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Comment on Easter Around Eskdale – Part 1 by BG!

BG! — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:16:52 +0000

Originally Posted By Mark
The painting looks like it's by one of the Heaton Coopers?

That's what I thought when I first saw it, but it's not so... The brass plate says "Presented by Delmer Banner 1946 "Scawfell from Kirkfell'", I think it's a regional variant or a misspelling, Google for "Delmar Harmood Banner" (1896-1983) and there are lots of similar works to be found. The GAC has a couple > http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/artist.aspx?id=107317 and there are four in the NT Collection > http://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/search/maker/Delmar-Harmood-Banner-%28Freiburg_im_Breisgau,-Baden_W%C3%BCrttemberg,-Germany-1896-_Ulverston,-Cumbria-1983%29/1 His works seem to command values similar to or higher than similar Heaton Cooper works of the same period. He did some quite pleasing works, IMO.

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Comment on Easter Around Eskdale – Part 3 by Mark

Mark — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:02:05 +0000

Great images. Eskdale is a firm favourite with me too. Glad you had a good trip.

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Comment on Easter Around Eskdale – Part 2 by Mark

Mark — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:49:29 +0000

Good weather is only topped by good weather which wasn't forecast and which nobody else is getting. The west coast of Cumbria gets that more often than you might think, I suspect. Not too long ago I climbed Red Pike, Scoat Fell, Steeple and Haycock in glorious weather whilst the central area of the Lakes was getting flooded. The Llyn Peninsula is particularly blesed with better weather than further inland. (Of course, now that I've said that it will chuck it down all week when we visit this year.)

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Comment on Easter Around Eskdale – Part 1 by Mark

Mark — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:39:55 +0000

I too was lucky with Green Crag - on the same day as Andy, funnily enough. The beer that they brew at the Woolpacks is pretty good. The painting looks like it's by one of the Heaton Coopers?

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Comment on Profiteering Freeloaders – a reader poll by Geoff

Geoff — Mon, 14 May 2012 08:54:12 +0000

I hadn’t thought too much about this before your poll.

I find adverts on blogs as irritating as adverts on television, and I’m not sure I approve of money making from blogging.

Knowing that each time I log onto someone’s blog there is a cash register ringing in the background doesn’t add to the experience, but maybe I’m just envious I don’t have their commercial appeal!

If bloggers receive free gear then good for them, but I would hope they mention this in their write up.

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Comment on 7 UP by BG!

BG! — Fri, 11 May 2012 12:08:12 +0000

Tell me about it... £250 Vehicle Excise Duty due at month-end and >£400 insurance due two weeks later. :-(

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Comment on Too much baggage? by Geoff

Geoff — Thu, 10 May 2012 19:34:30 +0000

There is no such thing as bad taste, if it increases sales!

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Comment on 7 UP by Geoff

Geoff — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:48:04 +0000

The joys of motoring don't come cheap these days mate!

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Comment on Final answer? by BG!

BG! — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:53:24 +0000

Well, it took very nearly two years but eventually Nikon Europe Support have published a revised compatibility table - go see it at https://nikoneurope-en.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/52002

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Comment on Domain Name Renewal scam (?) by BG!

BG! — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:26:41 +0000

Oooh! Somebody's spat their dummy out - all of today's spam so far seems to be from a domain renewal company. Speaks volumes, that does.

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Comment on Domain Name Renewal scam (?) by BG!

BG! — Tue, 08 May 2012 21:16:45 +0000

FWIW, I've just been digging through some old spam emails and I'm now of the opinion that DRG's prices may in fact be a bit low... last year an unnamed company emailing me from lunadeweyATsellstonesDOTcom wanted $75 for one year's registration! Oh, and they got the expiry date wrong... by a loooong way. For the record, my current host charges me $10 a year for registration but they offset that by giving me a $10 coupon every year so I get an invoice for $0.

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Comment on Domain Name Renewal scam (?) by BG!

