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Question from a good customer .     He's buying a train set for his two lads  , to be laid out in the loft .         He says there is warning  about interference with aerials  from the set ...he has two TV aerials in the loft  that we fitted.   The train set is a DCC  stype  , no idea what...

I posted this before but its worth airing  I think.      I did a few months with a large local contractor who tended to treat their staff like shytte .    This was the story I heard .  At the end of a new build supermarket project  one of the sparks  gets redundancy   just after handover .  ...

On local radio today ........  the lady  presenter says she had a conversation with her husband about  needing more room in the house ,  husband suggests the only answer is to fit some boarding in the loft  for storage . Later in the day he finds adverts on his phone for loft decking  have...

In the past I worked for many firms after coming on the tools  some good , some bad .    With a firm once on a Gulf Oil storage  depot ......   basically  giant tanks of petrol  & tankers in & out for deliveries.      The firm's  onsite supervisor was a tosser ,   loved it if you were 5...

I'm amazed  we havn't run out of cell phone numbers by now .        I notice  if you buy a new phone , theres a card with it  so , I believe , you could go straight onto Pay -as-you Go  ,  or ...this bit gets me ....throw it away and insert your own SIM card .   How many combinations of 11...

My regular printing customer had a builder in to  install a floor to ceiling  partition  to an area .     They had their own electricians so I wasn't involved until afterwards.   The works manager asked them to ...." Install  nine  twin  13A sockets in the new area "    With a sweep of his arm...

Is a brand new BT business hub  of any use to anyone .  Still in it's box .     A customer dropped it on me saying  can you use this .   I'm on BT  , which works fine , so just stuck  with this box TBH   Is it something you can just plug into your Broadband  or does it have to be registered with...

We recently bought a new Aunt Nelly  Sony Bravia  from Currys    @  £600   .   MIssus just announced  Currys have them at £300   for Black Friday.  . :(  

Do I need the update to this ?      A box keeps appearing , offering the latest version , but halfway through install  I see the comment  ..."  This file could damage your computer "   so I baled out .   Although it looks like the genuine Adobe Flash site.  

..............did someone actually design this  , and did we actually fit them  ?   

We're enjoying the new Smart arse TV  but a slight problem has started .        Been watching  various Iplayers  but lately BBC iPlayer  has started buffering  ,   just watched a one hour episode  , no problem ,  5 secs  the next one comes up  and starts buffering & doesn't stop .    Couple...

Any comments ?  Anyone  recommend  them ?  Do they work ?  Any problems ? 

The fear of losing the PEN  on PME systems is certainly worrying them .    

..............thinks  there is hardly anything on TV these days  where you think  ..." Ah!  I don't want to miss that "  ?   

Looking on Youtube  ,    it shows an American black guy,  in his 30s ,   who is about to  listen ..for the first time to  Chuck Berry singing Johnny B Goode   in a 1958 video .   " Hey man  who was this dude  "  he says   .  etc etc     Oh come on ,  what planet  has he come from ?  Utter BS...

I have three I could tell  . This was mentioned on Radio 4extra this morning  and I have first hand experience  of the subject .        Wife & I were at RAF Cosford  museum years ago ,  normal day ,  not the annual Air Show.... hardly anyone there .      WIfe wanders off ,  I go to what I...

I passed a factory last week and remembered  doing a job there .     Long since changed ownership  , it was the Cheney factory years & years ago, making luggage locks, suitcase hinges  stuff.  Trying to keep this concise  & not boring everyone .     It is typical  of what happened back...

We were told  NO third party  certifying of installations .      Except I believe by NAPITT  .  

...and a smattering of new acronyms to remember .  From the latest NICEIC Mag   Connections comes :    - "The EAS  sets out the requirements for an enterprise ( contractor ) to be recognised as competent  .  They require proof of continuous professional development   ( CPD)   .   You must...