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Mine has just thrown a wobbly, the screen keeps flashing on and off with all the buttons lit up. I have removed the batteries and replaced but still the same problem. The remote is un-usable.Any ideas?

I am currently on NTL. To be honest I don't have much trouble with them but the bills are topping 60 quid a month and I can't really justify this.My intention is to get a set top box for visual crap and ditch the phone line as we both have mobiles...

Booked this last October, and it feels like I've waited even longer!http://www.sausagetreecamp.com/welcome.htmandhttp://www.tongabezi.com/tongabezi1.htmlAll as a reward for reaching 40. Taking a heap of camera film, so the expense hasn't stopped...

Hello AllFrom reading on here I can see that many of you own mountain bikes and take it quite seriously so I was hoping that some of you may know a good internet based accessory company where I can get some new pedals.Basically I wiped out whilst...

Tonight @ 9 on PBS- "The Jesus Factor""The day he was inaugurated there were several of us who met with him at the governor's mansion," ... "And among the things he said to us was, 'I believe that God wants me to be president.'"How George W. Bush...

Blythe,Central, Nick, Throb, Rana, all my homeboys, right here right now. Check out the forums http://www.birminghamitsnotshit.co.ukI can't read it too much 'cos it meks me bad.Brian OReilly

After the recent success of the cooker/range/kitchen post thought I'd try a bathroom one. The work on my new bathrooms going so well SWMBO's suggested fitting a jacuzi. Already have a new [unfitted] acrylic bath which I thought I'd convert. Anyone have experience of doing this? I think the difference between the two is that whirpool circulates water, spa circulates air, but which is better, which would be easier to fit. Prices start at £160 for 6 jet kits, would that be adequate or...

Hi I have just aquired a freeview set top box, set it up, scanned for new channels and everything seemed ok, except for some of the channels. I am getting what I think is called blocking with the sound breaking up as well. Is this down to the quality...

So...Ruud's off to Real (or Barcelona) or is really happy to stay with Manure depending on which rag you read.Becks and Ronaldo (the Brazilian one) are going to swell the ranks at Chelski?Gerrard and Terry to the Arse?Lampard to Italy (I guess he's...

Hi Matthew, Alex, John et al! How come nobody has mentioned the forthcoming Euro in June so far? Wouldn't it be time to name some favourites? Living in France I'd naturally opt for this country, being German I'd say that with their usual luck they...

When I was about 12 I slipped while getting out of bed with, i have say, uncharacteristic alacrity. I'm not quite sure how I got myself in this particular configuration but I fell, more or less, on my face and my leg came down such that my foot was...

Hi folks.Having now passed the big 30 at the tail end of last year, and having spent the last 10 years in techie IT jobs I am ready for a fresh career challenge. I'm looking to move out of the inner workings of the IT industry and into a business...

Help needed.My parents are visiting for 3 months and need a car – smallish and automatic. The cheapest rental I can find is going to be about £1500. I reckon I can pick up a car for about £3000, insure it, sell it once they’ve...

Hi allI'm finding myself playing a lot of Fretless bass recently. I have an inexpensive Yamaha Pacifica (I think!), which isn't bad, but I'd like something better.Anyone play anything in the £500-600 price range?RegardsStephen

Well, Groovers.What do you do if you are a multi gazillionaire member of a band who decline to tour and as far as I know, are not in the studio? Do they spend their time down the pub? Mystery shopper for Which? Magazine?This has been bothering me of...

Can any one suggest a good time of day to view this forum, because in general its a dog all the time for me now.Its a shame that smaller outfits are producing forums which actually work and yet this one is like it is.

Hi all, Having read on a different thread your recommendations regarding a collating program for CD's and LP's namely [excuse the pun] Music Collectorit seemed just what I was also looking for, so now I have spent many days working with the prod and stab school of typing and have managed with the help of the scanning wizard to enter all of my Cd's .Now the mammoth task of entering the LP's is about to start one finger typing being the order of the day, or to be correct probably many days to...

I used to think that people with hay fever were whingers -then in my late 30's i started to get sniffles.Since then it has got worse and the week before last- JESUS.Any ideas on how to live with it?Cheers Tony

What are your regular internet sources for news, commentary, humor, etc? Some of mine (Warning, they're rather dull, which is why I'm asking for yours):www.nytimes.com (complete print edition is online; you must register but I've never been...

A good friend of mine needs to buy a car and asked me for advice. I'm not sure why he has failed to notice in the 15 years he's known me that I know nothing about cars but I do know that lots of you lot know about plenty about cars.First thing you...

So did anyone celebrate?Mike

My Kraftwerk cycling jersey has just arrived http://www.klingklang.de/katalog.php3?lang=e

Guys,I must be doing something stupid.I'm working on an Excel spreadsheet which I have been sent by someone else.It's extremely simple: there are a few columns, but I'm only using two of these right now.In one column, I'm entering payments (positive...

Budweiser Budvar, 500mm for about £1.20 from Sainsbury's.RegardsMikeSpending money I don't have on things I don't need.