We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.

This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.

Debate House Prices


In order to help keep the Forum a useful, safe and friendly place for our users, discussions around non MoneySaving matters are no longer permitted. This includes wider debates about general house prices, the economy and politics. As a result, we have taken the decision to keep this board permanently closed, but it remains viewable for users who may find some useful information in it. Thank you for your understanding.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

Nice People 12: Nice in Nice

1…295296298300301…994

Comments

  • bugslet
    bugslet Posts: 6,874 Forumite
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    Either MI5 or MI6 have a file on me ... well, they did, in about 1979. They thought I was in some big Russian spy ring that was busted around about that time, that was in some way linked to this lot I think http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Five

    It was only after the 79/80 arrests came out in the papers I was able to piece together what'd gone on and why my mail had been intercepted (badly as I'd spotted it and blamed mum/dad for opening it) for the previous 1-2 years.

    I've been lost in MI5;). I wasn't there opening PNs post BTW.

    [QUOTE=michaels;66129774
    Sains always give me a till spit suggesting I will get extra points next time if I were only to spend twice as much as I normally spend which of course I never do.[/QUOTE]

    Tosscos send me a note saying they will send me a £30.00 voucher if I spend £85.00 every week for four weeks. I'm a single gal, I can't spend that much.....so I stock up on customer Xmas booze. I feel I have won every time.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    michaels wrote: »
    What size box is it though. We get the 85 wash megaaa boxes which do up to 2 months.
    Well, the current one is a small/2Kg box. I don't wash on a specific day so it's hard to say how often. I could say 1/week, but then some things accumulate until I've "a load" of similar things and I'll then do two loads in quick succession, the regular lot I'd have done and the "made up a load" lot. e.g. whites, I specifically bought a set of white bed sheets and a white bath sheet JUST so I could make up a whites load. Although sometimes whites are just done by hand as they're so small. Washing I did this week was all by hand.
    michaels wrote: »
    Broadband sounds very slow :(

    It does. I rebooted the PC/router this morning, then did a defrag, then did another test and this morning it came out at 2.15Mb download, 0.153Mb upload.

    I'm sure the information they send out for connection says the first few days/week or so can be slow while the system "adjusts" or something. I think that's just so people don't call them as they're "waiting" for it to improve.... and after that time they've got used to it or fail to get round to calling :)
  • silvercar
    silvercar Posts: 49,914 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Name Dropper
    Is this BT infinity or BT's normal offering?

    I'm getting 21.25Mb download, 2.06Mb upload. I suspect I'm paying more than you.
    I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    silvercar wrote: »
    Is this BT infinity or BT's normal offering?

    I'm getting 21.25Mb download, 2.06Mb upload. I suspect I'm paying more than you.

    Normal. No Infinity here.
    Just had problems getting anything much to happen, so I've removed Avira and defragged. I installed it when HD had low disk space, so I figured if I reinstall it might use contiguous clusters, which might make that more reliable (it often hangs).

    Just ran speed test again:

    Download: 1.789Mb/sec
    Upload: 0.341Mb/sec

    So broadband is getting faster.... now off to reinstall Avira to see if I can get the PC performing faster/better too. So two separate issues going on here.
  • GDB2222
    GDB2222 Posts: 26,465 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    edited 29 July 2014 at 9:06AM
    silvercar wrote: »
    Is this BT infinity or BT's normal offering?

    I'm getting 21.25Mb download, 2.06Mb upload. I suspect I'm paying more than you.

    You must be on fibre, then?
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I tried watching catchup TV last night. Video was out of sync with the audio and it halted a few times while it caught up. Took me 1.5 hours to watch a 50 minute programme.
  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 34,082 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    Just ran in internet speed test.
    Download speed 1.06Mb/sec
    Upload speed 0.345Mb/sec

    As with all these things.... I'll now have to go and see how this compares. It's certainly feeling slow.

    They (as in BT) say it takes 10 daysto sort itself out. Itwill drop off and all sorts before it settles.
    Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
  • GDB2222
    GDB2222 Posts: 26,465 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    I tried watching catchup TV last night. Video was out of sync with the audio and it halted a few times while it caught up. Took me 1.5 hours to watch a 50 minute programme.

    The out of sync may be the PC rather than the connection.
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Doozergirl wrote: »
    They (as in BT) say it takes 10 daysto sort itself out. It will drop off and all sorts before it settles.

    Blimey ... after what I've just been through (18 days of a non-connected service), a further 10 days with it like this (potentially) is mind-numbing :(

    Hopefully it'll sort itself out today by the magic fairies or something.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    GDB2222 wrote: »
    The out of sync may be the PC rather than the connection.

    Possibly, it's under-powered.... but at least has 6GB of HD space free .... but it's a slow processor too. Maybe for catchup TV I should give my hot/noisy laptop a whirl.
This discussion has been closed.
★ ★ ★ Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 352K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.5K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 454.2K Spending & Discounts
  • 245K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 600.6K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 177.4K Life & Family
  • 258.8K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.2K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.
Update Your Picture