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jack wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 9:36 am
OpenReach just do whatever they're told to.

That’ll be the day…

There do seem to be different rules for business, which I never had access to since EE don’t do business broadband. Your setup with a combined copper and fibre line was the first I knew that such a thing existed!

Of course its more of a issue with FTTP, but that's normally an optional extra service anyway. Not so. Openreach now stipulate that where FTTP is available customers are not given the option to retain a copper line when renewing contracts or changing suppliers except in very exceptional circumstanc...

jack wrote: ↑Fri Dec 15, 2023 5:33 pm

shane wrote: ↑Fri Dec 15, 2023 5:20 pm Looks like Robert Plant to me.

Give that man a prize!

I thank yow, I thank yow..

Looks like Robert Plant to me.

That looks promising, if they go ahead with it.

LMS and PiCorePlayer are both running on the Pi, so there’s no PC involved. Might be possible to plumb in a spare Lenovo thin client, but I’m not sure it would be much of an improvement over the current setup. Thanks for looking though!

Not sure my skills are up to that! It would certainly be a steep learning curve…

For various reasons, 99% of my listening these days is streamed from two platforms. I use Qobuz for pop, rock, jazz etc and Idagio for classical, but I haven't been able to find a way to access them both in a seamless manner. To listen to Qobuz I have PiCorePlayer with LMS running on a Raspberry Pi ...

Hold the rod in a vice so the idler is horizontal with the stub axle pointing up.Position the clip on the end of the stub axle, then push it home with a small socket (if you have one!).

Thanks! Nothing specific, although I’d alway wondered what the drive roller looked like. It’s just such a wonderful bit of lateral thinking. Could only have come from the land that produced the Citroen 2CV.

I wonder how long front tyres last for?

Got any more pics of the Velosolex motor, Dave? I’ve been fascinated by them ever since I saw a nun riding one around Chartres Cathedral about 60 years ago.

‘Tis (nearly) the season and all that. The girls are making mince pies, I’m printing Christmas cards and this is still the best Christmas album ever.

Daniel Quinn wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2023 1:36 pm I've had at least four parcels a week delivered to my house for the past four years . Not one as been lost or not arrived .

Then you’re a very lucky chap, and probably a statistical anomaly.

Just been listening to this podcast as I follow Peter’s career with interest, and thought some here might also be interested in some of the stuff he has to say. It’s a bit long…

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d ... 0629882802