Oh you have to upgrade the gas struts, easy to diy takes about 5 mins but it adds to the cost. Actually you don’t have to but if you want the tailgate to stay open with the empty rack on it you do.

I have the atera which has been pretty good, if I have to leave it at all I put a big chain on, one end secures the bikes the other end padlocked to the rear towing eye.

Oh and thanks to all who replied and helped much appreciated

I think I might have got rid of it….don’t want to count my chickens yet but it looked ok last night. I will find out next time I use it. The problem I found was (in layman’s terms) it was hiding in the shortcut from the tile page even after doing all the other instructions to get rid of it. So I just deleted the browser shortcuts’ ran malware again which found a ‘pup’ deleted that, then put some new shortcuts on. It was okay last night so I will see how things go.

so what do I do about that mr grips in language a buffoon can understand.

just about giving in and trying to find someone who knows what they are doing to fix it for me I admit defeat

ah something interesting….opening browser from desk top goes to google, opening browser from the windows 8 tiles goes to nationzoom (even though it is set to open the browser from desk top and not an ap) so what is it I’m missing … does anyone know?

I have been through the instructions again…only difference was I use the free malwarebytes instead of the one mentioned in the link by dingo which is a pro version and cost pennies.

still not working…still have the same problem

I’m not having much luck did the instructions on dotfab but using the manual uninstall (anything I recognised or new files etc) been through the get rid of anything in the chrome/IE settings as mentioed above tc checked with free issues of malwarebyte and avg all lokks ok. turn computer off back on open browser and there it is…..it’s hiding somewhere. So what next go back through the dotfab instructions and try again?

but i still have a short cut for IE oh I’m on windows 8 if that has any bearing

chrome

dan thats kind of what I did last night but I still get the zoom nation browser the first time I open the browser when switching the computer on.If I close it down it goes back to google the next time i open it (until I switch off the computer) I used malwarebytes and avg instead of the one on the dotfab site.

I will add I’m a bit of a computer mong so if you have any advice aim it at a 2 yr old and I might understand

is that dotfab site ok to download from?

Think my GP practice works on the principle that if you can manage to struggle to the phone and dial the right number you are not ill enough to warrant an emergency appointment ( I will qualify my statement that I have nothing against GPS or the lady/man at the end of the phone it’s the system/funding that is wrong)

Oliwb… On page 2 I asked a question why a scheme of extended provision would not work, but a bit like what they did with child allowance….you automatically get free meals but if you earn over x amount (or if you would rather your kids take a packed lunch for that matter) you opt out of the free meals.

Someone posted the report that (if my memory serves me correctly) said the extended provision (an opt in scheme) did not work because of the stigma and parents not knowing about it. So if it was an opt out thing, that would remove the parents not knowing about it thing and if the stigma issue can be ‘managed’ out by paying at a reception (or something similar).

Does it all come down to the cost of implementing the scheme? And the free for all is actually cheaper to implement

Oliwb…maybe I’m not getting the gist of your post, the extended provision model was one where the criteria for ‘free school meals’ was relaxed to allow more kids to qualify for them but not the free for all model that is being introduced. If I’m remembering correctly the study report said there was not a big increase in those who now qualified taking them up due to the stigma and parents not being aware. I was just wondering if at primary school level the stigma thing is a red herring.

So the ‘stigma’ argument in the extended provision model for primary schools is a red herring then?

I don’t get the stigma thing in primary schools how do the kids know who get free school meals?

What happens when the kids reach 8 years old?

Do primary schools all operate differently with regard paying for school meals? There is no way in my kids school you could know who was on free meals unless the kids told their mates .

Or the alternative interpretation, the guy thinks sausages are not particularly good for you so doesn’t want his kids to eat them.

To be fair most of the eight pages could only loosely be attributed to the original thread …. The rest is the usual singletrack guff spouted by the usual protagonists

Binners, you seem to be very angry and rude. Not sure why.

. You missed sarcastic simpleton as well

I do however await their return to find out what strawberry sparkle is

My kids today will be choosing from

Chicken korma, rice, mini naan
Cheese and tomato pizza
Jacket potato topped with chuck korma
Fruity flapjack
Strawberry sparkle

Along with veg of the day or side salad & fresh fruit

I like my kids menu wish I could have it

If kids who’s parents are on benefits/out of work/low income get free meals already but there is a section of kids who’s parents struggle for genuine reasons why not just relax the free school meal criteria rather than include everyone? Or would that cost more to implement ? Bit like what they did for child allowance you have to opt in if you meet the criteria.

Don’t parents on benefits/low income already get free school meals for their kids?

What is NAS ? I did mention I’m a Luddite right? I have a smart phone but anything smart about it is switched off and it is a payg phone for emergencies, my computer is about 10 years old is a bit temprimental makes no sounds and I have no idea what windows system it is and has not been updated since it was bought.

Budget is small … Doesn’t need to be a rolls Royce standard thing, just something that stops me having multiple radios on at the same time or turning it up loud

I might know what I would like it to do but get lost quite quickly when I start reading the sales blurb…..thought someone might be able to point me in the right direction

Yep but I would rather it not be pc/tablet based….what I’d like is a fancy stereo type thing that will play stuff and send it magically to speakers around the house without me having to pull cables in all over the place but control which speakers it is coming out off without having to run around turning speakers off.

Depends if i was after quality or quantity each have their day.

Evening MSP has your mum taken the Xbox away….you must be bored.

It certainly was an experience popping back here to the forum after a while away, something’s never change.

Well that certainly is one interpretation of my response. 😯

Earnie yep that is part of what I said.

Rich same scenario yes (ish) I don’t really agree with that either in general terms (I’m not talking specific cases or scenarios)

This response? Which bit do you not believe?

My comments based on the words spoken by the tenant. Your view based on…..?

No earnie….my speechless ness was caused by how it was related to me ‘ encouraged…’ To stay without paying.

Junkyard fair comment it was not 4th hand thought I was there chatting to my mate whilst the tenant relayed he story, my comments are based on her version. What was actually said we will never know … Does that mean we are all discussed out now?

Anyone else got something else interesting to talk about?

Crank … A valid reason for the principle, but it puts the burdon onto the landlord. Not all landlords fit your stereotype, some rent through necessity and would struggle to meet that burdon. In the same vain not all tenants who do not pay the rent are down on their luck some play the system. Taking 5 months or whatever in my view protects the tenant too much to the detriment of the landlord. A council advising a tenant to actively play the system (in my opinion ) is wrong

It surprised me. That said I still think it is wrong to encourage staying in the place without paying, I also think it is wrong it takes ‘months’ to evict a tenant who can not/ will not pay the rent.