BG! — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:49:45 +0000

Well, my 1 penn'orth (the Govt. took my other penny) is that they may well be legit but I still think it's a scam - there are plenty of tales of folk who took up the offer but whose domain registrations weren't transferred so they did get second bills. Let's face it... it may well be worded to say that it's not a bill but it is set up to look like one to the inexperienced eye - there's even a tear-off payment strip where they provide a row of boxes for a credit/debit card number and a blank line for a signature. More like a bill than like an ad, I'd say. The small-print (and there is a hell of a lot of it, it's an incredibly small font) on the reverse of the main letter starts with the statement "Domain Renewal Group IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH OR ENDORSED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES". That doesn't fill me with confidence. Mind you, I'm a Brit who still doesn't understand who put Uncle Sam in charge of the Internet. The cracker is a bit further down the page... "LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: YOU AGREE THAT WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY (1) SUSPENSION OR LOSS OF THE SERVICE(S), INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION SERVICES, (2) USE OF THE SERVICE(S), INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION SERVICES... (7) THE PROCESSING OF AN APPLICATION FOR A DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION..." and so on. So, we're to pay for them to perform a service that they're not liable to perform? In fact, if you read all the small-print, they don't seem to want to be liable for anything except taking the money. I'll give it a miss. The compost-heap needs more shredded paper.

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Comment on Domain Name Renewal scam (?) by Andy Dawkins

Andy Dawkins — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:12:37 +0000

As others have said, not a scam and entirely legit, they are just getting the renewal in first. Once renewed, your usual registrar shouldn't bill you as the domain will be marked as renewed. Just my 2 penn'orth! Andy

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Comment on Profiteering Freeloaders – a reader poll by Walks And Walking

Walks And Walking — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:03:57 +0000

@BG! - It does get indexed by the search engines but I have hidden it from the navigation as most of the links aren't relevant to the readers and doesn't fit in with the general aesthetic of the site ;-)

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Comment on Easter Around Eskdale – Part 3 by Geoff

Geoff — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:50:29 +0000

I love this part of the Lakes, great pics and the family look to be enjoying themselves.

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Comment on Domain Name Renewal scam (?) by BG!

BG! — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:14:53 +0000

Yes, the prices are high and there are plenty of warnings on the web. There are also plenty of instances of folk being taken in by this - it's not always the "webmaster" that pays the bills so these things often get processed in good faith by non-IT personnel, and some people who should know better make a habit of just clearing their "bills" without checking to see if they're legit. Unethical companies like DRG don't need to catch out many unwary punters to turn a profit and if they take the dosh and don't actually transfer the registration then the unwary punter will still get a kosher bill from his/her true Registrar a few months later. Looking on the bright side, this is the first ever time I've received a letter addressed to "BG!". It made the postman chuckle :lol:

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Comment on Domain Name Renewal scam (?) by GeoffC

GeoffC — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:42:27 +0000

I haven't received one yet but they seem to be well known, a search turns up plenty of warnings about them. At least it's not an outright scam (well I believe it isn't), it seems to be a legitimate business but they are using unethical means to get you to switch your custom to them for much higher prices.

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Comment on Domain Name Renewal scam (?) by Fred Thrung

Fred Thrung — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:09:17 +0000

As you say - very slick. But not illegal, just an expensive rip-off. I get several of these for various .com and .co.uk domains. I currently pay under £10 for .com so the charges are way too high.

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Comment on Profiteering Freeloaders – a reader poll by BG!

BG! — Tue, 08 May 2012 07:58:38 +0000

Originally Posted By Walks And Walking
@BG! - I put them here walksandwalking.com/walking-routes/walking-links/

Cheers. I've had a look, I can see it but I can't see how it fits into your site navigation. Is the internal link for your eyes only?

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Comment on Profiteering Freeloaders – a reader poll by Walks And Walking

Walks And Walking — Tue, 08 May 2012 07:40:29 +0000

@BG! - I put them here walksandwalking.com/walking-routes/walking-links/ It's not a very attractive page and I also use it to test out my very limited HTML skills...

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