Why do electrical things always break down in twos or threes?
I'm good thanks.
Why do electrical things always break down in twos or threes?
Why do electrical things always break down in twos or threes?
Oh i know 
My car goes in for its MOT next month and the ABS sensor is playing up. The ABS is working fine, it's just the stupid sensor that's on the blink. It's only 11 months since we replaced it.
Whats ABS ? 
I had to ask hubby
it stands for Anti-lock Breaking System.
it stands for Anti-lock Breaking System.
Oh right I dont drive (my gift to the world!) Good luck with the MOT x
I dont drive (my gift to the world!) Good luck with the MOT x Thanks skylark.
You are most welcome
Signing out for now, Skylark. I'm off for a nice relaxing bath as I have the house to myself for the next hour.
My son is out at an 18th birthday party, wont sleep till he gets in. Enjoy your bath Yogi x
Watching Pat and Margaret on Gold, have seen it before, but its fabulous. Will pop in and out, as said son is out and wont sleep x
Originally Posted by Skylark24:
My son is out at an 18th birthday party, wont sleep till he gets in. Enjoy your bath Yogi x
know the feeling sky lark
night yogi - enjoy your bath
Hi Ros x Yes he is out, got money for a taxi blah blah , but i still worry !
How is life treating you?
How is life treating you?
Originally Posted by Skylark24:
Hi Ros x Yes he is out, got money for a taxi blah blah , but i still worry !
How is life treating you?
OMG - that was my life before son went to uni How is life treating you?
- i still worry now and he is 21i am fine thank you
going to bed now as we are decorating the kitchen
night sky lark - hope your son isn't too late home
Nite Ros, have a good sleep , see you tomoro on DOI no doubt
Good morning everyone
At present it's sunny, but colder than recently as I can see frost on the car.
Skylark, the chances are that one of the fans which coolsyour computer is starting to fail. That was the cause of my computer turning off by itself a few months ago. I took it to the local computer repair shop and I they charged me ÂĢ50+VAT for replacing the fan and giving the innards of the computer a good clean out of the dust.
If the computer is running slowly it will be either too many processes running at the same time or that the disk drive is getting full. It may be worth seeing if there are programs on the computer drive which you no longer use so can unistall them. It's also worth after deleting any old programs to run a defragmentation. But don't attempt to run other programs at the same time and it could easily take a couple of hours.
At present it's sunny, but colder than recently as I can see frost on the car.
Skylark, the chances are that one of the fans which coolsyour computer is starting to fail. That was the cause of my computer turning off by itself a few months ago. I took it to the local computer repair shop and I they charged me ÂĢ50+VAT for replacing the fan and giving the innards of the computer a good clean out of the dust.
If the computer is running slowly it will be either too many processes running at the same time or that the disk drive is getting full. It may be worth seeing if there are programs on the computer drive which you no longer use so can unistall them. It's also worth after deleting any old programs to run a defragmentation. But don't attempt to run other programs at the same time and it could easily take a couple of hours.
hi everyone x Thanks very much for that advice El, yes the fan is running constantly.
I am off to my sister,s, she has invited me for a meal, which is nice.
Have a lovely Birthday El
PS. son got home safe and sound , thank goodness x
I am off to my sister,s, she has invited me for a meal, which is nice.
Have a lovely Birthday El
PS. son got home safe and sound , thank goodness x
Good afternoon everyone, it's a lovely sunny day up here.
Skylark, I'm glad your son got home safely, and enjoy your meal at your sister's.
El Loro, I hope you are having a great day on your birthday.
Skylark, I'm glad your son got home safely, and enjoy your meal at your sister's.
El Loro, I hope you are having a great day on your birthday.
Hi everyone, I've been offline all weekend, my router is really odd, I am still getting used to it, you have to turn it off about once a month which was easy with my old one but this one seems to sign right out and then I have to log in again. So I have spent the weekend feeling frustrated and thinking I'd better get the computer guy in again (more expense 
) but then I had a thought (light bulb moment) perhaps I need to re-configure the router again and log back in and hey presto here I am. Hope you've all been very good without me , nice to be back, I can't stand being offline
) but then I had a thought (light bulb moment) perhaps I need to re-configure the router again and log back in and hey presto here I am. Hope you've all been very good without me , nice to be back, I can't stand being offline
HAPPY BIRTHDAY EL LORO!
Hi Squggle, good to have you back.
We have been
during your absence.
Why do you have to turn off your router once a month? Ours runs constantly and only goes off if we have a powercut.
We have been
during your absence.Why do you have to turn off your router once a month? Ours runs constantly and only goes off if we have a powercut.
Originally Posted by Yogi19:
Hi Squggle, good to have you back.
We have been during your absence.
Why do you have to turn off your router once a month? Ours runs constantly and only goes off if we have a powercut.
