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What i do Dave is upload my pictures to my webspace (most isp’s give u 10meg upwards ) and then display it as

That works for me

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Nice job for a fitter if you can get it

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Welcome to the Site Gary/Tim

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Hi Toby

Welcome to your new home 😆

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Rob

I didn’t design the logo, the artwork for that was supplied, and the cow print was what the customer asked for, so i suppose the ball is in there court on that one.

BTW the logo was printed for me by Sticky mark , and he done a great Job….

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The Logo was supplied by the customer so where she got it from i honestly don’t know 🙁

But as thats what she wanted thats what she got

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Hi Guys (& Gals)

The customer decided to have the unit stripped and she will sort out putting it back if she doesn’t keep it.

This is how it turned out.

Thanks goes to Sticky Mark for the digital Images, nice job Mark 😀

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Dewi

Thats the same reason why i leave an impression in the back too 🙂

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Not an expert here Dewi, but thats how mine is set and i dont have any problems

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Welcome Glen, good luck

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Hi Gazza and welcoem to the site

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If you have a few nigles (i did last week as well) just back up all of your stuff, and format. easiest way, and only takes a couple of hours to get back to a working pc with programs installed. i would also partition your HD so in the future you have a seperate HD to store all your files on, so when u do re-format you dont have to back up as much , as all you have to then format is your c: drive.

I normaly give my c: drive 30gig and the rest goes to my d: drive. I find 30gig plenty for my programs ect. then the rest 90gig on a 120 hd is more thna enough for all my downloads and games ect.

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Chris have you got all the XP updates, there maybe something on ther ethat needs to be installed, also look at your Privacy settings, should be ok from a reinstall though

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Hi Again.

I just got the unit into the workshop, and i have a query on the clading it in panels. As the courners are curved, i was thinking of using 1mm forex on it and bending it around the courners and fixing it on teh stright edge. with a tin strip under both edges and gluing them. would this work?? or if not forex what material would bend around this without too much trouble.
Leaving teh couners at a 90deg angle wouldn’t look right even if i filed in teh top with a couner piece.

Thanks again for your help.

Paul

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Nice one Dewi

It’s the Multi player you wnt to play, and it does get harder. and they get more acurate

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Cheers for the feedback.

Right looking into it the “hire company” turns out to be the comapny that owns the ice cream cart. They want the livery put back 100% as it was. the company that are using it have only got it till the end of March.
After reading the posts earlier and speaking to McRod, i’m going to clad the outside on all for sides with 5mill Forex, with the courners held together with thin angle aluminium (rivited) This way as soon as they finish with it, the sides come off and voila. well that is the plan.

I have now put that to the company and they have given me the job (which is nice 😕 )

Thanks again for the feedback.

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Well done Dewi 🙂

and CS aghh it’s a hackers n00b game 😉

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Peter great idea, after speaking with McRod about this , this was the solution that we have come up with.

Thanks for your input

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I have NTL 1 meg at home, no real problems with them. very fast download speeds.

I have just had BT BB put in at the workshop. Free instelation if ordered on line with free modem ext. £29.99 a month. Seems ok atm.

As some of the other guys say browsing can get slow due to internet trafic at thier end, as to downloads with BT no problems and Games run sweet as well ( well u do have downtime in between jobs 🙂 )

Also just order 1 line and use internet sharing ( don’t tell them) and everything is ok. If u go with a cable company your router will do it all, if BT just use a hub, with winXP it couldn’t be easier.

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Call of Duty is a great game, you can catch me most night on the Desert Rats server

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Good luck Dewi

Hope everything goes well for you.

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I ahve never had a prob with my registry being destroyed b4 tbh.

With SpyBot you can restor anything u imunize.
And yes it definatly sounds like spyware to me.

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sounds like u have a dose of SPYWARE. i use Spybot Search and destroy. download it from here

http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=spybotsd

It’s freeware and a great tool for removing unwanted SPYWARE.

Also you can try instaling pop up stoper from here

http://www.panicware.com/

there is a free version to try, which will stop most of those anoying pop ups from apearing

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Terry i blinked and missed it loading on my 1mb line.

