MrBump

Brother-in-law left ignition on whilst working in his Fabia, which resulted in a flat battery. After taking battery out and recharging it the car still won't start. Any ideas what might be wrong with it??? It's a 2000 X plate.

Aha, i know it's a phoenix. Will try that...

Looking for a bit of help here folks... I'm working on my sisters 3 year old laptop and need to change the boot sequence to make it read from CD first but the BIOS/CMOS is password protected. We reckon it's been set by the vendor, a small local outfit who have since gone to the wall, and so have no idea what it is. I know on a dekstop you'd take the battery off the motherboard and leave it for a while to reset it but I don't know where to start looking for that on the laptop. It's a Clevo D41ES. Any thoughts??

Hey, I really like the desktop format so put me down for 2 of those, please :-)

I got a replacement thru direct line a couple of years back, only cost something like 50 quid (sorry, can't find pund sign since re-installing windows) and no adverse effect on NCD.

Why didn't i see that??? Nailed it, thanks!!!!!!

Brilliant, thanks!! I've got the rate for a cubic metre of concrete using a 1:3:6 mix laid to a thickness of between 150 - 450mm. The variation is to change the mix to a 1:2:4 mix with a thickness of <= 150mm. Amending for the mix isn't an issue, i've done that plenty of times - but how do i take into account the decrease in labour output due to the reduced slab thickness?? The data sheet i've got states that placing a cubic metre of concrete 150 - 450mm thick takes hours 4 hours, but the same voume laid at 150mm takes 6 hours. Any help would be great!!

I'm currently doing an HNC in Quantity Surveying and have a question in an estimating tutorial that's really got me stumped as it really differs from the stuff we've covered to date. :confused: Can anyone help me out calculating a pro rata rate for concrete??

These are brilliant...

Similar thing happened to me last year, was looking at suits in Next in Glasgow during my lunch break when a woman came up and asked if the had this shirt in size blah. Could have understood the mistake if I'd looked smart but was wearing a scruffy blue network rail fleece at the time...

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I'll never again be able to say to someone "that jumpers a bit :gay: "! Not with a straight face anyway (nae pun intended)

Burmah Thames

Same here - mine sounded awful when above 35mph. Dealer suggested using super unleaded. I thought she was a cheap tart but she had expensive taste! Would have her back in a minute. Fabia was nice but not the same as the favorit and felicia

Do you mean on all cars or just skodas? Hyundai do a 5 years unlimited mileage warranty IIRC