Cooldad

May come in to a few quid at the end of the year and could be looking at either upgrading my present Classic or buying new. Buying new will give me a 6 speed gearbox and a few other bells and whistles, but I could probably get my engine / gearbox refurbished and add upgraded brakes, suspension and a few exterior "cosmetics". Could have about £5,000 to spend. Trouble is, in nearly every aspect, I quite like my Classic. Any thoughts? Cheers, Graham

Unfortunately, I missed a broadcast on LBC radio yesterday where some sort of discussion singled out the Scooby as being the "ultimate mid-life crisis" purchase for men. Oh, well, I'm 57 and beyond "mid-life", so that lets me off then. Graham

Thanks, mate! << I missed you ..... everytime I wanted to take the piss out of Arsenal. >> There was me thinking it was good to be back..............

Cheers!

Realising there used to be some major IT boffins posting on here, has anyone heard of "Trojan Agent EK"? Despite having kept Norton 2003 fully up to date, etc, and having all the latest Windows updates and having Zone Alarm, I still got this virus, which then promptly shut down the firewall, my AV software and all my spyware detectors. What's more, it prevented me from going on to most AV websites for help. It did allow me to go to Avast, however, but that failed to detect it. I managed to install AVG 7.0 (free version) from a friend's CD, this both found and got rid of the virus (and identified it, as above). I went in to the host files and re-enabled access to all the previously blocked websites and started again. However, Norton remains disabled (despite AVG deleting all the known Trojan processes, as confirmed by "HiJack This"). Anyway, good riddance to Norton and welcome back AVG. If I now try to uninstall Norton, Windows won't fully start and so I have to find a "system restore point" in safe mode and begin all over again. Unlike some of these Trojans, it, at least, didn't disable 'configsys' or 'regedit' and I don't believe it infected my systemviaE-mail. Sorry to get long and technical, but this thing's really p*ssing me off! Help!

Whoops! What a t*sser! Just seen Caz's post, I'll look at that and then scream for help if it doesn't work

<< good thanks cant say the same with the scooby tonight >> Oh?

Could someone give me a gentle reminder on how to re-jig my avatar / icon? It's been a long time and I am getting ona bit, so make allowances

<< Hi Graham, its been a long time since we've seen cooldad on these forums welcome back, oh how is coolson doing has he got a scoob yet?? dont forget us at k/scoobies Mark >> Cheers. Mark! CoolSon has NOT got a Scoob (small matter of finance and insurance, he's still only 23!!). He should fully qualify as a lift / escalator engineer with Schindler sometime later this year. I shan't forget Kent Scoobies either!!

<< hi graham glad to see you are well >> Well, how the devil are you, mate?

<< Hello mate, welcome back >> Cheers!

<< Hi Graham, Hope you're well. >> Certainly am, Steve! << I was doing a search the other day and saw a few of your posts from several years back!! >> Oh dear, how embarrassing, I did used to go on a bit! << There are a few more 'pretenders to the Oil throne' these days, so beware >> Well, I can't exactly practise what I preach these days, after all, I now put in Carrefour's own brand fully synth 5W/50! Steve >>

<< Hi bud long time no hear no MSN box has been very quiet recently >> Hello, mate! It seems a long time ago since Southend!!

<< evening and welcome back . >> Good evening to you!

<< one of the originals is back >> Blimey, I suppose I am!