Scopex

I'd second that, horse mackeral for sure! http://web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/pages/horsemackerel.html Dash....Phil beat me with the weblink!!

Very sad indeed, on the news it stated they were believed to be from the Glasgow area. My thoughts are with their families.

Snatcher, of course all homebrew should be handled carefully....from pump to glass...from glass to mouth!! Don't worry I'm not advocating home distallation or rattling up manky old moonshine in the garage with all its associated health dangers. No I'm talking about real home brewed beer, brewed from malted barley, hops, and water and fermented with a top feremnting ale yeast. Not like the generic tasteless chemical fizz that seems to pass for beer these days! Next time you're down at the caravan let me know and I'll let you sample some of my beers, I'm from Stranraer, and see if you can pass the Scopex taste test! By the way I've four gallons of Mead, made with local galloway honey, merrily bubbling away that should be ready in a year or so and that really should be treated with respect!

I like Badger beers, especially Golden Champion lovely stuff! Better still brew your own, I'm supping my way through some rather nice homebrewed Hopback Summer lighntining at the moment! Mmmmm......beer!

Viva la France!

I'd be careful with that as you may "attract" more than you've bargained for with that particular jerkbait! Used to make all manner of fishing bits from stuff I found round the house when I was younger, now older aI'm too lazy and just buy them off the net! I've still got a priest I knocked together in the shed over 25yrs ago during my game fishing days, from a length of rubber hose, a little knob from a ink stamp, and rather heavy letter punch, all very heath robinson or should that be Blue Peter!

Used to get AT almost religiously for 20 odd years, now only get Pike and Pred and Sea Angler.

Hi Chris, Any ABU 7000 or similar sized multi's knocking around? Cheers Kev

Unfortunately in my area Maggie T's right to buy has simply meant that affordable rented accomodation has become as thin on the ground as the proverbial rocking horse $hit! Oh sure some benefited, unfortunatley at the expense of others, the biggest benefactor being private landlords who can charge what they like safe in the knowledge their is no viable alternative. Once all the nicer areas had gone the stock remaining was lumped together and after a massive PR campaign including glossy brosures, balloons, keyrings and a rather dapper video featuring a b-list tv presenter informing the tenants how fab and groovey housing assosiations are! Topped with bribes of new kitchens and shiney wc's the deal was done! End result, still the same old problems abeit with differnet faces and some new mismagement problems thrown in for good measure! Now the area has a massive problem with house prices rising so fast than local families cannot afford to buy and as for renting....forget it....you can spend over ten years on the list and then only get offered one in the junkie infested areas. Not an overstatemnt ...it's a fact, a sad and disturbing one but a fact none the less. As for benefits, the idea that all families on benefits are living the high life is frankly well wide of the mark. Undoubtably a small percentage of workshy layabouts who fiddle the system to their own benefit but for many families it's a safety net that lets them survive when things go wrong. Many even end up not claiming what their rightly entitled to simply because of the minformation the benefit agency is famed for, ask a welfare rights or CAB volunteer. I'm not the richest bloke on the planet but I don't do too badly either however I would never want to increase my own personal wealth at the expense of those less fortunate than me....as that simply smack of selfish greed....an ethic of the Thatcherite era

Actually thats where I thought it's strength lies. To fairly distribute wealth accross society and end poverty is a strength not a weakness. Without social and economic equality there will always be turmoil. P1ssed of? The Pit closures implemented by the tories in the 80's can hardly be described as that, to destroy people way of life and their communities was slightly more than p1ssing them off. Is this what you really want, people poorer than yourself to having even less to live on? And as for your comment that people on benefits can afford new cars, well those that can are either selling drugs or working whilst claiming. What did the tories give us, they gave us the "I'm alright jack" society. As long as I've got cheap fuel for my 4x4 the worlds rosey. They sold off our heavy industry, they sold off all the desirable council housing with their "right to buy", which has now left many areas with no decent affordable housing. They just about destroyed the economy. They instilled a sense of greed and selfishness in us that we did not have previously. Many still wonder what happend to the sense of community in the Britain......well the Tories happened to it thats what.

