Comments for Meanderings of a MonkeyJuggler

Comment on Bureaucratic mare by Darren

Darren — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:53:07 +0000

Bugger, I could have saved you the hassle if I’d known. I had a similar issue when I bought the ZX. On that occasion driving to the DVLA in Nottingham wasn’t an option, as the only car I had was the one I needed to tax (before I could drive it to the DVLA to tax it etc. etc., you see the paradox!).

After complaining to the man at the DVLA on the phone, he let me into the fact that there is a loophole in this one in that you can tax the car without the V5 that says its of the wrong class. If you fill in the form from the post office that would you have to if you had lost the V5, you can tax it there and then. You then simply have to post the “lost V5″ form to the DVLA and they then register the car in your name with the correct tax code (PLG) and send you a new V5. Magic.

Comment on Rotten Apple by alby

alby — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:30:21 +0000

Oh you can prove anything with facts.

Comment on Rotten Apple by LP

LP — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:36:52 +0000

For once this whinge isn’t caused by apple, it’s windows being a dick.

From memory you can start/stop services like this:
Control panel, advanced view, administration tools, services
find the service you want in the list, right click on it and select “start”

That service is probably set to “automatic” which means it’s supposed to start when it’s needed. That doesn’t always work, often failing in poorly defined ways for no clear reason.

Welcome to windows.

Comment on What’s wrong? by LP

LP — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:48:50 +0000

I’ve paid more than £300 a week to stay in hotels – how do I get myself admitted for a cheap holiday?

Comment on Starting 2012 as I mean to go on by alby

alby — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:28:07 +0000

That would involve me having a decent amount of time to sit and edit. As the lack of regular posts here shows (I would do more but no time). I’ll have a look when I can.

Comment on Starting 2012 as I mean to go on by Darren S

Darren S — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:35:21 +0000

Not at all related to this post, but after accidentally clicking on the wrong link from the front page, I’ve noticed that your about section is more than a smidgin’ out of date. Re-reading through some of the comments brought back a few memories and did make me giggle a bit though, so perhaps an archiving of the best bits may be in order first.

Comment on That’s why I like this stuff by Meanderings of a MonkeyJuggler » Not just me then

Meanderings of a MonkeyJuggler » Not just me then — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:18:40 +0000

[...] Seems I’m not the only one who wants to see people do well (as per here): [...]

Comment on Opened by Meanderings of a MonkeyJuggler » Ah nuts

Meanderings of a MonkeyJuggler » Ah nuts — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:51:11 +0000

[...] the worst result I could have managed. The OU thing I hated and was extremely tedious (here) has concluded with me getting 2 percent off a pass on the final end of year essay. This has left [...]

Comment on Duck Martin by SB

SB — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:43:58 +0000

Can’t imagine you watching that and I do agree. It’s quite sad to see good talent wasted.

Comment on Tents decision by Darren_S

Darren_S — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:35:48 +0000

Busy mostly, and it doesn’t get much better anytime soon. I think I’ve got 3 free weekends between now and the middle of October ! We will have to try and do something to make it 2. I’m busy this weekend and the next one, and then I think I’ve got a free one. Alternatively could do something one Friday (but not 5th Aug). Can only do fridays as Mondays & weds I’m in Birmingham and I have been playing badminton Tuesday and Thursdays after work. Eek. How’s family Mullen-Beers doing ?