http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Withdrawal symptoms... en Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:43:37 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18656#post-277584 Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:02:46 +0000 chdot 277584@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“No”</p> <p>“I have pm'd you”</p> <p>Don’t forget (everyone) laws of libel still apply on a forum. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18656#post-277583 Fri, 16 Mar 2018 09:56:09 +0000 Nelly 277583@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@stickman I have pm'd you </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18656#post-277582 Fri, 16 Mar 2018 09:52:52 +0000 Stickman 277582@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18656#post-277579 Fri, 16 Mar 2018 09:37:24 +0000 I were right about that saddle 277579@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Are we talking about MRS? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18656#post-277578 Fri, 16 Mar 2018 09:35:24 +0000 Stickman 277578@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Nelly: that's funny, my friend who works there was saying the exact same things about said director as he had experience of him from working at our ex-employer... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18656#post-277574 Fri, 16 Mar 2018 09:02:25 +0000 Nelly 277574@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@iwrats @stickman</p> <p>My moles tell me that it's only a smallish part of the business, led by a new hire director.</p> <p>My moles suspect the rationale is less to do with the sensible issues you have both raised, but more to do with reducing HIS commute.</p> <p>I know where he stays, and that fits.</p> <p>I have experience of said director at another pensions provider, and he (it's always a he, is it not?) is adept at spending a lot with not a lot of end product.......</p> <p>Glad I am out of it all, to be honest. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18656#post-277565 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 21:22:36 +0000 Stickman 277565@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Nelly: I've heard that too. They are having trouble recruiting because of their current location. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18656#post-277564 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 21:12:28 +0000 I were right about that saddle 277564@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Nelly</p> <p>That would make sense for them. Many staff commute by car from Edinburgh anyway, which is vile.</p> <p>I'm not there any more. I didn't like it very much. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18656#post-277560 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 20:26:51 +0000 Nelly 277560@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@IWRATS "a certain London, Reading and Stirling-based financial institution"</p> <p>I hear a whisper that you may also be about to open a satellite office in Edinburgh Park. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18656#post-277530 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:19:15 +0000 unhurt 277530@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Frenchy but it's (a) still very wee (b) the page doesn't auto-fit, so it just zooms in on some text but cuts off e.g. the sidebar with the poster's name...</p> <p>@ARobComp it is sometimes surely? When not about garden bird sex lives, sticks or other core topics. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18656#post-277516 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:18:47 +0000 ARobComp 277516@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I thought this forum was only ironically about cycling? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18656#post-277512 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 14:53:46 +0000 Frenchy 277512@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@unhurt - You may already know about this, but just in case you don't - it took me an embarrassingly long time to discover/learn/be told that double tapping on the screen auto-zooms a web page so that the text is readable. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18656#post-277510 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 14:48:54 +0000 chdot 277510@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“So I just squint...”</p> <p>Glasses? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18656#post-277508 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 14:43:31 +0000 unhurt 277508@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes! It's because there isn't a mobile-compatible version of the page, so you have to zoom in but then the text goes off the side. (Plus larger text settings would make the rest of the internet HUGE TEXT on the phone browser). So I just squint... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18656#post-277504 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 14:11:00 +0000 chdot 277504@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“The text is VERY SMALL INDEED“</p> <p>Have you looked in the phone’s settings for text size options? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18656#post-277499 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 14:00:57 +0000 cb 277499@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In this organisation you either have access to blogs/forums or you don't. So perhaps requesting access to a work-related blog/forum will be enough to give you access to CCE. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18656#post-277474 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 12:43:29 +0000 dougal 277474@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I expect the categorisation is done by keyword? So all we have to do is talk about anything except cycling and the cycling-specific nature of the forum will remain a secret from our forum-sniffing overlords.</p> <p>In short: more thread drift. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18656#post-277473 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 12:41:16 +0000 unhurt 277473@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Do and like are but the same thing! The text is VERY SMALL INDEED. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18656#post-277471 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 12:28:40 +0000 chrisfl 277471@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Having a look around, it seems we are wither categorised as:<br /> "Newsgroups and Message Boards" "Sports" or "Bicycling"</p> <p>One workaround would be to look at using a newsreader if it's not blocked such as Newsblur - or look at this option if reading on your phone. Although I understand that some folks do like reading the forum on phones! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18656#post-277469 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 12:16:55 +0000 Edinburgh Cycle Training 277469@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Greenroofer</p> <p>I had a similar experience once. I kind hearted IT rebel told me (Windows PC network btw)</p> <p>Click the windows menu button bottom corner<br /> click Control panel<br /> click Network &amp; internet<br /> click Internet options<br /> click the "connection" tab<br /> click LAN settings<br /> uncheck the "proxy server" box</p> <p>you know what, he was right. </p> <p>It used to reset itself frequently, but the above always worked and no-one from IT seemed to be aware I was doing this (except the rebel) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18656#post-277467 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 12:00:48 +0000 neddie 277467@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think part of the problem is the way certain "middleman attack" type internet protection services (like Zscaler for example) categorise sites like CCE.</p> <p>If CCE is categorised as "Miscellaneous" or "Sports" it may get blocked.</p> <p>Perhaps there is a way to cloak CCE so it presents itself as "Business &amp; Economy" or something similar?</p> <p>Admins, is this possible? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18656#post-277465 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 11:57:32 +0000 SRD 277465@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>can you not argue that you need access to find out if your commute home will be safe? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18656#post-277440 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 09:58:35 +0000 I were right about that saddle 277440@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>For what it's worth CCE is inaccessible from the PCs in a certain London, Reading and Stirling-based financial institution on the basis that it concerns 'cars and vehicles'.</p> <p>The same place forbids access to the Daily Record website on the grounds that it engages in phishing attacks.</p> <p>I'd have thought concerted action by the BUG would get CCE white listed for light lunchtime use. It is after all a treasure trove, not just the stage on which we admire @gembotronic whimsy. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18656#post-277439 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 09:46:23 +0000 rider73 277439@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@greenroofer - i know your pain, smartphone screen is a mare for forums IMHO. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18656#post-277438 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 09:41:40 +0000 HankChief 277438@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>But you have still managing to post I see...</p> <p>I also like your Freudian slip of "ride" instead of "rise" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18656#post-277435 Thu, 15 Mar 2018 09:34:58 +0000 Greenroofer 277435@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Disappointed to find this morning that someone somewhere has flicked a switch and I can no longer access CCE from my work computer.</p> <p>I am already feeling slightly twitchy without my regular morning dose of whimsy from @gembo.</p> <p>Productivity at a major Edinburgh-based financial institution may ride markedly though. </p>