Sue

I haven't heard anything either, though I signed up to the emailing list.

Oh no, I say both DYEsect and harASSment. Sorry PGC and CS. I also say SUBsidence rather than subSYEdence. Is that wrong too? Oh what a complex world we live in ...... You say potayto and I say potahto, etc etc .....

KalamityKel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Today's knocker apparently resembled a 12 yr old > claiming to be from ADT... went away rather > politely when advised he had two seconds to get > off the path before unpleasantries commenced. I > say apparently as I didn't see nor answer the > knocked door, certainly heard it though! > > No seriously he was a youngen. xxxxxx The ones who came to my door were quite young, but they weren't children.

buddug Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What I objected to when one of them came round a > couple of days ago was that he started his spiel > by saying: "As you probably know, there has been a > spate of burglaries in this street recently." To > my knowledge this is untrue - to fearmonger like > that is bad enough, but it could really distress > an elderly resident. > > He was also incredibly pushy, taking a step > forward towards me while saying: "Is it ok if I > come in?". I had to square up and say firmly that > no, it was not ok, and shutting the door on him. xxxxxxx Yes - they were very very keen to get into my house to do their "security survey". And scaremongering, I agree. I'm considering getting a "no cold callers" sign now, unfriendly as it appears. It's bad enough getting constant spam phone calls despite being on the list for not getting them .... I've taken to waiting till the answering machine kicks in, to see who it is. Spam callers don't use the machine. (BTW be very wary if you call 1471 to see who it was and get a number which is unknown to you. There is a scam whereby somebody phones, hangs up before you answer, you call 1471 and phone back the number you get, and you'll end up paying an arm and a leg to call it. Googling the number will usually tell you what it is and whether to phone it - usually not.)

Thanks ianr, I wasn't clear whether Fox's suggestion was both a physical system kept in the home and some sort of online backup. The advantage of Carbonite was that it was easy to use, it backed stuff up automatically without my having to think about it (once the initial upload had been done) and once when I somehow permanently deleted a vital file, God knows how, I was able to reinstall it very easily. However I then discovered that anything I had previously had on my laptop (and had had backed up on Carbonite) but had transferred to an external hard drive to free up space was no longer being saved on Carbonite, and that if I wanted to back that up as well I had to pay an additional arm and a leg. Hence I'm looking for something else quite urgently, as my carbonite subscription is about to run out and I don't want to renew it as it has become too expensive for what I want it to do.

God I'm confused. I have been using Carbonite for a few years to back stuff up, but I'm not happy with it any more. Fox, is your system foolproof ie everything is safe for ever? I have a load of stuff backed up on an external hard drive, but obviously that could fail. Is yours a sort of mixture between that and the Cloud? I'm not bothered about sharing stuff particularly, I just want to be able to retrieve it if the worst happens and my laptop crashes - documents, photos and music.

Had a small group (at least three) of smartly dressed people from ADT arrive at my door today saying they were doing "security surveys" of people's homes in order to "reduce the crime rate in the area." Not selling alarms, oh no, perish the thought. Just a warning, people. Assuming you don't want their obviously unbiassed advice, of course :)

The Minkey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue: I do have the the channels listed, the > problem is that they eithe return 'no signal' or > the picture is so broken up it's unwatchable. > > That's very interesting Bic Basher. What were > those of us with an HD Ready TV meant to do to > retune, do you know? xxxxxxx It has just come back to me that when I retuned mine, there were instructions to clear all the existing channels first and then start again from scratch. In case that's of any relevance! ETA: You also need to delete duplicates of the same channel, ie the ones without a strong signal. ETA: Yes, sorry, it's what Bic Basher said, you do it as a First Time Installation. But then still delete the ones without a good signal.

Perhaps this is some sort of ED collaboration between David Shrigley and Stik .....

