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Classifieds & Useful eBay Links / For Sale: Samsung HT-DL100 Home Cinema System
« on: March 24, 2010, 01:26:35 pm »
As the title says, we selling our Samsung HT-DL100 Home Cinema system - fully working, really good quality.
Pic (ripped from the net as not photo'd it yet!)
Info:
Samsung Website
Make me an offer!!
Pic (ripped from the net as not photo'd it yet!)
Info:
Samsung Website
Make me an offer!!
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General Banter / Funny PhilO Pic
« on: March 16, 2010, 03:12:09 pm »
Saw this on a TV prog watching the other day...i need say no more lol!!!!
[img]http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Dat89o2w0f4/STQ4OF2WCJI/AAAAAAAASJE/RHWamZeKqaQ/CIMG1835.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=150>
[img]http://lh3.ggpht.com/_Dat89o2w0f4/STQ4OF2WCJI/AAAAAAAASJE/RHWamZeKqaQ/CIMG1835.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=150>
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Important Announcements / Next MKB Meet - This Sunday (7th March)
« on: March 04, 2010, 08:43:09 pm »
Yup its that time of the month again (ooo err lol) for the MKB Meet!
This sunday, the 7th March from 3pm onwards @ the caldecotte, MK.
See ya there peeps
This sunday, the 7th March from 3pm onwards @ the caldecotte, MK.
See ya there peeps
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General Banter / Vickys Damaged wheels...
« on: March 01, 2010, 10:29:37 pm »
Not looking good - do peeps think these be repairable at all??
Front wheel - the more damaged of the 2
[img]http://yanksrule.co.uk/cars/4thgenmaro/damagewheels/28022010488.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=150>
[img]http://yanksrule.co.uk/cars/4thgenmaro/damagewheels/28022010489.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=150>
Rear wheel - not so damaged - holds ~18psi pressure but no more!
[img]http://yanksrule.co.uk/cars/4thgenmaro/damagewheels/28022010490.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=150>
[img]http://yanksrule.co.uk/cars/4thgenmaro/damagewheels/28022010491.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=150>
Front wheel - the more damaged of the 2
[img]http://yanksrule.co.uk/cars/4thgenmaro/damagewheels/28022010488.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=150>
[img]http://yanksrule.co.uk/cars/4thgenmaro/damagewheels/28022010489.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=150>
Rear wheel - not so damaged - holds ~18psi pressure but no more!
[img]http://yanksrule.co.uk/cars/4thgenmaro/damagewheels/28022010490.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=150>
[img]http://yanksrule.co.uk/cars/4thgenmaro/damagewheels/28022010491.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=150>
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General Banter / Happy birthday vicky
« on: February 19, 2010, 06:10:16 pm »
Happy birthday to you darling 
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Important Announcements / Next MKB Meet - Sunday 7 Feb
« on: February 01, 2010, 08:32:53 pm »
Yup thats this Sunday Peeps!
Hope to see as many of you there as poss!
Hope to see as many of you there as poss!
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General Banter / found - cans of beer
« on: January 01, 2010, 11:17:07 am »
found a carrier bag with some cans of beer in it at ours - whos are they 
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General Banter / Nicked from Edge via Facebook
« on: December 11, 2009, 04:01:52 pm »
Can you say Rip off APR!!
http://www.quickquid.co.uk/fee-schedule.html
http://www.quickquid.co.uk/fee-schedule.html
Quoting: Rip off central
APR: 2222.46%85
General Banter / American Snow
« on: December 11, 2009, 09:55:46 am »
Looks like its nice and wintry over the pond..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8406683.stm
19 INCHES OF SNOW
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8406683.stm
19 INCHES OF SNOW
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General Banter / Another quiet afternoon = MKB Stats time!
« on: December 08, 2009, 03:47:03 pm »
For those of you who are interested, here's some stats on the MKB site:
Month - Number of requests - Number of page requests
1. May 2009 - 389,802 - 4,978
2. June 2009 - 464,378 - 4,646
3. July 2009 - 573,572 - 4,443
4. August 2009 - 762,513 - 5,058
5. September 2009 - 647,757 - 4,353
6. October 2009 - 785,699 - 4,544
7. November 2009 - 755,793 - 5,025
8. December 2009 - 222,270 - 1,042
Month - Number of requests - Number of page requests
1. May 2009 - 389,802 - 4,978
2. June 2009 - 464,378 - 4,646
3. July 2009 - 573,572 - 4,443
4. August 2009 - 762,513 - 5,058
5. September 2009 - 647,757 - 4,353
6. October 2009 - 785,699 - 4,544
7. November 2009 - 755,793 - 5,025
8. December 2009 - 222,270 - 1,042
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General Banter / Top 20 Smilies
« on: December 07, 2009, 04:00:38 pm »
Bit of quiet time at work today so here's the top 20 most used smilies and their counts:
13044
8862
6085
5988
5824
4788
4203
3862
3836
3269
2649
2397
2384
2062
1631
1326
1270
1009
759
714
13044 8862 6085 5988 5824 4788 4203 3862 3836 3269 2649 2397 2384 2062 1631 1326 1270 1009 759 714
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Projects / Truck Exhaust - sorted (hoepfully!)
