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Post by nob on Jan 13, 2018 7:59:26 GMT
Ive steered clear of LEDs due to their being dimmer than Halogen but we are all going to be using them and car headlights are LED now on some cars.
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Post by egg on Jan 13, 2018 10:31:53 GMT
Nowt wrong with LED, gradually converting the whole house to LED lighting. Costs a LOT less to run. Standard GU10s 50 watts each, LED equivalent 4 watts. Whats the light output like Dinky have they cracked them are they as good as bulbs now they were a lot dimmer a few years ago? The bulbs worked out at 50p each LEDs were about £4. Have a look at Spit's post here ..................... forum.webuser.co.uk/showpost.php?p=1191292&postcount=45G. Daft s*d I forgot to add the link !! Duh !!!
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Post by nob on Jan 13, 2018 10:47:38 GMT
Whats the light output like Dinky have they cracked them are they as good as bulbs now they were a lot dimmer a few years ago? The bulbs worked out at 50p each LEDs were about £4. Have a look at Spit's post here ..................... forum.webuser.co.uk/showpost.php?p=1191292&postcount=45G. Daft s*d I forgot to add the link !! Duh !!! It was Candela when I was studying but the EU say we must obey and we do by using LEDs. I must get some halogens when I see them. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candela
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Post by Ratae on Jan 16, 2018 15:15:11 GMT
So anyway, t'other day I realised that my my mobile fone contract was due for renewal, tomorrow in fact. My present 12 month sim only deal with EE is £13pm for 1000 mins, 5000 txts and 1gb data per month.
So today I'm in town and before I go to the EE store I rock up to the Virgin one to see what they have to offer. I do this 'cos I like to have some leverage before the ducking and diving starts with my present provider. Well, I don't need more minutes nor txts, but I would like more data. I'm not however prepared to pay one farthing more than I do presently. The man in the Virgin store gets on his puter. This is what he comes up with. £9pm for 1500 mins, unlimited txts and 5gb data. Obviously this is big improvement on my present deal. I slope over to the EE place. The man informs me that due to retail price bollox, after tomorrow my present deal will be £16pm for 1000 mins, unlimited txts and 500mbs of data. ... IOW a worse deal than the one I presently have. I played what I thought was my trump card and told him about the Virgin offer, his answer was that the Virgin network wasn't as good as the EE one. Hmmmm No prizes for guessing where I told him to shove his deal! So, today I decided to get this sorted out. I foned EE customer services to ask for my PAC (to port my number to a new provider) .... I'm put through to a fella in Newcastle! Sounds a nice chap and after a few security questions I ask for my PAC. Geordie fella asks me if I'd mind him asking why I'm leaving, I don't, so I tell him and relay to him the very good offer that I've been made by Virgin B/B. Geordie fella asks me to hold for a minute. Then he comes back and sez that he'd like to make a counter offer. I asked him why no-one in the EE shop was prepared to do that, he tells me that most of those shops are franchises that are only allowed to sell the full price deals. Anyway, I agreed to listen to his offer! It is.. 1/ Unlimited minutes 2/ Unlimited txts 3/ 5gb of data 4/ Price...£9.99 per month. Done....you Sir have just danced with the devil in the pale moonlight!
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Post by nob on Jan 16, 2018 17:49:33 GMT
Result, well done.
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Post by banjo on Jan 16, 2018 19:32:26 GMT
I was offered the same deal to stay with EE in July. At first I decided to stay put to avoid the hassle of porting my number. I then changed my mind and jumped ship to Three for no better reason than they allow unfettered use in 60-odd countries world wide. EE have a prescriptive list of countries that does not equal the Three deal. Also, Three have recently purchased one of the big four networks (O2?). It escapes my memory which one. Three didn't have a network of their own originally- they piggy-backed unused or spare bandwidth capacity on the main four networks. This meant that you had a better chance of a signal in patchy areas, but you had to stand in a queue behind the relative network's customers. Three started building their own network and now have the acquisition in their portfolio too. It occurred to me that whereas they originally were forced to compete by offering the cheaper deals, with the buy out the need to compete thus was diluted. I therefore reasoned that now was probably as good a time as any to take up with Three. I have not discerned any difference at all in the quality of service- they're all as good / bad as each other.
Welcome to the minutes/texts/data flushed brigade Rats. Let us know what you use all that data on, (other than porn that is!)
e&oe...
