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If I had an uncommitted pound for every time I've heard the phrase "due to be" in connection with the town... Clive's Clogs on Credit closing!! Ol' Mr J will be rotating in his casket. I'd be made to trot along there for a new pair of something in the 1950's, and a quality British product they were. Last purchase would be some time in the 1980's when my wife brought some in to try on. A regular customer, at least once a decade - on average. Clive will be nearing retirement, if not already retired, and - like may other Bedlington business families - there seems to be no future in the place. An attitude strongly promoted by stay-in-power (by sucking up to ignorance and stupidity) local politicians. Still, we've now got the "due to be" built Enterprise Center (with its vast 6 car park) to regenerate local enterprise. And, failing that, the new Market Place will be a great place to busk in.

I don't understand why anyone would want to comment on something they are not even interested in. If flea-power machines you can stick in your pocket don't interest you then post on something that does. Anyway, it's not a 10" it's an 8.9". I've been using this size of screen for years and my tired old eyes find it more than adequate for most work. Yes, I do use a wide-screen 22" monitor too, and I also use a 4" screen about 20 times a day as well. It's horses for courses. The current 8.9" machine is too heavy to pocket, it's not touch screen, it hasn't got 3G networking or Bluetooth built in, and the GPS on my 4" gismo is useful. So useful that a one built in to a bigger screen that could be pocketed or handbaged would be great. I often use the 8.9 machine just to get away from the desk, and it's sitting at the desk that gives me a sore neck (I have an upper spine problem that's not treatable). So quite the opposite of what you assume there. What will make or break the T91 for me is whether the screen is sunlight readable. This might not matter a scrap to you but it makes all the difference to how and where I use a computer. Even if the T91's sunlight screen readability is a deal-breaker for me this is the way computers are going - see your own post on the demise of the mouse. I'd like to hear about your electricity bill soaring boxes, but excuse me if I can no longer find a use for this class of machine. They are obviously still right for (an ever decreasing number of) users.

http://blip.tv/play/Ae3eUIzSQQ There's a preview of the interface here: I think the disappointment about the two cell un-removable battery might be a bit premature. The Z series CPU is even less power-hungry than the usual Atom N270, and, even more significantly, out goes the usual netbook's Intel 945GSE power-hungry graphics chip, to be replaced by something far more suitable to a lightweight battery operated device. Should deliver better graphics performance than the run-of-the-mill netbook whilst having far lower battery drain. An affordable Sony P11Z with nicer features, shipping next month, maybe.

One thing we wouldn't be able to complain about is that the head of government had never stood for democratic election to his position! BTW have you ever been to Zimbabwe? And, since when was monsta an apologist for Global Gordon? Have you been attending the Mandelson School of Spin - St Benet Biscop Precinct,,,,,,, recently?

Whatever, a star pupil at Ashley's S.O.M - apparently! http://www.ashleysschoolofmotoring.co.uk/s...s__gallery.html You could always ring FREEPHONE 0800 046 7437 / MOBILE 07989416737 / OFFICE 01670 821038 to find out. A Bedlington business that doesn't seen to have a physical address. Curious. Anyway, seems to have an opening for a web-designer - anyone?

Interesting fuel price widget, but needs updating now as last ring-around appears to have been circa 20th January. http://www.whatgas.com/?LatLng=55.13054,-1.59296&Zoom=12 Still, you can update the data yourself.

Pity their "high standards" don't extend to proofreading their own copy.

Tax up yet again today, and another tax rise due next April. This is help in a recession?! Increases not shown on this graph yet. The government spin is that "in real terms" it's less than in 1997, but people don't get paid "in real terms" they get paid in real money! The drop in VAT is due to be reversed in December. Any reduction in shop prices has already been swallowed up in inflation due to the fall of Sterling. So the rises this December will put us back in a worse position than when this relief was given.

:lol: What interests me is the audience. Do they pay real money, or are they just there to see the inevitable scrap? More artistic value in wall graffiti and it's probably less abusive.

You want an explanation?! Let me dispel the "ugly rumour" that I know what the ^$%^%$ is going on here. Anyway, you know what happened when Manchester overreached themselves and made the B too big. It all ended in tears and recriminations (coincidentally about lack of support). I say let bedlington's own Thomas Heatherwick do his own thing. It won't cost a couple of Mill either!

Your departure would leave a hole! Sock it to them Darny! We all L-O-V-E* you! * in a purely platonic fashion, of course. (None of us are gay!$) * terms & conditions apply. * may contain nuts promoting occasional allergic reactions. * contents may settle during shipping. $ except where loudly proclaimed to the contrary.

