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    Some inventive shop names

    And there is a gentlemen`s hair salon in Brighton called Barber Blacksheep
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    More quickies

    Oh go on then..... Did you hear the news.... The perfect crime was committed last night, when thieves broke into Scotland Yard and stole all the toilets. Police say they have absolutely nothing to go on.
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    Filling the pole/tube/mast with concrete?

    I have tried various types of pole (TK brackets mounted on a wall not ground mounted), I've ended up using a thick galvanised scaffold pole with a plastic end cap on the top. No movement in the pole and I get a really solid grip on the dish bracket. It has been up several years now with no signs...
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    UK TV SD channels moving to UK spotbeam

    Yesterday, Drama and Really have today gone free-to-air.:) Sorry about that woborny, I didn't see your post for some odd reason. You beat me to it by 30 mins... Well done!
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    Naughty Naughty. VW caught with dodgy device in cars.

    And who would have ever thought that a German company would make Mini's and sell them to the British. It's a strange old world :-rofl2
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    Breaking News from the EU

    -BREAKING NEWS- The EU have just announced that with immediate effect all Euro notes will be printed on Greece proof paper!:-dancer1 (No offence meant to any of our Greek friends)
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    Ultra HD tests 19E

    _ For those who don't have Ultra HD, I've recorded this on my VU+ Ultimo, uploaded it to my PC and converted it to standard HD 1920x1080. Even on standard HD TV it looks stunning.
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    New Staff Appointments

    Well done chaps. Takes a lot of dedication and time to be a mod. M:W
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    Babes From TV 28E

    All that technology, all those millions to put satellites into space and what do we do with it? Stick a slapper on a sofa to coax sad old men to chat or text at extortionate premium rate rates.
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    Channel stormed and looted by presidential guards

    Apologies if this has already been reported (I did search but couldn't find anything), but just spotted this footage on 21.6E 11601v Yemen_Today_TV Windows Media Video clip _http://www.thecaretakers.net/201406202358YEMEN_TODAY_TV.wmv
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    61W Amazonas 2/3 clear channel

    Thanks for the heads up. Not a hint of anything else for me apart from the 15 channels on that frequency It has a shopping channel on it now. I'm still happy with the catch on my Fracarro Penta. 44-45% signal.
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    61W Amazonas 2/3 clear channel

    I've got an unencrypted signal on Amozonas 61W 12642H SID 0x3ed It's just a blank white picture at present with 480x480 resolution 30i I can't seem to get any channel name data, so box is adding the frequency and SID. But makes a change to see something unencrypted at that end of the scale :)
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    openvix development cycle

    The reason for the silence is they are working on a new software version based on OE-Alliance 2. I read a hint from Phoenix's post which said...
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    New TVs are horrible

    This sounds like my Samsung. I've turned off film mode and 100Hz Motion Plus as I don't like the smoothing effect. I was thinking about buying a newer model that maybe over the intervening years they had improved upon the method. Maybe I don't need to then :)
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    Just Sharing This This man deserves a medal

    Well found Llew. Born in 1927... Makes me feel so young :-applause
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