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26 May 2009, 09:17 AM
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i did have loads of plans for us to do stuff this week but the wife decided now is the best time for the potty training. i had him most of yesterday by myself and he never had one single 'accident'
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26 May 2009, 09:19 AM
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I have actually got an idea to get the sheet in 2 halves split horizontally, get some acrylic rod, and the rod will be between the 2 halves. I will then have a blue backlight powered from the media pc which will give a subtly blue hue sort of halfway across the tv
26 May 2009, 09:21 AM
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im supposed to be doing a business plan for an assignment this week as well but i just cant get going on it. mind you ive got all week to do it, i have made a start but i have a habit of making them a lot bigger than i have to now, dont know why. i have nearly finished a CAD one and ive done over 40 pages on it, all the other lads have done less than 20
26 May 2009, 09:22 AM
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you sure your being made redundant? your spending a lot of spondoodly
26 May 2009, 09:23 AM
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26 May 2009, 09:25 AM
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our garden looks much bigger now the decking has been done, jakes playhouse fits in the corner brilliantly as well, need to paint that some more so its got some good base coats on it
26 May 2009, 09:26 AM
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26 May 2009, 09:28 AM
60" crikey - you not thought of the LED TV`s there dropping in price bigtime - 40" is only £999 in commet - I cant beleve how thin they are with a stupidly high contrast ratio 
26 May 2009, 09:33 AM
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£999 is a lot mate, i paid about 800 6 months ago for the best 40" sony on the market, an it came with a 5 year gaurantee.
i heard a whisper the other day that jay actually lives in a council house an has only got a black an white portable
i heard a whisper the other day that jay actually lives in a council house an has only got a black an white portable
26 May 2009, 09:38 AM
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god i hate some of these kids programmes, especially that geordie cow that drives the pink cab. has a face you could kick alll day long
26 May 2009, 09:57 AM
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26 May 2009, 10:00 AM
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thought of led and lcd, they arent good enough for sports and have far more cons than pro's. Okay for smaller sizes but when you get to 42" then I personally believe plasma is the better tech at the moment
26 May 2009, 10:01 AM
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mine was already treated, the fella said i never needed to touch it for a few years, ill still treat it next year though with some ronseal. i paid more for the thicker better quality decking, you can really tell the difference, i got the same lights as you as well in the end jay, got 10 blue ones. ive put them next to plants that i have out in the decking so of a night they look
, also got 3 LED's for the pond so all is good out there.
26 May 2009, 10:02 AM
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hey jay, the doc thinks ive got high col as well, got to go for blood tests this week, i got tested 5 years ago an my score was 6, they never asked me back they just told me to change my diet, fooking waste of time my doc's, i had a bit of an argument with the paki git, he was trying to talk down to me, i put him straight and in the end even got him saying please an thankyou
26 May 2009, 10:05 AM
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to be honest i dont really think a untrained eye can tell the difference between the top tele's. people just read the mags an take what they say as gospel
26 May 2009, 10:05 AM
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mine was already treated, the fella said i never needed to touch it for a few years, ill still treat it next year though with some ronseal. i paid more for the thicker better quality decking, you can really tell the difference, i got the same lights as you as well in the end jay, got 10 blue ones. ive put them next to plants that i have out in the decking so of a night they look , also got 3 LED's for the pond so all is good out there.
, also got 3 LED's for the pond so all is good out there.
How come you didnt go for them lights that you posted the link for? Did you get the dawn to dusk sensor or just using a timer?
26 May 2009, 10:07 AM
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it runs in my family as well. so does heart attacks which is why i have to be carefull. i have really changed my lifestyle with my diet and excercise so im expecting a change
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sort of agree there depending on what it is. With plasmas they go on about black levels, now to me black is black, and if it looks black it is black.
The only thing I would say is the ghosting you get on lcd/led and also you can get backlighting issues on lcds which I have noticed.
I must admin on the bigger screens though you can tell if it is quality by getting up right close and seeing if/how bad it is pixellated. The LG right upto the screen was very very clear, and from about 4 foot away is was even better. It will be about 3.5 / 4 metres away from where we sit
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yeah mine is treated (pressure treated I think it is), I mean a top coat like a varnish or something. I made the mistake of using cheap decking spray when I did it and it is definately a case of you get what you pay for
How come you didnt go for them lights that you posted the link for? Did you get the dawn to dusk sensor or just using a timer?
How come you didnt go for them lights that you posted the link for? Did you get the dawn to dusk sensor or just using a timer?
cos they never had VAT added so when that was put on the price shot up to make them not so much of a bargain. i just use a timer at the mo, got to sort all my wiring out properly into the conservatory still. bit of a **** with them being 12v as the transformer gets in the way
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26 May 2009, 10:12 AM
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sort of agree there depending on what it is. With plasmas they go on about black levels, now to me black is black, and if it looks black it is black.
The only thing I would say is the ghosting you get on lcd/led and also you can get backlighting issues on lcds which I have noticed.
I must admin on the bigger screens though you can tell if it is quality by getting up right close and seeing if/how bad it is pixellated. The LG right upto the screen was very very clear, and from about 4 foot away is was even better. It will be about 3.5 / 4 metres away from where we sit
The only thing I would say is the ghosting you get on lcd/led and also you can get backlighting issues on lcds which I have noticed.
I must admin on the bigger screens though you can tell if it is quality by getting up right close and seeing if/how bad it is pixellated. The LG right upto the screen was very very clear, and from about 4 foot away is was even better. It will be about 3.5 / 4 metres away from where we sit
how often do you sit that close to the tele though? you'll get square eyes if you do remember
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cos they never had VAT added so when that was put on the price shot up to make them not so much of a bargain. i just use a timer at the mo, got to sort all my wiring out properly into the conservatory still. bit of a **** with them being 12v as the transformer gets in the way
Probably give me a bit more voltage at the transformer
26 May 2009, 10:16 AM
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just taking my laptop apart again, the power supply on the motherboard keeps coming loose (due to mrs dragging the laptop with the power supply still attached), gonne re solder it once more 
26 May 2009, 10:19 AM
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how stupid was her comment to that fella about setting himself on fire
definalty still would though, piers does my head in even more though , what the **** does he know about talent