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Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 12:21 pm
by UBT - Timbo
UBT - PiezPiedPy wrote:Nackered - Nearly time for bed, also need a  :pottytrain5:

Tip No. 428

Best advice - drink lots and lots of water. You'll feel better and "it'll" come out quicker and squishier and you'll have less chance of inducing piles !!!!!

You'll sleep better as well.

regards,

Tim

Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 2:30 pm
by UBT - PiezPiedPy
UBT - Timbo wrote:
UBT - PiezPiedPy wrote:Nackered - Nearly time for bed, also need a  :pottytrain5:

Tip No. 428

Best advice - drink lots and lots of water. You'll feel better and "it'll" come out quicker and squishier and you'll have less chance of inducing piles !!!!!

You'll sleep better as well.

regards,

Tim
Who said stuck :shock:  Falls out with a breeze due to its emense gravity field of densness :lol:  :bootyshake:

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 3:39 pm
by Darren
Very happy to see Jenson finally win an F1 race!

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 3:44 pm
by UBT - Timbo
Dazza wrote:Very happy to see Jenson finally win an F1 race!

Second that !

And did you see his eye's (after he'd clammered out of the car and still had his helmet on !!) - looked so spooky !!

regards,

Tim

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 3:45 pm
by UBT - PaulT
Dazza wrote:Very happy to see Jenson finally win an F1 race!
Same Here


:wav:

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 3:49 pm
by Temujin
Yep, well done Jenson Image
an exciting race for once

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 3:52 pm
by UBT - PaulT
UBT - Timbo wrote:
And did you see his eye's (after he'd clammered out of the car and still had his helmet on !!) - looked so spooky !!

regards,

Tim
Looks like they are about to burst out through his helmet cartoon style :lol:

Image

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 3:57 pm
by Temujin
UBT - PaulT wrote:Looks like they are about to burst out through his helmet cartoon style :lol:
nice photo

Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 4:03 pm
by Darren
And just last Sunday Jeremy Clarkson was having a go cus he hadn't won.

Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:40 am
by UBT - PiezPiedPy
who's Jenson :?:

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:39 pm
by UBT - PiezPiedPy
Verrrrrry Mooooody    -  Best to stay clear

Bloody cars  :evil:

And WTF is the dog doin eatin my cheese butty's - GET OUT MUTT  :evil:

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:47 pm
by UBT - Halifax-lad
Laughing because you can't handle expanding foam.

remember the last time I used it, was like a monster coming out of the sea it just kept growing and growing and moving forward on its march to conquer the world

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 11:45 am
by UBT - Halifax-lad
Happy because I am off work with a SNAIL day, sad because my house is a tip and I need to clean it today

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 11:47 am
by Temujin
Confused cos I don't know what a SNAIL day is

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 11:49 am
by UBT - Halifax-lad
Temujin wrote:Confused cos I don't know what a SNAIL day is
Short Notice Annual Leave (don't know what the I stands for have forgotten). We have to ring at eactly 7:45am to ask for a day off at short notice and only 5 a day allowed to have one

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 11:58 am
by UBT - Timbo
UBT - Halifax--lad wrote:
Temujin wrote:Confused cos I don't know what a SNAIL day is
Short Notice Annual Leave (don't know what the I stands for have forgotten). We have to ring at eactly 7:45am to ask for a day off at short notice and only 5 a day allowed to have one
Typical bloomin' civil servants  :D  - see this is why the economy is going to the dogs - they fancy a day off and whoosh - "it's OK, take a day, no one needs you".

Try doing that in the real world.....result = One x P45.

