aw bless you

the good old days

eeek indeed. Pain is when I see something nice in a supermarket and then spot only 'microwave' option. Had a nice chicken curry the other day (metal plate went in the gas over so I knew it was thoroughly heated through, but much longer than 4 minutes in the microwave).

However, it is causing me to do a much-needed 'spring clean' (5 years overdue) as I cannot escape to a PC 18 hours a day...

Nice find yesterday was a box of plain white wax candles, dating back to the mid-70s when I lived in Sussex and there was a Co-Op up the road selling such essentials (during the power cuts when I was at school).

thanks webdude will look at that

no elecy eek for you!

I found a netbook at 220 quid (sorry - over your limit) on Ebuyer: see
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/172718 but I guess for the HP2133 there might be some forum comments about getting a UK mobile dongle working (unfortunately my net access is limited as I have no electricity at home at present, so depends on visiting a friend and being let loose on that PC for a bit, so time / access limited!)

Thanks xx any help is and will be gratefully accepted still dont know whether to keep the netbook and let you guys choose me an actual dongle thatll work with the linux hp2133 or tell me what to buy instead once I return it

The Vodafone PAYG deal is here. When you get it, there is a 180 day limit, but very badly worded, so I'm not sure exactly what it means. My best guess is that you have to register the voucher within 180 days, but it could be credit expires after 180 days or 180 days after last use.

The modem I got on this package was the K3565 and it seems to be compatible with the Betavine package on Linux (see the other thread for a link).

Mumof will check a few sites tomorrow - there might be some 'netbook' deal but where Linux normally scores is not having to pay Microsoft a fee of 50 quid or more for the Windows OS.

Yes, if you check CPW or similar, you'll see the various "pay monthly" and "PAYG/ top up" deals. Many have 30 day limits, one showed 90 days, one Vodafone deal had no apparent time limit, and there's a 70 quid package at Dixons giving 12 GB with a 12 MONTH limit (on Three).

oooh do they!!
That's what we were looking for - after I tried O2 and orange I assumed it was standard.
We could really do with one (assuming reception is good) but would use it sporadically so that would be perfect. Thanks.

Vodaphone do one where the credit doesn't run out after a month or whatever if you haven't used it - think mine was about £35 with £30 worth of credit.