stuck in this yesterday whilst delivering some boxes of stuff to The Old Nun's Head. It took me as long to drive back home as it did to then walk back to The Old Nun's Head!

You can get electronic devices to deter foxes. No idea if they work though. Some people seem to think they do, some people seem to think they don't. I don't mind the foxes on the whole as I like the idea of wild-ish animals living in Sarf Lahndon, and the sound doesn't really bother me now I know what it is. However I do curse them when they dig large holes in my very small garden, generally around the roots of treasured plants. GRRRRR. It was nice when one year I had a couple of young foxes sleeping where I could see them from the kitchen window :) Coming home late at night we once saw a fox making its way along the roofs of parked cars in Ulverscroft Road :)

jobby1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi all, > Thanks for your suggestions but this was back in > November I was looking and no longer need a > handyman :) xxx Who did you use? Sadly I made the mistake of recommending a very good handyman on here, with the result that he became too busy to come back :)) ETA: I don't mean he'd never have come back, I mean he was booked up for months ahead :(

Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How many did you get PaulK? xxxxx I hope a lot telling him to f*** o** (and no, I didn't send one). northlondoner, I agree. I've had several friends over the years with bipolar disorder, but I didn't feel there was anything I could add to the discussion here. But Lady D (and other people who've constructively contributed to the thread), thanks. Maybe you've opened a few people's minds.

Sorted in about a millisecond, thanks so much. I'm blushing profusely.

OMG I've been retired so long I'd forgotten all about PowerPoint! I must have repressed it :)) Yes I do have it on my laptop. Thanks guys!

Not sure whether it's all worth the hassle, but basically I want to project the attached logo onto a (white) screen via my laptop. However I want the logo only, not menus etc, and also it has to be quite large on the screen or it will look ridiculous (it's to replace a backdrop which can't be used in the particular location in the room). When I tried it full screen on my laptop it got distorted to an oval :( Anyone got any ideas? I've also got a psd version of it, but I'm not sure that's any help .... I know how to connect the laptop to the projector, that's not the issue, it's getting a reasonable size logo onto the screen with no distortion and no other stuff appearing as well as the logo..... I'm not too bothered if you can see the lines of the square around the edges ....

PeckhamRose Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Nice beer though. xxxxxx Not if you don't like Youngs :))

Marmora Man Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > j5nn Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Thanks guys, > > > > What would you say makes it different to > Brixton? > > > Grass (of the green kind you play football on) xxxxxx Eh? The lovely Brockwell Park is just up the road, as is the park with the windmill in (Blenheim Gardens I think)!

PHILLY Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > looking forward to the hair salon opening , will > save us busy ladies have to go to the West end, or > chelsea to get a decent haircut xxxxxxx You can get an excellent haircut at Kuki, in Bellenden Road - no need to go to the West End or Chelsea :)