marzman

Very cool.

Happy Birthday mate, hope you've had a good one.

Get that G Wagon finished for a start. Only pulling your leg, Merry Xmas. Mines to get the bodyshell painted! Merry Xmas mate. The G is on hold now as it looks like i'm going to buy that house next door but one. I've got a meeting with the planning department at the town hall next week, and if they say planning permission is likely to be granted then i'll be putting an offer in. It needs about £60-70k spending on it to get it to where i want it though, so the next 5 years are going to be all about that!

To be happier. I complain too much when in reality i've got it easy.

I had to drive from Stoke to Macclesfield at about 6pm today. It took almost 2 hours for what should be a 40 minute journey. The main roads were like a car park as for some reason, people are incapable of driving when there's 2 inches of snow on the ground. So i took to the back roads to avoid the traffic, only to find our route blocked by a downed tree! I got out to have a look and there was definitely no way through!

A cordless drill, some walking gear and a couple of hoodys. ...and my own bodyweight in chocolate.

I never had the castle, but i remember building a copy of it from the parts i had. Was a pretty good replica. Actually i did that with most of their sets... i'd always make my own version of it if I didnt have the actual set, just from the pictures i had to hand. Ahh the memories.

Probably is the BCM, but as an alternative you're not having battery problems are you? I remember on my first zed, when my battery was almost flat (i'd jumped it earlier that week), my headlights got stuck on and wouldnt turn off at all. Easily fixed by getting a new battery.

I was having a similar discussion with my wife yesterday. I'm pretty frustrated at the moment as we're a few months away from buying our first house. Annoyingly, our income is well above average yet we can only afford to buy a very average house. For example, I know I earn more than anyone else in my family, yet we're going to be buying the smallest house out of everyone as they've all owned their houses for years. All the houses I want to buy in our area are £350k+, but I bet the people living in them are only paying about £300 a month for a mortgage. Instead, i'm having to buy a £200k house and pay £800 a month. It seems like there's a whole generation or two who have just got lucky which has led to an easy life, whereas my generation has been shafted. Apologies if this rubs anyone up the wrong way, that is not my intention, just venting my frustrations.

I've only had 16 days off all year, so i've got a lovely 2 weeks off now, as of last Friday. Making the most of it. I did some shopping, and then watched Harry and the Henderson's today, and made a list of other films i want to watch over the break (same films every year... i like my nostalgia routines!) Mighty Ducks Home Alone 1 Bad Santa Mouse Hunt The Burbs Uncle Buck The goonies already watched Home Alone 2 and Gremlins the other week.

I dug out my old photos from when i was a young 'un. I reckon i must have been about 7 or 8 when these were taken. Wish i had more pics. And then my dad put mirrors along the sides once to make the city look bigger. Also note the elevated train line.

Building Lego and watching Home Alone. Ultimate nostalgia right there.

Nice one Tim! You working out there then?

I had a full city, made up of my older bro & sis, and older cousins lego as they'd all grown up. So i had 5 kids' worth! I've got a couple of photos somewhere, will see if i can dig them out.

That's some really old Technics there. They barely even use those LEGO like pieces anymore. mostly all smooth and rounded to make a more finished looking final product. Did it do anything other than the suspension? moving parts? I think thats why i'm less of a fan nowadays as i dont like the shaped pieces. I think it takes away a lot of the magic when you're piecing together ready-moulded parts. Each to their own though. This car had everything by the way... a working gearbox with 3 gears, an engine with pistons that go up and down, steering, and seats you could slide back and forth.

This one was possibly my favourite Christmas present of all time... around 93?

Video was really good actually. Fair play to the guy. ...and if we're talking about animated crush's... it's all about the Carbury's Caramel bunny.

There's a 4k Samsung 55" for £1000 out at the moment which is tempting, but to be honest i think it would be a downgrade.

Cool, cheers all. One problem i have is that i bought it from Comet The second problem, is that it was 2 years ago yesterday. :lol:

Hi all, I've had a fault with my 55" Samsung LED TV for about the last 6 months. It originally started as just the very bottom line of pixels displaying white/green most of the time, but in the last few weeks it has now expanded to take up the bottom 2.5" of the screen. It is picture specific, e.g. if watching a scene where it is mostly dark, but with just on area of light, the horizontal lines would be all dark, with just white/green below the patch of light. I've had the TV apart and I dont believe it's the ribbon cables. I repositioned them with the TV on and could see the artifacts they caused, but they didnt touch the horizontal lines at all. All the capacitors look absolutely fine too. I'm thinking it must be one of the 3x circuit boards inside, but i'm not really sure how to go about diagnosing these now? Each board is in the region of £100+ so i dont want to buy one on a whim! The TV is a Samsung UE55-ES6800, less than 2 years old (but out of warranty). I've considered calling a TV repair man, but thinking about just buying a new TV instead. See brief video, below. http://vid57.photobucket.com/albums/g210/marzman_2006/7D14B2C0-4188-4D7C-A865-48DAA4722301-1461-0000015F60443BA8_zpsef4869ac.mp4

A few for me... My brother and I had a bit of a falling out and we didnt speak for 5 years, but then in 2011 we got in touch with each other again. I was going to the Nurburgring alone, but invited him with me, and he came! We had the best 48 hours ever, and have been inseparable again ever since. Second one, my now Wife and i have been together over 11 years, but for the first 9 she was waiting for British Citizenship. In 2009 there was a real threat that she was going to be deported, so with the help of an expensive Solicitor (thanks to Stanski on here for the tip!) we managed to win citizenship (and rightly so!). So in 9 years we hadnt had a holiday, but literally the day we got her first brittish passport we booked a weekend to Majorca, and as cheap/crappy as it looks to me now, it was the best holiday ever. Lastly, the first 6 months of this year were horrific for me work-wise. I was running a major project with Silverstone, and was doing 15 hours a day for 4 months straight at one point. However, the project ended up going live without a hitch, and being invited to the British Grand Prix for Hospitality was a sweet reward, which made it all worthwhile. The immense pride i felt, stood with the Directors of Silverstone drinking Champagne watching Lewis round the last corner on the final lap is absolutely priceless to me, and personally i think is my favorite moment.

I have this one. Too small for me though.

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Yeh.... So to do that i'll need to buy the house first, then apply for planning permission, and then see if i can remortgage? Guessing thats not possible...