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Dave Budd

Dave Budd

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We recently thought that we would give a digibox a go, despite not having very good signal up here on the moors. I'm pleasently suprised that we can get some decent chanels (and a lot of tv shopping crap), but most pleased that we get Dave TV! :D

So now I can watch delights such as Red Dwarf and Ray Mears! :) So when I tuned into Mr Mears yesterday evening I was even more suprised to see my basketmaker freind Linda Lemieux cooking with Ray :cool: She actually made some fish traps for teh show too but they never got used by all accounts :rolleyes:

It's amazing the things that you see when the modern wold finally makes it out to the sticks :)


Oh, btw, Linda is coming to do a course for me soon too ;) :cool:
 
Sounds good Dave,
I've been missing out on "Dave" for years, perhaps its time to take a leap into the 20th century - not sure that the hills around here would like it but there you go!

ATB

Ogri the trog
 
it odd, on one side of the village people can't get any digital signal and 80yds away they get perfect full signal. We get pretty good, but when the signal goes iffy and we lose channels it is always Dave and UKTV History :rolleyes:
 
Ogri the trog said:
Sounds good Dave,
I've been missing out on "Dave" for years, perhaps its time to take a leap into the 20th century - not sure that the hills around here would like it but there you go!

ATB

Ogri the trog
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Don't do it! It's a slippery slope ... you'll spend more time watching other people doing it and less time doing it yourself...

no telly at all = wood shavings all over the carpet = :D
 
DoctorSpoon said:
no telly at all = wood shavings all over the carpet = :D
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It can't get much worse, there's bow/hand drill spindles drying on the Rayburn next to the fungi, ropes and cords hanging in doorways, sharps in every room etc etc. I think if SWMBO could swap it all for wood shavings in the living room, she'd be on to a good deal!

ATB

Ogri the trog
 
Ogri the trog said:
It can't get much worse, there's bow/hand drill spindles drying on the Rayburn next to the fungi, ropes and cords hanging in doorways, sharps in every room etc etc. I think if SWMBO could swap it all for wood shavings in the living room, she'd be on to a good deal!

ATB

Ogri the trog
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:D sounds great! Mind you, it's a nightmare when folk come around with little kids. We had friends with a 3 year old staying at New Year. I'd tried to make the place safe, but she still found a mora knife (without a sheath :eek: ) in a bowl in the sitting room and an axe under the sofa :rolleyes:
 
DoctorSpoon said:
:D sounds great! ....
.... but she still found a mora knife (without a sheath :eek: ) in a bowl in the sitting room and an axe under the sofa :rolleyes:
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Is that all?
No sharps down the sides of chairs or sofa's? Flint pieces in a pile in the corner? Dad's kit being prepared at the foot of the stairs? I could go on but I can feel the wrath of the forum for keeping such an untidy house:o
On a 'not-so-long-ago' visit from a health visitor, there were axes and a rifle on our kitchen table. Our little one has learnt that the Rayburn is hot and not to be touched but its supprising how old other children have to be before they actually believe you without wanting to feel it to make sure!
One mora and an axe is easily forgiveable.

ATB

Ogri the trog
 
Ogri the trog said:
...I could go on but I can feel the wrath of the forum for keeping such an untidy house:o...
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Yes, shame on you - whistles and looks around furtively - :lmao:

I actually whittled my first spoon today in the living room (a 'my first spoon' thread to follow soon ;)) and you know bushcraft is the norm when the wife gets in from work and walks in to you with a knife and bit of wood in hand surrounded by shavings all over the floor and greets you with, "so you've been busy then - ooh, a spoon!" :lmao:

Oh and Dave - UKTV has some cracking stuff on ;)
 
Matt Weir said:
I actually whittled my first spoon today in the living room (a 'my first spoon' thread to follow soon ;)) and you know bushcraft is the norm when the wife gets in from work and walks in to you with a knife and bit of wood in hand surrounded by shavings all over the floor and greets you with, "so you've been busy then - ooh, a spoon!"
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:approve: :35: let's see the pictures then! :D
 
Dave Budd said:
(and a lot of tv shopping crap)
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Dunno about your set top box but on ours (cheapo one) we can delete channels, that gets rid of the Bid up, bid down, QVC, all of the radio channels cos I am not using the energy needed for a cathode ray tube for a radio channel when I have a perfectly good radio in the house.

I am fairly ruthless with it and cull the crap chanels off:D
 
Dave Budd said:
it odd, on one side of the village people can't get any digital signal and 80yds away they get perfect full signal. We get pretty good, but when the signal goes iffy and we lose channels it is always Dave and UKTV History :rolleyes:
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I live the first digital only town in the UK:rolleyes: .

Except that the main part of the town only got it last year (expirement) and the analoge signal was switched off at the same time. We have had digital for years (original On Digital) and still have analogue as well.
We have the same problem UKTV history since we got Dave but Dave is Ok.:confused:

Be wary of being told by TV companies your Analogue signal is being switched off as we got a lot of misinformation.:(

Alf
 
My house is below road level and for years we were stuck with BBC1, BBC2, ITV and S4C, usualy only two from the four worked. A couple of years ago my daughter bought a digi box as a birthday present for a friend and I asked her to plug it in our TV "just for mad", bingo, we got the lot. We now have a box on all five TV's in our house :o
 
My girlfriends parents live in Seaham (not far out of Sunderland) and they can't get a single freeview channel. Pretty mad considering the analogue switch off is just around the corner and already happening in some areas.
 
As you may have guessed, I'm a bit of a fan of television and have spent some time
browsing TV relevant sites and I've picked up some info. As with all internet sites
there's the possibility that it might be wildly wrong, but it seemed plausible. I think
there might be some technical people here too, so they can correct and supplement
this info (please :))

I understand that the current analogue signal can interfere with the regular terrestrial
one and is not yet being broadcast at full power. Once the switchoff happens it will
be, and presumably the stronger signal will be picked up by everyone who has the
necessary equipment and who is in the line of sight of a transmitter (I think there's
some technical geewhizzery that can help with this too).

Certainly can't pretend to understand it - I live in South London and my parents in North
and yet according to the coverage reports we're both receiving our signal from the same
transmitter... (Crystal palace).

Each of the digital channels is broadcast within a multiplex and so if you are having
trouble with several channels it is worth noting this as that might give you a clue as to
which multiplex you're having problems with. This might be fixable by adjusting your
aerial or you may have to buy a new one. Wikipedia has updated info on all the
multiplexes (it will also explain why UKTV History is switched off Freeview at 6pm).

Apart from Wikipedia I recommend these websites for information specifically about
Freeview and connection troubleshooting:

Freeview - http://www.freeview.co.uk/home
(the postcode checker can tell you if you should be able to receive Freeview)
Radio and Telly - http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/
UKTV History - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UKTV_History
What a multiplex is - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplex_(TV)
List of multiplexes - http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/terrestrial/mux/

Anyway, since this is the bushcraft subforum I thought I'd try and put a bushcraft slant
on things by searching for 'bushcraft digital' and I found this, which certainly puts a fresh
perspective on not being able to see things :D
Mum's bushcraft survival course - http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpoolnews/Mum39s-bushcraft-survival-course.1834532.jp
(about Stephanie Syson who went on the Guide Dog's bushcraft weekend, and is visually
impaired).

Jo
 
Recently bought a little freeview usb tuner for a PC, as seemed my analogue tuner was on its way out, most impressed gets all the channels even with the poxy 5" aerials it comes with.

Really nuts that can watch like half a dozen channels at the same time.
 
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