Recent content by DuncanF

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    Gordon Ramsay

    He can certainly cook. I've eaten in his London restuarants going back many years when he actually was in the kitchen. I've also met him a few times and he's a nice guy off camera. Having said that I think he has now become a parody of himself. He had a few years of shows on TV in the UK but...
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    A Request for anyone in England

    I've not heard or seen any discussion about it. There possibly may be some reluctance from the older generation, but my sense is that it is generally perceived as "the way things will go". I imagine the uptake is skewed towards the younger/mobile-phone-does-it-all generation. From my own POV I...
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    A Request for anyone in England

    I'm sure if you buy 10000 of them they will have to upgrade your basket to a cart! :) Slightly off topic, but 14% of UK peeps do not carry cash. And rather more than 50% of transactions are now cashless. They estimate we will be a cashless society by 2030 ....
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    A Request for anyone in England

    If you are looking for uncirculated coins, then the Link Removed for £12.50. Link Removed, same price, but a limited edition which includes the commemorative postage stamps also issued. If you are looking for circulated coins, then I've not seen any of these yet. I don't know how many went...
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    Amp Gone Bad...

    Similar uncontrollable volume experience on my old Hartke 140 amp in a 1415 combo. I found the main reservoir caps were shot (bulging). A couple of quid to buy new ones of same capacity/voltage rating and 10 minutes to replace. If you know your way round a soldering iron it's definitely...