The TPU UK Clubhouse

[crazy pyro]

Not sure where you're classifying as the north in terms of getting no phone reception! I have no problem on anywhere except army training areas and sat under a concrete beam in the basement at school.
My definition of good pub's fairly loose, it requires real ale and not being full of utter knobs, I'll manage to find one somewhere!
I'll admit the south is having better weather at the moment though!

 

[Bo$$]

I'm moving down south in less than 100 days and will only have stuff in one house down there and won't be visiting grandmother's/ family members without a prepaid train ticket home! So thanks for the offer but it's not required, at least if I'm at my gran's I can't get distracted from revision by PC games!

you are soooo lucky, this damn BSOD box is too distracting




Cheesy northern weather is for real men, I fucking love it!

 

[crazy pyro]

you are soooo lucky, this damn BSOD box is too distracting




Cheesy northern weather is for real men, I fucking love it!

Bo$$, northern weather's awesome, right up until you have to help push vehicles out of snow drifts! Newcastle's just a bit cold and occasionally damp, thank god I don't live in the lake district, it only seems to rain there (except for my DoE gold exped which was baking sunshine the whole time).

 

[Bo$$]

Bo$$, northern weather's awesome, right up until you have to help push vehicles out of snow drifts! Newcastle's just a bit cold and occasionally damp, thank god I don't live in the lake district, it only seems to rain there (except for my DoE gold exped which was baking sunshine the whole time).

I know i have lived there through 6 months of winter, our car broke down 2 time and got stuck another 4 times but it was still a great experience

 

[crazy pyro]

Haha, I just catch public transport anywhere so the snow doesn't cause many issues, it tends to be the cold freezing points up etc, it was dipping to about -12C in the mornings when I was walking to school this winter and the anti-freeze they were putting onto the points for the Metro (Newcastle/ Sunderland version of the Underground) was freezing onto the points. Apart from that though I just throw on my cold weather gear and my walking boots and get on with it, no use whinging about the cold weather, can't change it!

 

[cheesy999]

Haha, I just catch public transport anywhere so the snow doesn't cause many issues, it tends to be the cold freezing points up etc, it was dipping to about -12C in the mornings when I was walking to school this winter and the anti-freeze they were putting onto the points for the Metro (Newcastle/ Sunderland version of the Underground) was freezing onto the points. Apart from that though I just throw on my cold weather gear and my walking boots and get on with it, no use whinging about the cold weather, can't change it!

where i live public transport stopped working for a few days last winter so thats not an option, lukily there isn't much snow down south(only a few inches) so driving everywhere was an option

 

[Spectrum]

where i live public transport stopped working for a few days last winter so thats not an option, lukily there isn't much snow down south(only a few inches) so driving everywhere was an option

LOL! DUDE!
here we got 8inches in one day, couldn't drive anywhere at all. i tried to drive to high wycombe (a journey that takes about 40 minutes normally), and it took me 5 hours to get there, 6 to get back.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Anyone with an online banking account with £40 to spare care to help a brother out??

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Ive not touched my pc at all for a few days. but when i booted it up just this morning the fan started making this loud buzzing/grinding noise.

I completely dismantled the HSF unit, I thought id give the fan bearing a bit of grease but sapphire has made it so that you cant get to the bearing.

Im short of cash, and i already deposited £80 in the bank but for some reason it hasnt gone through and due to the royal wedding etc etc i need to get a new cooler orderd in before royal mail completely shutdown for the event.

what a perfect time for a fan to die.

I will transfer the money back when my £80 clears. I just need £40 right now so i can put in an order for some Twin Turbo Pro's otherwise Im stuck with this fucking LOUD grinding noise until next week and its driving me mad.

 

[scaminatrix]

Sheet man, I was going to ask pretty much the same thing! I need someone to buy me a £15 "30pc Watch Repair Kit" as it takes aaaages for money to get into Paypal from my account. I can then pay whoever buys it for me by bank transfer.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

oh well...Looks like I better get some ear plugs ready

 

[Iceni]

cable tie a system fan to it, it'll be aright till the cash clears. just make sure you set the bios to ignore the cpu fan speed. or disconnect the fan then selotape the system fan to the heatsink fan.

 

[pantherx12]

Fishery?..... I see a holiday looming

17 Acres and 5 lakes so far.

Another 2 lakes coming.

It's all man made but get's nicer looking every year as nature starts to shape it.

Only bad thing is it's got a tesco depot next to it

Can see a few older pictures on google image search.

Timberland Fishery.


Hate fishing myself love running around or ( at night) riding one of my friends bikes around the place.


Oh freedom, I would of lent you some pennies but already paying out like 200 quid today ( 50% of my paycheck) yay!



