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Has anyone else found the main naim website to be stupidly slow to load over the last few days? I've tried it with both firefox and safari (sorry but I refuse to use i*** e***) but have to wait an unacceptable amount of time with either.Sometimes it...

Anyone noticed that when you hand over your polling card the voting slip, which is numbered, is marked against your polling card number as they check you off.This means your vote is not necessarily secret and by cross referencing the slips how...

Well, in my dreams, maybe. Distracted me from Hollyoaks for a minute though. Tony

Any advice on the current Mac Mini would be welcome please.2.66GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB ram, 500GB HD.Is this unit fast compared to an equivalent spec pc? (although for a similar price the pc spec is far superior)Could Photoshop CS4 be used professionally...

I am seriously considering this. No comments on VFM. It will come for a lot less than a Burndy! A 1939 Benson Hunter. The end of an era in watchmaking, and sublime in its grace and understatement, whilst being literally the last word in the art of...

I love vinyl, but it's a bit of a fag to have to get up & walk over to the turntable to turn the blessed disc over. I thought one of these might be the answer....

Just back from a trip north of Indianaplois and this is typical of the landscape and roads around there... Jono

I just came across this article and I thought it might be of some interest. I didn't want to derail Mike's thread... http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/05/02-0We are living in interesting times.Best,BBM

[/IMG] This last pic almost looks 3D

http://www.guardian.co.uk/poli...ippa-stroud-gay-cureFinanced by cultist propagandists:http://www.guardian.co.uk/worl...nors-bankroll-tories

"Crude oil for May delivery, the most active contract, added 22 cents, or 0.2%, to settle today at $86.84 a barrel (a 17 month high) on the New York Mercantile Exchange."These days crude oil is being heavily traded by a whole array of financial...

'THE aliens are out there and Earth had better watch out, at least according to Stephen Hawking. He has suggested that extraterrestrials are almost certain to exist — but that instead of seeking them out, humanity should be doing all it that can...

Parcelforce have managed to trash the CD3.5 I sold on Ebay recently. I've got it back from the buyer and put in a claim for the final auction value through their official channels.Has anyone any experience of this process? How long do Parcelforce take...

I have been studying this topic for 5 or 6 years, and I would like to get opinions on the subject from others on this forum.This is not an easy topic/idea for many, so I am prepared for dissenting views.Read these articles and bring on the discussion,...

Classic Not the Nine o'Clock News SketchJohn.

The chairman of Sheffield Wednesday earlier this week was reported as saying that as Crystal Palace FC was put into administration for the second time in ten year the club should be automaticly relagated as apposed to having a 10 point deduction. The...

Affluence - A Mixed Blessing? Being rather permanently short of money means that I can think of far more nice things that I would happily own, than I can actually afford to pay for. This means I get immense pleasure from fixing wrecked bikes [etc], running an ancient but very fine car on a shoe-string, run a very modest but nice little replay set, and generally take pleasure from the free natural glories that the earth and nature offer each day. Does having enough money to actually indulge...

Love it!So, after giving him a pile of coke to pep him up for the debates, they finally put him out 'amongst the people' and away from the safety of his faithful.....and he lasts 2 days before showing his true colours !His body language in the Jeremy...

My real estate agent almost got herself fired this afternoon.She was helping my wife declutter the house by packing some books away. She had created a pile of boxes and she moved my speaker out of the way. My wife didn't notice and I was upstairs.Fek,...

This is a list of insurance quotes for a 19 year old lad on another forum I visit. No NCB, 1.6 Golf automatic. I recently had a quote of £380 for an Audi S8!Tony

Hi AllI got a spam email this morning trying to get me to download a virus." Hello!You have recieved a Hallmark E-Card." and a link to http://000.000.00.0/hallmark.exe (not real address), but just numbers, and the Hallmark website.Images on the email...

Anybody want to join me in a general rant against the overpaid, mysoginist, semi-literate bullies that play the various thug-punching games collectively referred to as "football"?The rants should also inlcude the adverse effects that these games have...

I posted something earlier today asking if someone could recommend me a particular item of AV gear. The price point would be mass-market pile em' high sell em' cheap i.e. no way in competetion with NAIM but the thread was removedwhich I am rather...