Liv & Paul's Web Page http://www.houseindorset.co.uk Miscellany of Our Lives Thu, 10 May 2012 10:13:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 US Dollar Cheques http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/2012/04/us-dollar-cheques/ http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/2012/04/us-dollar-cheques/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:10:13 +0000 Paul http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/?p=2323 £100 then the charge is the [...]]]> Banks don’t seem to publish how much their charges for cashing US dollar cheques, after much hand wringing I got the following out of the bank staff at Halifax:

Sterling value of the cheque is < £100 then the charge is £5.

Sterling value of the cheque is > £100 then the charge is the greater of 0.25% or £8 (up to a maximum of £80).

i.e.

£1 – £100, charge is £5
£100 – £3200, charge is £8
£3200 – £32000, charge is 0.25%
£32000 – …, charge is £80.

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Acer Revo RL100 Desktop PC (AMD Athlon II Neo dual-core processor K325, 2GB RAM, 500GB HDD, BluRay Combo, NVIDIA nForce 520, Windows 7 Home Premium)

Type: Personal Computer
By: Acer
Title: Acer Revo RL100 Desktop PC (AMD Athlon II Neo dual-core processor K325, 2GB RAM, 500GB HDD, BluRay Combo, NVIDIA nForce 520, Windows 7 Home Premium)
Price: £330
From: Amazon



Zotac ZBOXHD-ID34BR-B ZBOX ID34BR Mini PC Dual Core Blu-Ray

Type: Personal Computer
By: Zotac
Title: Zotac ZBOXHD-ID34BR-B ZBOX ID34BR Mini PC Dual Core Blu-Ray
Price: £341.00
From: Amazon



ASUS Eee Box EB1501P - Mini desktop PC - 1 x Atom D525 / 1.8 GHz - RAM 2 GB - HDD 1 x 250 GB - DVD-Writer / BD-ROM - NVIDIA Next Generation ION - Gigabit Ethernet - WLAN : 802.11b/g/n - Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit - Monitor : none

Type: Personal Computer
By: Asus
Title: ASUS Eee Box EB1501P - Mini desktop PC - 1 x Atom D525 / 1.8 GHz - RAM 2 GB - HDD 1 x 250 GB - DVD-Writer / BD-ROM - NVIDIA Next Generation ION - Gigabit Ethernet - WLAN : 802.11b/g/n - Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit - Monitor : none
Price: £520.03
From: Amazon


]]> http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/2012/03/mythtv-frontend/feed/ 0 Digital Switchover http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/2012/03/digital-switchover/ http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/2012/03/digital-switchover/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:19:03 +0000 Paul http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/?p=2229 Following the first stage of the digital switchover at the Rowridge transmitter on the Isle of Wight we seem to have lost Mux C (Dave, Really, E4+1, etc.). The Mux was always marginal (signal) quality at the best of times, now there is no sign of it either on the TV or on the Myth system.

Done a bit of Googling and the following sites are useful for reference:

  • http://www.aerialsandtv.com/aerials.html
  • http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/when_do_i_switch/meridian/rowridge
  • /http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/postcodechecker/
  • http://www.ukfree.tv/txdetail.php=3fa=3dSZ447865

By the looks of it may be worth installing a new TV aerial, either a Yagi 18A (on the roof) or a XB10 A.

ANTIFERENCE TCX18A AERIAL 18 ELEMENT A BAND

Type: CE
By: Antiference
Title: ANTIFERENCE TCX18A AERIAL 18 ELEMENT A BAND
Price: £24.99
From: Amazon


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]]> http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/2012/02/globo/feed/ 0 Xcite Energy http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/2012/02/xcite-energy/ http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/2012/02/xcite-energy/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:12:49 +0000 Paul http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/?p=2037
]]> http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/2012/02/xcite-energy/feed/ 0 Console http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/2012/02/console/ http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/2012/02/console/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:55:01 +0000 wishlist http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/?p=2032 Playstation 3 + Move
XBOX 360 + Kinetic

]]> http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/2012/02/console/feed/ 0 Cordless Powerdrill http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/2012/02/cordless-powerdrill/ http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/2012/02/cordless-powerdrill/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:53:26 +0000 Paul http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/?p=2030 Makita 18V LXT Drill Driver with 2 Li-Ion Batteries – Tools4Trade – £325

]]> http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/2012/02/cordless-powerdrill/feed/ 0 Winter Bike Hat http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/2011/11/winter-bike-hat/ http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/2011/11/winter-bike-hat/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:39:11 +0000 wishlist http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/?p=1986
Endura Thermolite Skullcap (Black, S/M)

Type: Apparel
By: -
Title: Endura Thermolite Skullcap (Black, S/M)
Price: £9.39
From: Amazon



Also available from Chain Reaction Cycles Need the Small/Medium size.

]]> http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/2011/11/winter-bike-hat/feed/ 0 Wishlist http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/2011/11/wishlist/ http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/2011/11/wishlist/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:11:10 +0000 Paul http://www.houseindorset.co.uk/?p=1900 I’ve updated my wishlist for Christmas, feel free to buy something not on the list though! The wishlist is here

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