You are probably right Yogi.  It still such a pity though as it's a great production.

TV repair man has been.  He said he thinks the left speaker is at fault but as they come in pairs he will change them both.  Unfortunately the speakers have to be ordered and it could take as long as two weeks before he comes back to do the work!!  Good job I'm not relying on that television alone. 

Hi   Thanks to all saying i am a good mum, i do try!  In a bit of a rush got my back to work interview , will try to get back later

Bill Gallagher who devised the series and was the main writer had announced that he was leaving Larkrise to Candleford, and the BBC said that they thought it was better to end the series with him gone rather than risk a slow lingering decline.

Joyron, at least the engineer didn't fob you off with the "it seems to be fine now" line.
Skylark, I hope the meeting goes well.
El, I suppose that sounds like a feasible reason for ending Lark Rise.

Joyron at least you are getting the speakers replaced under guarantee my normal experience is that things go wrong the day after the guarantee runs out .  On hearing the news about Larkrise I shall savour the episodes I still have to watch even more.

Good evening to all my lovely buddies.  I think the TV man would have left without doing anything had I not been so persistent   He couldn't make the sound distort and it all sounded perfectly okay.  However when he went into the balance bit between left and right speakers he did manage to make the left speaker distort when he turned the volume up high.  I think he decided it was probably "in his best interests" to do SOMETHING.  I cannot believe I am really that scary but perhaps I am

I watched the latest episode of Larkrise this afternoon and I have to say I found it rather "peculiar".    That's all I will say.  Look forward to your comments on the epsiode.

Probably won't be back tonight but will catch up with you all again tomorrow.  Have left a comment in our PM.  Love you all. 

Years ago my Sony video recorder went wrong about 2 weeks after the guarantee ended. I took it in for repair to a local repair shop. After some weeks of them getting nowhere I made enquiries and found where the local Sony shop sent customer machines for repair. So I went direct to that repair shop and passed it to them. After a couple of weeks they told me that they were unable to get the necessary part. I retrieved the machine though there was little I could do with it. The engineer I saw walked back to my car with me and told me that Sony's policy was only to stock parts for 5 years after the machine ceased production. Other manufacturers had a 7 year policy. He recommended that I got Panasonic which is what I have bought since. It is possible that Sony and the other manufacturers have changed their policy since, so by now they may be similar.

Hi all, back to work on Wednesday, i am glad, getting bored now! 

Good news that you are well enough to go back to work, Skylark............I think.

Yes i am fine, physically, Yogi, bonkers maybe, but i work in the right place for that

What's that old phrase, "You don't have to be mad to work here - but it helps!"

Yes Yogi, would love to put up that poster ,but dont think it would go down well

You're probably right.

Goodnight  Going to soak in the bath x

That's where I've been Skylark, goodnight.

Good morning everyone

Hope all goes well at work tomorrow Skylark

Good morning El Loro.  You are about early.    Is it today the boiler man is due?  If so hope he fixes the problem for you.

Hope all my lovely buddies have a good day.  Good luck for your return to work tomorrow Skylark.  Take things easy for a few days. 

Off to the shops.  Be back later. 

Good morning El Loro and Joyron, good mornng everyone.

Have you any idea when to expect the engineer El, or is it a case of waiting in all day, until he appears?

Good morning Joyron and Yogi

I'm expecting the boiler engineer to be here at 9.30. Needless to say, the boiler started this morning without a problem and the pressure is slightly higher than yesterday. It's still lower than it should be so, if nothing else, I need to know where these taps are and for the pressure to be restored.

Isn't that the way of things.
It's still best to get it checked out, and as you say you need to find out where the taps are.

Good morning everyone, good luck at work Skylark .

How typical that the boiler started with no problems this morning, hope the engineer can get to the bottom of the problems and sort them once and for all EL.

Morning  Hope you get things sorted El x   Ordered a new headset for my son,s XBox and waiting for it, hope i dont have to wait in all day    Yes back to the grindstone tomorrow, thanks all x

The boiler man has been and gone. He was a bit late but did ring me to let me know he was on his way.

He has shown me what to do with increasing the water pressure. It's simple enough, but totally different to what he had said to me on the phone yesterday - different boilers have different methods. Whatever caused the problem in the first place seems to have corrected itself.

Looking at the installation manual, my boiler has an optional integral filling connection for filling water which is why the engineer's phone conversation yesterday didn't make sense.

Thats good you have it sorted El x

Good morning Skylark.
I'm glad the heating problems are all sorted, El Loro.

Morning Yogi x  I keep getting the HTTP 500 error

Good morning Skylark and everyone
The HTTP 500 error means that there's a problem with the web server which handles this forum - it's a catch all error which means it's not a lot of help to those trying to sort out the problem.

But it's not a problem with your computer or your ISP, it's at the server of this forum.

99% of the time, it is temporary and goes away.

Thanks El, blooming annoying tho !!

I signed out for a wee while because it was starting to get on my nerves.

Good afternoon everyone

Joyron, the Office of Fair Trading has announced they are going to investigate the heating oil suppliers in this country to see if customers are being treated fairly per this BBC article.

Good afternoon everyone.    Glad the boiler problems have been sorted El Loro.   I'm afraid to say that I fear nothing will come from any enquiry into heating oil costs!!

I keep watching my oil go down and down.  The tank has gone from 9/10ths full to 6/10ths full in just over a month (22nd Dec to 24th Jan).  However as it went from 9 to 8 so quickly I think that perhaps the delivery had only just tipped the register to 9 and the consumption is not quite so bad as it seems.  It's the only way I can make myself feel better by thinking that!!  I will have to top the tank up at the end of February, or early March, but I will only buy enough to keep us going until the warmer weather comes around.  Hopefully by then the cost will have gone down a little as demand will not be as high as in the winter months. 

I received an email from Boots re an order I had placed saying that the goods had been despatched and would me with me tomorrow. The email time was 12.39.

Just after 3, the goods arrived. That is a fast delivery service

It sure is.

As it is Burns Night tonight, we've had haggis, tatties and neeps for dinner - yummy!
As long as I don't think about what's in it.

Hi  i feel for you Joyron and the price of fuel, i believe it has nearly doubled  Just hope we get warmer weather and you wont use so much x         Wow El, thats what you call service, well done Boots     I got son,s headset, so all is well, it keeps him happy !

Hi Yogi, forgot it was Burns Night, shame on me  I like haggis, but i dont think whats in it either !

I'm sure Rabbie won't mind.

No i dont suppose he will

Are you all prepared for your return to work tomorrow?

I am Yogi, doing 7am till 3pm so not too bad , it passes quickly, once lunch is over and the meds are done, thats it x

Apart from the early rise, I suppose it's not a bad shift.