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Happy new year everyone

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B

This one seems to “jump” out at me more, and when u do look at it you can see a group of people in it, but that maybe because I know what I’m looking for, How about giving them some eyes, so the “People” part stands out a bit more.

But for me defiantly B

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Thought you’d be the first to reply John 😉

Some ood graoners there too lads (<(

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Dewi the wife may like shiny blue balls but …….. 😆

Call Of Duty is ace, if your into MP games and like 2nd world war First person shooters, swap your balls for it 😮

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Hi Guys

Waiting for my dinner, i got a new ‘lecy razor (hated shaving dry and only did that once a week) this will help with my new customer care image 🙂

Got Call of Duty ( game i have wanted for a long time)

And me Ma and Pa got me a new cordless hammer drill ( well neat )

Have a great day guys and see you soon

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Works ok for me too Lorraine

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Got one called Transportation?

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Yep

Happy Christmas and a good new year….

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Thanks Guys that is realy helpfull.

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Hi Guys

thanks for the feedback Rob and Big G.

I was given a small sample from a local competetor 🙂 ( the things i can get the wife to do ) to show the customer the vinyl, but this doesn’t feel like normal ( oracal 751 or 651) at all, where they feel well rubbery if u like this feels hard and well more like a very very thin plastic. if that makes any sence. and yes Rob it does feel very brittle.

The two types i saw in the product cat were the silver and gold ORACAL 8510 Etch Glass Film

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Welcome Addie

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Looks realy good Alan, very eye catching (butter)

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Terry wasn’t me that mentioned yellow 😕

but i was going to warn about eating yellow snow but i thought it may lower the tone of this Christmas card so i didn’t.
But now that you bring it up 👿

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Very nice Terry

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I’m sure i have one down the workshop, i’ll have a look tomorrow but it wont be till around 5PM i’m afraid, as i’m in london most of the day.

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Says it all

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Thanks Guys

I will give it a go then 🙂

Is it better to fit on the outside or inside??
I’d go for outside i think so if/when it gets removed the window heater won’t get damaged.
And i know Rob fits dry but would it be better for me to fit wet?

Thanks again

Paul

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Ok so where is the free Porn?? I looked but couldn’t find any

Good point Rob, and it only takes a bit of common realy (hope i havn’t posted anything in the wrong place 🙂 )

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Hi Amy and welcome

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Rob these are the guys we use for our DoD clan.

Seems ok and i have never known it to go down,but then again we dont get the trafic on the clan page as we do here. how much and what u get for your money i honestly dont know as i personaly dont deal with it, http://www.invisionboard.com/

Paul

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Welcome

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Thanks Barna they are ideal 🙂

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Nice Job Jill 😀

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quote :

With a butt like yours

Is there something we should know here (?)

(love2)

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I have to admit it’s a lovely drive, I may look at geting myself one as well one of these days,

And as he found out, you can replace the whole engine in around 40mins as well 🙂

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Steve my brother has a cracking Dub camper, unfortunatly not for sale , and if u asked a week or so ago, where my dad works a colleague GAVE one away 😮

I would have had it but he didn’t find out till after the fact.

But as me bro is in teh owners club i’ll ask him to keep an eye out for ya if you want.

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Nope still don’t understand Jill cause i’m a (angel)

can someone please explain it for me 😆

Only joking

unless someone wants to of course

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Jep some funny stuff, can someone explain the one with the squirel in teh sink 😆

JK

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And i was hopeing for a easy Job 🙂

Thanks for the input guys i will have to give this some serious thought, now if only the customer will go for the stainless steel one curved around the wall i’m trying to push for 🙂

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Good point 🙂

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Hi Kevin

Yep i think i can visualise it. I’ll have a clearer head in the morning.

Thanks for the reply

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Rob all i have atm is a scetch of what they are after, basicaly they want the two signs be held off the wall by 6 inches and to overhang the courner of the wall by 6 inches so that both edges meet.a bit like wraping the sign around the courner but away from the wall. if that makes any sense. (trying to visualise it in my head and do maths at the same time hurts)
i’ll post a drawing tomorrow, as i dont have a scanner at home atm.