S.N.A.I.L = Servants Not Always In (Layabouts !)

regards,

Tim

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 11:59 am
by UBT - Halifax-lad
Change the Servants to Slaves  :lol:  :lol:

PS: Got all next week off too :wink:

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:01 pm
by UBT - Halifax-lad
Happy now the cleaning is done

Me thinks I need a cleaner

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:11 pm
by UBT - Timbo
UBT - Halifax--lad wrote:Me thinks I need a cleaner

You think you need a cleaner........what?   :D



regards,

Tim

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:46 pm
by UBT - Halifax-lad
Well it would save me doing it :wink:

Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:10 pm
by UBT - Timbo
UBT - Halifax--lad wrote:Well it would save me doing it :wink:

No, I meant:

You think you need a cleaner.......house? garden? life? computer? car? girlfriend?     :D


regards,

Tim

Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2006 4:17 am
by UBT - PiezPiedPy
Was really really unhappy cos the girl i'm after is Gay, errr well Bi, Bugger (might be a good thing actually  :wink: )
but now I'm Really happy because Halifax has to ask for a day off, whereas I only work 3 days a month  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 4:27 pm
by UBT - Halifax-lad
Really really happy been off 3 days still 2 more to go then its the weekend :D

Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 6:17 pm
by UBT - Timbo
UBT - PiezPiedPy wrote:Was really really unhappy cos the girl i'm after is Gay, errr well Bi, Bugger (might be a good thing actually  :wink: )

OK - so I'm in lechery mood right now, so......

let's see a picture of your heart's desire !

Then we can tell you if she's worth "going after".... :D

regards,

Tim

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:47 am
by UBT - PiezPiedPy
If I ask to take a piccy of her I'll get a Right Hook  :lol:

might be a bit too much for the faint hearted


Buzzin me Ti@s off.  Just got a Quad for up on the fields - weeeeeeeee - oooooooooo bit scary tha two wheel stuff. :shock:  :lol:  8)

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:59 pm
by Temujin
pleased
cos I've finally ID'd Piez car, nissan 200zx
I thought it was a ford probe at one point   :oops:

Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:35 pm
by UBT - PiezPiedPy
Shocked -  :shock: -  FORD pfffffff   :lol:

200ZX nope - either 200SX or 300ZX or Piez 650+Bhp Twin turb Nos 300SX (still in development) as in not finished yet :evil: still welding the Spaceframe chassis (well being honest, its been shoved in the yard under a tarporlin sheet  :oops: )

Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:25 pm
by UBT - Halifax-lad
sh1ting it, big spider in my house somewhere, can't find it to kill (suck it up the vac) it has escaped from me. Yes it is big saw it walk past in the dark well nearly dark just the light from the TV

Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:01 pm
by UBT - PiezPiedPy
Starvin -  Goin chippy for a chicken chow mein or King prawn foo young

Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:33 pm
by UBT - Halifax-lad
UBT - PiezPiedPy wrote:Starvin -  Goin chippy for a chicken chow mein or King prawn foo young
OK for some I'm off to eat some fresh beetroot :shock:

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:07 pm
by UBT - PiezPiedPy
UBT - Halifax--lad wrote:OK for some I'm off to eat some fresh beetroot :shock:
:pukeright:  :lol:  :lol:

Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:32 pm
by Temujin
a bit puzzled by Piez latest avatar
is that gold leaf?  :shock:

Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:18 pm
by UBT - PiezPiedPy
I wish, got some gold holographic titanium flake though 8) Check out our Nels Yamaha R6 he just painted, Subaru blue with gold holographic flake bands and a final sprinkle of gold holo over, no clear coat has been sprayed yet so there a bit dull. images 5 and 8 show the holographic effect best. Ill take some piccys of it finished as soon as the sun comes out, looks proper nice :wink:

my avatar? it's just a 4inch Diameter piece of metal with the ends turned up to fit a curved surface.

Part of a fuel filler mount getting welded to a rear quarter panel. :)

Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 11:29 pm
by UBT - Halifax-lad
UBT - Halifax--lad wrote:sh1ting it, big spider in my house somewhere, can't find it to kill (suck it up the vac) it has escaped from me. Yes it is big saw it walk past in the dark well nearly dark just the light from the TV
Happy the battle to kill the spider has just happened, saw it walk past on the floor whilst watching TV in the dark again, so its now inside my vac with the dust bunnies.

Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 11:56 pm
by UBT - PiezPiedPy
Disillusioned - I thought Halifax--lad was a Greenie - So Animal rights go out the window coz your scared of a little biddy spider  :lol:

Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 12:11 am
by Temujin
UBT - Halifax--lad wrote:saw it walk past on the floor whilst watching TV
wondering what the spider was watching on TV  :?

Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 10:07 am
by UBT - Halifax-lad
UBT - PiezPiedPy wrote:Disillusioned - I thought Halifax--lad was a Greenie - So Animal rights go out the window coz your scared of a little biddy spider  :lol:
Oh no hate spiders & moths they do my head in
wondering what the spider was watching on TV
The Howling :wink:

VERY SMUG

Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:58 pm
by UBT - Timbo
Hi all,

What a great day for the team......!

I'm wearing a VERY VERY VERY SMUG GRIN

(See other bits of the forum/team website for the reasons... :wink: )


Keep up the good work....!


regards,

Tim

Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 1:09 am
by UBT - PiezPiedPy
Pi$$ed Off - Missed the moon crash test on BBC  :evil:

Think I'll see what Nasa have got  :)

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:14 am
by UBT - Halifax-lad
Felling delicate today big bad hangover :cry:

Everyone needs to be quiet today :wink:

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:44 am
by UBT - bobuk
UBT - Halifax--lad wrote:Felling delicate today nig bad hangover :cry:

Everyone needs to be quiet today :wink:
SORRY WHAT DID YOU SAY



b. :D

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 12:46 pm
by Martle
:director:LA .. LA .. LAAAA .. LA ... LAAAAAA! :kermit:

Sorry!      :violent1:

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 2:24 pm
by UBT - JsF
Shhhhhhh :sleepy2: hhhhhh

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 12:55 am
by Gary
smug and contented with a belly full of Peroni !

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 4:58 am
by UBT - PiezPiedPy
Happy n Fat coz I've just had a nice spicey Chilli Beef

mmmmmmm  :tongue1:

Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 4:56 pm
by UBT - JsF
Two day ta go then a week off
startin to wind down all ready. 8)

Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:04 pm
by UBT - Halifax-lad
I never wound up to work :wink:

Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 6:01 pm
by UBT - Mikee
Just spent 2 hours fixing someones electric wheelchair (my real job) - like a new one when I finished.

A huge sense of well being and the satisfaction of a job well done!

Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 7:00 am
by Francis McDermott
Feeling rather happy as was offered a new job yesterday having been made redundant last Friday  :D Now I can enjoy the rest of my 'gardening leave'.

Will have to see what the security is like at my new employer's otherwise I'm back to BOINCing on one machine  :shock:

Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 7:43 am
by UBT - Calum Mercer
Well done Francis - you are a bit ahead of me on this. I was made redundant (happily) last week and still going through the interview process and the psychometric testing (might find out who I am)

feeling nervous and going off to the gym to get fit

Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:05 pm
by Jeffers
I'm just getting to the end of a weekend on call, so I'm quite bored (and very sober!) at the moment.

Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:03 am
by UBT - PiezPiedPy
Getting Old and thick - Just spent 6hrs taking measurements for a new chassis and putting into CAD only to find that I'm 30mm out somewhere by my rear lower wishbone.

I here those famouse words "Do it Again" echoing in the back of my head - Doh :banghead:

Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 12:20 pm
by UBT-mark3346
Back at work after a few days off  :(  :(  can't wait for 15:45 so I can go home :lol:  :lol:

Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 1:25 pm
by UBT - Halifax-lad
bored

sat at work waiting for 6 to hurry up and arrive

Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 2:39 pm
by UBT - Timbo
UBT - Halifax--lad wrote:bored

sat at work waiting for 6 to hurry up and arrive
David

What "6" are you waiting for?

6 ice-creams?

6 sultry maidens

6 pints of milk

6 more unemployed students

or is it simply 6 o'clock???? 8)

regards and roll on 6pm....!

Tim

Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 2:42 pm
by UBT-mark3346
Quite cheery  :lol: , just got my first UOTD and only an hour to going home time! :lol:  :lol:

Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 5:15 pm
by UBT - JsF
UBT - Halifax--lad wrote:bored

sat at work waiting for 6 to hurry up and arrive
Roll on 6pm
NanoHive@Home (NHAH) is opening enrollment for beta testing today at 18:00  :lol:

Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 5:40 pm
by UBT - Halifax-lad
Glad im already in and have credit you lot will have to sit and wait :wink:

Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:03 pm
by UBT - JsF
Ok Ok I'm waiting  :roll:  :wink:

Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:13 pm
by UBT - bobuk
sitting and waiting too  :roll:


b.

Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 9:17 pm
by Darren
I'm glad as well because the team members now number 2.

Halifax & I and we are top UK team!

Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 10:46 pm
by UBT - PiezPiedPy
Big Grin Aswell - Just joined Nano-Hive been waiting months  :wav:

Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 10:54 pm
by UBT - JsF
Dazza wrote:I'm glad as well because the team members now number 2.

Halifax & I and we are top UK team!
Yeah! :director:
Better make room the boy's are back in town. :wink:

Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 12:02 pm
by UBT - Halifax-lad
Grrrr..... :evil:  :evil:

My laser mouse died last night and after trying to fix it I found it want worth the hassle so I smashed it to pieces.

So had to go to PC World :evil:  Boo Hiss

Now got a poo mouse until I get paid at end of week

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:08 pm
by UBT - Halifax-lad
2 hours and counting...... :P

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:56 pm
by UBT - Mikee
UBT - Halifax--lad wrote:2 hours and counting...... :P
OK - You got me intrigued! I'll ask - What happens at 10pm?

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:58 pm
by UBT - Timbo
UBT - Mikeejones wrote:
UBT - Halifax--lad wrote:2 hours and counting...... :P
OK - You got me intrigued! I'll ask - What happens at 10pm?

I guess the wages BACS payments hits his bank account !!

{EDIT} I got it WRONG......!!!

regards

Tim

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:58 pm
by UBT - Halifax-lad
Final 2 hours of Lost Series 2 is on Channel 4, can't wait :P

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 9:00 pm
by UBT - Mikee
UBT - Halifax--lad wrote:Final 2 hours of Lost Series 2 is on Channel 4, can't wait :P
Oh - How disappointing!

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 9:34 pm
by UBT - JsF
UBT - Halifax--lad wrote:Final 2 hours of Lost Series 2 is on Channel 4, can't wait :P
Cheers Dave

I would have missed it with out your post.

Jimmy  :D

Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 8:58 am
by UBT - PiezPiedPy
Missed it - It's crap anyway

Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 10:58 am
by UBT - Halifax-lad
UBT - PiezPiedPy wrote:Missed it - It's crap anyway
If its cr*p then why was you going to watch it?

Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 5:39 pm
by UBT - PiezPiedPy
I wern't - missed it on purpose - had more fun hoovering the carpet - honest :lol:


Anyways I've found a 27128A but its all the way over in the good o'l US of A , gona take up to 2 weeks for delivery  :evil: feel like a little kidy waiting for santa :bigsmurf:

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 2:14 am
by RodEllery
Current mood = pissed off and pissed up.  
Being made redundant in 1 week. Now on 10 weeks `gardening leave`.

Not allowed near any company machines unless supervised. (That's what comes of formerly being the UK corporate sysop/administrator)

Will miss out on about 300 cobblestones a day as well.

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 3:03 am
by UBT - PaulC
Tired  :sleepy2:

Have been playing The Godfather on xbox360 for the last 5 hours! Great game, but must get some sleep  :sleepy1:

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 11:07 am
by UBT - Halifax-lad
UBT - PaulC wrote:Tired  :sleepy2:

Have been playing The Godfather on xbox360 for the last 5 hours! Great game, but must get some sleep  :sleepy1:
Grr I want a 360 but can't afford one at the moment, plus I would have to but a super duper plasma TV and sound system :lol:  :lol:

Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 6:20 pm
by UBT - Mikee
A bit happier now than I was 2 hours ago!

Car kept on cutting out and nearly died completely taking Mrs. Mikey to work. If it hadn't restarted Basil Fawlty would have had nothing on me!

Found out it's the electric switch part on the ignition switch. Local Vauxhall garages are closed for the weekend and I didn't think it worth going to local scrappy as a replacement might be just as bad.

Sort of fixed it though!

Amazing what you can do with 2 bits of wire and a clothes peg!

In mourning

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:16 am
by UBT - Timbo
Hi all,

Am VERY SAD today.

