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The Pub / Re: Your house rules

« Last post by Tim Hall on Today at 10:04:28 pm »

Ok, the Bosch has crapped out.  What's the panel's current recommendation for a tactical ironing weapon?  Do any of them have IR laser targeting yet?

Can you not just pop it in the Corby Trouser Press?

Last used one of those in a(n) Harrogate hotel. After using it I discovered that the foam stuff was degrading and so stank of fish.

Luckily a(n) Harrogate Dry Cleaner could do the trousers in an hour.

Or someone had tried cooking some fish in it.

Cabin Pressure by John Finnemore has an episode where a pair of trousers smell of bacon, due to impromptu bacon cooking in the Corby by Douglas (played by the brilliant Roger Allam).

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Arts and Entertainment / Re: What books are we reading at the moment ?

« Last post by Sergeant Pluck on Today at 09:59:53 pm »

Just finished James Dickey’s Deliverance. It’s such a great book, thrilling and tense even after seeing the film umpteen times.

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Racing / Re: Women's Vuelta 2024

« Last post by Flite on Today at 09:56:22 pm »

We don't have a subscription to watch since GCN folded, but I understand a GB rider, Flora Perkins, who I admit I had never heard of, was 8th on stage 2 and 5th on stage 3.

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The Pub / Re: Your house rules

« Last post by Mrs Pingu on Today at 09:47:49 pm »

Ok, the Bosch has crapped out.  What's the panel's current recommendation for a tactical ironing weapon?  Do any of them have IR laser targeting yet?

Can you not just pop it in the Corby Trouser Press?

Last used one of those in a(n) Harrogate hotel. After using it I discovered that the foam stuff was degrading and so stank of fish.

Luckily a(n) Harrogate Dry Cleaner could do the trousers in an hour.

Or someone had tried cooking some fish in it.

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Ctrl-Alt-Del / Re: Going VOIP - losing the landline

« Last post by Mrs Pingu on Today at 09:46:26 pm »

Probably the latter, but TBH the phone line almost never gets used...

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The Pub / Re: Your house rules

« Last post by Jaded on Today at 09:29:40 pm »

Ok, the Bosch has crapped out.  What's the panel's current recommendation for a tactical ironing weapon?  Do any of them have IR laser targeting yet?

Can you not just pop it in the Corby Trouser Press?

Last used one of those in a(n) Harrogate hotel. After using it I discovered that the foam stuff was degrading and so stank of fish.

Luckily a(n) Harrogate Dry Cleaner could do the trousers in an hour.

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The Pub / Re: Dez's funeral - 3rd May, 1pm.

« Last post by Sergeant Pluck on Today at 09:29:26 pm »

I am unable to be there tomorrow, Peter.

Thinking of you.

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Ctrl-Alt-Del / Re: Going VOIP - losing the landline

« Last post by Feanor on Today at 09:21:00 pm »

As far as I can tell the free line rental stops being free so the cost goes from £29 to £59 a month.

So it comes down to 'do you need to maintain the copper circuit at all', eg for the VDSL FTTC connection?
Do you have FTTP options available?

If you do need to maintain the existing copper line, then look around and decide. Least hassle is probably to just sign up again, but there may be better deals. But possibly with enhanced crapness.

If FTTP is available, then you can ditch the copper line and line rental totally.
If so, then I would go with that, with an ISP of your choice.

If maintaining a landline number is important (it was for me), then that's a separate thing and you would migrate your number to a VoIP provider, get an IP phone, and use that provider.
In my case, my VoIP provider is also my ISP, but there's no reason it needs to be.

If this is all a bit too much and making your brane hurt, then the path-of-lest-resistance would be to just sign up again...

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Ctrl-Alt-Del / Re: Going VOIP - losing the landline

« Last post by Mrs Pingu on Today at 09:08:56 pm »

As far as I can tell the free line rental stops being free so the cost goes from £29 to £59 a month.

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Audax / Re: Eric "Merckx" Millington

« Last post by LittleWheelsandBig on Today at 09:08:28 pm »

Barry remembers Eric as being a really nice bloke who happened to be very strong.