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Ok Steve

i’ll drag the yellow pages out 2morrow.

I take it something in the shape of a “U” is adequate for the job??

Soz for bothering you but i need to get this right 🙂

Thanks

Paul

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WoW

They are realy cool, wish i could draw more than stick men 😳

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Welcome Vincent,

everyone here is so helpful, and you will feel at home straight away.

quote :

I hope to learn from the plethora of information I see before me!

I see someone got their Thesaurus out 😛

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I like that Leeroy 🙂

I must be surrounded by stupid people then 😮

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Forbie

quote :

Mort the only stupid question is the one that isn’t asked.

This is so true …..

But you can get stupid answers 🙄

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Yep see what you mean Rod. To late to redo as it’s gone 🙂

but will fiel for later referance

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😮

Thanks Mike, And i am very pleased with it apart from the Class bit.

And the CD is great 🙂

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Hi Stevo and Welcome to your next home 😀

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Hmm could be me but when i try and import it into either corel 10 or signlab , it doesn’t load??

Any ideas (?)

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Hi Nicola

Yep i thought that after the job was done and i had a bit of time to reflect on the design.

Thanks for the feedback though, it put my mind at ease on what could/should have bheen done better.

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Thnx lorraine

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Thnx Adrian

i forgot to do a search here 🙁

and thnx Steve for posting it

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Welcome 😉

“spam”

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Hi Nix

A belated welcome 🙂

as the guys say this is a great site , so much to learn and some realy helpfull people on here.

It’s a fountain of knowlage

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quote :

Is it hard to get around over there? We really don’t mind travelling a bit, and will have the use of Nan’s car.

If you drive through the centre of London monday – friday (you can drive outside for free though) we now have congestion charging of £5. per day, heres a web link for the info

http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/congest/index.jsp

ohh and heres a map of the zone for you.

http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/congest/pdf/zone_map.pdf

But if you do go into london use the Tube 🙂 it’s quite cheap and it even sometimes runs on time.

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To Martin

Nope 😮

don,t tell the wife ;

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well done everyone, there are some realy stunning signs/logo’s there.

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quote :

As Mort says – well worth it …

Err sorry Mike i was a bit blunt wasn’t I 😮

I had a busy day and was very tierd :D, was one of those doing everything, but not getting a lot atcheived sort of days.

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Here you go chap have a read of this link

https://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=2758

Well worth it

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Thanks Kawy

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It has a setup file within the Folder u downloaded, run that then install the drivers from signlab.

Dunno if it will make a differance though.

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Becky your a star m8

thanks

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This is where i got mine from

http://www.rolanddg.com

under downloads 😎

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I got caught the other Sunday doing 37 in a 30 by a mobile unit. In my defense in teh 10 yrs i’ve lived in Aylesbury i always thought that that streach of the road was a 40, as all the other areas around there are 40.

Ohh well i’ll pay, it’s my first ever conviction in 16 yrs of motoring, and they didn’t catch me doing 120 up to McRod the other month or all the other times i have been speeding, i do only open up outside town though nlot anywhere near the schools ect.

Ohh the fuzz got me last sat for not wearing my seatbelt as well, 30 quid fine no points though.

That one did gut me as i have been wearing it recently but i forgot.

And they hide behind the bushes to get you too. (:)

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Hi Spookysign

I have just Installed my Roland to a PC running XP and i downloaded the XP drivers. I take it you have used the updated drivers not the windows 98 ones.

That may be the problem. I did have a problem when nothing was being sent to my plotter at all, but after reinstalling the drivers a few times it now works a treat 🙂

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Thanks Adrian

your the man 😀

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That is realy Good Forbie. 😀

Did you design that yourself or copy it from somewhere??

I wish i could draw like that 😥

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quote :

scrap all this college rubbish and bring back apprenticeships

Steve as you said Apprenticeships are the best way to learn any trade IMHO.

