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An interesting thought - Does living on a budget keep you healthier? Just heard that a couple I used to know have both been in hospital recently with heart attacks. They were always either eating out or having take-aways delivered. When I think of their diets of saturated fats, high salt and sugar loaded desserts I shouldn't be surprised. I personally prepare at least 90% of my own food from raw ingredients, and in doing so I know exactly what goes into it. Monday I played golf with a girl half my age, and in chatting discovered she is on the same heart medication that I have just started on

Something you don't hear these days. If you were sick/unwell you were poorly. And if we were being chased off to bed, it was "upper jotter - jildie"

Reminds me of a time an awfully long time ago. Dad worked on the railways so we used to get free tickets for our holidays, which were always a day at the seaside. On this occasion there were six kids, two parents plus a couple of Uncles and Aunts going along. Both my Mum and Dad were into baking, pastry particularly. So one trip to Skeggy on the train we took along a large suitcase packed solid with food. We had vegie and meat pasties for main courses, then choices of jam, lemon tarts and mince pies, and coconut pasties. There were some date and fig biscuits as well. Everything was made at ho

I haven't run Vista for yonks. so can't second guess what is there. There should be a "Tools" tab in msconfig. Select the "Resource Monitor" "Tool" and launch it. If available it will show you all activity. If there is lots of disk and little CPU it might suggest disk re-reads due to problems there. The previous process list under Task Manager should show the "System Idle Process" at 99% at the top.

Hi Mick, don't know what version of Windows you are running. But if you have a "Run" command in the "Start" tab, then select it and enter "msconfig" and click Okay. If running Win 7 then select the "Tools" tab and then Select "Resource Monitor" and "Launch" it. I would use this to find out what is happening. If not Win 7 get back to me.

I didn't say it was love. Fareham Brook is shown here: I had previously written in #9 And these were the railings I mentioned along the side of the Trent

If you select the "Processes" tab in Task Manager, and then click on the CPU heading twice. It will list the processes in order of CPU resource being used. The top process should be using 99% of the resource.

Thanks Cliff Ton, had already checked. These are the railings that I recounted climbing over, then down a steel ladder to a concrete ledge. It's where us Medders kids went fishing. 'Cept we only did it when the river wasn't in flood.

Easiest is to hold down Ctl, Alt and press Del, all at the same time. Then select Task Manager. Irrespective of the Op Sys you are running you will be able to see what is happening on your machine at that moment.

Nasty people down here. Don't know if you have these in the UK or elsewhere, but.... Opened a new freeway here recently and they have mounted cameras under the bridges. Using vehicle recognition software they register any vehicle passing underneath and then do the same a few kilometres further on, calculate your speed over the distance, and woe betide you if your average over the distance is more than they allow. It catches all those who slow down when they approach a bridge and then speed up, thinking they have fooled the revenue collectors.

Just been doing a bit of googling, and it appears that I may have been correct. The original Clifton Estate was "open for business" before the first bridge was built. No wonder people were swimming the river, t'was the only way to get into town. It would have taken hours via Trent Bridge, that's unless there was bus to 'apenny bridge, then walk across the bridge, and a bus t'other side. The brook I referred to was Fareham Brook.

It was sixty years ago. People used to swim in the Trent back then. I think it got really mucky after that, either that or we were immune to what ever it carried. Remember a Clifton Brook on the other side, which had a sandy mouth where it met the river and whole families would picnic there, with the kids paddling and older members swimming in the deeper water. This would have been when they were starting to build the very first Clifton Bridge. For some reason I have it in my mind that I had rels living on the Clifton Estate before they built the first bridge. But that wouldn't make sense.

Stock standard RJ45's. Got a crimp tool if you want to borrow it. Probably cost more to mail than to buy though. My four machines all have Billion motherboards that support 1000BaseT, as does my modem/router. Makes a big difference transferring video files from my NAS box.

Cat 6 or Cat 5E at least if you want gigabit Ethernet transfers.

Anyone remember the Wilford Power Station outfall into the Trent. Used to climb over the railings, down some steel ladders set into the stonework and on to a concrete ledge. The stonework was almost black in colour and would have been 15-20 feet high. It was a good place for fishing, but took some getting down the ladders with fishing tackle. With my brothers, we once caught half a dozen Roach at the outlet, each about 7 in. Took them home and my Dad cooked them for our dinner. Did we feel on top of the world having caught our own dinner. Couldn't have been more than nine at the time. Couldn

Must admit that watching "Call the Midwife" really does get the nostalgia flowing for me. Whilst we didn't have the docks in the Medders we did seem to have that same sense of community. Damp tenement houses, kids six to a bed, outside loos, people from all walks of life - many down on their luck, yet a sense that no one was truly on their own. There was nearly always a neighbour wiiling to lend a hand.

Don't watch much TV at all. Have large library of DVD's, and more likely to stick one of them in the player that watch free-ro-air rubbish. BUT did so enjoy "Call the MIdwife". Now that really was UK TV drama at it's best. Recorded most of the episodes, and occasionally rewatch them. Be interested to hear what others thought of it. I see on the 'Net that a third series is being made. Wooppee. Magic. I have the full set of Major Sharpe and Horatio Hornblower DVD's. Pity they don't make stuff like that anymore.

Gave a lot of thought to attending the meet-up next Wednesday, but I'm washing my hair that evening, and you wouldn't want me to come out with wet hair would you. Welcome to the funny farm Bendigo. Bet you're not from Bendigo.

Wasn't there something to do with Spoonerisms. Mixing up first letters. Thus Robin Hood became Hobin Rood. Not too sure about Friar Tuck.

I just love that. Beautiful Nottingham attitude. Probably hasn't changed much over the centuries.

Trent Bridge wasn't a school. It was just a semi-prison instituted to keep yobs off the streets. It was approved, as in an approved school.

Mundella in the mid/late fifties, we used to do cross country runs on sports days. From the changing rooms, down past the Memo gardens, over Spenii and turn right along the river. Passing William Becket, where we would throw any rubbish, stones, bricks, anything we coud lay our hands on over their fence, and then on down a narrow pathway between the backs of houses and a fenced off area where boats were moored. Heading towards what was to become John Deering? school. I think it was Deering then. Turning around when we got there. By time we got back to William Becket they would have prepared t

Darkazana the following are all gluten-free: Soy, Brown Rice, Buckwheat, Sorghum, Millet & Chickpea (Besan). Will write up some gluten-free recipes and PM them to you in due course.

Currently I have the following flours in my pantry: Soy, Brown Rice, Buckwheat, Sorghum, Millet, Chickpea (Besan), Rye - plain and wholemeal, Spelt - plain and wholemeal, strong Bakers flour, and a funny one given to me by my daughter - Coconut flour. Plus ordinary flour - plain, self-raising and wholemeal wheat. Which all told is fifteen variants. Have tried Amaranth and Quinoa flours on occasions as well. The Buckwheat, Sorghum and Millet flours make gorgeous pancakes, each with it's own character. I use equal quantities of Spelt - plain and wholemeal, and Rye to make flat bread most days.

Trevor S, favourite NQ story was about some people who drove out to Longreach. Spotting a solitary tree which offered some shade they parked under it whilst going off for lunch and a drink. When they returned they discovered why there was parking under the tree and the locals had not taken advantage of the shade. Standing on their car's roof and happily munching on the leaves were a couple of goats. Even after extensive panel beating the car was never the same again. Goats have quite small hooves, and the pounds per square inch pressure they can exert on thin metal surfaces has to be seen to