« on: December 06, 2009, 02:39:30 pm »
Rather a late update bet meh so what loL!
As most of you will know the GMC exhaust came apart in hastings (yes that long ago!) where me & Dean had rejoined it from sorting the cat out.
Well after several re-try's at just clamping it and failing (the last one being when we were moving!) i finally ended up buying a 3" pipe joiner (from Jetix - thanks dean for heads up) and 2 X think band clamps (from ebay) and a couple of week ago, i got under the truck, took all the old parts off, ground the old cement away and cleaned the exhaust up and fitting new parts...
End result is this:
Should work alot beter as before when we clamped it - the exhaust was trying to pull apart - now due to the joining piece, it is puishing itself together [img]http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/up.gif" alt="" border="0" onload="NcodeImageResizer.createOn(this);" class="bbc_img" />
As most of you will know the GMC exhaust came apart in hastings (yes that long ago!) where me & Dean had rejoined it from sorting the cat out.
Well after several re-try's at just clamping it and failing (the last one being when we were moving!) i finally ended up buying a 3" pipe joiner (from Jetix - thanks dean for heads up) and 2 X think band clamps (from ebay) and a couple of week ago, i got under the truck, took all the old parts off, ground the old cement away and cleaned the exhaust up and fitting new parts...
End result is this:
![](\"http://yanksrule.co.uk/cars/Safari/Truck%20Exhaust.jpg\")
Should work alot beter as before when we clamped it - the exhaust was trying to pull apart - now due to the joining piece, it is puishing itself together [img]http://www.mkb.cc/forum/smileys/up.gif" alt="" border="0" onload="NcodeImageResizer.createOn(this);" class="bbc_img" />
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Classifieds & Useful eBay Links / XBox for sale
« on: December 04, 2009, 09:11:56 am »
Seeing as i just upgraded to an Xbox 360 - i have now got an original XBox console for sale...comes with the following:
-XBox console
-Xbox -> Scart Lead
-XBox -> 3 phono lead
-2 X Controllers (1 original xbox, 1 aftermarket one)
-Power Lead
-Empty Hard drive
-4 Games (Halo, Halo2, Juiced and Burnout Revenge)
-XBox Live headset & paperwork (has been used so no free time!)
-Box (if i can find it lol)
Will post pics when i take them
Open to offers....if no one interested, will stick it on t'bay
-XBox console
-Xbox -> Scart Lead
-XBox -> 3 phono lead
-2 X Controllers (1 original xbox, 1 aftermarket one)
-Power Lead
-Empty Hard drive
-4 Games (Halo, Halo2, Juiced and Burnout Revenge)
-XBox Live headset & paperwork (has been used so no free time!)
-Box (if i can find it lol)
Will post pics when i take them
Open to offers....if no one interested, will stick it on t'bay
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General Banter / A quite afternoon in the office
« on: November 27, 2009, 03:51:09 pm »
Means high speed internet
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General Banter / One for you beer drinkers
« on: November 27, 2009, 12:37:57 pm »
Think your 7 or 8% is strong...then read this!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/8380412.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/8380412.stm
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General Banter / My Kinda Trike!
« on: November 25, 2009, 01:06:27 pm »
From Eurodragster news section:
[img]http://eurodragster.com/news/091127_1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=150>
[img]http://eurodragster.com/news/091127_3.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=150>
Read all about it - go to www.eurodragster.com/news and look for "A Frog in the road"
*removed info and added link as not allowed to copy content from their site! - oops!*
[img]http://eurodragster.com/news/091127_1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=150>
[img]http://eurodragster.com/news/091127_3.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=150>
Read all about it - go to www.eurodragster.com/news and look for "A Frog in the road"
*removed info and added link as not allowed to copy content from their site! - oops!*
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General Banter / MK Gets Highspeed broadband???
« on: October 20, 2009, 03:34:59 pm »
This article ( http://www.btplc.com/News/Articles/Showarticle.cfm?ArticleID=785175EF-DB0C-4F98-9CF3-F05DAA562AD5 ) makes interesting readin...
