Digital retuning

"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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Most people say they want Carsick FM on Freeview, when I say what is wrong
with it.

Carsick FM? Is that from Sheffield? If so it's spelled wrong.

Bill

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"jamie powell" wrote in message
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"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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"jamie powell" wrote in message
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This was a conversation in the wholesalers.

Does it not work out cheaper to buy in bulk from online retailers?
No, far from it.

An unusually short response by your standards - I expected some long story
about a 12ft aerial pole getting carted across the UK on a Ford Cortina's
roofrack by the owner of "Online Ripoffs Ltd", coming loose en route and
smashing through a shop window, before finally arriving 10 days later than
promised, only to be returned by yourself because you'd found one cheaper
in the privately-owned village hardware shop down the road...

I think you're in the realms of fantasy now, James.

As for the length of my contributions, it's only right that mine should be
long as yours should be short. It's to the great benefit of our readers. My
contributions are presented in my highly entertaining style. They are well
researched, factually accurate, and display my philosophical and
intellectual brilliance in a way which delights the more sophisticated of
our readers. Your contributions are a load of ****e.

Come on. Why not simply tell Jamie what you REALLY think?
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Ian

On Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:08:59 +0100, Mark Carver
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Perhaps, but can you imagine how something as long and flimsy as plastic
trunking might suffer in the hands of the Royal Mail or UPS ? It would have
to be packed properly, that just adds cost, and as I said I ended up buying it
locally for the same (minus P+P charges) as on-line.

I occasionally buy stainless steel pipe, which comes in 6 m lengths.
It comes packaged in a plastic waste pipe.

On 2 Oct, 02:37, "jamie powell" wrote:
Perhaps it does, but I tried to order some 4 metre lengths of electrical
trunking on-line once, and no one would deliver it.
"Proper" online retailers like CPC, etc. etc. will always provide delivery.

At a cost, and sometimes they fold it in half to fit it in the box.

Owain

"Ian Jackson" wrote in message
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In message , Bill Wright
As for the length of my contributions, it's only right that mine should be
long as yours should be short. It's to the great benefit of our readers.
My
contributions are presented in my highly entertaining style. They are well
researched, factually accurate, and display my philosophical and
intellectual brilliance in a way which delights the more sophisticated of
our readers. Your contributions are a load of ****e.

Come on. Why not simply tell Jamie what you REALLY think?
--
Ian
Because I don't want to hurt the lad's feelings. I'm very humane you know,
behind this bluff exterior. Just because he's a horrible sample of humanity
that's not fit to lick the toxoocara-ridden dog **** off my bespoke boots I
don't want to upset him.

Bill

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On Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:08:59 +0100, Mark Carver
wrote:

Perhaps, but can you imagine how something as long and flimsy as plastic
trunking might suffer in the hands of the Royal Mail or UPS ? It would
have
to be packed properly, that just adds cost, and as I said I ended up
buying it
locally for the same (minus P+P charges) as on-line.

I occasionally buy stainless steel pipe, which comes in 6 m lengths.
It comes packaged in a plastic waste pipe.

I occasionally buy very long VHF colinears and they come in a cardboard
tube. I usually take the tube home and put it on the ground with one end in
the yard and the other end in the field. I then wait until a sheep grazes
near the field end, at which point I creep up to the yard end and bellow
'mint sauce' through the tube.

Bill

On Fri, 2 Oct 2009 19:15:58 +0100, Bill Wright
wrote:

"jamie powell" wrote in message
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An unusually short response by your standards - I expected some long story
about a 12ft aerial pole getting carted across the UK on a Ford Cortina's
roofrack by the owner of "Online Ripoffs Ltd", coming loose en route and
smashing through a shop window, before finally arriving 10 days later than
promised, only to be returned by yourself because you'd found one cheaper
in the privately-owned village hardware shop down the road...

I think you're in the realms of fantasy now, James.

I bet he like's it up 'im.

Owain wrote:
On 2 Oct, 02:37, "jamie powell" wrote:
Perhaps it does, but I tried to order some 4 metre lengths of electrical
trunking on-line once, and no one would deliver it.
"Proper" online retailers like CPC, etc. etc. will always provide delivery.

At a cost, and sometimes they fold it in half to fit it in the box.

I placed an order with CPC once, that included 5 metres of mains flex. When it
arrived there were five 1 metre lengths of the mains flex in the box, which
wasn't quite what I was after !


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Mark
Please replace invalid and invalid with gmx and net to reply.

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On Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:10:58 +0100, Mark Carver
wrote:

I placed an order with CPC once, that included 5 metres of mains flex. When it
arrived there were five 1 metre lengths of the mains flex in the box, which
wasn't quite what I was after !

That's Canford's favourite trick.

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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"Ian Jackson" wrote in message
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In message , Bill Wright
As for the length of my contributions, it's only right that mine should be
long as yours should be short. It's to the great benefit of our readers. My
contributions are presented in my highly entertaining style. They are well
researched, factually accurate, and display my philosophical and
intellectual brilliance in a way which delights the more sophisticated of
our readers. Your contributions are a load of ****e.

Come on. Why not simply tell Jamie what you REALLY think?
--
Ian
Because I don't want to hurt the lad's feelings. I'm very humane you know,
behind this bluff exterior. Just because he's a horrible sample of humanity
that's not fit to lick the toxoocara-ridden dog **** off my bespoke boots I
don't want to upset him.

I'm quite taken aback by this hateful response you've had to my wholly
light-hearted '12ft aerial pole story' post.