Today is my sister Sue’s Birthday
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUE
Philips Streamium – MC-i250 Help Please
I have a Philips Streamium MC-i250 . It is a bit of an ugly duckling by modern-day standards and the functions are a bit clunky having been around since 2003. It has, for the most part, been trouble-free but now has a significant problem that I would like to resolve.
Basically, it won’t retain its WiFi settings.
I have effectively carried out a Factory Reset so that I have had to carry out the initial set up and provide all the WiFi parameters. It quite happily accepts everything that I provide. Then promptly forgets it all.
Consequently I cannot connect wirelessly and I am stubbornly refusing to run an ethernet cable to the unit.
Currently I am using a Pinnacle Soundbridge unit plugged into the Aux port of the MC-i250 to give me my WiFi connectability. But I had to steal that from my hi-fi in the lounge. So not ideal.
So is there anyone out there that has encountered this problem on this unit ?
Any polite suggestions gratefully accepted.
Residents of Treasure Island Face Rape and Pillage …. AGAIN !!!
The residents of the UK are repeatedly “Raped and Pillaged”, financially & economically by the many businesses that see the British Isles as “Treasure Island”.
And it is about to happen again. This time round the marauding buccaneers are Apple and Nintendo.
The Apple iPad 2 goes on sale in UK shops tomorrow. The starting price, including VAT, for the basic 16GB model is £399. That is around 20 per cent more than a New York shopper would pay, including the city’s sales tax. The highest-spec model is £659 here including VAT, compared with £554.18 in New York. This means a British consumer will pay £104.82 more than their American counterpart.
Nintendo will be doing something similar. In the UK you can pay £196.99 which is some 20% dearer than the folks in the US who will be able to buy it for around £155.22.
They, Apple & Nintendo, just like many other manufacturers of electronics, clothes and cars charge the UK citizens inflated prices for their goods. They claim that to do business over here it costs them more in employment rates, building rental, taxes and just about every kind of additional logistical charge they can think of.
These claims do not stand up to close scrutiny.
Successive governments have stated that they will look into this blatantly unfair practice.
Successive governments have done nothing.
Now this government is planning to do away with the Office Of Fair Trading. Admittedly they haven’t been of much use in fighting for our rights in this matter. At least they exist and are helping in other areas.
The Government is allowing us to be ripped off … AGAIN !!!.
Apple iPad 2 and Nintendo 3DS launch and buyers will pay more in UK than US | Mail Online.
Is Your Village Missing An Idiot ?
Earlier this month I posted about this useless, idle, good for nothing benefit scrounger. Well here he is back in the news again. Jobless former alcoholic Stanley Clifton stole cable worth NOTHING
It’s no wonder that he isn’t working. Seems like he is too stupid. He can’t even get thieving right. Stole some fiber-optic cable to sell for the scrap value. He didn’t know that there is no metal content and is therefore almost worthless for the casual crook.
I’m guessing that a village somewhere is missing an idiot
Jobless former alcholic Stanley Clifton stole cable worth NOTHING | Mail Online.
The Budget – Or Thanks For The £13 Reduction In My Annual Fuel Bill
Well that was a big let down, from a purely personal perspective anyway. Let’s be truthful now, is there any other ?
Perhaps I should be more positive. After all apparently I will be no worse off than I am now.
Jumps for joy.
When one looks at the detail it transpires, according to the BBC budget calculator, my wife and I may be a “combined” £263.46 better off. Well whoopee doo. That’s pretty close to my shopping bill for last week.
The most tangible & instantly measurable area that interests me is my auto fuel bill which has, over the last couple of years, increased from around £50 for a full tank full to well over £70. And that I am spending every 7-10 days. So how does a reduction of 1p per litre affect me. By my calculations I am going to save a whopping £13 per year.
So I may be able to afford a bottle of wine which has gone up in price as a result of the antics of binge drinking teens and the governments actions as they attempt to thwart them.
Cheers George
Downing Street denies RAF carrier plan
Sending a carrier which could deploy Harrier jump-jets is such a common sense idea that this story smacks of the truth.
Many people including yours truly have berated the governement for stupidly leaving the UK in a position where it is unable to respond to just the scenario that has presented itself in Libya.
So Downing Street denies RAF carrier plan….Do we believe them ? Hell No !!!
Downing Street denies RAF carrier plan – East Hampshire – The News.
Goodbye Elizabeth
Elizabeth Taylor passed away at the age of 79.
She was one, if not the last, of the true Hollywood stars from “Hollywood’s golden age”. Somehow todays stars don’t seem to shine as bright or have the same degree of charisma.
During her career she made over 70 appearances (including vocal appearances) in movies and TV shows
Certainly the world will be a darker place with her passing but what a legacy she has left behind.
View From The Conservatory
Yet another glorious day weather wise. Blue skies and sunshine. Even with the doors open the temperature here in the conservatory is 28degC.
I have been observing the activities of the pasta thieves. We had a pasta/pesto salad the night before last. The excess pasta was put out for the birds. However, it’s not just the birds that seem to like the pasta. Hence the mention of “pasta thieves”.
The Carrion Crows are back. Since they are birds then there is no issue with them eating the pasta. They are somewhat greedy though. Racking up the fusilli in their long beaks, four and five at a time. They only do this to collect them then they move to another area of the lawn where they drop their cache and eat the individual pasta pieces.
I did say “pasta thieves”. The other culprits are the squirrels. I don’t really have a problem with them stealing from the bird table. They also seem to have a liking for pasta. Munching away, jaws going nineteen to the dozen, every now and again their heads popping up to look around. A single fusilli twist projecting from their mouths like a big fat white cigar. Very comical.
There is nothing like nature to put you in a good place mentally.
Fighting hard to displace my general sense of well-being are the guys working to tidy up the trees and bushes over on the roundabout a few hundred yards away. They are doing a grand job but as is the norm these days they are reducing the cuttings to wood chips. The machine makes a horrendous noise and has been running for two days now. Hopefully tomorrow they will have moved sufficiently far away that I won’t be able to hear them.
It’s Budget Day
So today is budget day !!!
Are there going to be any surprises ?
Seems most of what’s of any interest to Joe Public has already been leaked in the news.
Are we heading towards a time when the government, the Chancellor, will just publish the information on the web and by-pass the boring recitation of facts which the media then spend days dissecting.
Watching and waiting with interest.
Kate Middleton Taking Advantage Of Her Position – Not Acceptable – No Excuses
Missed this in the weekend papers but apparently Kate Middleton has taken to parking where ever she wants regardless of parking restrictions.
On two occasions, while her car was illegally parked, her car was approached by traffic wardens intent on writing a ticket. On each occasion a security officer approached the warden and presumably warned him of the error of his ways.
To my mind this does not set a good example. She may be the fiance of a royal but that does not give her any rights to flaunt local by-laws. My opinion would not change even if it was the Queens car. One of the security detail could have taken the car away until she had finished shopping.
WrAnTz 