Brett

Inevitable, slipped on my behind on the drive this morning putting the bins out!! Swine!

Yes there are but i would like to know what people think should happen to it, (Bare in mind it is repairable from it current state.)

If there are any slate flagstones around the back, they should be given to me for the patio out of the back. As for the rest of it, unless we have a sudden surge of people wanting to attend community events and changing the whole attitude of the commuters of Bedlington then a heritage centre wouldn't survive long with the lack of funding etc available at the moment.

As long as it's not another old peoples home!

Is that referring to the council meetings or the fact they can't get the rooms because of the panto?

Just wondering what everyone thinks should happen with the church hall, I think it should be a Heritage Centre for Bedlington, i would like to hear everyone elses opinions on what they think it should be. (Bare in mind it is repairable from it current state.)

Aren't there already plans for this site?

In your and my dreams, Foxy!

I've got two rooms finished and I'm moving furniture out of the other two so I can get started on them. It' like painting the Firth of Forth Bridge.

You haven't seen anything!!!!

Outside the front of the Market Tavern is terrible over the weekend. There are tab bins provided but obviously they are not used, are the free house licenses like the takeaway licenses where they are responsible for mess outside of their premises?

I think they do sweep up outside the Tavern but it should be done on a night not upon opening the next day as they have already sat there all day the following day prior to being swept.

50p a kilo Keef..........

Be better off donating them to a charity shop for nowt.

What an informative first post.

Welcome to the site James

I personally would go with the nexus 7 but it depends on what you want it for?

16Gb Nexus 7 with WiFi - £159

No I wasn't being serious, just feeding the flames

I personally prefer a desktop over a laptop, netbook or a tablet, my fat fingers cope better with a keyboard, you can see how I type on my phone in the picture

This is a visual representation of my typing style. Each 'blob' is a key, which begins as a perfect circle, representing average accuracy. As you type the 'blobs' become morphed to fit th region that you tend to press when you want to use that key.

Using the desktop means I can lock myself away from woman, children and dogs and listen to my music in peace whilst I am being productive, however weighing this against the lack of convenience for portability then a tablet would be useful for general browsing and webmail whilst around the house.

I really wouldn't buy an iPad due to the rediculous price on them. Even if the performance did outweigh the aesthetics I would convince myself to take a poorer specced model to save on money. I think 7" would be fine for general use but the fact that I generally have mutliple internet tabs and applications running on dual monitors I literally can't stand the faff of one application at a time and applications taking precedence over other apps due to audio restrictions etc.

I have used an iPad at the In-laws for a few hours at a time and I just get annoyed with how fiddly everything is and having to zoom constantly then re-adjust to capture images and text in the screen, adjusting the orientation of the tablet to meet the criteria of the site that I visit. Since starthing this paragraph I am not sure if it is the tablets fault or the lack of functionality on the sites that I use.

I need a new laptop anyway for my music gubbins and I really don't know if I could justify a tablet and a dedicated laptop for my music.

Either way I probably won't have a choice and I will get what I am told I am getting but I like to pretend I have the choice.

On a more serious note, I have been checking out the Nexus 7 for t'other half. The laptop charger packed up a short while back and I could replace it for £20 but the laptop is getting outdated (nearly 6 years old) and a 17" media laptop isn't exactly the best to carry around the house.

I looked at the Nexus 10 also for the larger screen but that would just be because of my personal preference of a larger screen and the tablet isn't for me and the price difference is larger than I imagined.

Missus already has a Galaxy Note for everyday use and tends to resort to using the phone on WiFi as it is easier than going up to the office to use the PC.

Been waiting on the release of the 3G version to drop the price of the existing versions of the nexus 7 but still toying between that and a new laptop.

The iPad mini looks like a steal for the money v spec however....

Who said that?

There is also this excerpt from the Bedlington Forum Minutes which raised my eyebrows.

The Chair brought to the attention of the meeting the pit falls of the private finance initiative for

Bedlingtonshire High School. Much discussion followed about the fact that the existing sports facilities

will go if someone or some organisation does not come forward to run them. It was further explained

that if no one came forward to take over these facilities (gym, running track, bowling greens, tennis

courts, etc) they would probably be bulldozed. This in effect would leave a brand new school, (in 2015)

with next to no sport provision, which given local health issues would seem complete madness.

Find the Bedlington Forum Minutes here

i was reading an article today about Samsung increasing the price of the processors that it sells to apple for their tablets and phones, not sure if this is related to apple supposedly approaching to change suppliers to TBMC. either way do you think apple will take the hit for the price hike or pass this on to the consumer?!

Died at the age of 92 if I remember correctly.

Well we managed to get down a couple of weeks ago and it was lovely, really nicely decorated and finished, the food was lovely and the staff were accommodating.

We said to ourselves that it is a shame that we hadn't been sooner but it was a really nice night with lovely food. Will definitely be going back.

I was a little late in starting but it's getting going now.

And not having to stand in the cold 10 times per day.

A couple of occasions where my hounds have done a runner the dog warden and the local people have always been helpful.

Glad to hear that there are people willing to give up their time to benefit peoples pets.

Okay kiddie winkles.

I am partaking in Movember again but this year I thought that I would actually ask for donations as opposed to just growing a moustache.

Clean shaven for the first time in about 10 years but should be on schedule for a handlebar in time to go to Manchester.

Shaving was painful, there was blood and hair and screams so donate just for that if you like.

http://mobro.co/BrettMiller20

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