Doc Holliday

Is anyone else having a real problem with their drivers on windows 10? Things are running so slow at times it's like the old dial up days of internet. Other times the wifi just ain't having it, which is most often as it happens. My tech guy said 'Up date your drivers. It can be a pain and can take up to 24hours depending on how many you have to update, but usually around 8 - 10'. I've read accounts of people updating their drivers and it not resolving the issue. Ruddy Windows 10 being the ritualistic pain in the proverbial. When it works, it works really well but it really does have me pulling my hair out.

Has anyone else watched the 'Billions in Change' movie? I wasn't entirely sure if it was legit or wind up. I think it is legit looking at the website and they have some very good ideas, not to mention some very cool toys to play with.

I was watching Michael Portillo in Secret Britain a few weeks back and they were visiting Shepton Mallet. An interesting point that was raised was that prisons can't both punish and rehabilitate. I would say, as an outsider (no pun intended), they were right. How can you punish and rehabilitate simultaneously?

I have been listening to this guy over the past couple of weeks since hearing him on Chris Evans' Breakfast Show. Although I don't agree with everything he says, he certainly knows how to handle himself in an interview. He's been described as a right-wing liberal. Yes, I know that's an oxymoron but have a listen to what he says in the interviews. He's very anti extreme left and he's not afraid to say how things are, not because it's what he believes it to be but because he says there is the evidence to support that's how it is. A classic example was when being interviewed by The Economist he was asked why he thought men had an issue with women. He replied that men had an issue with women that were out of control. The interviewer then asked what he meant by women out of control to which he asked her that she must have encountered women that were bullying and vitriolic as that's how they tend to outlet their agression unless she was willing to say that women weren't agressive. I wasn't a fan of the interviewer though (Anne McElvoy) as she seemed to have a typical Paxman approach to the interview and that gets on my wick. Rather than asking intelligent questions they all seem to want to be the one who beat down their guest and came out on top, almost like a **** measuring contest. I'm not a fan of extreme politics as I like to think any ideas that advocate common sense should be worth hearing, irrespective of their leaning but it's refreshing to hear that those left of centre have had a gut full of the extreme left and aren't afraid to say what a bunch muppets they are. Of course, the extreme left say he is alt right but that would be like a comparing a Mormon to someone who likes a drink every now and saying they must have a drink problem.

Just wondered if anyone uses them? Have seen a signwritten vehicle kicking about in my neck of the woods and took a quick look at their website today. Looks like it could be worth checking out properly but, as with all these things, I'd rather hear from those who have first hand experience.

Ah, ok. Thank you. And thank you for your patience ?

Thanks for the reply guys. I have to confess to being a muppet. I was looking at the end that plugged in to my cctv dvr. That is a VGA connection. The other end of the lead is DVI. So I have a male DVI that I would like to get to HDMI. I have seen a female DVI to male HDMI adaptor. There is no audio from the cctv so as far as I can make out, after doing a bit of digging, all I need is one if these adaptors (about £3 off ebay). Or am I still being a muppet?

+1 ? Mrs H uses nothing else for glass and we have black glass kitchen doors. She also adds a small amount of white vinegar. Streak free glass cleaner. Maybe I should recommend it to the guy that valeted my van last weekend. There were so many streaks on my windscreen I thought he was trying to put 'Go faster' stripes on it.

