I need help guys...

[punchy]

hi Lawrence.
                 I'm in gods country, sunny England UK.. I sent to Japan a week or so ago and got a replacement reg/rec and it finally arrived today( and an eighth of the price). I fitted it and everything is running perfect whoopee.. i can only think that the reg/rec i got from my local shop was the wrong one.. Anyway it's going back at the weekend and see about a refund..Punchy

[lragan]

Well, that is good news, indeed! 

I spent some 6 weeks in two sessions during the summer of 1970 -- in the North See off Great Yarmouth.  Then spent some time working with Plessey Semi in Swindon in 1989-90 time frame.  Really liked the country and the folks who live there. 

Perhaps if I could have learned the language, I might have stayed...