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 30" gas mains leaking gas - emergency repairs. xxxxx When I passed - excruciatingly slowly - on a bus last night, there were four guys in yellow jackets just standing around staring at the repair site ... with traffic jammed in both directions apparently due (in the direction heading up to the library) to a police car parked outside The Bishop at a crucial point .....

Again probably a stupid question, but on my system the BBC etc channels came up as numbered in the thousands rather than at the beginning. I haven't been bothered to change them, although I could and probably should do, because it doesn't make much practical difference to the way I use my telly, but could it possibly be that you may find them right at the end of all the crap channels?

civilservant Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- omg I'm in danger of turning into a nice person! xxxxxx You are a nice person already! :) ETA: Sorry, just realised your post was probably ironic (?) or something, but I've had two large glasses of red (blush)

The Minkey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's been repositioned in every location its lead > will allow. No joy. I've retuned the TV many > times too. xxxxxx Silly question I know, and profuse apologies if you have, but have you retuned the television since the changeover? It needed to be done twice on different dates ..... I wouldn't have thought the aerial needed moving, mine certainly didn't.

civilservant Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm wondering if this is not all an elaborate > leg-pull. xxxxxx So am I :)

Whilst obviously hoping that the lady in question is OK, it is a basic common sense precaution to check that there are no cars coming before you step out into the road, surely? Or, if at a crossing of any kind, that any cars approaching appear to be slowing down for the crossing. Unless the car in this case came round a corner very fast and couldn't have been seen? I have several times been nearly knocked down by cyclists at crossings, who basically just ignore the red light, and once nearly by a car which again just went straight through the red light even though I was halfway across the crossing.

Robbie1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think the main problem at this > crossing is that there doesn't seem to be the > usual green/red man alert light. xxxxxx There is, but it is on the kerb where the pedestrian is standing, on the part where you press the button, rather than across the road. I had assumed that this was to make it easier to see for people who might have visual difficulties. However I agree that if you are used to the old design, it is hard to get used to looking in that place. It's probably a good idea to look for the lights to turn red for the cars, anyway (which happens before the pedestrian signal turns green in any case), and make sure nothing is speeding towards the crossing and likely to go through the red, before starting to cross. Shouldn't have to, but there are so many rubbish drivers these days :(

I'm sure it's no consolation whatsoever, but in a previous incarnation I used to work for Royal Mail (not as a postie!) and I still receive Courier, their staff newsletter. There have been several articles in it recently about various aspects of delivery staff not doing their jobs properly, plus details of posties who have been prosecuted/imprisoned for theft from the mail, presumably as a warning ......

Victoria Inn??

stephen509 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Phone apps are perfect for me, has never let me > down. > xxxxxxx Let me down once when it said the first 37 was in about twenty five minutes time .... luckily I didn't do as another person at the same stop did who'd also looked via the app and start walking, as one actually turned up in about two minutes .... But usually they're great. Bus time apps not the 37 obviously :)

Jenny1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bigalgray - why the need for unkindness? xxxxxx Because if you look at all his posts (click on his name) he's a total tosser.

I used to live in Bredenbury in Herefordshire, and there was one bus in and out a WEEK !!!

And the only other posts from the OP are about a "deadly virus" in East Dulwich. Yawn.

Sorry to hear this, but do you mean one of the zebra crossings? I don't know of any pelican crossing at the intersection of Goose Green and Lordship Lane? There are several now along Lordship Lane, but not right at the Goose Green end.

herrd Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As for keeping warm in the winter/while smoking, I > suspect a gaggle of disgruntled former regulars > may well go and torch the place when they hear of > the ?4 scotch eggs... xxxxxxx Well they can go to some cheap shop, pay - what? under a pound probably? - and get some vile egg covered in mainly rusk with a tiny bit of pork hidden somewhere in it, or they can pay four quid and get a gourmet egg covered in black pudding ..... Or they can go to a chippie and get a pickled egg .... They'll probably complain that the beer doesn't have a strange off taste, as well .....

I'd deffo be up for ping pong tables in parks round here. Presume you have to carry around your own bats and balls though?