By the way, what size mounting do gtx 480s use?

 

[MightyMission]

Freedom i have got a bunch of fans of various assortments you can have,if you just give me dimensions and an address i will get a couple off to you today
oh is this for a video card?
i got a spare heatsink for for a twin fan gtx 470 if thats any use?
im off to the tip about 3pm so let me know fella.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

no good for me unfortunately.

if my money is not in by thursday I'l pop down to the bank and find out whats going on.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

fuck that, speak of the devil -- accounts been credited ---> FULL SPEED AHEAD MASTAH WORF!!!!

 

[kurosagi01]

Don't you just love the term Drink Driving,i know it means your driving while drunk but why name it. People may get confused from the term,if it said Drunk Driving or something then perhaps its more understandable.
What if the police pull you over for drinking water or can of coke,they going fine you too?? I know i am over exaggerating but when i think of drink driving thats what the term means to me. If the police say Drunk Driving then sure i'd understand it clearer.

 

[razaron]

I have done no revision and I have C4/M2 mocks tomorrow.
Shores of hazeron looks interesting.

 

[MoonPig]

Don't you just love the term Drink Driving,i know it means your driving while drunk but why name it. People may get confused from the term,if it said Drunk Driving or something then perhaps its more understandable.
What if the police pull you over for drinking water or can of coke,they going fine you too?? I know i am over exaggerating but when i think of drink driving thats what the term means to me. If the police say Drunk Driving then sure i'd understand it clearer.

You're either drunk, or you've just been pulled over.

 

[Kovoet]

Any of you been into yoyotech lately, how do you find the changes in there.

I prefer the old one as the service was a lot better

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Any of you been into yoyotech lately, how do you find the changes in there.

I prefer the old one as the service was a lot better

Im usually in there quite a lot but i havent been there recently. Last time i was there, they were changing the layout of the shop.

secondly prices are non-negotiable but thats been happening for a while now.

I used to do the main bulk of my shopping with GHS tech around the corner from yoyotech on the main road as i knew the manager there and he was pretty good with giving me discounts on stuff. but he left -- new management came along. a few months later they shut shop too after i took them to court for not refunding my £90 for a soundcard which i tested faulty and returned within a week of purchase.

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With GHS tech gone. theres hardly any real retailers that can stand up to yoyotech and they know that. so that gives them the ability to hardball everyone with their prices.

there are other hardware shops down the road but they are mainly the ones i dont really trust. Epsilon computers are alright. they got some good stuff but the people that work there are just sales people and dont have an interest in computing itself other then making sure they have all the latest hardware on their shelves. I have bought stuff from them in the past, but im very reluctant to do business with them and will only do so if theres something i really really need and cant really find anywhere else that only they have in stock.

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what sort of changes are there?? did they get rid of the original staff??

 

[kurosagi01]

You're either drunk, or you've just been pulled over.

Lol moon,my point is the term used to describe it is kinda wrong is it wrong to drink normally as in drinking can of coke or water?? Which stands correct about what Drink Driving means right??? But if they changed the "Drink" to "Drunk" then it would psychologically mean to people driving while their drunk.
Thats all i'm saying.

 

[scaminatrix]

The Police and the courts no longer call it "drink driving", if that's any consolation. It's called either "driving while impaired" or "driving while unfit through drugs or alcohol" IIRC. I watch a lot of Police, Camera, Action
Drink driving is just a colloquial term rather than a literal one IMO.
Getting caught drinking a can of coke can net you a charge of "driving without due care and attention", which, IIRC, replaces "dangerous driving" and is veeeery serious.
Lots of deaths have been caused by people drinking (non-alcoholic drinks) whilst driving, smoking a cigarette whilst driving, etc. so these are all under "driving without due care and attention" now. You can even get arrested for pushing the buttons on your Sat-Nav whilst driving, and it's a very serious charge!

 

[Spectrum]

You can even get arrested for pushing the buttons on your Sat-Nav whilst driving, and it's a very serious charge!

meh, nobody NEEDS sat-navs anyway. just buy a map and have your mate read it for you...
problem solved

to be honest i really really hate sat-navs anyway. there's a T junction here on the way to where i work... and there'll always be some bloke looking for thorpe park and his sat nav will tell him to turn right... which is really awkward because for every 1 car that turns right, 7 don't get to go through the traffic lights. damned sat-navs.

 

[scaminatrix]

Yea it's terrible around that area for us too. We're always around Reading, and it's lucky we know our way around those parts without the satnav now!!! Sometimes it just stays silent for miles, when it should be telling us to turn.

 

[cheesy999]

once upon a time at the foot of a great mountain, there was a town where the people known as happy folk lived, there very existence a mystery to the rest of the world - that is an awesome song