Be intresting to see what area's of MK they are trialing and what difference it makes - 40mbps would be...100 would be
Be intresting to see what area's of MK they are trialing and what difference it makes - 40mbps would be
...100 would be
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General Banter / One happy bunny am i
« on: October 09, 2009, 03:51:05 pm »
Well just had some good news (finaly!) as most of ya know i been working a short term (24 day) temporary contract for Oxford Uni doing notes support, well that ended yesteday...
They had been saying we'll extend it for a few weeks now (as they have a massive migration project on the horizon) - well they finally confirmed that although the project doesn't start for another 4-6 weeks they don't want to loose my skills so have said that for the next 4-6 weeks they want me there 4 days a week then after that it will be 5 days a wekk for anything up to 7-8 months
So am back in the world of long term employment
They had been saying we'll extend it for a few weeks now (as they have a massive migration project on the horizon) - well they finally confirmed that although the project doesn't start for another 4-6 weeks they don't want to loose my skills so have said that for the next 4-6 weeks they want me there 4 days a week then after that it will be 5 days a wekk for anything up to 7-8 months
So am back in the world of long term employment
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General Banter / A5 Accident
« on: October 08, 2009, 11:14:49 am »
Heard on the radio the A5 closed this morning - BBC reporting why - accident between cyclist and Car - cyclist killed...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/8296592.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/8296592.stm
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Projects / GMC Van mini Update
« on: October 06, 2009, 08:38:19 am »
Well been doing a few bits n bobs to the truck since last update...
Its now had New ball joints, new inner & outer track rod ends and new idler arms both sides.
As per the last update, myself and dean had replaced the shoes, drums & springs within the rear brakes but as most of you will already now they were binding / grabbing on one side and also rubbing constantly on the other.
Well over the past couple of weeks (since hastings!) me / dean have replaced the slave cyclinders in the rear drums and once i had changed the whole of the brake fluid (it was trully 'orrible) all the rear and front brakes are working spot on now - no binding / snatching or rubbing at all
Whilst under the truck I investigated the noise coming from the rear diff - well to start with the fluid in there was like treacle - black and gooey.... then i found a load of swarf on the magnet as well, not looking good....
After completly cleaning the diff cover, magnet, gears and bottom of the diff i found that some of the teeth on the 4 little gears are worn / missing bits - the main drive one is fine .... checked on a few specialist van forums and ideally need replacing but will be ok to use so long as good quality heavy oil put back in - which i have since done and i must say it druives fine, very very little noise now so all looks good
Oh yeah and i have now (hopefulyl) done a long term / medium term repair on teh exhaust join (it kept coming apart after the hastings trip!) - it now has fire engine grade joiners and bonding cement on it (the joys of a father in law thats a fire engine mechanic!)
So all back on the road, and 99% of problems sorted - just need to change the coil over and clean the plugs up to finally get rid of that damned misfire!!!
Its now had New ball joints, new inner & outer track rod ends and new idler arms both sides.
As per the last update, myself and dean had replaced the shoes, drums & springs within the rear brakes but as most of you will already now they were binding / grabbing on one side and also rubbing constantly on the other.
Well over the past couple of weeks (since hastings!) me / dean have replaced the slave cyclinders in the rear drums and once i had changed the whole of the brake fluid (it was trully 'orrible) all the rear and front brakes are working spot on now
- no binding / snatching or rubbing at all Whilst under the truck I investigated the noise coming from the rear diff - well to start with the fluid in there was like treacle - black and gooey....
then i found a load of swarf on the magnet as well, not looking good....After completly cleaning the diff cover, magnet, gears and bottom of the diff i found that some of the teeth on the 4 little gears are worn / missing bits - the main drive one is fine .... checked on a few specialist van forums and ideally need replacing but will be ok to use so long as good quality heavy oil put back in - which i have since done and i must say it druives fine, very very little noise now so all looks good
Oh yeah and i have now (hopefulyl) done a long term / medium term repair on teh exhaust join (it kept coming apart after the hastings trip!) - it now has fire engine grade joiners and bonding cement on it
(the joys of a father in law thats a fire engine mechanic!)So all back on the road, and 99% of problems sorted - just need to change the coil over and clean the plugs up to finally get rid of that damned misfire!!!
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Classifieds & Useful eBay Links / More Stuff Going Free
« on: September 07, 2009, 02:58:45 pm »
Following stuff looking for new home if you want it let me know...
