Update:
Well, after cooking the hackerclone on boxing day, I broke down and ordered another 'stod' from hobbycity to tide me over- sunday looks like the earliest chance I'll get to take the old girl for a spin, given the weather is finally starting to improve in sunny old blighty.
I have also just ordered an 80mm 2000kv medusa, yay! Finally got to use that gift certificate from Rabosi that I've been sitting on for 6 months or more; cheers dude, much appreciated
On the downside, my PC just took a dump, and one of the recovery discs is corupted so I cant fix it with the aid of a £££ repair shop. So, just ordered me a nice new yet modest PC base unit with some nice upgraded specs compared to the old one:
360gb vs 40gb hdd
2gb ram vs 256mb (upgraded to 1gb a while ago)
2.6ghz amd processor vs 2.6ghz intel celeron
dvd burner drive vs busted cdr drive & external cdr
6 channel sound card vs stereo out jack?
a few other things too.
That cost me £280 including shipping, but I elected to have XP installed; no vista for me ta very much.
I also bought a furry hotwater bottle, electric panel heater, ped egg (google it, or ask the wife), and I also need some new shoes & trainers; what recession?
Mental note- must play lottery on saturday....