Flat dwellers

It just occurred to me that a lot of the queries about reception on
this newsgroup seem to come from flat dwellers. Of course we help them
as much as we can, telling them to give the landlord and the landlord's
aerial installer hell, and filling their heads with snippets of
technical information for them to trot out when they face the beastly
aerial rigger.
One of these days I'm going to be hoist by my own petard aren't I? I'm
going to knock on the door of a flat somewhere only to be bombarded
with a mixture of abuse and half-assimilated technobabble. When it
happens I'll say "Sorry mate, I don't know what you're on abaht.
Between you and me what bit I do know I got from uk.tech.digital-tv.
It's on the infranet, you should try it!"

Bill

It just occurred to me that a lot of the queries about reception on
this newsgroup seem to come from flat dwellers. Of course we help them
as much as we can, telling them to give the landlord and the landlord's
aerial installer hell, and filling their heads with snippets of
technical information for them to trot out when they face the beastly
aerial rigger.
One of these days I'm going to be hoist by my own petard aren't I? I'm
going to knock on the door of a flat somewhere only to be bombarded
with a mixture of abuse and half-assimilated technobabble. When it
happens I'll say "Sorry mate, I don't know what you're on abaht.
Between you and me what bit I do know I got from uk.tech.digital-tv.
It's on the infranet, you should try it!"

Bill


There is a name that Doctors have for patients that come to their surgery
with reams of paper about their symptoms printed off the internet

Only I've forgot what it is.


--
Graham.

%Profound_observation%

"Graham" wrote in message
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snip


There is a name that Doctors have for patients that come to their surgery
with reams of paper about their symptoms printed off the internet

Only I've forgot what it is.

Survivors?

On 11 Jan 2005 19:18:54 -0800, "
strung together this:

uk.tech.digital-tv.
It's on the infranet, you should try it!"

It's not actually, they're as different as DTT and Sky!
--

SJW
Please reply to group or use 'usenet' in email subject

David W.E. Roberts wrote:
"Graham" wrote in message
...
snip

There is a name that Doctors have for patients that come to their
surgery
with reams of paper about their symptoms printed off the internet

Only I've forgot what it is.

Survivors?

OT: I phoned NHS Direct last night. After 10 minutes holding music and
accouchements, I finally spoke to a real person.

Their first question: "Are you calling about yourself or someone else?"
A: "Someone else"
Their second question: "Is that person safe while I take a few
details?"
A: Well it'd be a bit bloody late now if they weren't!!!

However, because our surgery now has some kind of contract with them, I
now get to talk to a nurse straight away, rather than get phoned back
within 3 hours. Very helpful too.

Still, from other experiences I'm beginning to think that
internet+books+DIY health might be the way to go unless absolutely
necessary. Come to think of it, the only experiences I've seen with
doctors and hospitals have been either a) make you much worse before
making you better, b) do nothing of any use what-so-ever, or c) kill
you off.

Back On-T: Bill, what about the day you turn up to fix some communal
system, and someone is brandishing a copy of one of your "Television"
articles saying "Well, I followed these instructions..." ;-)
Cheers,
David.

Back On-T: Bill, what about the day you turn up to fix some communal
system, and someone is brandishing a copy of one of your "Television"
articles saying "Well, I followed these instructions..." ;-)
Cheers,
David.


Oh ****! I never thought of that!

Bill

It's on the infranet, you should try it!"

It's not actually, they're as different as DTT and Sky!



Well I know what the Internet is,
And I know what an Intranet is,

But an Infranet?
Seems to be more of a blue-sky concept than anything.
http://snipurl.com/bzox


--
Graham.
%Profound_observation%

Bill wrote
| | Back On-T: Bill, what about the day you turn up to fix some
| | communal system, and someone is brandishing a copy of
| | one of your "Television" articles saying "Well, I followed
| | these instructions..." ;-)
| Oh ****! I never thought of that!

Reply that they're very good instructions -- you follow them yourself -- but
it's important to use the recommended equipment which can only be purchased
from tvaerialguy.

Alternatively, that could be the moment to invest in some magnetic vinyl
signs transforming your van into Bill's Plumbing and Funeral Services, and
beating a hasty and anonymous retreat.

Owain

"Graham" wrote in message
...

It's on the infranet, you should try it!"

It's not actually, they're as different as DTT and Sky!



Well I know what the Internet is,
And I know what an Intranet is,

But an Infranet?
Seems to be more of a blue-sky concept than anything.
http://snipurl.com/bzox

Hoy! Didn't warn us it was a PDF!

Looks like my deja vu is having deja vu.

Just another round of major carriers realising they don't make that much out
of the Internet.

However, if there was a 'premium service' then they could cream off money
from the blue chips

Cheers
Dave R

Alternatively, that could be the moment to invest in some magnetic
vinyl
signs transforming your van into Bill's Plumbing and Funeral Services,
and
beating a hasty and anonymous retreat.


I parked the motorhome on an estate for the night inbetween Christmas
and the New Year when we were visiting friends. Of course we had the
telly on, so the dish and aerial were highly tumescent, if you
understand me. A small child came up the next morning to cheek me off.
He said "My Dad's got a TV license now so you can bugger off."

Bill