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by DeskJockey
Fri Apr 26, 2024 11:13 am
Forum: Gaming + Tech
Topic: FTAO: Sparky people/RichB
Replies: 3
Views: 41

Re: FTAO: Sparky people/RichB

The draw is fairly low, I agree, but it is still about 15w/h per desk, and when we did the sums it looked like there was a reasonable saving to be made.

Idea is we do a small PoC to get a more accurate prediction.
by DeskJockey
Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:50 am
Forum: Moaning
Topic: HMRC Automated Phone System
Replies: 5
Views: 58

Re: HMRC Automated Phone System

Yeah they've put me on emergency tax as they think I've got 2 jobs, so I had to call them up. Spent 15 mins going through all the preamble, questions and just when I was going into the queue I got "Sorry. We're having technical issues, call back later" THEN TELL ME THAT AT THE START! :evi...
by DeskJockey
Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:30 am
Forum: Moaning
Topic: HMRC Automated Phone System
Replies: 5
Views: 58

Re: HMRC Automated Phone System

In years past I've found that once you're through to an actual human the service has been fine. Just getting to that point though.
by DeskJockey
Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:23 am
Forum: Gaming + Tech
Topic: FTAO: Sparky people/RichB
Replies: 3
Views: 41

FTAO: Sparky people/RichB

Rich B /sparky skilled people. Looking for some help. We're considering how to manage our idle time leccy use in our offices, as there is a lot of kit on desks that aren't in use outside of office hours (docking stations, monitors). Do you know of a product that will allow us to control each bank o...
by DeskJockey
Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:08 am
Forum: Moaning
Topic: HMRC Automated Phone System
Replies: 5
Views: 58

HMRC Automated Phone System

Need to change something, call them up, get a loooong preamble about how easy it is to use their online services, and whatnot. Unfortunately that won't fix my problem. Then get to the "tell me why you're calling". I tell it. It mulls my response over, tells me they're very busy and hangs u...
by DeskJockey
Thu Apr 25, 2024 8:18 pm
Forum: General
Topic: No F1 thread?
Replies: 5003
Views: 563155

Re: No F1 thread?

Yes. Hopefully it'll end their dominance.
by DeskJockey
Thu Apr 25, 2024 7:59 pm
Forum: General
Topic: No F1 thread?
Replies: 5003
Views: 563155

Re: No F1 thread?

Interesting. That'll be a blow to their future strategy.
by DeskJockey
Thu Apr 25, 2024 6:42 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Coronavirus
Replies: 8708
Views: 863711

Re: Coronavirus

What a faff. GWS.
by DeskJockey
Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:38 pm
Forum: Roll Call and Facts
Topic: Forum Roll Call
Replies: 146
Views: 22351

Re: Forum Roll Call

Is a leased car yours? Are you saying you're paying the leasing costs on three large commercial jets? If you do, I'll agree they can stay on the list. No, but I’d argue this is a what do you drive list, otherwise there’d be myriad lists of finance free, bought but owe the bank, added to mortgage, l...
by DeskJockey
Thu Apr 25, 2024 7:12 am
Forum: General
Topic: The House Projects Thread
Replies: 2222
Views: 410080

Re: The House Projects Thread

Yes. There are a few bits and bobs that could be done, but it is a bare minimum effort to get it looking better for when we put it up for sale.
by DeskJockey
Thu Apr 25, 2024 6:15 am
Forum: Roll Call and Facts
Topic: Forum Roll Call
Replies: 146
Views: 22351

Re: Forum Roll Call

IanF wrote: Wed Apr 24, 2024 11:10 pm
DeskJockey wrote: Wed Apr 24, 2024 10:39 pm @IanF are they really yours?
Is a leased car yours?
Are you saying you're paying the leasing costs on three large commercial jets? If you do, I'll agree they can stay on the list.
by DeskJockey
Wed Apr 24, 2024 10:39 pm
Forum: Roll Call and Facts
Topic: Forum Roll Call
Replies: 146
Views: 22351

Re: Forum Roll Call

@IanF are they really yours?
by DeskJockey
Wed Apr 24, 2024 8:16 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The House Projects Thread
Replies: 2222
Views: 410080

Re: The House Projects Thread

Work started today. Scaffold went up this morning, and early afternoon the builder showed up, starting to mark out what needs cutting out. https://gallery.ov9.co.uk/images/2024/04/24/20240424_172623.jpg He's started on the cutting. So far he's not found anything horrendous, fingers crossed that cont...
by DeskJockey
Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:00 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Decent car YouTubes
Replies: 2803
Views: 479949

Re: Decent car YouTubes

This sounds quite tasty!

by DeskJockey
Wed Apr 24, 2024 9:48 am
Forum: General
Topic: The Weather Thread.
Replies: 1193
Views: 135082

Re: The Weather Thread.

Gavster wrote: Wed Apr 24, 2024 9:23 am That's all great but can someone turn the heating up a bit? Bloomin freezing out there for late April
Stop hanging around street corners, and go sit inside. That'll help.
by DeskJockey
Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:24 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Test drive report
Replies: 202
Views: 4318

Re: Test drive report

Can you re-lay the (presumably concrete) floor 20mm lower with entry/exit ramps? He might find himself with a need to lower the floor further in the future though - better to simply install a jacking system to painlessly raise the room above this aperture. Futureproofing. :geek: The correct choice ...
by DeskJockey
Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:51 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The House Projects Thread
Replies: 2222
Views: 410080

Re: The House Projects Thread

Booked a builder last week to repair the render on the side of the house, he told me late June which is fine with us. He just called asking if they can start on Wednesday.

So, looks like it will get done rather more quickly.
by DeskJockey
Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:22 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The Movie Thread
Replies: 2233
Views: 484625

Re: The Movie Thread

[media][/media] Poor Things Stupendous. 8-) Dafoe - chapeau sir. Ruffalo - annoyed me in the first few minutes with a rather questionable accent, but totally redeemed himself. Ms Stone. Wow :shock: , Bravo. Absolutely deserving of all accolades. :geek: Loved the way it was shot : flavours of Edward ...
by DeskJockey
Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:16 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Decent Recent TV
Replies: 2780
Views: 585980

Re: Decent Recent TV

The trailer looked good for Fallout... fingers crossed... I've seen 1.5 episodes and it's suprisingly good - few mates who've never played the games have said how much they enjoyed it too. Colour me suprised, from the trailers I expected it to be poor. Someone make a Mass Effect TV show! (although ...
by DeskJockey
Sat Apr 20, 2024 8:55 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: Teh Spotted Thread
Replies: 3509
Views: 580568

Re: Teh Spotted Thread

Forgot to mention some of the cars we saw on the recent trip to France: Renault Vel Satis, Peugeot 607, part of The Cannon Run field (RRS SVR, M4 comp, A45 AMG, 488, McLaren something), and (unconnected with the run) a well used Lambo Gallardo. Faves were a pair of Citroen Traction Avants tooling ar...