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DAMN <CENSORED> OFF!!!
Some <CENSORED> ikkle <CENSORED> stole my & my friends bike today.
From inside the building.
Mine was a £500 Shogun Xc300 and hers was a £250 Diamond Back.
That's the 2nd Shogun XC300 that I have had stolen from this building.
So £1000 worth of bike gone.
Mr M32 is itching for some vengeance at the moment......
Some <CENSORED> ikkle <CENSORED> stole my & my friends bike today.
From inside the building.
Mine was a £500 Shogun Xc300 and hers was a £250 Diamond Back.
That's the 2nd Shogun XC300 that I have had stolen from this building.
So £1000 worth of bike gone.
Mr M32 is itching for some vengeance at the moment......
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- Marvin the Dalek
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Not happy 'cos I just spent over £400 when it could have been nothing...
Got up yesterday morning and the PC was off. Strange as it's on 24/7. Tried to switch it on and nothing. Took case off, switch on, CPU fan just moves then nothing. Unplugged the drives - same. Motherboard has been making strange noises recently so I thought that had gone, time for an upgrade anyway.
Got a new motherboard (only 1 IDE input which caused a bit of a problem with 2 DVDs and an IDE HD), Quad CPU, 600 watt PSU and a cheapish graphics card. Then found that the memory had a different number of pins so I had to go out and get some new memory as well.
Carefully rebuilt the system...
Switched on...
EXACTLY THE SAME RESULT!!! WHAT'S GOING ON??? THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO CHANGE!
Case? Disconnected the case wires and shorted the 'switch on' pins - still the same! Disconnected the drives again - same.
Then I noticed a cable under the drives - the floppy drive.... No, it can't be? Yanked out the floppy power supply cable and up it came!
I swore - profusely!
Windows complained that the system was different since last activated. Do I want to reactivate yes/no? Bit of a problem as it stops just as the USB is switching over. I couldn't reply as the keyboard and mouse would not respond. Fixed that eventually, activation was a breeze surprisingly.
So at least I got a nice new, fast and quiet PC but don't tell Mrs. Mikee I spent over £400 when it could have been just £10 for a new floppy!
Got up yesterday morning and the PC was off. Strange as it's on 24/7. Tried to switch it on and nothing. Took case off, switch on, CPU fan just moves then nothing. Unplugged the drives - same. Motherboard has been making strange noises recently so I thought that had gone, time for an upgrade anyway.
Got a new motherboard (only 1 IDE input which caused a bit of a problem with 2 DVDs and an IDE HD), Quad CPU, 600 watt PSU and a cheapish graphics card. Then found that the memory had a different number of pins so I had to go out and get some new memory as well.
Carefully rebuilt the system...
Switched on...
EXACTLY THE SAME RESULT!!! WHAT'S GOING ON??? THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO CHANGE!
Case? Disconnected the case wires and shorted the 'switch on' pins - still the same! Disconnected the drives again - same.
Then I noticed a cable under the drives - the floppy drive.... No, it can't be? Yanked out the floppy power supply cable and up it came!
I swore - profusely!
Windows complained that the system was different since last activated. Do I want to reactivate yes/no? Bit of a problem as it stops just as the USB is switching over. I couldn't reply as the keyboard and mouse would not respond. Fixed that eventually, activation was a breeze surprisingly.
So at least I got a nice new, fast and quiet PC but don't tell Mrs. Mikee I spent over £400 when it could have been just £10 for a new floppy!
Slightly Pissed-off.
Got back off holiday last night, restarted 'puter and BM started up at the sametime, "I like this new version!" methinks.
BM plays funny buggers all last night and all today with the few wu's I managed to d/load, then Bob tells me (on the chat) that the berks have withdrawn the new version and put the old version back up for d/load.
Think I might go back to Crunch3rs!!
UPDATE: the 'berks' now have v6.2.16 for download, which is now alongside v5.10.45 as 'recommended versions'
Got back off holiday last night, restarted 'puter and BM started up at the sametime, "I like this new version!" methinks.
BM plays funny buggers all last night and all today with the few wu's I managed to d/load, then Bob tells me (on the chat) that the berks have withdrawn the new version and put the old version back up for d/load.
Think I might go back to Crunch3rs!!
UPDATE: the 'berks' now have v6.2.16 for download, which is now alongside v5.10.45 as 'recommended versions'
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Totally P****d off
Finished work, got to the car, some kind person has smashed front passenger side window. :twisted:
Get home after talking to Police to find I have been victim of identity theft and my current accounts been almost wiped out :twisted: :twisted:
Had to cancel debit card as a matter of urgency, now going to have to go through banks fraud department to try and get my money refunded. I think I need an appointmentr with a bottle of something strong and alcoholic which I don't usually partake off.
Not one of my better days
Finished work, got to the car, some kind person has smashed front passenger side window. :twisted:
Get home after talking to Police to find I have been victim of identity theft and my current accounts been almost wiped out :twisted: :twisted:
Had to cancel debit card as a matter of urgency, now going to have to go through banks fraud department to try and get my money refunded. I think I need an appointmentr with a bottle of something strong and alcoholic which I don't usually partake off.
Not one of my better days
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Thought people might, didn't want to make it too easy:-) Casualty Doc said DVLC might require me to stop driving for a week, which is a pain as that's what I do! Seeing GP this afternoon.UBT - Rick Horn wrote:Had to look that one up on the internet Mikee.
It dosen`t sound much fun, hope you`re feeling better now. (Shame about the carpet.)
Feeling OK now though.
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- Marvin the Dalek
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Thanks guys
http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/40000734/
AKA..
Fainting while having a pee, compounded with a bang on the head by the door handle! Feel a right dork now!
All OK now apart from a lump of glue instead of stitches. GP says just one of those things that happen for no reason. Probably won't happen again, but it might - great help! At least I can still drive, I don't have diabetes, hearts OK and normal blood pressure.
So mood is a lot happier now!
http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/40000734/
AKA..
Fainting while having a pee, compounded with a bang on the head by the door handle! Feel a right dork now!
All OK now apart from a lump of glue instead of stitches. GP says just one of those things that happen for no reason. Probably won't happen again, but it might - great help! At least I can still drive, I don't have diabetes, hearts OK and normal blood pressure.
So mood is a lot happier now!
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Hell mikee, how many have you got! or did you just miss out the apostrophe? :shock:UBT - Mikee wrote: hearts OK
Last edited by UBT - Rick Horn on Sat Oct 18, 2008 12:04 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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- Marvin the Dalek
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Usually so good with my apostrophesis's as well! Maybe I'm one of these?UBT - Rick Horn wrote:Hell mikee, how many have you got! or did you just miss out the apostrophe? :shock:UBT - Mikee wrote: hearts OK
(I'll let you into a little secret though - my alternative name here is "Great Wizard Qui Quae Quod" )
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