Well I'm listening to my computer guy We have been
during your absence.Why do you have to turn off your router once a month? Ours runs constantly and only goes off if we have a powercut.
he said they need turning off once a month to re-boot and I am blindly following his advice, am I being daft here or what? I am probably over-reacting but I felt it and it felt hot and I thought I had better turn it off and did and cut myself off I'll try never turning it off and see how that goes. I could see that the DSL light was working and that packets were being sent and received but it didn't occur to me until just now that the blessed thing had logged out again
Thank you for your birthday picture aquiggle
I had noticed that you had been missing over the weekend. The router that I have now (Virgin cable) stays on the whole time, and it's clearly not intended to be switched off as there is no on/off switch. I did turn off the old one when I was with Orange, but that was more to do with the connection problems I had with them. Neither the current or the older router ever got warm. The power adaptor stays cool for my current Virgin router, but did get warm (but not hot) for the Orange one. But if you read the posts on this link, it doesn't look as if you should worry.
The important thing to remember with a router is to make sure that it has adquate ventilation and not to block the openings.
I had noticed that you had been missing over the weekend. The router that I have now (Virgin cable) stays on the whole time, and it's clearly not intended to be switched off as there is no on/off switch. I did turn off the old one when I was with Orange, but that was more to do with the connection problems I had with them. Neither the current or the older router ever got warm. The power adaptor stays cool for my current Virgin router, but did get warm (but not hot) for the Orange one. But if you read the posts on this link, it doesn't look as if you should worry.
The important thing to remember with a router is to make sure that it has adquate ventilation and not to block the openings.
Originally Posted by squiggle:
Originally Posted by Yogi19:
Hi Squggle, good to have you back.
We have been during your absence.
Why do you have to turn off your router once a month? Ours runs constantly and only goes off if we have a powercut.
Well I'm listening to my computer guy We have been
during your absence.Why do you have to turn off your router once a month? Ours runs constantly and only goes off if we have a powercut.
he said they need turning off once a month to re-boot and I am blindly following his advice, am I being daft here or what? I am probably over-reacting but I felt it and it felt hot and I thought I had better turn it off and did and cut myself off I'll try never turning it off and see how that goes. I could see that the DSL light was working and that packets were being sent and received but it didn't occur to me until just now that the blessed thing had logged out again My youngest son is my computer guy and he leaves our Belken Wireless Router on all the time - so far, no problems.
I think El's advice ^^^^ is good.
Originally Posted by El Loro:
The important thing to remember with a router is to make sure that it has adquate ventilation and not to block the openings.
Why this thread doesn't have five stars I'll never know.
Pathetic really!
Hi all - El Loro hope you're enjoying your day
Pathetic really!
Hi all - El Loro hope you're enjoying your day
Originally Posted by velvet donkey:
Why this thread doesn't have five stars I'll never know.
Pathetic really!
Hi all - El Loro hope you're enjoying your day
Hi Velvet Pathetic really!
Hi all - El Loro hope you're enjoying your day
I agree about the 5 stars but I think that downgrading of this lovely thread is by people who never actually post in it still everyone is entitled to their opinion I suppose.
Except you squiggle 
I don't know how the star rating works as you can only vote for it not against it.
I've just had a surprise birthday present. I was drawing my curtains when I noticed a rainbow. So I dashed outside to see the whole rainbow. It was spectacular, possibly the best I have seen. This is the closest I can find, but the one I saw had stronger colours (possibly as it's dusk) and seemed to be closer. I could also see a partial double. Thank you God.
I've just had a surprise birthday present. I was drawing my curtains when I noticed a rainbow. So I dashed outside to see the whole rainbow. It was spectacular, possibly the best I have seen. This is the closest I can find, but the one I saw had stronger colours (possibly as it's dusk) and seemed to be closer. I could also see a partial double. Thank you God.
You can deffo vote against it
Originally Posted by velvet donkey:
You can deffo vote against it
I didn't know that.Hello Velvet, hope you are well.
Fine thanks Yogi
Hope you're doing well too my lovely friend
Hope you're doing well too my lovely friend
I'm doing well, thanks Velvet.
The clan is circling around me like vultures atm, so I suppose I had better go and feed them.
Be back later.
The clan is circling around me like vultures atm, so I suppose I had better go and feed them.
Be back later.
Originally Posted by velvet donkey:
Except you squiggle
Yeah except me 
but then those who post regularly in here know that we are a 5 star thread without needing stars up the top to prove it
Yep
Originally Posted by El Loro:
I don't know how the star rating works as you can only vote for it not against it.
I've just had a surprise birthday present. I was drawing my curtains when I noticed a rainbow. So I dashed outside to see the whole rainbow. It was spectacular, possibly the best I have seen. This is the closest I can find, but the one I saw had stronger colours (possibly as it's dusk) and seemed to be closer. I could also see a partial double. Thank you God.
EL I am glad God sent you a rainbow to wish you happy birthday, yours sounds like a real beauty, you could say a 5 star rainbow I've just had a surprise birthday present. I was drawing my curtains when I noticed a rainbow. So I dashed outside to see the whole rainbow. It was spectacular, possibly the best I have seen. This is the closest I can find, but the one I saw had stronger colours (possibly as it's dusk) and seemed to be closer. I could also see a partial double. Thank you God.
Happy birthday El loro - hope you had a great day
Hi Ros, that looks like a lovely rainbow cake.