This is a bit of rant (and a whinge, I'm afraid).Just need to let off some steam so make yourself comfortable. It's a bit long winded. I had my van and the OH's car valeted last weekend. The lad that did it was doing a valet for a client of mine and so, as he was a youngster starting out, got him to give me a price. I went over with him what I wanted done and he quoted £90 for the van and £25 for the OH's car. Mrs H keeps it in good nick but the price was in the ballpark of what I was expecting so booked him. I said the missus would probably pay him cash but I'd want to put mine through the books which he was ok with. He said he'd be at ours for 12. 1pm he turns up. I was at the office and didn't get back until 2. Mrs H and I had a couple of viewings booked and so left him my van key and seeing as he was on a price I wasn't too bothered that he turned up late but a courtesy phone call would have been nice. We got back about 6 and he's part way through cleaning the van. I asked him how much longer he would be and told me about an hour. I usually cook Saturday night but thought if he's going to be another hour or so then we'll get a Chinese. 7.30 he knocks on the door. I answer expecting him to tell me he's done. "Can I have another glass of squash?" he asks. I make it for him and ask what he has left to do. "Oh, just a couple of bits. Won't be long", he says. The clock is ticking and I'm seriously hungry now. Like most of us, when my belly starts rumbling I tend to get a little cranky. 8.30 he knocks and tells me he's done. We go over the van and I see he has missed some bits here and there (inside of door posts) and the windows are a bit streaky but mainly he has totally missed the inside of the side and rear doors,.which I distinctly asked him to do. Going by how long it has taken him (5 hours just for my van) I reckoned it would take him another hour to do the bits he missed and those I wasn't overly happy with. He then tells me he's going to have to charge me an extra £10 for chemicals he had to use on this and that. I tell him that there is no way the van got that amount of dirt in a week that warrantied charging me over what he quoted. He stands there yakking for another 10 minutes or so about how hard he's worked on it. I say that he has and that he must be very hungry as I know I am and so tell him to get cleared up and get home to have some dinner. By this time it's almost 9pm. Monday afternoon he sends the invoice, made out incorrectly. I reply and say about the inside of the side and back doors being missed. Wednesday afternoon he calls me and says he wants to come that night to do them but I tell him I won't be home until 8.30 (which wasn't a lie). He says that he doesn't mind and so i have to tell him I don't want him there at that time and that he could come early Friday morning. Reluctantly he agreed to this. He turned up bright and early and I showed him what he missed. He tells me "I didn't do it because I told you it wasn't worth doing". Bloody cheeky ***! So I put him straight in no uncertain terms. Again, he reluctantly did the bits he missed, which took him less than 20 minutes. Knock on the door. "All done!". "That was quick" I tell him and go out to check it over. A bit of a half hearted effort if I'm honest and tell him I think it could have been done better to which he starts scrubbing with a brush. I tell him to leave it and say I'll pay his invoice later when i get in the office. I go indoors and he walks off to his car. A few minutes later there's a knock on the door again. Matey-boy standing there. Asks me, in his monotous drone, if I'm happy with everything. "Not really", I tell him, "but if you're asking me if I'm going to pay your invoice, I'v already told you I will". He then asks me what I'm not happy with and so tell him the general standard of his work leaves a lot to be desired and that he grossly underestimates how long things take him to do. It saddens me when, in trying to give a young lad a hand in trying to get his business off the ground, they feel they can take the proverbial 'P'. Anyway, rant over.

Morning guys and gals, I'm having some trouble with my HDD fir the CCTV but in order to view it on the tv I need to get from VGA on the HDD to HDMI on the One Connect box. I called Maplin this morning and the guy said it can't be done without a converter box as the signal from the HDD needs to be converted to digital on the TV side. I had a quick gander on the bay and see there are leads available for under a fiver that have VGA one end and HDMI t'other. Any help/advice as to suitability or feasibility of getting from to the other would be very much appreciated. Doc.

The bottom ones look like the common earthball. Not poisonous but definitely not edible.

Probably the same as other retail outlets so as not to undercut them, I should think.

Did anyone listen to Jeremy Vine Agony Uncle? That was pretty good. Not much different to the real show just more entertaining. On the subject of gravity, isn't it relative to mass? The more mass something has then the more gravity it has but then the exception to that would be black holes as their density is far greater than their mass.

I have to say, that fishfinger sandwich has got me wanting one now. Not exactly food porn, granted, more of a slutty snack. I tend to eat pretty clean these days but if I do get hunger pangs then I satiated them with several teaspoons of peanut butter and Jim-Jams chocolate spread (together, on the same spoon). That's about as dirty as I get. Oh, and the odd pack of Coan Pork Scratchings if we go out for a drink in the odd occasion.

