You can download an evaluation copy of Vuescan, it puts dollar signs on the scans as a watermark, not sure about Silverfast though.

I've tried Vuescan and didn't really get on with it, it was clunky and I wasn't that impressed with the results so have stuck with the Nikon software, I've heard good reports of Silverfast, it's supposed to be very good but not particularly intuitive.

Looks like it's time to open my wallet unfortunately 😆

Which G5?

Pretty sure later models took faster RAM IIRC.

Seem to remember that RAM cannot be swapped between G4 & G5 models.

HTH.

It's a Dual 2.0ghz

It's not so much as 'what do I need'? I've used Crucial before, My problem is more, 'will what I've got already in the G4 work in the G5', I just don't want to damage either the memory or the G5 trying it.

Just spoken to Gaz, it was an honest mistake and the matter is now closed. It's a bit of a lesson learnt, it's so much easier to just pick up the phone and sort it. Anyway no harm done as they say, and I apologise to Gaz for dragging his name through the mud 😀

Fair do's , i'd give him a couple of days and if you've got a phone number give him a call. I know myself i forget to check my e-mails and also never check my spam file either, he may just hasn't spotted your e-mail

Will do, I'm off out now to battle the elements so I'll wait til after the weekend for his response.

don't post on here "Dodgy Classifieds Deal" when you've only given him a week to respond after you already said that he could be on holiday. It may be the wrong link, a genuine mistake, but if you're getting a £100 tripod for £65 then i can't see a problem other that you're not getting as big a bargain as you thought – mistakes happen.

I do know If i made a genuine mistake only to see my name being banded about here under "Dodgy Classifieds Deal" I'd tell you to go **** yourself – mabye the benefit of the doubt could last a little longer

Fair point, it really should have been posted with a question mark.

I'm just a bit concerned that's all. I've bought and sold quite a lot of stuff on STW over the past 5 years and never had any problems.

Nuke, I agree he has been around for a while and he does seem to be quite busy so I am trying to be patient and not fly off the handle. So I'll give him a while longer before taking it further. I'll check his website and get the number, thanks.

There's no actual model number on it, but yes, I'm pretty sure it's the 7300 which I could happily of wandered into Calumet and bought myself. As he said he paid over £100 for it I don't think he posted the wrong link!

Dualit owners – how do you go on with smaller, softer toasted items like fruit loaf or malt loaf?

I have one of these..

I would have to say it's not the best toaster in the world if you just want to drop the bread in and walk away, but if you don't mind keeping an eye on it while you're toasting it's excellent. Mines 14 years o;d now, it gets used most days and it's still on the original elements.

This Breville got the gadget Show seal of approval when they did their top 5 test a while ago..
Breville

I bought my Mum one when her old one bit the dust and it's brilliant. Not as cool as the Dualit but I have to admit it makes better toast.

About f*cking time to!

I don't know if this is any good to you but it might do til you find whether she really takes to life afloat

http://www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?t=593515&highlight=kayak

Bit of a run from your neck of the woods but not the other end of the country.

I just found out I'm due a refund of £988.50, all I have to do is enter my details 😉

Read The Wasp Factory when it first came and really loved his other early work, really enjoyed the rerun of The Crow Road, miles better than any of the other adaptations. Not really written anything decent since Complicity, imho.

The Steep Approach to Garbadale is getting back to his earlier form but a little run of the mill for my tastes but it is worth reading just for the description of the suicide and was a huge improvement on the awful era of Song of Stone, Business, Whit etc. Never really got on with his Sci-Fi stuff either.

Saw him do a Q&A at a festival last year and was really impressed with his honesty and openness about his writing (and his loathing of Mrs T)

Strangely, I am looking forward to Transition, he may be revisiting old themes but at least he's revisiting the good ones. And the early reviews I've read and comments from friends who still do the hardback thing have been very good.

If it's a old fashioned square one like this…

Then these should do the job

http://www.justkampers.com/shop/camping/leisure-camping-outdoor-accessories/awning-tent-accessories/set-of-munich-awning-poles.html

One of the best places in the world 😀

Thanks Mr Lightyear

Interesting thoughts folk, I think I'll give the 60 day trial a go as mystery move suggested and see if I get on with it. Being a bit of a cheapskate I'm not overly keen on paying out on a yearly basis but if it does the job I suppose £5/month isn't a huge amount. I'll just have to cut down on the mid-ride pasties.

in fact its irritating when some numpty on wide flat bars gets in your way trying to filter through narrow gaps

If you commute in London that could well be me 😀

Do they really charge £60/year, I expected some sort of subscription but that seems a bit OTT.

