Info and forum posts by 'WillowPAW'

RE: 9 reasons why Blu-ray will succeed - Interesting article worth a read!!

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I just remember reading a lot of people disappointed about the transfer, can`t remember if it was the US or UK release

To be fair to JohnnyTV - I remember reading disappointing reviews for T2 for both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray and so never bothered to double-dipped up from my DVD version (wasn`t the DVD one of the best examples of DVD technology and picture and sound, in it`s day?)

Amazon - FREE Super Saver Delivery--now only £5 of eligible items to receive free delivery.

Just went to Amazon and found notice;

FREE Super Saver Delivery--now you only need to order £5 of eligible items to receive free delivery.

www.amazon.co.uk/supersaverdelivery

:D :D :D

RE: The Time Traveler`s Wife

Just went to Amazon to put on Wishlist as you guys suggested, and found;

FREE Super Saver Delivery--now you only need to order £5 of eligible items to receive free delivery.

www.amazon.co.uk/supersaverdelivery

:D :D :D

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RE: IPOD Speakers/charging dock with remote control - £19.99 at Currys

Will the connector take the 3G iPhone???

RE: Star Trek on HD DVD

Series 2 was never released - I believe Toshiba were funding the remastering, so when Blu-Ray won it never came out. May be a long while until come out on Blu-Ray?

Good price for the HD-DVDs - I paid £50 a few months back - great quality - and opening theme music sends shivers down my spine :x

RE: Spare Blu-Ray cases...

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Surprised this recommendation got past the mods really.

Agreed.

Perhaps we could add a `Scam` Discussion forum to the list on the left?

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RE: Spare Blu-Ray cases...

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A person shall be guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it.

It would be THEFT - 42%er is quite right.

RE: Weeds Season 2 DVD Boxset BANNED IN THE UK

Currently working my way through Season 2 of Weeds on Blu-Ray. Fantastic show!
Surely the whole show `promotes` (but also takes the p*** out of) the whole drugs culture???

RE: Spare Blu-Ray cases...

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Incorrect. As I said it is theft via deception

Sorry Mark - whilst what you said is the `voice of reason` - the 42%er is quite correct. Criminal Offence :/

RE: New bicycle advice please

Yeah - getting good `bike` advice is essential - I had to have an XL frame, and of course the likes of Halfords (where I would have spent my £200 on a half-price `bargain`!) don`t stock anything other than standard size ranges.

And of course, speaking to a Halford`s `Saturday Kids` (any day of the week) is on par with speaking to the `knowledgeable" skip-lickers in Dixons or Currys!

Should be a list of independant cycle shops on the Cycle2Work website that are signed up to the scheme - try and find a few near you to visit & quiz.

RE: New bicycle advice please

That`s why mine is well locked up!!!

Briefly, you save the tax & national insurance contributions, coming out to about 40% - there is a `calculator` on the site - and cost is taken out of 12 pay-packets direct. You are allowed up to £1000 including the bike and bike safety equipment - I had helmet (VAT free anyway!), lights, pump, nifty tool bag and some clothing to `top it up` to the £1000 mark (made sense if getting it all tax free!).
I`m going to be paying (from this month) just short of £50 a month.

The only issue I had (apart from spending about £600 in total!) is that you are leasing the bike from your employer, so they own it, but after 12 months give you the option to buy the bike - at 5% the value (fair-useage value I think it was called) - so if they claim the 5% payment (and no doubt they will) I will have to cough up about £50 in a year`s time.

My supervisor had a £1300 carbon-fibre racer (he is big into cycling), so had the £1000 under this scheme and paid the extra £300.

Scheme may not be for everyone - but the timing for me was perfect, we were about to get new bikes anyway for the better weather (and Tissington Trail - been promising myself to do that for over 10 years now - so well chuffed last weekend when managed it!). This way I have had a top bike (it really does weigh next-to-nothing!) and get to pay for it on the ol` never-never - but not only interest-free, but tax-free!!!!

There is no `log` or proof required that you actually use it for work, or how often for work, from what I have seen - but from what you have said it is mainly for work for you anyway. (I imagine I will use mine mainly for `pleasure` - we try and get out and do about 10 miles in local lanes each weekend - but I am intending to use bike once a week for work - really enjoyed ride in and back today - may do it again before this week is out?!?)

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RE: New bicycle advice please

Having not cycled for about 18+ years until last few weeks, and having cycled TODAY to work (7 miles each way - but uphill on way back!) for first time (your post was very timely) - can I point you towards;

http://www.cyclescheme.co.uk/

if you are PAYE and you can get your employee to sign up - saved me about 40%, ended up with this bike;

http://www.southwatercycles.com/products.php?plid=m1b0s18p1864

(but did not buy from them - just linked to give you details).

Would have probably only gone up to £200+ if buying outright, but with the saving and monthly interest free payments ended up with that £850 beauty - and I am loving it.
Would suggest it fits all the requirements you list (and that is why I`m so impressed with it!)

The wife also had to have a new bike as well (of course), so spent £200 on a Mountain Bike Hybrid - because she insisted on having chunkier wheels, so would be less punctures (?!?). She is now unhappy, having done the Tissington Trail on them last week, that I was racing off ahead with very little effort - my bike does seem VERY efficient, pedal-to-speed wise!

(Please be reassured that I am sadly over-weight, exercise far to little - but currently lovin` me cycling! :x )

RE: Movie Development Books???

Thanks admars,

It`s reading some Empire essays (too indepth to call just articles) that sparked my renewed interest. :B

RE: Movie Development Books???

Doh!