I've got one of those little Karchers, spot on bit of kit if you ask me, does a good job. Beware of the Argos Challange ones, I had two both lasted about 25 mins before packing in and having to be returned, hence I ended up buying the Karcher and it's been great. You can pick up extra bits cheap for them off Ebay too, the spinning power nozzle thingy is a handy gadget but dont try cleaning the car with it or it may end up minus paint....I know I've tried it on my van!

A bivvy full of midgies is more than enough entertainment for me!

Enjoyed chucking action men out of my bedroom window.......with his parachute of course! All went fine untill he got stuck on the roof! Six million dollar man was ok too untill his bits fell out and fluff got stuck behind his bionic eye!

Possibly because both chub and rudd aren't warm blooded mammals?...........hey, it's just a thought!

I've never liked football and never will but your comments are somewhat nasty given that he has only just died. You seem to very quick to judge him, did you know him personally? Best may have been a flawed genius with regard to his football career but from listening to the comments made by those who knew him, it would seem he was a genuinely likeable man, regardless of his achoholism.

Nice scanner Argyll but no good if you're running Windows XP pro x64 as Epson still haven't released any x64 drivers. I've contacted Epson myself and they are still uncertain if they will.

I once knew a troll who lived under a bridge. He used to drink cider and wear an Asda bag on his head as a hat!.....Well he said he was a troll....................or did he say pole?!

I wouldn't be quite so sure that they don't care, just because they aren't as vocal as the prohunt lobby don't underestimate the force of feeling that this issue can raise. I've lived all my life in the country and probably always will, I've enjoyed shooting and wildfowling and have been passionate about angling since childhood however without a shadow of a doubt foxhunting with dogs is no longer seen by the public as an acceptable practise. You are deluding yourself if you think otherwise. Scopex

I hear Bognor is quite nice this time of year!?

Another William Wallace here! You scored 62 Wisdom, 65 Tactics, 62 Guts, and 42 Ruthlessness!

Mmmm, I love smoked fish. I used to work as a lab tech in a smoked salmon processing plant. Part of my work entailed testing smoked salmon for oil/salt/volatile nitrogen etc as well as taste, have to say however many of the sample batches had to be requested more than once after the original had been contaminated....ahem....or accidently eaten by a certain member of staff!!! Smoked fish IS the food of the gods!

I likes it!

Not quite, the Centrino range have Pentium M processors with intergrated Intel wireless (Wi-Fi) capability but hey, I prefer AMD anyway!

Whilst it is true that many will replace faulty drives, still think your first step should be to contact the shop for replacement as this will be your easiest, quickest and cheapest option for you, as you'll have no drive to return to the manufacturers and no wait for it to be returned. Use this to check the drives warranty with Maxtor: https://www4.maxtor.com/en/support/service/rma/create/ and arrange a return if you've had no luck with the shop. I build and repair systems for a living and have always been more than happy to immediately replace any faulty hardware my customers may have encountered, as far as I'm concerned in this line of work your customer service is crucial as much of my work comes from referrals.

Retail drives come in a shiney box with cables, instructions etc where as OEM drives, for system builders and the likes, normally come in an antistatic bag with nowt else, usually, but will cost less. As the defective drive would have almost definitely been an OEM drive, it is up to the shop to honour the warranty claim as Maxtor state it is non transferable and although the drive may still be under warranty until 2008, this would only apply to the shop and unfortunately not to you. Make your case, firmly but politely and the shop owner should do the correct thing. If he doesn't name and shame him, a good reputation is very important in this line of work. From Maxtor site: Original Equipment Manufacturer Warranty Warranty Services The limited, non-transferable warranty on products sold through an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) is extended only to the OEM that purchases the products directly from Maxtor or Quantum. Therefore, owners of OEM manufactured equipment containing a Maxtor or Quantum product must contact the OEM or the place of purchase for warranty service.