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On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Tom Brough <tombrough@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 23/10/10 13:40, Roland Tarver wrote: >> >> On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Simon Waters<simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >>> >>> On 23/10/10 12:27, Mark Evans wrote: >>>> >>>> Vacuum cleaners, floor buffers, electric lawn mowers >>>> and hedge trimmers are far more of risk here. >>> >>> Yes, but if we all left our hedge trimmers at home, what fun would a >>> GLUG meeting be? >>> >>> -- >>> The Mailing List for the Devon& Cornwall LUG >>> http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list >>> FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq >>> >> I am a little out of touch with your library dealings Tom. Annoying >> though it is, can we not just take battery powered laptops? I think >> most net books last at least 4 hours these days? >> >> Once in the building we can just plug our laptops in anyway. (if we need >> to?) >> >> It seems to be be such a great venue in terms of what is available for >> us. Like I said I am out of touch with the most recent discussions >> about costs. >> >> I seem to remember they came back to you and increased the cost above >> their published price list. (Which seems completely wrong and the >> should be held to the "quotation" (price list) advertised.) But hey >> thats just me. lol. >> >> Well done for your continued efforts (head aches) >> >> Best wishes >> roly :-) >> > My netbook battery lasts about 45 minutes if Im lucky ... its first > generation acer with original battery. its the principal of the thing that > annoys me. Yes. It is annoying! +++ These are class 2 power supplies which by HSE own guidelines are > just not worth testing. She is wrong if she thinks it only costs £2 to test > .... I will challenge here (in front of Adrian Sanders) to find an > electrician to do it for that, and besides £2 x 15 members is £30 a year, > which could be spent better on training or promotion materials. hmmm > Buying a new battery would cost more than the PAT test probably. <I hereby yield on my battery comments lol :-p> > Tom. > Best wishes roly :-) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq