http://cam.misc.org.uk/ 2009-01-06T11:20:44+00:00 http://cam.misc.org.uk/ http://cam.misc.org.uk/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2009-01-05T10:25:26+00:00 tallpaul http://cam.misc.org.uk/netiquette?rev=1231151126&do=diff Not really, just the usual: never admit you're wrong, and long sigs and excessive quoting will get you flamed. If you're in any doubt look at a standard netiquette guide (remembering while reading it that “irony” doesn't mean “as if made of metal”) or subscribe to the group news.announce.newusers. text/html 2009-01-02T16:06:18+00:00 tallpaul http://cam.misc.org.uk/firewood?rev=1230912378&do=diff Madingly Mulch (but not seasoned) + Logs Krazy, Thurning, Northants + Cottenham Sawmills + - Ben Hudson Treeworks, Burwell, 01638 743022 or 07802 885715 +   (quoted 3 x cubic metres £150 or per cubic metre £80 in Dec 2008 Place on the left just over the level crossing going out of Shepreth + text/html 2009-01-02T15:40:13+00:00 tallpaul http://cam.misc.org.uk/home?rev=1230910813&do=diff This Wiki is devoted to the cam.* hierarchy of news groups and replaces the old FAQ for those groups. The cam.* newsgroups are for people living in or interested in the city of Cambridge, England (the one in Cambridgeshire, not Gloucestershire). They are not the universities' groups nor are they anything to with Cambridge, Mass or cameras; web, digital or otherwise (despite what the odd spammer would like to think). text/html 2009-01-01T14:19:20+00:00 bena http://cam.misc.org.uk/roofing?rev=1230819560&do=diff Abba Roofing --- Alpha Roofing -- Apex + C. Dunn (minor fix) + C & O Roofing + Coulson (01223 423800) (minor fix) + Impington Roofing +- Paul Dean (minor fix) + Regale Roofing - Tanner & Hall, 873636 ++ Top Deck Roofing, 576463 ++ Note: we should have split this into tiling roofers and flat roofers, as the two are very different skills. Please sort the above into the following categories if you have the knowledge to do so. text/html 2008-12-22T08:29:18+00:00 tallpaul http://cam.misc.org.uk/piano_tuner?rev=1229934558&do=diff Cambridge Pianoforte & Music Gallery, Kings Hedges Road (01223 424007) ++ Stephen Greenwood (01223 242243) + text/html 2008-12-19T21:40:03+00:00 theomarkettos http://cam.misc.org.uk/tyres?rev=1229722803&do=diff Abbey Tyres, Cowley Road + + Cambridge Tyre Service, Histon Road + ATS, Histon Road ---++ + + ATS, Newmarket + ATS, St Ives + ATS, Ely + Arbury Fast Fit +++-++ + - + + Cambridge Performance Tyres ++++ (via blackcircles.com) + B&C Motors, Cottenham ++ text/html 2008-12-11T15:37:41+00:00 tallpaul http://cam.misc.org.uk/recycling_cars?rev=1229009861&do=diff With the high price of steel you should currently be able to get someone to take you car away for free. A good place to start is Cartakeback.com which is a network of scrapyards who will collect your car from you - for free so long as you're not a ludicrous distance away. text/html 2008-12-04T21:36:33+00:00 tallpaul http://cam.misc.org.uk/sweep?rev=1228426593&do=diff Ablewright 01223 835886 + + + + JL Wight (Longstanton) 01954 782284 + Dave Goddard (Melbourne) 01763 268312 + M Rawlinson, Hardwick, 01954 210387 + text/html 2008-12-04T16:39:54+00:00 anthonydeane http://cam.misc.org.uk/pub_quiz?rev=1228408794&do=diff Mon: The Maypole, Portugal Place 6 Bells, Covent Garden, 9pm The Alma The Haymakers, Chesterton, 8:30pm The Hopbine, Fair Street Tue: The County Arms, Castle Street The Old Spring, Ferry Path The Bath, Benet Street The Green Dragon, Water Street The Regal, St Andrews St, 8:00pm The Dobblers Inn, Sturton Street The Cricketers, 9pm (during term) Fort St. George, Midsummer Common, 8.30pm Wed: The Carlton Arms, Carlton Way Fleur De Lys Thu: The Clarendon Arms, Clarendon Street … text/html 2008-11-28T10:57:02+00:00 jon_fairbairn http://cam.misc.org.uk/central_heating?rev=1227869822&do=diff Installation Cambridge Discount Installations + + - + WPR Plumbing & Heating + Steve Johnson + + Eddie Kikas, Milton Gas Services + Kelvin J Webb + Gasco + MJ Potts Heating and Plumbing Services - Kershaw, Cottenham - Servicing only David Hatter, Lt. Shelford, 844866 + text/html 2008-11-27T21:54:45+00:00 tallpaul http://cam.misc.org.uk/vet?rev=1227822885&do=diff John Grieve, Cherry Hinton Road ++ Jordan's, Clarendon Street ++ (“quite cheap”) Maple Cottage Surgery, Milton, 426600 ++ +- + Hollyoak Veterinary Surgery, Impington, 232111 + Village Vet, Longstanton or Cottenham + Ashcroft at Hardwick, next to PetPaks + text/html 2008-11-23T15:50:52+00:00 tallpaul http://cam.misc.org.uk/microwave?rev=1227455452&do=diff Electrical place on Mill Road (opposite Perfect Pizza) + Folkes Electrical, 20 Burnham Close, Cambridge, CB1 9XN, 240205 + + text/html 2008-11-19T15:42:20+00:00 tallpaul http://cam.misc.org.uk/fishmonger?rev=1227109340&do=diff River Farm Smokery Loch Fyne text/html 2008-11-14T17:06:40+00:00 tallpaul http://cam.misc.org.uk/wedding_photos?rev=1226682400&do=diff Eaden Lilley +- Dumbletons ++- Julian's Photography, Linton; 892056 + Jean-Luc Benazet + text/html 2008-11-13T21:37:20+00:00 pghardy http://cam.misc.org.uk/cam.regulars?rev=1226612240&do=diff These are some of the people who frequently read and post to the cam.* newsgroups. Hopefully, you'll find the pictures helpful if you come looking for us at Cam.PubMeets. Feel free to maintain your own entry, or add an entry for yourself if there isn't one already (they're in alphabetical order - let's keep it that way).  text/html 2008-11-11T22:56:12+00:00 theomarkettos http://cam.misc.org.uk/car_service?rev=1226444172&do=diff Key: 'M' = Does MOT, 'S' = Servicing and repairs, 'B' = Bodywork Arbury Road Garage (M,S) 350066 + + Autokare (M,S), Ditton Walk, off Newmarket Road ++ + Automech (M,S), off Coldhams Lane, by the railway bridge 241154 + + + Barrtech (M,B,S) 425300, down Cowley Road + text/html 2008-11-10T14:40:47+00:00 lnr_blair http://cam.misc.org.uk/removals?rev=1226328047&do=diff Big Stuff AJL 01353 661810 + Fulchers, Cambridge 362591 ++++ Hartleys, Haverhill 0560 284 2720 + Movers + Pickfords 364848 +-- Proctors, Sawston ++++- Pretloves 01992 573356 / 01992 572478 / 01799 530893 / 414040 ++ Bob Price 440064 ++ Man with van Tim, Taxi Van +++++++ text/html 2008-11-09T12:49:30+00:00 tallpaul http://cam.misc.org.uk/wiki/loglog.txt?rev=1226234970&do=diff xxx text/html 2008-11-05T13:02:00+00:00 tiger http://cam.misc.org.uk/passport_photos?rev=1225890120&do=diff Machines Railway Station Main Post Office, St Andrews Street Grafton Centre mezzanine Boots, both floors Tesco: Milton, Newmarket Road, Fulbourn, and Bar Hill Sainsbury, Coldhams Lane Parkside Pool Asda, Beehive Centre (far end of tills from entrance) text/html 2008-10-30T22:15:51+00:00 tallpaul http://cam.misc.org.uk/hand_car_wash?rev=1225404951&do=diff “People at the old Texaco garage at the junction of Histon Road and Huntingdon Road” +++++ Tesco Fulbourn ++ “A group occupying an old Q8 garage on the A10 between Ely and Littleport” + Tesco Milton + Tesco Newmarket Road “a group of Albanians who hand wash cars at the garage by the Little Chef on the A14 South by the Swavesey exit” ++ text/html 2008-10-30T17:17:28+00:00 daveholland http://cam.misc.org.uk/recycling_batteries?rev=1225387048&do=diff The Milton Household Waste Re-cycling Centre on Butt Lane can now take any sort of battery for re-cycling including Lead Acids, NiCads, Nickel Metal Hydride, Lithium, Lithium Ion, Alkaline Manganese, Silver Oxide, Zinc Carbon, Mercury Oxide and “many others”. For more information visit the web page of the re-cyclers G&P Batteries. text/html 2008-10-24T11:49:54+00:00 tallpaul http://cam.misc.org.uk/wiki/trolls?rev=1224848994&do=diff We occasionally get trolls on cam.* groups. Wikipedia defines a troll thus: An Internet troll, or simply troll in Internet slang, is someone who posts controversial and irrelevant or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum or chat room, with the intention of provoking other users into an emotional response or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion. text/html 2008-10-16T12:35:29+00:00 dl http://cam.misc.org.uk/wifi?rev=1224160529&do=diff Free It's also often possible (although technically illegal) to use residential access points which are often left wide open (although less so now than they once were) Paid for FON