His Royal Dryness, The Duke of Cork

Red Kite at  Otley Chevin - 27/11/2020  

List of EE Voicemail Shortcuts While Listening to a Message on my Mobile I was trying to find what shortcuts are available whilst listening to a voicemail.  My phone is on EE, so I don't know if these things differ for Vodafone, GiffGaff, Virgin, O2, etc.  There didn't seem to be a quick reference guide to what numbers do what, so I hope this helps someone.  If not, it will help me next time I'm trying to find them.  In particular, I was trying to find the pause and rewind options. 1 = Listen to the message again 2 = Save the message 3 = Delete the message 4 = Receive a free text with the number which called 5 = Forward the voicemail to another person (on EE) 6 = Pause/Continue 7 = Rewind message 10 seconds 8 = Skip to next message 9 = Fast forward message 10 seconds # = Return the call Hope that helps.  You may need to check for other providers, as you may end up deleting a message you don't want!

  Interesting image appearing when I searched for Virgin Media in Bing.... Didn't seem to happen on another PC.  Doesn't happen in Google.  Curious.

Getting a NEST Thermostat Replaced I've had a NEST thermostat for a little while now.  About 4 months ago, we added a third central heating zone to our house, and got a third NEST thermostat. All was well, until one day, I noticed the third zone wasn't appearing on the app.  A bit of resetting, fiddling and following of the trouble-shooting on the NEST website came to nothing, and so I thought I'd try the live chat.  I wasn't hopeful. But, do you know what?  They were ace.  They didn't make me re-do all the troubleshooting again, they asked me to try something else which wasn't on their website and they concluded that the WiFi chip was fried.  They said they would ship a new, replacement NEST thermostat and then I could return the old one. And two days later it arrived.  I was amazed. But, the reason for my post, which may help you, is that I struggled to setup the new one.  I plugged it in, assumed it would see the heatlink and just carry on.

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TLDR =  I'd buy it from Wickes instead. This is quite a saga, but details the issues, complications and frustrations I had when I bought two radiators from ScrewFix.  One was 1.6m x 60cm and was pretty heavy.  I would struggle to get that into my car, so wanted it delivered. Monday 2nd Dec 2019 - Ordered 2 radiators and a roll of reflective foam from the Screwfix website.  These were to be delivered the next day before 6:30pm.  Delivery is free over a certain amount.  They also threw in two free TRVs.  There was a note that the driver would need a hand with the radiators off the van. Tuesday 3rd Dec 2019 - Reflective foam and TRVs turned up with a courier.  Despite being in all day, a "sorry we missed you" note was pushed through the letter box at 9:01pm.  Nobody knocked or rang the doorbell.  Frustrating, as I'd hoped to install the radiator that night. Wednesday 4th Dec 2019 - nobody was at home all day, so got a "sorry we missed you" card. Thurs

I struggled to get rid of an account which was on my Windows 10 machine.  No matter where I looked, nothing seemed to give me an option to remove it.  It was an account which was no longer needed.  I had the password, so tried logging into it and seeing if that was an issue, but, as I expected, it was not an issue. A lot of sites suggested go into (Windows Settings --> Accounts) Email & Accounts, then click the Workplace or School Account and choose remove/delete.  This option didn't appear for me, and lots of others out there too.  Many people suggested the issue was that the account was no longer logged-in.  Again, this wasn't part of my issue, but wondered if it might be relevant. A lot of sites suggested using a "Disconnect" button, but that wasn't there either. So in the end, I realised I needed to go into "Access Work or School".  Then you see the email and accounts stuff, just like above, but here the Disconnect button appears