Oscar, our BSH ginger tom cat has died after suffering from Chronic Renal Failure.  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:

16 years old and has been with us since forever (or so it feels) since he was a kitten.

In the end, he was wasting away, he wouldn't/couldn't eat and despite still being friendly to us and enjoying sitting on the window ledge in our (south facing) living room, lapping up the warmth of the sun, we knew he wouldn't "last" through the cold of winter.

We've now buried him, in a sun trap in our garden.

Tim

Profile changed to show Oscar at his best...prowling in our garden, scaring the birds away and keeping us "safe".

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 1:16 pm
by UBT - Halifax-lad
16 years is a long time for a cat, at least it has had a good life and people who cared for it

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:11 am
by UBT - PennyQ
Tim, so sorry to hear your sad news. Wondered why your av had changed! My kitty cat is 17 and a quarter with an overactive thyroid but hopefully will last a few more years yet.  I'm dreading the day she goes though... :cry:

Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 12:38 am
by DJH@GB-Ro
My Mum's best friend died today at 50 :cry:

Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 12:06 pm
by UBT - Rick Horn
DJH@GB-Ro wrote:My Mum's best friend died today at 50 :cry:
I`m very sorry to hear your sad news. 50 is no time to die these days, your mum must be devastated. Being 60 myself, I keep reading obituary columns where people younger than me have died. It makes you think of your own mortality.

Kindest regards, Rick.

Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 3:48 pm
by UBT - Timbo
DJH@GB-Ro wrote:My Mum's best friend died today at 50 :cry:
I'm very sorry to hear of your mother's loss.

On behalf of the Team, please pass on our sincerest condolences to all concerned.

regards

Tim

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 5:54 pm
by UBT - Rick Horn
Extremely p****d off. Was 18 hours into a large WU when the pc crashed and lost the lot. Why dosen`t it happen 5 minutes into one instead? I`ve decided that God must be a massive mainframe on another planet, and he dosen`t like me.

Maybe I`ll start running Seti@Home and see if I can spot him.

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:07 pm
by James Box
Happy

Just discovered that our 3rd child in the oven is a boy.

My eldest, Trinity, is two and a half and she is already pretty good at using a mouse, a touchpad and a trackball on various computers. Jaren is 18 months and he is tech-crazy. He loves playing with anything with electronics in it.

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:22 pm
by UBT - Rick Horn
James Box wrote:
Just discovered that our 3rd child in the oven is a boy.
Congratulations!
:cheers:

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:45 pm
by Temujin
James Box wrote:Just discovered that our 3rd child in the oven is a boy.
Congratulations :wav:

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:45 pm
by UBT - Timbo
James Box wrote:Happy
Just discovered that our 3rd child in the oven is a boy.
Great news. So that'll be 1 older girl with 2 younger brothers.....

How's "mum"? Keeping well and screaming for Ice Cream on her hotdog's or something similar?

And when's the big day when he should be making an appearance?

regards

Tim

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:58 pm
by James Box
UBT - Timbo wrote:
James Box wrote:Happy
Just discovered that our 3rd child in the oven is a boy.
Great news. So that'll be 1 older girl with 2 younger brothers.....

How's "mum"? Keeping well and screaming for Ice Cream on her hotdog's or something similar?

And when's the big day when he should be making an appearance?

regards

Tim
Mum is good, but at least she is eating her ice cream and hotdogs separately :)

April 7 is the due date, but the other 2 were both 2-3 weeks early.

Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:06 pm
by UBT - Timbo
James Box wrote:Mum is good, but at least she is eating her ice cream and hotdogs separately :)

April 7 is the due date, but the other 2 were both 2-3 weeks early.
Hmmm, so we're talking about a late Pisces or probably an Aries child.......!

Once spring comes, then we'll have to do a "Crunch" in "celebration" of the event (and gives us then 2 excuses to drink a few beers !!).

regards

Tim

Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 10:48 am
by UBT-mark3346
Reasonably content..extra hour in bed, dry sunny morning and my last SAP unit is over 92% done  :lol:

Fuming...

