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by MrSpoon
04 Oct 2010, 10:24
Forum: Portobello Matters
Topic: Vote for faster broadband in Portobello
Replies: 5
Views: 2015

Vote for faster broadband in Portobello

Hi all, Long long time since i posted here.. but thought you might be interested. Disclaimer: I now work for BT, but I do not post this here in the direct interest of my company. This is not an advert, I just want faster broadband! :D BT have just launched a campaign to get people to vote for their ...
by MrSpoon
23 Sep 2005, 23:00
Forum: G&TT
Topic: POL Social : Friday 23rd September - Dalriada, 7pm.
Replies: 169
Views: 23730

Oops, i forgot.
by MrSpoon
23 Sep 2005, 22:58
Forum: G&TT
Topic: Pizza Hut on the High Street
Replies: 19
Views: 3886

As an ex Pizza-Hut employee.... First of all, take-away/delivery units are franchises. This means, they don't come under as much scrunity from the Area Management as the full service restaurants do. However, the manager of such franchises have to pay quite a lot to get a franchise, so if they ARE fo...
by MrSpoon
04 Sep 2005, 22:57
Forum: G&TT
Topic: POL versus Royal Bank Of Scotland
Replies: 120
Views: 17621

thread_importance := 0
by MrSpoon
02 Sep 2005, 20:10
Forum: Portobello Matters
Topic: Fire Station Closures
Replies: 16
Views: 6667

Fire Station Closures

I searched and found an old thread talking about Musselburgh, but couldn't find anything else on the latest with these proposals ( http://www.lothian.fire-uk.org/plans/IRMPs/0716-Serv%20Improv%20Plan.pdf ) A fellow scout leader I work with is also a Fireman (is that PC? Fire Person? anyway...) and w...
by MrSpoon
01 Sep 2005, 17:39
Forum: G&TT
Topic: POL Social : Friday 23rd September - Dalriada, 7pm.
Replies: 169
Views: 23730

Hmm, I may make an appearance :)
by MrSpoon
11 May 2005, 00:30
Forum: G&TT
Topic: Gorgeous "George" Galloway
Replies: 77
Views: 11987

crikey, I'm not allowed to say Pratt? What If wanted to talk about my old modern studies teacher, Mr Pratt???
by MrSpoon
11 May 2005, 00:28
Forum: G&TT
Topic: Gorgeous "George" Galloway
Replies: 77
Views: 11987

He's a pratt.

(if you remove the incorrect elements from that, the universe may collapse in on itself! :shock: )

seriously though, he's a pratt, and thanks to democracy, I don't need a reason to think that.
by MrSpoon
08 May 2005, 19:45
Forum: G&TT
Topic: Bad Habits
Replies: 19
Views: 3926

it appears the image didn't work before, fixed it now though (by request of teddygirl).
by MrSpoon
08 May 2005, 19:13
Forum: G&TT
Topic: They Work For You
Replies: 5
Views: 1590

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/gavin_ ... usselburgh

Hm:


Performance data

* Spoke in 11 debates in the last year â€â€
by MrSpoon
08 May 2005, 17:46
Forum: G&TT
Topic: A new challenge
Replies: 5
Views: 1805

You could use lots of our 'wonderful' new brown wheelie bins and tow them in a big line, then perhaps accidently lose them afterwards?
by MrSpoon
07 May 2005, 12:59
Forum: G&TT
Topic: So did you vote correctly?
Replies: 31
Views: 5362

All I wondered was if you can't beat the media, is there a better way to use SSP energy and activity to create a message, without being made to look silly in the newspapers? I certainly don't think what the media does is good, but if you can't beat them, is it wise to keep confronting them? This is ...
by MrSpoon
07 May 2005, 11:21
Forum: G&TT
Topic: So did you vote correctly?
Replies: 31
Views: 5362

I should have pointed out - I do agree with most of what the SSP say in principle, and I think if they could pull it off we'd all be much happier. However, I don't think they get favourable press based on the way some of their supporters have been shown to go about making their point.. can end up l...
by MrSpoon
07 May 2005, 11:10
Forum: G&TT
Topic: So did you vote correctly?
Replies: 31
Views: 5362

I should have pointed out - I do agree with most of what the SSP say in principle, and I think if they could pull it off we'd all be much happier. However, I don't think they get favourable press based on the way some of their supporters have been shown to go about making their point.. can end up lo...
by MrSpoon
07 May 2005, 11:02
Forum: G&TT
Topic: What is it with all the Cat lovers on POL?
Replies: 39
Views: 6123

http://www.bonsaikitten.com
by MrSpoon
07 May 2005, 11:00
Forum: G&TT
Topic: So did you vote correctly?
Replies: 31
Views: 5362

As an adminstrator, I suppose I should keep my politics under wraps, but I don't mind admitting that I voted, as I did last time, for SSP, although apparently I should have voted LibDem. I'm not surprised that this questionnaire shows that many other people should have voted SSP if they had conside...
by MrSpoon
07 May 2005, 10:37
Forum: G&TT
Topic: Bad Habits
Replies: 19
Views: 3926

Can we admit to bad habits?

