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Welcome to the new Help and Advice forum. You'll probably spot that many of the posts were in Non-Aviation, and some may spot that the politically leaning threads are no more.

The Code of Conduct remains the same…

Be nice, considerate and...

The Help and Advice forum has now existed with its current title for a little over six months. There is some fantastic help and advice given that really shows the collective knowledge of the forum and its members at its best. There do, however,...

So yesterday, a water main about 100yd from my place bursts. Road is blocked of course but we're actually a well used country lane and well used rat run rather than a street in a town so 'Road Closed, No Entry ' signs are posted about half a mile...

It seems like yesterday that we put last year's thread to rest, but it's back :thumleft:

The nights are pulling in, so soon it'll be the only thing to keep us going until Christmas.

I'll do my best to provide the usual upbeat reports, but I'm...

Surely, the forum can spot multiple user names. There must be an algorithm they can run to flag them up. How about making people register with their full given details and then allow them a single posting name or insist on posters using their true...

Thought-provoking article in 'Foreign Affairs'. I don't think it's 'political', so posted here, but I can see that some reactions may be.

"The Age of Depopulation
Surviving a World Gone Gray"

Recent UK figures may be apposite:...

Last week I swallowed some plutonium.

It gave me atomic ache :oops:

Is currently making a fairly rare appearance to mark the 40th anniversary of its release. It continues to be a rather harrowing viewing experience…

You can catch the last hour on Sky355 of Seven hour marathon of 60s music .

The soundtrack of my student years decade from O levels to qualifying .

Happily I hit the ‘record ‘ button fairly early on.

Great evening of nostalgia . :lol:

They don’t tempt you to hand deliver all your Christmas cards taking days out of your bust Christmas period.
Their sound is real.
They take less than 2 minutes from 0% to 100% and give around 500 miles range.
You don't need to feel smug about owning...

About 2 weeks ago, WhatsApp just stopped notifying me on my iPhone X

Updated WA, updated iPhone, hard reset, uninstalled, installed from iCloud.

Everything is turned on !

If the app is open, I get a notification, if not - nowt........ I don't do...

So after a break of nearly a year I have found another Nissan leaf to soothe my needs to drive an EV.

But things have changed a bit on the charging front !

No longer does my Ecotricity electric highway card work in the machines at the motorway...

I see the EU à la dernière heure have postponed indefinitely the introduction due to start 10 th November of fingerprinting at passport control /borders to the EU.

Plan is to think of another method apparently.

I’ve been an Amazon (prime) customer for years. Suddenly they’re encouraging me quite aggressively to change to Amazon business. They say I’ll get all the benefits of Prime, but for free.
I can’t work out what’s in it for them, why are trying to...

Pal of mine needs to install a router in his office at the back of the house. The BT connection and a fine BT Infinity wireless router are at the front of the house. There is no viable way to cable this to the office. The thought therefore is to use...

Many years ago, my grandfather gave me a negative file. I never used it and had forgotten all about it... until I discovered it yesterday underneath a pile of prints. It's in pristine condition and I also have the box that the box came in.

Now I'm...

With the price of a 1st class stamp now £1.65, it got me wondering about the cost of the Christmas card ritual.

I send a modest 19 cards to friends/family, which would set me back £31.35 for 1st class post, or £16.15 for 2nd class.

That got me...

The past month or so we've had loads of flies around the house.
From talking to a few colleagues, it sounds like it's not localised to our house or village.
Is it the same across the country?
There was some suggestion that the milder winter, wetter...

Best thing on tv for ages. Worth the sub to Apple TV alone. Just finished series 4. Fab.

Had difficulty signing on this evening; kept re-directing me to '@uhb.co.uk ' instead of '@googlemail.co.uk '

Apparently there is a Maltese cargo ship anchored a few miles north east of Manston with a cargo of dangerous exposives (ammonium nitrate as per the stuff which blew up in Beirut a couple of years ago).
It has a damaged rudder and propellor.
She...

My 3 kids play, basically I’m a “hockey dad”…6 days out of 7 are hockey related.

I know it’s not a popular sport - it’s too feckin complicated.

Just curious if anyone else around here is into the sport, or I’m an “n of 1” in the parish.

Kinda...

If you let your Nectar points build for a special do or party - just keep a close eye on your balance.

I was sat on around £50 and was going to redeem them at Sainsbury's to discover, most of them had disappeared.

A call to the current Mrs T - she...

Not so much a thought experiment as a peek into the future.

Assuming that there's no useful vaccine, what's the exit strategy from this Covid mess for families, the economy, society, education, government... everything?

