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Whoops... forgot to mention that mine's a little Panasonic Lumix LZ10. Surprising that Amazon has no customer reviews when it's been out so long. Brilliant little camera that beats both my ageing Cannon G series ones hollow on nearly all counts. Image stabilisation *really* works, and I can get the shot when most bigger cameras are still struggling with setup. Good low-light performance; takes standard AA batteries; and the video is truly amazing. The best part is that it cost little more than £100! Incredible!
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Dunno if I can "upgrade" a Vista Biz to a Home Premium though. The proper path is supposed to be to the Pro version of W7. But I really don't need the Pro features (or the extra bloat) on a tiny tablet. Nor do I like the fancy £160 price to fix something which should never have been broken! Your pre-release version is supposed to start shutting down after 2 hours around March. So no difference fom Vista there then! I stayed away from the £50 offer - no longer available - because it didn't qualify for upgrades; or that's what I was told.
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So... looks like I'm stuck with buying a copy for a touch tablet machine that's currently burdened with Vista Biz Edition, and has only 1GB of RAM that can't be upgraded. W7 Home looks to do all I need on it, and I don't want any more M$ bloat than is absolutely necessary. So where do I get the best deal on W7 Home? Is getting an upgrade a money saver? Some upgrades seem to cost more than clean install versions!
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Nice one Monsta! The best thing you've done for your town so far! Also a prezzie from M$. What is the world coming to?!
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My experience too. Not mentioning and names the simplest of things seems to be beyond some of our local historians. Maybe they should borrow someone's five-year-old kid to help? Anyway, and present company excepted of course Bridget... back to The Old Hall. It was demolished by vandals (otherwise known as the local coonc'l). The site is now occupied by the outstanding piece of architecture called the Bedlington Council Offices. Constructed to the highest 1960's building standards, it was carefully and quickly distressed with cracks so as to blend into the local distressed environment/economy. I believe it is built in the the Socialist Empire (everything can be carefully planned, and committes know best) style. This of course is the same bunch of idiots responsible for the erasure of much of our heritage. Also the very same "public servants" who go around slapping listing and protection orders on every piece of uninteresting tat just because it has somehow survived long enough i.e. without any regard to the town having a future either!
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Ashully everyone is - indirectly. You wouldn't be using your computer (or your digital camera even) if it wasn't for good old photography. The printed circuit boards (and the chips themselves) are wedded to light and negatives and chemicals, over and over and over again during manufacturing. Ditto the sensors, and screens. It will be a very long time before any of these goes "fully digital". If you've seen the size of some of the process cameras and photo plotters in use you'll appreciate that the photographic film business isn't going to shut up shop until most of the 21st C. is out.
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Brown & Darling. Catch phrases: "It's Global", "It's a Global problem", "Don't you know it's Global". Signature tune: various, but currently most popular "Fool if you think it's over". Best solo act Screaming Lord Mandelson. Just too many classic jokes to his credit to even mention. Before these the Marx Bros took some beating.
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You can be fairly sure I don't have an iPhoneâ„¢ Kris! But many thanks for that. It could easily turn out to be amongst the best advice published here. My situation was solved - for a few months at least - by discovering that the 3 SIM I'd borrowed had almost 150 hours free imternet accumulated (unknowingly!) by its regular user. In desperation I'd stuck the 3 SIM in a Vodaphone card at the airport when the Vodaphone card - with over £20 credit on it - failed to connect. A later call to Vodaphone confirmed that it did indeed still have £20+ credit, but somehow had no phone number attached to it any longer! Near instant connection on 3 and a really good data rate. Thanks for the card Vodaphone; maybe if/when I get the fourth SIM from you I might finally be able to use it on your network?
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Gees - you can't do that! Mr D2 will be complaining about arbitrary decisions by unaccountable people. Anyway, looks like the begining of the end to me.
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Mmmmm... could have been worse. I was expecting him saying on a computer! If you are having probs Vic then note that the galleries depend quite heavily on javascript. Make sure that's turned on, and/or try another browser or another machine.
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Yes, you are wrong! http://www.bedlington.net/ is about what the other 10,000 "Bedlington" sites are about. You are wrong on the other things too! The site is well beyond any one person now. Sure like in everything else there are some prime movers, but it would survive without any one. And - as was said at the reboot - the funding is there for the foreseeable future. That's just as true now as it was four years ago. You seem to be hung-up on this official thing. The power is with the people; they will decide what is official, and what is just the figment of some over-jumped timeservers wishes. Takes a while in the UK though; a proposition which (for now) brings you the "official" - but unelected, unwanted, and incompetent - timeserving Gordon Brown.
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Send them!!!??? The Internet is about sharing (and sometimes caring even). Post them in the gallery so's everyone "of an age" can relive their yooof, and maybe recall those glorious carefree Summers - please!
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Bicycle bicycle bicycle I want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle I want to ride my bicycle I want to ride my bike I want to ride my bicycle I want to ride it where I like :D
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Fabulous! Consider the thought (and raw engineering talent) that went into that chair and command console. Move over Captain Kirk! -
I didn't notice it any easier to produce web pages when first Netscrape, then M$, had a near monopoly.
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What no Seamonkey! Like Mr D#2 I use several depending on machine and O/S that's booted. Been using IE8 a lot recently due to testing a couple of machines with suspect WiFi hardware, and it's def an improvement over IE7. Best thing about fry-a-fox is the host of third-party addins. Thank God for the choice though; else M$ would be charging £100 a throw for an unbundled IE3 - and getting it!