Image


MMmmm, cheesey.
by MrSpoon
07 May 2005, 10:31
Forum: G&TT
Topic: Gorgeous "George" Galloway
Replies: 77
Views: 11987

Gah, too many poncy liberal types in here.. Do you actually think Galloway is in anyway concerned for the constituency in which he was voted? He's just going to cause unconstructive trouble in the commons (I can see them trying to get him the far top-back seat) to settle a personal vendetta that wil...
by MrSpoon
03 May 2005, 12:54
Forum: G&TT
Topic: Speed bumps
Replies: 106
Views: 27080

BOY RACER! If you're driving within the legal/recommended speed limit for the area (ie 20, for which I think Portobello is becoming enforced, not just recommended) then there isn't a problem - perhaps a slight slow down for the actualy bump which will add all of a few seconds onto your journey time....
by MrSpoon
28 Apr 2005, 23:32
Forum: G&TT
Topic: Positive Portobello News
Replies: 5
Views: 1714

Epykat wrote:We got that flag ages ago! And for our next trick we need lots of willing POL members to dig the........ALLOTMENT!!!!! Form an orderly queue.......
we?? Who exactly are you epykat :?
by MrSpoon
21 Apr 2005, 18:32
Forum: G&TT
Topic: Arcari's
Replies: 12
Views: 3275

He's been trying to close for years, it's finally happened?!
by MrSpoon
20 Mar 2005, 02:16
Forum: G&TT
Topic: Sizzlers
Replies: 114
Views: 20401

The users of this forum might as well be cats :P
by MrSpoon
15 Mar 2005, 17:01
Forum: G&TT
Topic: The Old Pier
Replies: 34
Views: 6169

Yea, the back section is clsoed off and stripped.
by MrSpoon
15 Mar 2005, 09:45
Forum: G&TT
Topic: Dalriada closed last night?
Replies: 2
Views: 1054

Dalriada closed last night?

Anyone know why? I popped along around 8.15pm to find the place closed. There were some lights on up stairs, but the bar was dark and the gate was chained.

Went to the Old Pier instead - very quiet, but not too bad I must say :)
by MrSpoon
13 Mar 2005, 15:39
Forum: G&TT
Topic: Closure of Cafe Oop
Replies: 35
Views: 7929

ooh!
by MrSpoon
13 Mar 2005, 15:14
Forum: G&TT
Topic: Closure of Cafe Oop
Replies: 35
Views: 7929

If we are getting nice eating places, bring on a nice/modern bar! Dalriada is good, but there's no bar in Portobello I'd go to. I want something fancy and contemporary!
by MrSpoon
11 Mar 2005, 11:16
Forum: G&TT
Topic: Full Star Wars Ep3 trailer
Replies: 0
Views: 760

Full Star Wars Ep3 trailer

This is the FULL theatrical trailer for Star Wars Episode III, in good quality!

44mb mpeg, enjoy! http://www.sargoth.net/random/new-sw3.mpeg

(geeks anyone?)
by MrSpoon
26 Feb 2005, 18:19
Forum: G&TT
Topic: Old 8mm clips of Portobello
Replies: 30
Views: 5905

Marya wrote:Don't knock it until you try it MrSpoon 8)
What was that??? I was too busy watching these video clips to read that last one :P
by MrSpoon
26 Feb 2005, 15:20
Forum: G&TT
Topic: Old 8mm clips of Portobello
Replies: 30
Views: 5905

Marya wrote:I've got an iMac :D
Oh dear
by MrSpoon
26 Feb 2005, 14:10
Forum: G&TT
Topic: Old 8mm clips of Portobello
Replies: 30
Views: 5905

Marya wrote:I still can't see them :( I use 'Quicktime' and the clips still don't work with that.
Quicktime only plays .mov

Are you or a pc? If a PC. right click and choose save-as for the ones Bob posted, then open them with Windows Media Player.
by MrSpoon
25 Feb 2005, 21:44
Forum: G&TT
Topic: Old 8mm clips of Portobello
Replies: 30
Views: 5905

Ok, this should be easy enough to install:

http://www.sargoth.net/random/klcodec234s.exe

Sincerely hope it has all the right stuff though!!!!! I haven't checked!
by MrSpoon
25 Feb 2005, 21:25
Forum: G&TT
Topic: Old 8mm clips of Portobello
Replies: 30
Views: 5905

Yea, just a general geeky thing: .avi is not specifically a format itself, it can actually represent a number of 'compression' methods. .avi's are split into two parts, a video part, and an audio part. The different method of compression for each is decoded with the appropriate 'codec'. You should j...
by MrSpoon
23 Feb 2005, 20:04
Forum: G&TT
Topic: Wwwwhheeeeeeerrrrreeeeeesss Bob?
Replies: 201
Views: 117757

If you have Windows XP, do this: Save the image to disk (right click, choose save as). If you double click it, you should go straight to the 'Windows Picture and Fax Viewer' - there will be a row of buttons at the bottom (the first two are 2 blue arrows, then a few with a projector screen, then a co...
by MrSpoon
23 Feb 2005, 18:25
Forum: G&TT
Topic: Wwwwhheeeeeeerrrrreeeeeesss Bob?
Replies: 201
Views: 117757

teddygirl wrote:the image has it's own magnifier
*windows image previewer has a magnifier, not the image itself.

:o
by MrSpoon
18 Feb 2005, 16:39
Forum: G&TT
Topic: Wwwwhheeeeeeerrrrreeeeeesss Bob?
Replies: 201
Views: 117757

teddygirl wrote:Are you not supposed to be at a lecture?????
Lunch time :P

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