Random Stuff!

[Brum X]

And if you want to treat yourself and stay in a lovely hotel, i recommend the Hotel Du Vin right in the heart of the city centre close to Birmingham Cathedral and the CBD.

 

[Ray Finkle]

I stayed in the Hotel Du Vin a few years ago, it's a fabulous place.

We had a room that stepped down to a huge roll top bath and a walk in shower that was as big as my bathroom at home.

The breakfast was also amazing, although the portion size was huge.

 

[Brum X]

I stayed in the Hotel Du Vin a few years ago, it's a fabulous place.

We had a room that stepped down to a huge roll top bath and a walk in shower that was as big as my bathroom at home.

The breakfast was also amazing, although the portion size was huge.

And they do fantastic cocktails Ray

 

[Brum X]

Another development is U/C in Booming Birmingham, this time a 22 storey residential tower on Broad Street.

 

[Ray Finkle]

The amount of construction happening in Central Birmingham is quite astonishing. I was in town last weekend for the Caribbean Festival, amongst other things, it was great seeing work progressing on the HSBC HQ and the new hotel behind it.

What a difference the demolition of the old library has made. The whole area has been opened up and it's great to finally see BMAG in all it's glory.

I had a wander down to The Woodman on Saturday afternoon and sat outside with a drink. Beyond the new park there is currently just a swathe of wasteland but I imagined what it will be like in the future, with trams running along the street to a huge new railway station for the high speed line. It's going to be spectacular

 

[Ray Finkle]

I wonder if there are any technical minded folk on here that may be able to offer some advice?

Every so often I get a spontaneous download that starts without any prompting whatsoever, that I know of anyway. It seems to happen when I go to a website, including this one, then when I delete the download the same happens again from a different website. The download is 'Your_mortgage_payments.rar.archive' or some such, there is nothing in the file once it's there. I've done spyware scans, malware scans, anti virus scans and used the Microsoft malicious software removal tool, it stopped for a while but has now restarted.

Any ideas?

 

[Jon Dempsey]

Try running Malwarebytes, Ray.

Best anti-scumware I have used to date.

 

[Jon Dempsey]

http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=192651&mode=linear

It's all over the net Ray. A riddled advert has got past the Google Police.

Try this.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Many thanks for that.

I'm also a long term Malwarebytes user but despite having run the scans several times everything comes back clear.

Funnily enough everything seems fine today so finger crossed Google are on top of it.

Thanks again

 

[Aviador]

Yes I got that too using Chrome. I don't know if it's left anything behind.

 

[Aviador]

Interesting stuff. The point about ad blocker... so far as F4A is concerned ads pay for this site with a little extra help from participating members and from my own pocket. If everyone here started using an add blocking tool F4A would be gone by Christmas! If anybody ever gets any ads they think are unacceptable you can report them to me and I'll try and block them. Well, apart from the Russian girls.

 

[Kevin Farnell]

For anyone with an interest in objects in the sky that goes beyond aircraft, then tonight might well be worth looking upwards.
The Perseid meteor shower is due and predicted to be particularly active with up to 200 meteors per hour.
Best views are likely after midnight and into the early hours, but should be visible any time after dark (assuming clear skies).

 

[Brum X]

Dunno if anybody knows this but budget hotel chain Easyhotel is to open a new hotel in Birmingham City Centre. It will be located on John Bright street.

Ru ready to be tango'd

 

[Ray Finkle]

Wow, sunglasses optional?

Whilst on the subject of hotels has anybody been to the new Park Regis Hotel at Five Ways? I've just been reading an article on it and I must say that it looks rather nice. The rooftop restaurant on the 16th floor is definitely on my to do list.

 

[jfy1999]

At the moment I'm on the Gower Peninsula in Wales and there's no shortage of aircraft out here. Most come from Swansea Airport which is right next to the Swansea road in the middle of a moor but is so small that you can miss it if you're looking the wrong way.

The RAF are out training in Hawks and occasionally Tornadoes on most fine mornings. There are plenty of low-flying coastguard choppers around, and an autogyro flew over once.

Near Monmouth I saw a plane towing a glider into the air—something I've only seen once before.

At Port Eynon bay someone was flying a quadcopter drone in the sand dunes. When it was flying with the wind behind it it reached some incredible speeds. Perhaps the most fascinating to watch, though, are the hang-gliders and paragliders who take off from the Rhossili Downs.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

You must be having a great time jfy. Wales has some wonderful beaches, especially in the west of the country.

Some years ago our daughter got me up in a glider. It was at the Bristol & Gloucestershire Gliding Club at Nympsfield on the edge of the Cotswolds overlooking the Severn Vale. I remember the glider was a Schleicher and we were towed into the air by a powered aircraft.

We must have been up for 45 minutes riding the thermals with several other gliders. The pilot was sitting in the seat behind me and his most pressing instruction was to keep a constant lookout for other gliders. He did let me have a go for a few minutes but I suspect he was watching intently ready to take control in an instant. The landing was interesting because a glider comes in at quite a steep angle to maintain airspeed. Sitting right in the front made me think what it must have been like for a Stuka pilot.

A few years later our daughter got me up in a Tiger Moth in Australia. I felt like Biggles.

Enjoy the rest of your visit.

 

[wolfheze]

Another trip down to Kemble today on the Honda. Nothing new in the boneyard but a nice split screen camper parked by the tower View attachment 3661 View attachment 3662

 

[Barry Beeth]

Nice splitty! Plenty where I am too (Newquay)!
Shame I'll never be able to afford one :-(

 

[Jon Dempsey]

IMO, the occupant of seat A0 deserves a round of applause.

 

[Ray Finkle]

This is now on my 'to do' list

Tree camping in California