Tell Me Something............Anything!

[struth]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64037376.amp

That's a minister of the crown speaking..doh

[struth]

Bought one of these last week. Wonderful machine, does all sorts of things.



So I thought I would explore its abilities with a couple of slices of toast with lime marmalade.

was in need of a toaster so took your advice and got one in sale

[Macca]

Telly in my den won't switch on this morning. Done the usual checks, but no joy. Looks like I'm off to Curry's today.

New telly day is second only to new loudspeaker day.

Did you get one then or what?

[Mikeandvan]

Anything is possible, but with China on Putin's doorstep it's probably unlikely. Without trade with the west China would go broke so they'd possibly support NATO if there were hostilities even if they don't like us. And if Russia were weakened by retaliatory nuclear strikes from the west, they might be vulnerable to a Chinese invasion of their eastern states.

Nobody wins in a nuclear war. I've been reading about Putin and the fascist types he's been promoting in Russia, and his fucking biker buddies, very thuggish behaviour for a leader of state! Just imagine if there was a military coup there, they wouldn't give a shit about China or anywhere else, I don't think it is a stable country, they should not have all those nukes.

[walpurgis]

New telly day is second only to new loudspeaker day.

Did you get one then or what?

Yup. Got a 39" JVC and it's on the wall, working fine and feeding the sub/sat sounds OK. Looks good and it's big enough for a ten foot square room.

Got the old one working too, turns out the remote was shagged. Should find another on ebay.

[Macca]

Yup. Got a 39" JVC and it's on the wall, working fine and feeding the sub/sat sounds OK. Looks good and it's big enough for a ten foot square room.

Got the old one working too, turns out the remote was shagged. Should find another on ebay.

you look inside them there's only a couple of boards, not much to go wrong. Not like the old tellies with dozens of boards. Had the repair man to re-solder something in every six months, you didn't think anything of it in those days.

Then when he'd left you'd sit down and watch it in a room full of solder fumes. Happy days.

[Pigmy Pony]

you look inside them there's only a couple of boards, not much to go wrong.

Just as well really. Modern tellies are so thin that slapping the side to get the picture to behave is pointless and painful.

Last week Mrs. P bought a used TV for her sister off Facebook (LG about 50") which was about 2 years old. Like brand new and had two(!) remotes. £60. TVs have next to no resale value, so there's some real bargains to be had.

3 years ago I bought an 18 month old LG OLED 55", off Ebay which the seller had bought from Currys for £1800 (he gave me the receipt) and we paid £650. Which is the same as we paid for a clumpy 32" Sony CRT from Currys 15 years ago.

[Macca]

Just as well really. Moren tellies are so thin that slapping the side to get the picture to behave is pointless and painful.

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I had a 28'' Philips off a mate, it had been his mam and dad's originally and he'd had it a while. Must have been late 70s or very early 80s. You had to give that a bash on the top a couple of times a night, and it whined. It would blow the mains fuse on occasion. Had that about 2 years until I could afford to rent a Hitachi.

Next time think I will go stupid big and get a 75'' or 80''. Bin end ofc.

[Mikeandvan]

Passenger side window on my van is stuck open, what a pisser, as it's almost holiday season, so garage fixing it likely be a no no. Any idea how to fix? It's electric, drivers side is fine. I took door panel off and all looks ok.

[Pigmy Pony]

Try this if you haven't already:

Open passenger door, clamp window between your hands and push upwards while someone works the button. Worked with a van I used to have. Then leave it alone till next year