You omitted to say whether the three words can create a phrase, or should be stand-alone. If the former: Shrunk the World! Why? Because we are the true birthplace of *both* the railways and worldwide communication. Malcolm Longridge's flanged rail now covers the world, and opened up vast areas of it. Daniel Gooch's pioneering transatlantic cable was the first concept-proving shot at spanning it electronically, reducing message times from months to milliseconds. What other small town anywhere can make such a claim? Still.. we can all trot along to the Bedlington Museum of Engineering and learn about our magnificent and insightfull forbearers. What? The museum Bedlington paid for is in Ashington and is yet another pit museum that skilfully avoids any pretence that we did anything which changed the future! Oh well, at least were're world famous anyway. Pity it's for a mutt we nicked from Rothbury, and not for the things that individual bedlingtonians did to advance human progress.

Zed Victor One to Base - we have a situation! Local radio has just announced another batch of Michael Jackson tickets.

Big vote for: 43, The Square, Choppington, Northumberland NE62 5BY Tel: 01670 820898 ..then. And with the revenue they get from the next couple of wedding dresses they may be able to buy a copy of Local Internet for Dummies: How to engage with your real customer-base for free. (and without wasting money on scatter-shot advertising to people 99.9% of who never go anywhere near your location.)

Bet Google copied the data from Yell! http://www.yell.com/ucs/UcsSearchAction.do...ults=&ssm=0

Didn't you know? In Grodo's Broke Britain we're all middle class now. You don't even need to be struggling with negative equity to qualify - there's now plenty of national debt to service to go around! Simply no point in sticking your nose in the air and feigning this working class superiority. All the pubs are to be taxed into closing, and replaced with fixed-price government tea rooms. Of course in Bedlington we're well on the way to that already. Back to the No-future!

Yes! As much as you can any closed-source code. It doesn't actually do much directly to the registry. I always used something different to de-fragment and sort that. But generally I do use all the tick boxes. It's an excellent utility that I've used for over a decade on numerous machines, including those of customers. Never had a single problem that I can recall, and never had to restore one of the backups it creates. Why do you have to dis people who are making a genuine effort to help people and only asking for some voluntary compensation based directly on the results they achieve? CCleaner comes highly recommended, and would even be worth paying £20 for. One of the real, genuine, legal, bargains out there! Needs to include registry compaction, though I guess they are playing safe, as in the wrong hands..

Yes, we shouldn't have to put up with all these old folk. Far cleaner to terminate them at birth I say! 39 closing a week according to a trade body. Something just under six a day nationally. Been going on for some time, but has accelerated markedly more recently. Mr Brown has taxed them out of existence; just like he's taxing genuine earners out of the country. Genuine earners, unlike his friends in the City, who ARE being rewarded for failure! At the current rate all UK pubs will have closed their doors by 2037! A pub-closure tax should fix the situation. One year's turnover averaged over the previous five years. Daft? Of course! But no more daft than taxing tax (VAT on fuel duty)! Or pretending you are encouraging people to save for retirement, and then taxing that retirement money twice over, when ordinarily it could only be taxed once. But folks, remember - it's all a GLOBAL problem. Count the globals. Brown-speak - the more you say it the more true it becomes.

I'm sure it's stopping all that atomic testing! (Youngsters: ask someone of an age to explain). Isn't that a Barbie in the other hemisphere? Must make it hell being a young girl there! Getting this huge heavy box home from the store in such anticipation only to find a pile of metal bits, a badly printed book of assembly instructions, and a plastic bag with a vital bolt missing.

This thread is a great basis for a forthcoming Eating-out in Bedlington Guide, so please do make a point of posting your past and on-going experiences.

Cympil is talking about images that already exist somewhere else on the web. Though it's not always possible to do this for a variety of reasons, one of which is that some sites specifically prevent you from linking in this way. The most interesting pictures are often ones that don't already exist on the web somewhere. Say ones you take with a digital camera or mobile phone. For those we provide members with some webspace (see MyControls), or alternatively you can use a site that specifically provides a picture hosting service, and then link to them as Cympil describes.

Thanks for posting the link. Though if you read the whole story it does say that if you joined after 19th December your data wouldn't have been compromised. And even then no financial data went astray, only emails and DOBs; stuff people often post on other sites anyway. At least they are honest and admitted the breach. Our banks have traditionaly covered theirs up, but bet you still have a bank account!

Yes, several badly off-topic posts need deporting too. Possible topic split on The Ethenics of Ethics; the other way around would be simply too provocative!

Deport them! Come the revolution she's first choice for Home Secretary. If the feeble minded Jacqi Smith can do the job then Bedlington's candidate could do it in her spare time! MONGO had better watch out too, he's also likely to be in-line for a one-way on Ryanair.

Sadly no. Scooter was only a way of getting from A to B. If Bedlington had had a mod chapter might well have joined though. Apparently kids aren't allowed them (legaly) these days. Wonder why? Might have something to do with a society that is so confused that it believes a good take-away restaurant can be disadvantaged or diminished by calling it what it has always been affectionately called. (see Take-away thread) Carol Thatcher you are not alone in believing that the loonies are running the asylum. Rant over - for now!