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Post by Ratae on Jan 16, 2018 22:04:03 GMT
.. Well BJ, it may surprise you that mostly I use my mobile data on things like sport apps for live updates on scores etc and also a bit of live streaming of the cricket test matches. This I do mostly when I'm in the pub 'cos although my local does have free pub wifi, it's crap and requires you to 'login' every 30 mins. As for yer porn, I'm not gonna deny I haven't watched it but to be honest, it is a bit like trying to warm yer hands on a picture of a fire ..... (if you catch my drift) BTW ... EE is now owned by BT apparently!
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Post by banjo on Jan 16, 2018 22:26:43 GMT
Well that's way better than me D. Forum(s), eBay and eMails. All low aspiration stuff! Honestly though- I've never watched any porn on a PC, tablet or 'phone. (Brilliant analogy BTW.)
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Post by Ratae on Jan 21, 2018 15:17:47 GMT
Hmmmm, and here I am with an appointment in a few weeks to have my new bionic knee fitted. I only received the sodding admission letter from the LGH last week and now most of the MSM are reporting that 'non urgent' operations will have to be cancelled due to a winter crisis causing a shortage of beds. Well of course, it couldn't possibly be the extra seven million people that have come into the UK since year 2000 that have owt to do with it ....... no sir! Naturally, the other old nag being trotted out is the 'chronic lack of funding' one. Just as before, this lack of funding is absolutely nothing at all to do with the 12/13 million that we bunged out in foreign aid last year. Nope, nothing at all. But folks, the good news is that most of those employed by the MSM and the 'authorities' will deffo get their 'non urgent' operations done, 'cos they of course will have private health insurance cover as part of their salary package. After all..... "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others"
Oink!
As anticipated, my op has been cancelled for the reasons stated above. I have however opted to still go for the pre-op assessment on tuesday. I got the impression that they would have preferred me to postpone it but I prefer to get it over with so that I don't have to hang around when they are able to operate. Limping along for a bit longer!
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Post by nob on Jan 21, 2018 15:58:21 GMT
Would it be ant better under Labour? I don't know, Corbyn is always going on about the NHS. If may leads the Tories into the next election I think we will find out.
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Post by clint on Jan 21, 2018 19:46:34 GMT
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Would it be ant better under Labour? I don't know, Corbyn is always going on about the NHS. If may leads the Tories into the next election I think we will find out.
Roll on the sooner the better.
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Post by banjo on Jan 22, 2018 9:29:18 GMT
I think I may have related that best beloved works as a Theatre Technician at the local NHS hospital? She tells me that all "cold" cases were cancelled for January.
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Post by Ratae on Jan 22, 2018 15:26:13 GMT
I think I may have related that best beloved works as a Theatre Technician at the local NHS hospital? She tells me that all "cold" cases were cancelled for January. e&oe... They have just called me and cancelled tomorrow's assessment too! Well, imo part of the problem is that at the moment this country is massively in debt but still giving £12/13 billion pa in foreign aid while allowing around 300,000 people per year to settle here. So, it doesn't appear difficult for me to work that one out under labour with it's 'let 'em all in' policy and it's massive borrowing plans!
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Post by pierre on Apr 15, 2018 13:49:44 GMT
Whey Hey,Wolves are going up to the Premiership !! www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43771511On the rugby front it seems that disgraced Ulster rugby players might actually land on their feet.Rumour has it that French club Clermont are interested in signing them-well Paddy Jackson any way.Apparently French salaries are better too.London Irish could have benefited with such quality players,though they are destined to do the opposite of Wolves and get relegated.I can't win em all !
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Post by Ratae on Apr 15, 2018 15:50:02 GMT
Whey Hey,Wolves are going up to the Premiership !! www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43771511On the rugby front it seems that disgraced Ulster rugby players might actually land on their feet.Rumour has it that French club Clermont are interested in signing them-well Paddy Jackson any way.Apparently French salaries are better too.London Irish could have benefited with such quality players,though they are destined to do the opposite of Wolves and get relegated.I can't win em all ! Well, if found not guilty, a player of Paddy Jackson's quality was always going to find a top club! I'm happy that Wolves will be in the Prem. When I was a young kid, Wolves were one of the top clubs in the country and it'll be nice to see them back where (imo) they belong.
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