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I'll be there on Sunday morning if anyone wants to say 'hello'.

Here is an e-mail I received today......

Dear Chairman at Chiltern U3A,


I would like to offer your U3A members a special 25% discount on tickets to our up-and-coming Beethoven concert series at St Martin-in-the-Fields Church.


Please feel free to send this email to your members.
I would also be happy to put some flyers in the post, just let me know!


Best wishes,

Alice Bowmer








LMA ORCHESTRA 25% off U3A OFFER AT ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS, TRAFALGAR SQUARE, LONDON


25% off any available seat for any U3A member.
Must be booked more than 24 hrs in advance of the concert by phoning
St Martin-in-the-Fields box office on: 020 7766 1100 and quoting “LMA U3A offer”.


We would be very grateful if you could kindly pass these offers on to your member and friends.


Saturday 25 Septmber 2010, 7.30 pm BEETHOVEN PASTORAL SYMPHONY


Saturday 30 October 2010, 7.30 pm   BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY NO. 7


Saturday 20 November 2010, 7.30 pm BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY NO. 5


Bookings must be made by phone or in person: Box office:  020 7766 1100


For more information about LMA Orchestra:
LMA Orchestra Website


And become a fan on Facebook for all the latest information:
LMA Orchestra Facebook




Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require further information.


Alice Bowmer
LMA Orchestra
+44 (0) 7702 095 767

15 players took part in the August meeting at Oakridge Park. It was another successful day and the winner with 44 points was U3A Treasurer David Teasdale. Needless to say his handicap will be cut for the next meeting!!!

The September meeting will be at Weston Turville Golf Club from 11 am on Monday 13th. Places are available if anyone wants to join us.

The October meeting will be on the 11th at Harewood Downs but places here are limited

Good golf to everyone

Vic Faulkner
Golf Convenor

Thanks for the offer. I did manage to get large screen from fellow U3A memnber so the system works
Regards
Vic Faulkner

This topic has been moved to New groups.

http://chiltern-u3a.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=210.0

Many thanks to both Robin and Andrew for the prompt suggestions.

The DIY route suggested by Robin sounds simple as I still have the manual from Dell clearly showing the steps. But I am hesitant to do it just in case things don't work out right.

I will proceed with contacting Geoff Smith suggested by Andrew, and will let you know the outcome in due course.

Guru

Hi Josefina,
If you still want a local IT tech then I can recommend Geoff Smith of PC Xperts. His number is 01494 785672 and he works from home in Chesham.
Andrew C

This group was suggested after Charles Ainger's talk on 21st April 10 and a few people have registered an interest.  However there are already active local groups in Amersham, Chesham, Chalfonts, High Wycombe, Marlow etc. with running programmes and would welcome new members.  We suggest that anyone interested should join them.  This will avoid too many small groups overlapping.  Here are the websites:

http://www.amershamintransition.org.uk/
http://cheshamintransition.org.uk/
http://change4chalfont.org.uk/
http://www.transition-wycombe.org.uk/
http://www.transitionmarlow.org/index.php?news&nid=2

And, the general website:
http://www.transitionnetwork.org/initiatives

Charles & Judy Ainger

I suggest buying a matched pair from crucial memory. Its mail order using your web browser.
 
http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/listparts.aspx?model=Dimension%208300%20Series&pl=Dell&cat=RAM
 
2GB kit (1GBx2)  Part #: CT441222 • DDR PC3200 £76.36
 
They do an install guide http://www.crucial.com/uk/install/dimm.aspx
 
Thus you could do it yourself.
 
( The main thing is to never let your fingers touch the gold coloured contacts at the bottom of the chips. The normal mechanical rule applies, that things don't need forcing. If it won't go in, take it out, look for the notch that only allows it to go in one way round, and then put it in again. )

Guru's PC is in need of attention. Can anyone recommend a reliable local IT technician or shop who can add extra RAM on the PC?

Background: A Dell Dimension 8300 PC, bought in Jan 2004, with 2 X 256 MB memory. The McAfee virus checker (BT Net Protect Plus) offered with BT Yahoo now apparently needs lot more memory and the internet access has become painfully slow. There are two spare expansion slots which could be fitted with 2 x 1Gb memory.