Recent content by Harry Bloomfield

I still keep a paper road atlas, just in case, and for 'browsing'. It's some 20 years old, but fine for what I use it for, which is to grasp a mental idea of where I am, and what's near, when I'm simply touring an area. Point to point, the satnav is great, and beats the paper map easily...

I initially bought cheap, just because tools were then so very expensive, and I needed a large range. Later, I replaced the rubbish, with much better, more expensive. Now, the cheap stuff, is proving much better quality, and I tend to buy those - often just in case I might need them.

The obvious trick, is to have the meter set on the correct range, and initialise the test with the meter connected - but across a removable shorting link. The link must be very easily removable, without disturbing the meter connections. My car, very conveniently, already includes such a link. As...

We have plaster and lath, over-boarded with plasterboard, then skimmed.

You were correct, it can work via their website..!

It's simply a con, then, to increase their prices, without seeming to be increasing their prices. They don't try to charge me a service charge when buying food at Tesco/Lidl/etc., nor when I buy fuel, get an MOT.

Something like this - https://www.screwfix.com/p/luceco-eco-climate-t8-single-2ft-led-weatherproof-batten-1-x-9w-800lm-220-240v/857kr

My place, mid-50's semi, you cannot here the TV when it's on, when in the bedroom directly above. Likewise, kitchen, to the living room next door, via a solid brick wall, and two doors between - Av has to knock on the wall, if she wants me.

Haven't they added a regulation, where it needs to have an extract fan? That, would cause a negative air pressure in the room, removing the 'fumes'.

I was 'gob smacked' with it. I had just imported from the US, a batch of cheap, manufactures surplus GPS receiver PCB's, intending to adapt one for packet radio, and managed to interface one to a laptop. Before then, I had always managed, by the night before - scanning a map, and writing up a...

It was better, in as much as the failed data, could be patiently repeated, until it was accurately received. A packet, with a checksum, and either accepted or rejected, if rejected, repeated.

I remember making use of it, on a B&G laptop. It was quite limited, it only 'knew' about the main roads, and main towns, and even then, was quite slow at plotting a route.

It doesn't really explain what it's for, it only explains the amount can vary.

Next week, they will be on about 'global cooling' - all you need to do, is wait long enough.

I ordered burger and chips, for delivery, a few weeks ago and paid via card. The bill, presented at the end of the ordering process, was the cost of the burger, the delivery, then a service charge on top. Is a service charge normal for such things, and what actual service, on top of the basics...