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Not true! "Someone" might have funded the site, and several someones nurtured it, but the rest doesn't follow. The site has always been billed as a commonly owned community resource, and that's what it is. But someone has to build it, and for now at least, the persons that put the effort into doing that have the call. Anyone can come on board, put the effort in, and have a major say. What we don't need is flash in the pan (telling everyone else how it should be done) effort, but sustained - over years and decades - harmonious effort. It's "a coalition of the willing" (and working), to borrow a phrase. Speaking personally I'd be delighted to spend the time on other things in the knowledge that the town's interests were being advanced in the way the majority of active members want. In fact I've got another community project for a far away place in mind, but don't have the time to get involved at present.
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Free @bedlington.co.uk Email Addresses
threegee replied to Andy Millne's topic in Site Announcements
what As per usual you didn't read it properly. Free to qualifying members. Course you'll be demonstrating a personal community effort to help the town, so will have nowt to moan about. -
I need a new mug!
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You don't need planning permission to knock a building down. Exceptions are if it's listed - which it won't be.
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I raise you a The Shadows at The Empire! Year? Well, would rather not say even if I could remember accurately. With a dozen hormonal teenage Bedlington girls, and I just hope none of same are reading this! Entrance: Can't recall; probably a couple of bob.
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Hello Ian! I've met you and your mum, but you won't remember me. Anyway, I know your dad very well, and attended your grandfather's funeral at St Cuthbert's Church, along with many other citizens of the Town. There was a big turnout on that day and our largest church (C of E) wasn't anything like big enough. Though, your grandfather supported the Church of Scotland - Presbyterian church nearer the West end of town. That turnout was because your grandfather was one of the most respected citizens of the town in history. He worked tirelessly for the place over many decades, often at the cost of his own health. In prior generations public memorials were erected to such people, and we already have one such for the Victorian Dr Trotter. I've long felt that the town could have done more to recognise its indebtedness to Doctor Brown, and I'm sure that there are many other people even older than me who feel similarly. We've had many many doctors, but only one deserves to be so recognised. I will PM you the other information unless someone beats me to it - often the case here! Great to have you as a member, and also to see you are so interested in your roots.
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Bedlington.co.uk editorial crew went into Netto to do a test purchase this afternoon. A queue of three or four purchases ahead on the single open till. Immediately we were pounced on by an alert lady and diverted to another checkout, and then dealt with immediately. So make your mind up if we were recognised (I think probably not), or there is now a policy of eliminating the queue. Either way the management is alert, and responds to customer concerns. Conclusion: If the queue is bugging you then quietly and politely mention bedlington.co.uk
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I'd just like to say how helpful Lion Garages were yesterday afternoon when (as a non-paying customer they didn't know from Adam) we had a minor radiator problem on Front Street West. The young chappie in charge had a sudden rush of customers to deal with, and I confidently expected the brush-off when I asking for a bit of help. But no, he went out of his way to get us up and running again, and did even more importantly did it with a smile. If only all garages gave this sort of customer service!
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The weather held up quite well today for Bedlington's part in the 2009 Tour of Britain Cycle Race. Now one of the star events in Britain's sporting calendar. Our town features at around the 118Km mark, a bit short of four fifths of the way into Stage Two "“ day two of the eight day event. Bedlington is the one Northumberland town that is no stranger to the bicycle. Prior to WW2 a significant number of Bedlingtonians were employed in cycle manufacture, and the town's produce was shipped worldwide. Though the modern materials used in today's super-light bikes (not to mention their cost) would have amazed the makers of those sturdy work-bikes. Starting out from Darlington at 10:15am then swinging inland towards Stanley, Co Durham, Stage 2 of The Tour negotiates the high ground around Burnopfield before descending towards the Tyne near Ryton. The route North of the Tyne strikes out from Wylam; heads across the West Road North to Belsay; then along the Walton to Morpeth Road; leaves Morpeth along the Hepscott road to our Nedderton Village before heading down the Front Street and Bedlington Bank towards Bebside. Southward from Blyth the final leg is from Seaton Sluice to Gateshead quayside, routing there through Cullercoats, North Shields and Wallsend. The total time for the stage is estimated at three hours and thirty seven minutes to cover a distance of 153.3 Km. That's an average speed of almost 42.4 Km/h or over 26.3 mph. Considering the terrain and the many tight bends, features deliberately increased this year, that's a pretty amazing pace to maintain for so very long. Crowds on the Front Street first spied the distinctive red strip of Jim's Cycles, but it's believed this entrant never made the Swing Bridge and Gateshead quayside finish as he was seen tracking back up the street shortly after the race passed through. Jim's Cycles is to be awarded the 2009 Bedlington.co.uk Prize for Attempted Product Placement. Though "“ as TV coverage petered out well West of Morpeth, and the ITV ground crew only just made Horton Road, Bebside in time to snatch a brief shot "“ this enterprising local effort never got on-air! In the real race: first onto the Front Street was 24 year old Dutchman Kai Reus, in a lead pack of three also including Thomas De Gendt of Belgium, and Tanel Kangert of Estonia. The peloton (main leading group) of about sixty riders rounded the Red Lion only about one and a quarter minutes later. Towards the end of the race Kai Reus, part of the Rabobank team with their highly visible orange and light blue kit, managed to hold off his challengers and crossed the Swing Bridge just seconds ahead. "It's my first victory in two years, but it's a long story"¦. It was a really hard last ten kilometres for me, maybe for the peloton also." said Kai in a post-race interview. You can follow the final six days of the race on the official web site at http://www.tourofbritain.co.uk and see more local pictures in our gallery.