A few weeks back I went along to the charcoal makers to get my annual supply of charcoal for the bbq only to find that they no longer sell it out the back door. The guy told me it was getting out of hand and they now have to weigh everything that comes out the kilns. Can't really blame the guy as I wouldn't want to risk my job for £50 but I'v been looking at stockists and for the larger bags (same size I used to get) they're charging £12 upwards. That's nearly 150% increase on what I'm used to paying but maybe I'm being a tight ***. Still, Ive searched online and even gone back over some old threads but have drawn a blank on makers/suppliers without having to travel 2 hours each way to get some so it is to the great PW collective I turn for their invaluable knowledge.

Yep! St. George's Mushrooms are pretty unique and their irregular shaped cap makes them easy to identify. They are one of very few that grow this time of year and are very tasty. For the last 8 years or so I've had a day with John Wright (the mushroom and foraging expert from River Cottage) just to keep my knowledge up to date as to what is and isn't edible or poisonous. He says there are at least 14 specimens that beginners can safely identify and eat without risk of death or harmful effects, St. George's being among them. If you have an interest in mushrooms or foraging in general then look up courses run by a local expert.

Thank you very much for that, Munzy. A really interesting post, not least because it sounds like you had no expectations of it but at the end it gave you a sense of the value of what is important to you and close to your heart. I would be looking to do it just to see what, if anything, I get out of it. At the very least it would be a bloody good walk.

Right! Here's my tuppence worth! The Grand National is the world's most prestigious steeplechase for a reason. It's the hardest. Like any sport where the participants are performing at the elite end of it, it doesn't come without risk. Sometimes that risk means those competing pay the ultimate price, but it's not like it's an open where just any old farm nag can be entered. These horses are at the top end of their game and I, for one, think that having an event that showcases this is something to be revered and respected and we should be proud of it. By the way, Mrs H got 4th at £5 each way where none of mine finished ? I kind of got the feel as to how it was going to go when one of mine fell at the first, but in his defence he was taken out by another.

Thank you Bobba ?

Too many 'made for TV' movies that were just totally pants so I'm going to restrict mine to those I've seen at the cinema. Last worst film I saw was 'The Sense of an Ending' with Jim Broadbent. If ever a film needed a point this was it. It was just plain boring. I left the cinema feeling I had wasted 2 hours or so of my life. Prior to that was 'Personal Services' with Julie Walters. Walked out during that one as it was as dull as ditch water. In all fairness, when he did the voice of Scrooge the other year he did a pretty good job but I guess as we couldn't see him then that was big bonus.

On the run up to Easter, the BBC were showing a program where a mix of personalities/celebs of one sort or another walked the Camino de Santiago (Pilgrimage: The Road to Santiago) Not being particularly in favour of religion, I have to say that the idea of doing it myself held a certain appeal (not entirely sure why). I have looked in to it a bit and bought a guide book to walking it (published by Ciccerone). I was wondering if anyone has walked it or done something similar and what the drive or reason behind doing it was, how you found it and what, if anything, you found out about yourself.

Mrs H & I are having a flutter. One of mine came in 4th last year and got a few quid back, which I totally forgot about until I logged back in to my Betfair account.

Looking to do pork joints and whole chickens initially. Brewing container sounds like the best option. Do I need to 'prime' it first, just to get any residual manufacturing stuff off/out of the surface?

Morning all. Mrs H and I have been looking at brining over the oast few weeks but are stumped at the first gate as to what type.of container to use to put the joint and brine in. I have looked online and most forums generally say "food grade hard plastic". We managed to get in to Lakeland yesterday to see what they had but apart from offering a BPA Free box and a loose asaurance that we "should be ok" left us with a certain amount of doubt. We then thought maybe either something glass or ceramic but think.we will strugggle to get something big enough to put a joint in. Any recommendations gratefully received. Doc

Does anyone else have trouble with memory cards? My dashcam has thrown up a message asking me to insert the SD card, not that it was ever taken out. Tried re-inserting it but it doesn't recognise it. I have had problems with memory cards going belly on me or even new ones playing up the moment they go in to a bit of kit that uses them. The thing is they're not cheap and now have a small handful of differing sizes that can't be used for whatever reason. Surely I can't be alone on this one?