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 12:38 pm
by UBT - Chris Suddick
After 3 weeks of yanking my chain I finally snapped today and sacked the 'builder from hell'. It's left me in a right hole but it's gotta be better than dealing with this merchant banker.

If anyone in the Warrington area is ever considering having a bathroom refurbished then contact me first and I can tell you who NOT to use.

Chris.

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 12:48 pm
by UBT - PiezPiedPy
Christmas Blues for da Skallz by mine  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

2 off em were caught red handed by one of there dumb ass feet  :lol:  8)

Had a break in at my factory by an 18yr and 15yr old lads who where seen by police running from my mums car after bailing out the car  :lol: , when questioned they said they found it with the keys in it, but little did they know that when they messed up the office and threw all the paper work everywhere, that they had left a dirty big footprint on a piece of paper  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

Your Going Down Lad  :lol:  :lol: Your Ass Belongs To Me  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

So now I've got to fix loads of locks, doors, roller shutters, get my mums car fixed (engine runns funny, wobly wheels, bald tyres - gits) get a new van, fix one of the vans ign and steering column, tidy up the office, but worst of all work out what jobs where on the jobs board that the B@$##@^@$ wiped off.
Someone unknown still has one of the vans, probably used for a smash n grab, but they left all the office equipment though, and didn't touch any of the RV's which are worth £50k+ - :scratch:

they must of had propa big bolt cutters , chopped straight through 1/2" steel clasps and huge padlocks  :shock:

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 1:26 pm
by UBT - Chris Suddick
Must have been the night for it in Liverpool. My daughter lives in Liverpool and she had her car broken into last night. The scroats flung all her possessions over the pavement and stole the steering wheel! Why? I remain gobsmacked.

Chris.

Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:56 pm
by Semmy
Annoyed at my own hamfistedness  :x

Was installing a funky new hard drive enclosure on my main machine and didn't notice one of the power cables had looped round a capacitor on the motherboard  :oops:

Net result:- one dead Asus fatality 939 board, 24 hrs of lost crunching and a £200 bill for an impromptu upgrade to an AM2 board, chip (4200X2) and a gig of DDR2 ram, so its not all bad  :twisted:

Anybody know where I can buy a 6.3V 1800uF Aluminium can electrolytic capacitor?

Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:54 pm
by UBT - Timbo
Semmy wrote:Anybody know where I can buy a 6.3V 1800uF Aluminium can electrolytic capacitor?
- numerous electrical or TV repair shops?
- a friend who has an account with RS?
- a phone call maybe to the Asus distributor for a spare part?
- maybe someone (possibly PiezPiedPy) in the car trade who fixes electrical faults?
- a quick trip down to the municipal dump and pick up a dumped/faulty TV, as there's bound to be a similar capacitor "in there" somewhere...!

regards

Tim

Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 12:05 am
by Semmy
Already tried both Maplin and RS they have 1500uF and 2200uF not the 1800uF's though :)

Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:25 am
by UBT - Mikee
From my days in the electronics trade I seem to remember that values like that were usually used for voltage smoothing so I'd have thought that either 1500 or 2200 uF's may well work - 2200 would be better. When you do get 1 may sure you put it in the right way round though - assuming it's electrolytic!

Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:37 am
by UBT - JohnR
My current mood is curious
Has our crunch leader been over-indulging with this?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/datab ... 4517.shtml  LOL :lol:
I noticed the name change first in Seasonal.

Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 10:23 am
by UBT - Timbo
Semmy wrote:Already tried both Maplin and RS they have 1500uF and 2200uF not the 1800uF's though :)
If you want to be a little "adventurous", and not need to get an "exact perfect physical match", you could wire in two insulated "wires" from the boards plated "through-holes" and then get 2x 900uF, or 3x 600uF (or any other combination (e.g. 1x 1200 + 1x 600) and wire them in PARALLEL onto the two "legs" coming up from the board - a little bit of hotmelt would hold the cap's together - this will then give you the desired 1800uF capacity.

Or, you could use the 2200uF capacitor, assuming the usage of the cap is for say voltage smoothing. If it's being used for something else, then the extra capacitance might have an undue side effect. Shoudn't do any harm to try a 2200uF....if you cannot get/make up the correct value.

regards

Tim