Recent content by merlin3001

Just for anyone experiencing constant skipping forward with the Disney+ app on Samsung TVs. Both my TVs started doing this after the update about a week ago. Looks like it's related to 4k content - set your content to Full HD and it streams correctly. Very annoying. Apparently they are...

Anything after 6 months and the CPA repair/replace or refund doesn't apply.  You are at the mercy of Samsung warranty terms and they will no doubt have a sneaky term in there that gives them the right to change policy at their discretion. 

I think the point is that Renault make both good and bad cars.  The Renault Sport offerings are good.  Their mid-market range is mostly okay (a lot of parts/platform share with Nissan) but there is definitely more risk of a bad car/dud than you would get with the German, Japanese or SK badges. ...

Renault M?gane RS owner for 10 years.  Its had one or two issues but overall has been very solid.  But it's really worth understanding that there is a world of difference between the 'cheap and nasty' ranges that are Renault badged in SA and their more premium offerings.  Would I buy another...

Throwing my 2c in here with three houses under my belt.  Matt or Mid-sheen.  Decision depends on if you have textured walls and light in the room.  Matt is better at hiding textures, while a sheen will add light into the space.  So it depends on what you want to achieve.  Dark house with...

My starting point on all this is this is essentially an unpaid forum with unpaid mods and zero ads (happy to be corrected if I am wrong on that).  But assuming that's correct, then my hats off the mods for their efforts and to those paying for the hosting.  My current and previous experiences...

I was on the board of a body corporate for a small (12) unit sectional title scheme when we lived in Joburg.  This was between 2012 and 2018.  We used Whitfield and definitely didn't have any of the issues you describe. My wife owned a small unit in another Whitfield's managed complex and it was...

Thank-you. I will send him a PM.

Thanks Wimpie.  Your darker one could be the twin of our Maggie.  We are very thankful to have these wonderful doggies be part of our lives. Hopefully I have posted the images correctly below :)

Would definitely consider a rescue if it was a young dog - our thinking is to try have the ages of the dogs spread out a bit.  Unfortunately, rescue pure breeds are not very common in my experience and with my wifes allergy issues, it has to be a schnazuer.  My focus on the minis is that I...

From one or two comments and icons, I suspect this forum has a few fellow Mini Schnauzer lovers on here.  The breed first came to my attention from the TV program Spaced and I have been a fan and promoter of these bearded beauties ever since.  It also helps that my wife is extremely allergic to...

Prefacing this was admission I am not a HVAC expert.  But I have a similar problem that just started to occur so sharing answer I got from HVAC engineer that helped me. My unit is LG Cassette unit.  Hum starts when you switch on the unit.  Runs for about 2 minutes after switching off.  Not...

Two more suggestions. 1) double-check you are working on a 64-bit version of Excel.  Older excel versions were split between 32 bit and 64 bit versions.  The 32 bit versions had/have a limit to the amount of memory they could address. So it doesn't matter how much memory your pc has if the...

Just an update on this thread for anyone that might be in similar situation in the future.  Took the AVR to Arthur at Sat Services.  He was able to identify and come up with a good solution to fix it - all at a very very reasonable price. My Yamaha top cover also had a nasty scratch on it...

Another common line of attack is just to remove the seal around the window and take out the entire glass panel.  As I understand it, wood, steel and aluminium all suffer from this to varying degrees.  From my experience, the bars you usually add to aluminium windows are weak / easy to remove...