Intel Xeon CPU Cooler & Fan
Intel Pentium MMX CPU & Motherboard
Dell Latitude "C/Dock" Docking Station
MobileRack Removeable hard drive frame and caddy (2 of)
Ford Fiesta Aug '83 -> Feb '89 Haynes Manual
Small Purple Bag
Nokia ACP-12X Mobile Phone Mains Charger
Nokia Accessory pack (Handsfree, Charger & Holder)
Motorcraft Ford Branded Locking Fuel Cap
Magnetic Office Hunk Fun Photo Frame
DIY Home Telephone Extension Kit
Computer Mouse T-Shirt - Do Not Disturb ...Crashing
Black mens leather wallet
Bikewise Cantileve Brake shoes
5 X Rose Fragranced Drawer Liners
Roxio Easy DVD Copy
PCI Modem
3 X Hynix PC133 256Mb memory DIMMS
"4Front" Rolling Alarm Clock
Intel Xeon CPU Cooler & Fan
Intel Pentium MMX CPU & Motherboard
Dell Latitude "C/Dock" Docking Station
MobileRack Removeable hard drive frame and caddy (2 of)
Ford Fiesta Aug '83 -> Feb '89 Haynes Manual
Small Purple Bag
Nokia ACP-12X Mobile Phone Mains Charger
Nokia Accessory pack (Handsfree, Charger & Holder)
Motorcraft Ford Branded Locking Fuel Cap
Magnetic Office Hunk Fun Photo Frame
DIY Home Telephone Extension Kit
Computer Mouse T-Shirt - Do Not Disturb ...Crashing
Black mens leather wallet
Bikewise Cantileve Brake shoes
5 X Rose Fragranced Drawer Liners
Roxio Easy DVD Copy
PCI Modem
3 X Hynix PC133 256Mb memory DIMMS
"4Front" Rolling Alarm Clock
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Classifieds & Useful eBay Links / Nokia Bluetooth Car Kit
« on: August 21, 2009, 03:42:02 pm »
Before i punt it on the 'bay - is anyone here interested in a proper, genuine Nokia "CK-7W" bluetooth hands free car kit ??
If so make me an offer - I paid 50 quid for it 18 months ago - its never been used and is brand new....
I'l even throw in fitting it if required free
If so make me an offer - I paid 50 quid for it 18 months ago - its never been used and is brand new....
I'l even throw in fitting it if required free
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Important Announcements / MKB Stickers For Sale
« on: August 10, 2009, 03:06:33 pm »
We now have available some very nice MKB stickers for sale...
There are 2 sizes and limited numbers:
"Large" are 125mm diameter
"Small" are 85mm diameter
Pic of them side by side:
[img]http://www.mkb.cc/images/Stickers.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=150>
The cost of the stickers is:
Small = 0.50p each
Large = £1.00 each
Currently we have got a stock of 10 large and 90 small ones left.
If you are interested in them, please PM or email me (ian @ mkb . cc)
MKB stickers for sale...There are 2 sizes and limited numbers:
"Large" are 125mm diameter
"Small" are 85mm diameter
Pic of them side by side:
[img]http://www.mkb.cc/images/Stickers.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=150>
The cost of the stickers is:
Small = 0.50p each
Large = £1.00 each
Currently we have got a stock of 10 large and 90 small ones left.
If you are interested in them, please PM or email me (ian @ mkb . cc)
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Important Announcements / Donations to MKB for bits...
« on: August 10, 2009, 02:48:47 pm »
Recently there have been a few purchases made for MKB 'stuff' that has used up the remaining funds and also a bit more on top!!
The purchases made have been:
- Stickers - 100 small and 15 large ones
- Flyers - 1000 (should be here by this weekend)
Adding up the cost of the 2 items together comes to a total of just under £150-00.
There was £51 in the "MKB Pot" which was used towards the cost of the flyers, adding in donations already received leaves a total of just over £50-00 owing to myself and dean (i paid for stickers, dean for flyers).
What i would ask is that if you feel able / willing to make a donation towards the recent expenses, then please either use the paypal button in the top right of the screen or PM me for alternative methods.
Any funds would be very gratefully received.
Thanks.
The purchases made have been:
- Stickers - 100 small and 15 large ones
- Flyers - 1000 (should be here by this weekend)
Adding up the cost of the 2 items together comes to a total of just under £150-00.
There was £51 in the "MKB Pot" which was used towards the cost of the flyers, adding in donations already received leaves a total of just over £50-00 owing to myself and dean (i paid for stickers, dean for flyers).
What i would ask is that if you feel able / willing to make a donation towards the recent expenses, then please either use the paypal button in the top right of the screen or PM me for alternative methods.
Any funds would be very gratefully received.
Thanks.