Blur – Parklife the opening as a ringtone ending on the Oi, also used to have just the oi as a text alert
The theme tune to Brandy & Mr Whiskers (it's a long story)
and the opening chord from A Hard Days Night as a text alert.

I'm in too, sicknote_11

For my commuter I'm using a 10 year old Kryptonite New York lock with a KryptoFlex cable looped through the wheels. It's a bit on the heavy side but it fits onto the rack so I don't really notice it. It gets locked in the street most days in the City and as far as I can tell nobody has even had a go at it.

To the guy trying to sell the Brompton:

You say you are 'just trying to recoup your costs'.. Yet personally – I accept that – whenever I buy something and then try to sell it on again afterwards (even if I haven't used it), I will always lose some money on it. It's just the way things work…

You just have to take these things on the chin, surely?

Sure, if I discover I have paid over the odds then yes I'll take the loss but I don't think trying to recoup my outlay first off is some sort of outrageous crime. It was 2nd-hand when I bought it and I don't think it would have depreciated any more in the time I've owned it. The bike is in better condition than when I bought it, I've spent time (admittedly I enjoy the tinkering) and money on it and having given it a service it runs much better as a result.
Like everyone on here I'm aware that I will probably lose money but I'd rather not lose much and as I've done before when both buying and selling on STW over the past 5 years I'm prepared to haggle.

In response to uplink's OP I agree stuff doesn't move as quick as it used to but I also think that there is less activity in the classifieds due to people being a lot more careful with their money, you only have to read the tales of redundancy in the chat forum to know that there are a whole lot of people on here with more to worry about than their next piece of bike bling.

I've got these on my commuter bike, still going strong after 18 months commuting through the streets of London and only one puncture.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=18829

Who said anything about reporting it to the mods? I was just pointing out that a Brompton with this spec, rack, lights, folding alloy pedal etc would be over £700 now. If you can find it cheaper point me to the website and I may have to adjust my price. As I say in the ad I just want to recoup my costs, I'm not a dealer just someone who bought a bike and isn't using it, surely that's not a crime.

Rinse it out after every ride then store it in the freezer, I've done that with mine for the last 10 years and it's still going.

Markus Penguinious – Member

A good example:
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/fs-brompton-folding-bike-3

I wouldn't normally bother to respond to this but since you've used my ad as an example I feel it's only right to put my side.

I wouldn't regard it as overpriced, it's what I paid for it, perhaps too much but you'd have to spend over £700 to get a Brompton with that spec.

If you think it's too much you don't have to buy it! If nobody buys it I'm obviously asking too much and I'll have to make the decision to drop the price or stick it onto ebay.

I've bought and sold quite a lot of stuff on STW over the last 5 years and always felt that I price my stuff fairly and that other people I've dealt with have done the same. It's what makes the classifieds tick.

Cheers

I've been to a Sikh naming ceremony (like a Christening), it really doesn't matter what you use to be honest, I used the nicely pressed hanky from the top pocket in my suit as my Sikh mate hadn't bothered to warn me. A lot of others did the same, as long as you show respect you'll be fine. Try and use a clean one though 😉

Fill them up with bicarbonate of soda and leave them for a few days, that used to work with my trainers.

together with some wheels I found in my wardrobe

That's my kind of woman 😀

I've had a variety of dogs in the past and would happily recommend a Golden retriever if you have a family, if you wanted something a little smaller but still active and loves water then you can't go wrong with an English Springer Spaniel from good working stock.

This is a mate of mine whose been doing timelapse for a while now.

she’s quite nice on a personal level.

QFT

A good friend of mine, who’s an audio engineer, work with her regularly on the horse racing and has nothing but praise for her. She rates her as one of the nicest people in telly and she’s worked with a few.

I’d like to come too, but 19th is Latitude weekend. I’m pretty sure I can do the 12th though.

I think we should also try and fit the Red Lion in Isleworth into the route as it has the best selection of proper beer in West London.

DONT use an online check to see if the domain is free until you are ready to buy or you run the risk of it being registered a few days later by some tosser trawling the logs. It happens.

Wise words indeed Digimap, I wish somebody had told me that before I went and set my company up, it wasn’t absolutely essential to have the exact domain name I wanted but it’s a real pain just waiting for it to become available.

It’s Linpus Linux Lite installed, is this the most useful/stable version or should I install some thing else?

Thanks guys, is there a way I can watch movies? I already use Clone DVD and any DVD on my PC.

Intersting, thanks folks, was just about to hit the ‘buy’ button. Velvia RVP 100, 100F or 50?