No sooner than I typed the phrase `movie development hell` (and I had been searching for quite a while before that, just not used those terms, must be `Searchers Block` or something!) - than I thought that would be a good search string, and came up with;

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-Development-Hell-David-Hughes/dp/1840236914?tag=myrev09-21

which from reading the reviews I think was the one I was after! Doh again!

BUT - any other recommedations would be appreciated.

Movie Development Books???

Remember reading a review some years ago about a book released detailing some of the movie development-hell stories - including Arnie`s proposed `Crusades` movie. Anybody know (and if you lot don`t know, I don`t know who will? :/ ) what is was called???
Also interested in any other recommended books on the `background` of movies.

Thanks in advance :)

RE: PS3 Dualshock 3 controller

The `rumble` dualshock is about 50% heavier - which, from the forums, most people prefer.
I was quite happy without the `rumble` but having got one from Ebay have to say I am very impressed, really makes a BIG difference to games, far more than I would have thought - really like it on Burnout Paradise.
(Nearly jumped out my skin when in BP selecting your vehicle and it drops from the sky - the thud from the bass speaker and the rumble was quite surprising!!!)

RE: Life on Mars series 1 completely free for those who do not subscribe to lovefilm rental

Is not `Tesco`, `Lovefilm` anyway??? :/

Tesco.co.uk Blu-Ray 3-for-2 - including The Tudors

came across Tesco doing a reasonible list of Blu-Ray discs uniformly priced at £17 each (which is not too bad in itself), but at buy 3 for price of 2.

http://www.tesco.com/entertainment/browse.aspx?Ns=P_Sort_Price&sortQueryString=Ntt%3D4765%26Ntk%3DP_HIDDEN_Special_Id%26N%3D6%26Ntx%3Dmode+matchall%26Nr%3D293&showall=1&Ntk=P_HIDDEN_Special_Id&Ntt=4765&sort-go.x=5&sort-go.y=12

More interestingly - they have the brand new release of The Tudors which I was after, and priced also at £17 in this offer! (The cheapest I have found it elsewhere is about £27!!!)

Postage is couple of quid on top, but have ordered and has all arrived today (along with Singstar for PS3 - Tesco.co.uk selling for £35); The Tudors, Santa Clause 3 & Polar Express for about £35 for the 3 Blu-Ray disks! Bargain!!! :D

RE: Beowulf in 3D...

http://film.guardian.co.uk/Film_Page/0,,-121451,00.html

Been trying to see if on in 3D anywhere in the Midlands - and found this search facility - not sure how good it is though?!?
(Comes back not on anywhere near me!) :(

RE: Beowulf in 3D...

Saw Polar Express couple of Christmasses back in 3D at IMAX - stunning :x

RE: Toshiba HD-EP30 HD DVD Player (Includes 7 Free HD DVD Titles!)

Found on AVForums;

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This will give you £5 off @ Play.Com
Voucher code: prima836u1
Minimum spend: £50
Expires 19/12/07.

Used to order EP30 for the father-in-law - no problems with voucher being accepted :)

RE: HD DVD Player Toshiba HD-E1 £179.99 Delivered !!!

No hack I`m afraid - will only play R2 (or Region Free!) DVDs but HD-DVD playback itself is multiregion.

Free copy of `The Bourne Ultimatium` book

Free offer with Saturday`s Times, if you missed it find out more here;

http://www.offersinthetimes.com/bookoffer

Plenty of options given to avoid junk mail! ;)

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Free book available in UK only, while stocks last. Not available to RoI or overseas. There are no p&p costs. Please allow 28 days for delivery. One free book per household. Closing date: midnight on Tuesday, August 21, 2007. You may claim your book by post, if preferred. Please send your address details on a postcard to Bourne Offer, Customer Service Dept, 1 Virginia Street, London E98 1RL© 2007 Universal Studios. All rights reserved. For more information about the film, visit www.bourne-ultimatum.net

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RE: The best bargain you`ve ever found on this site - list

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Bump the Sagem phone and Stereo

Ditto - although the Hi-Fi is still sealed in it`s box (but it was a Bargain, would be rude to refuse!) - but the wife loves the phone.

RE: Help....name the Fireman film........?????

Thanks - that was the one :D

Help....name the Fireman film........?????

A friend of mine asked for my help in naming a film about firemen, which contains something along the lines of the dead father rings them on the telephone! :/

The only Firemen films I could think of were Backdraft and Ladder 49, but reading their storylines does not appear to be either of these - any ideas folks???????????

RE: Any HD DVD owners here? If so, what do you think. Put your reviews here!

Sorry, slight ambiguity on my part - looking at getting a standalone player - and obviously cheaper in The States, and Movietyme seem to have good prices - unless anybody knows better?

RE: Any HD DVD owners here? If so, what do you think. Put your reviews here!

Is everybody using the Xbox360 add-on drive, or has anybody got a stand-alone HD-DVD player. Looking at getting one from The States (through Movietyme). Has anybody else done this???

RE: Mother`s Day Flowers, Free Belgian Chocs and 500 Clubcard points

Flowers arrived 9am - mother-in-law pleased.
Not massive amount of flowers but nice - certianly wouldn`t have been happy paying £26+!
Box of chocolates was decent size though!
Top posting - thanks.

RE: Mother`s Day Flowers, Free Belgian Chocs and 500 Clubcard points

Pete,

Came up with a grid of delivery dates and this Saturday (17th) was available - most other dates on the grid were marked as not available (including Sunday 18th - which would have been the first choice - but wasn`t really expecting them to deliver on a Sunday anyway).
You did all get me worried though, so have checked my email confirmation - and definately says delivery this Saturday.
(I did put the order through about 1815hrs earlier if that has made any difference??? :/ )

This item was edited on Thursday, 15th March 2007, 23:02