As you may have seen there is likely to be a bill in parliament before Christmas.

I understand this is a very personal decision, and I am not trying to change anyone's mind.

But can I ask as many of you as feel it would be the right thing to offer...

Does anyone know where he is?? His phone has been going straight to voice mail for several days. I know he was trying to rescue the Stearman from Lundy but he was answering his phone from there a week or so back.

Tragic loss of life especially after all he's been through after last two years.

But are the Italians serious in thinking survivors may be alive in air pockets after over three days? :(

Is being streamed on Discovery+ and is fascinating! The TV presentation is very informative and the boats don't half go :D
Currently 4 all in first to 7.

RSV or respiratory syncytial virus is a respiratory virus which affects the lungs, symptoms include cough, soar throat and cold (ie what most of us get all year round)
Old farts like me (age 75 to 79 years) are to be offered vaccinations via GP...

I'm getting:

When trying to log in. Other more circuitous routes seem to work, the 'try again in minutes' is stretching to hours.
Anyone know why this happens?
Ian/Flyer IT have been very helpful, but, obvs. not available at stupid-o'clock, and...

So, with autumn approaching, and the real probability of being in Berlin this Christmas, I was looking ahead thinking of getting winter tyres for Ms SDs Beemer. The thing is, it's got those very wide very thin Msport alloys/tires combo which...

A bit of a niche question, but I think there's a couple of forumites who have knowledge in this area, so giving it a go.

Context:
Just had solar installed on a commercial building, and trying to arrange an export tariff.
The building has a three...

SkyEcho/Skydemon combo - when I click "Go flying" and select "SkyEcho 2", I get an error "Protocol not available"

It used to work. I works for another syndicate member on the same SkyEcho.

WiFi is connected to the...

Basic Pooleys headset; the mic is very quiet. Is there any adjustment possible?

Had the car heater blower selector go tech. Only worked on full whack demist. Called my local dealer. They quoted me for diagnostic check and if it was what they thought it was, parts and labour added brought the total to £225. :(

Did a bit of...

But now I’m not. ❄️

When did getting in touch become reaching out?

When did people stop understanding the past tense and need "back in the day" added on to a sentence to inform them that somethinghappened previously?

When did the equally pointless...

This has been sitting in my Inbox for a while & has been concerning me; I have several gmail accounts, but none that I can remember have my @mac.com address as a "backup" email address associated with it.

When I hover over the SIGN IN...

My daughter's Berlingo has broken down. These codes are from the RAC breakdown report. Can anyone tell me what they mean?
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check for a loss of power
check obd record codes reset and retest
number2 injector...

Should the value on an SPF record be enclosed in double quotes or not?

I’m trying to set up one of my domains as an Apple iCloud custom email domain. I don’t have access to the DNS entries myself, so I having to get them updated via my hosting...

I wonder if anyone on here knows the solution to this please?
I have Plusnet FTTC broadband plus landline.
My current contract expires Oct 5.
I am (provisionally) moving house Oct 11.
I would like to continue with Plusnet broadband at new house....

Well having scrapped our West Country escape, and looking at the forecast, I am guessing there will be lots of tele-watching in our house over the next two weeks.

Our preference is for serial scandi noir - there was a thread in which The Valhalla...

Just started Freeview 8 (not all areas)
'One of our Aircraft is Missing'

Starting a new thread as I (& others?) might have similar questions in future ..

Curtains

Does anyone have any experience with motorised curtains?

I'd like to automate three curtains in our Sitting Room; ours are fairly heavy & wide,...

Visiting a client today, they'd got "no reverse parking" signs in the car park.
I'd not come across these until the past couple of years, but they seem to be popping up in more places.

Why?

Unless I need access to the boot I've always...

From a personal point of view aged 77 I can still get a class 2 but i saw this in the AOPA newsletter and wondered what @FlyingDutch view might be.....

Some members have reported that their AME has told them that, when renewing a Class 2, that...

Anyone following this? Amazing technology, and quite exciting. I've been watching some of the races on YT. The speeds they are able to achieve are incredible - up on foils they are going at well over 80 kph - which is up to 4 times the windspeed...

There is some movement here (Germany) now on the electricity market and Tibber (a Norwegian) company is offering a smart tariff.

Apparently the car can be sorted out to charge when prices are low but the rest of the energy consuming units are no...

Looks like winter will arrive early this year; I've got 2 x Robins feeding on mealworms from one of my feeders and a Wren coming in on a tree next to them; never seen a Wren in the garden this early.