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  1. AJTHOMAS

    Can I make a USB stick behave like a floppy drive?

    USB floppy disk drives are pretty cheap these days... Spoils the fun, but quick-n-easy :)
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    Fem to fem USB adapter/cable

    Did it work ? Or do you need to use a hub to connect two devices like that ?!
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    What Motors Have You Owned?

    A sedate and sensible list, forced upon me largely by lack of money :( Saving for something larger. ?? Alfa Romeo (3 door Arna ?) - part exchanged, saw it week after sans spoiler. Rusted something rotten, rear spoiler took off, literally as the boot rusted away :eek: ?? Citroen AX...
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    External Hard Drive?

    How do you find the transfer rates when moving large files from a computer to a home user NAS box ? A couple of reviews found them disspointingly slow, relative to the theoretical throughput of a 100mb network, often outpaced by simpler lower cost USB2 external hard drives. Can this be true ?
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    Got my Porter Cable through today

    Ahh, gotcha. Thanks
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    Got my Porter Cable through today

    What's a Porter Cable ?
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    Builder Required

    It's a small job with little profit, not likely to attract much interest from the building trade. You could advertise locally for a handyman ?
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    Bloke bought a car from me with Fraudulent Funds!

    Unfortunately you may have to return the funds. It is not usually possible to keep the proceeds of a crime even if an innocent third party. Bit like when you buy a car and find out later it's on credit. The car belongs to the finance company regardless of moneys exchanged in all innocence...
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    Got a new Bird...

    We keep three hens in the back garden. Easy to look after, lovely pets and fresh eggs every morning. Since we were first time chicken keepers we went the omlet route for a funky plastic moulded hut and run (www.omlet.co.uk) Bird flu, isn't that when the wife's ill ?
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    No.10 Petition - Abolish Inheritance Tax

    Redistribution to prevent accumulation is a sound principal, it's just the IHT levels are set a little low and apply in full the moment you exceed the threshold. Why not make it more like income tax. So much is exempt, then the next chunk at a low rate and anything remaining aboved taxed...
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    The One Account = shorter mortgage

    Put off the Virgin One account by the expensive interest rates. There is an equilibrium point where the 'tax free' uplift on your savings offsets the higher interest on the loan. It seemed to favour small mortgages or large mortages with a disproportionately high level of investment...
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    Servive Plus Warranty Update

    Watford MB dealership offer free MOT for all Mercedes cars over 3 years old. I think you're supposed to have 'some form of servicing' done at the same time to qualify. With over 8k miles away from needing an oil change they just MOT'd, valeted and dropped it back to the office regardless...
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    How can you tell if a graphics card is fried?

    You say you fitted a seperate graphics card... Does the PC have an existing video port from a built in graphics card, integrated on the motherboard ? If it does, remove the seperate video card and plug the monitor into the existing card and restart the computer. If the computer fails to...
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    Dealer of Stealer?

    Parts are cheap and the complimentary touches make visiting the impressive facilities a pleasure, labour rates reasonable considering the burdens. They do what they say, charge what they quote, couldn't ask for more. Some jobs are DIY, some better value at a local independent, for everything...
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    So who is actually working today then?

    Working (from home) but not really doing much, wrapping presents aside :) Babysitting a daft chicken (garden pet) who waited until today to start her annual moult and shed feathers everywhere. Normally an autumn activity but this global warming has got them confused, bless. So, stuck with...
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    Rapist asylum seeker due damages

    Is this is the guy that was falsely imprisoned for nearly two years because the judicial system couldn’t organise a piss up in a brewery ? If the legal system is flawed and fails to extradite promptly then it has no right to hold a person, convicted or otherwise in breach of it’s own rules...
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    Anybody ever met a good MB dealer?

    MB Harrow, efficient and friendly - unfortunately now closed. MB Watford, efficient and polite but dreadful parking.
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    oil filter hide and seek!

    You can find photos and descriptions of common service tasks on the A-Class at this site here --> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/albert.rowe/mypage.1.htm The chap who created these pages is a regular contributor on the Baby-Benz website (dedicated to A-Class) here -->...
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    Lap Top needed???

    What's the budget ? Linking to your telescope and general Internet browsing / email is not a heavy burden on a Windows PC. Entry level laptops with 512Mb RAM and a 15" screen would serve the purpose well. Premium brand IBM / Dell are designed for business travellers roaming the globe...
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    audio 10

    Not sure, but one word of advice, Newer Audio 10s have a curved front, olders units have squared edges. Not sure of part numbers for either but I found I needed the older square edged unit to fit the early A-Class.
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