I left school at 15/16 (youngest in my year0 and i completed a 4 year apprentiship for Lucas Aerospace as a machinist / toolmaker. now i didn’t stay in that trade afterwards for long , but the real life experiance it taught me is somthing i do not believe i could ever learn just in “further Education”.
We have Graduate Managers where i am on the railways ATm (hopefully after xmas i can go on my own) and there isn’t 1 decent manager amoungst them , they have no common sence, they can’t manage people, but they have all these degrees ect. now the managers who have worked their way up from the bottom, some ex appretices are probably the best we have, ok they may not fit in with the new way that the company want them to behave, but they get the job done and most inportant of all, they have the respect of the Staff. something i honestly dont think the graduates will ever get.

Anyway enough of this rambleings.

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Thanks for your replies

They have given me lots to ponder over 😀 and i have quite a few to go through.

As to being

quote :

very good and intelligent question

There is always a first time for everything 😮

thanks again and keep them coming in 😉

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to a very happy man 🙂

even if it did take me 2hrs longer to get there than it should have 🙁

damn Surry and it’s windy twisty roads and trees and stuff:)

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In that case 2 no not expensive 🙂

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Hi Steve

Yeah i can, but i realy hate working with wood 🙁 now metal is more my game after my apprentiship in toolmaking.

But hmm i can think on this 🙂

cheers for the idea

what sort of materials do u use?? as £60 on materials seem a bit steep if it’s all made out of wood.

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Thank you

I shall be contacting them today

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Gray

don’t u mean “Finding Nemo”??

i dont have it but i will look out for one, and if anyof you guys/gals have small kids take them to see this film it is great, and even if you dont have kids go see it, as it will brighten your day up. I still laigh at bits and i saw it 2 weeks ago 🙂

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Very interested Mark can i call you later today ??

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Yup Quakenet is used for gamers….

I can always set a channel up and see what goes on from there if you want.

Once we get “L” we can password it so only the board members can get in ect.

Let me know, or if i’m oversteping my mark let me know 😕

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I use Mirc (IRC) for my gaming , it is pretty easy to set up and it’s FREE 😀

what is also handy with Mirc is you can file share as well, which is pretty handy.

If it would be a usefull tool to add-on to the forum i realy don’t know. I think things work very well just as they are, but sometimes it is nice to just be able to chat in Real Time.

if you want to have a further look at MIRC here is the link http://www.mirc.com/

and I can always help with it if you wish as I do use it quite a lot and have had dealings with setting up groups ect.

but tbh i do think things work well as they are.

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Also 512meg of Ram is the minimum, the more you have the happier XP is. i have 1 meg and i want more ( just for my games u understand 🙂 )

Also look at your windows system restore , turn teh size of that down too, it takes a huge amount of resorces. you will find that under control panel , system , system restore.

I personaly wouldn’t have anyother operating system now.

Also make sure you have ALL the updates for it.

I have also found that when i used the “Users” functions for different users ie: the wife and kids, i had no end of problems running programs ect. so i don’t bother with that.

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I agree with this , telesales are realy anoying …

quote :

I wish the telephone companies would implement a feature allowing telphone users to reject any incoming calls where the number is withheld

My friend who has his own garage has a feature with BT that does this , i’m not sure how it works but i know he can block numbers from calling him and i also believe he can bar withheld numbers , i will find out for you tomorrow what he has ect

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Naughtydevil is a great design, maybee it’s time i got myself another tat ….

when the time is right maybee a trip to benidorm (IF my wife would let me )

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Ok had a quick go

needs cleaning up

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul-goodwin/enterprise.cdl

i’m sure anyone else can do better

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Ok Found this site to do with all diferent Star Trek ships http://www.shipschematics.net/startrek/federation.html

Loads of ships not in vector format unfortunatly , but i’m sure someone on here could turn a pic into a vector for you in there “Spare” time 😀

i’ll give a go but i’m still learning …………….

Paul

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Thanks Rodney

the chap from LSU ( supplier) did say they were breaking into the UK market with these and they are becoming popular, but can u trust what a salesman always says (?)

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Hi Lorraine and Ruth
I will def give this some real consideration,

Ruth i would love the colour camm, but i can’t promise anything atm as i’m still sorting out my finances.

When i’m at the closer position to buying (hopefully a couple of weeks) i’ll get back to you and talk on amore serious note.

Thanks for the reply though