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When Amanda Downie moved into her three-bed semi in 1998, it was meant to be a haven for her young family.

The first thing she decided to do was build an extension.

She saved up £18,000 and built a kitchen and utility room onto the back of her home, with patio doors and brown flagstones.

That’s when things started to go wrong.

“We think they might have hit a pocket of gas when it was built,” she says.

“So that’s when we started smelling the gas.

“We reported it to the council and they came. They were going to evacuate us initially.

“They said don’t flick any switches or light candles, don’t let your kids play in the garden.”

In 2004 Amanda was given six gas monitors to install around her house, connected to an alarm.

Ever since then her house has had to be constantly vented in case the gas builds up and explodes.

She added: “Thirty years ago my house had to be rebuilt.

“When we bought it that wasn’t on the survey.

“Clearly things have changed in the last five or ten years though.

“I had my house up for sale seven years ago and sold it within seven days – but they did a survey on it and they pulled out and bought the house across the road.

“Nobody is going to buy my house now.”

Recently a huge crack has appeared where the extension joins the original house, running down the wall and across the flagstones.

Amanda believes it is slowly sliding into the old tip.

She said: “At the end of the day I love living here. It’s where I brought my kids up. but what do I do?”

Craig Rogan, who has lived next door for seven years, also has to have his extension demolished.

He says the emotional toll of the whole process has been ‘massive’.

“It is so depressing,” he said. “I’ve been so stressed. but I have been told we can sue if we can’t sell our houses.”

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Video display Corp. (VIDE) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2011-02-28. Video display Corp. has a market cap of $30.8 million; its shares were traded at around $3.54 with a P/E ratio of 14.7 and P/S ratio of 0.4.

although Southwest Vacuum markets its products to independent customers, the majority of electron guns produced by the Company are consumed internally among the Company’s own CRT manufacturing facilities. Sales to these related divisions, which have been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements, amounted to approximately $223,000 and $234,000 for fiscal 2011 and 2010, respectively.

the Company is currently in the process of applying for patents on newly developed products and technology and holds patents with respect to certain products and services. the Company also sells products under various trademarks and trade names. Additionally, the Company licenses certain electronic technology to other manufacturing companies, which generated royalty revenues of approximately $224,000 and $258,000 in fiscal 2011 and 2010, respectively. the Company believes that its patents and trademarks are of value and intends to protect its rights when, in its view, these rights are infringed upon. the Company’s key patents expire in 2014. the Company believes that success in its industry primarily will be dependent upon incorporating emerging technology into new product line introductions, frequent product enhancements, and customer support and service.

On December 23, 2010, the Company and its subsidiaries executed a new Credit Agreement with RBC Bank and Community & Southern Bank (Collectively, the “Banks”) to provide new financing to the Company to replace the existing credit agreement with RBC Bank that terminated in conjunction with this Agreement. the new Agreement provided for a line of credit of up to $17.5 million and two term loans of $3.5 million and $3.0 million. the outstanding balance at February 28, 2011 of the line of credit was $13.3 million and the balances of the term loans were $3.4 million and $3.0 million, respectively. A copy of the new Credit Agreement was filed in an 8-K document with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30, 2010. These loans are secured by all assets and personal property of the Company and a limited guarantee of the Chief Executive Officer of $3.0 million the $3.0 million term loan is secured by real estate property of the Company including a building owned by the Company’s Fox International subsidiary. the Fox International subsidiary was sold to FI Acquisitions on March 1, 2011(see Note 19- Subsequent

the Company’s backlog is comprised of undelivered, firm customer orders, which are scheduled to ship within eighteen months. the Company’s backlog was approximately $30.9 million at February 28, 2011 and $31.9 million at February 28, 2010. it is anticipated that more than 87% of the February 28, 2011 backlog will ship during fiscal 2012.

the Company, primarily through its Aydin, Lexel, and display Systems subsidiaries, had contracts with the U.S. government (principally the Department of Defense and Department of Defense subcontractors) which generated net sales of approximately $27.2 million and $18.6 million for fiscal 2011 and 2010, respectively. the Company’s costs and earnings in excess of billings on these contracts were approximately $2.2 million at February 28, 2011 and $4.1 million at February 28, 2010. the Company had billings in excess of costs and earnings on these contracts of $1.0 million at February 28, 2011 and $0.9 million at February 28, 2010. These contracts are typically less than twelve months in duration and specify a delivery schedule for units ordered. most of these government contracts specify a designated number of units to be delivered at a specified price, rather than on a cost plus basis. These contracts are subject to government audit to ensure conformity with design specifications.

the Company utilizes flat panel displays in many of its monitor units. These flat panels are purchased from OEMs. the consolidated net sales generated in fiscal 2011 from products utilizing flat panel technology were $16.4 million as compared to $11.1 million in fiscal 2010. since a significant portion of the Company’s revenues is generated from the replacement market, the Company has the opportunity to see trends in OEM sales, and while the growth in flat panel products is outpacing growth in CRT products, the CRT market remains a quite viable market for its products. as trends continue to become more defined, and replacement of these products occurs in five to seven years, the Company foresees a bigger impact and utilization of flat panel products in its business. There is competition in the area of flat panel technology and the Company will strive to rely on its ability to adapt and incorporate designs into its future products so that it may compete in a profitable manner. currently, the flat panel market is made up of many competitors of various sizes, none holding a dominant position in the flat panel marketplace.

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I have had an old monitor with my computer since 2002. The monitor had no problems at all for the first couple of years until 2006. since then, the screen occasionally flickers. I think my stepmother bought the monitor for her business in 1997 because it has a High Color 16-bit option. should I buy another used monitor soon?

I run the IT dept at my small business. Our CRT monitors typically last about 4-6 years. try craigslist if you need a cheap replacement.

CRT monitors are not expensive at all anymore.
Not even the latest Plasma screens are very expensive.
A good monitor will probably last forever. there may be dust particles inside your old monitor, which may have caused damage. It's probably cheaper to purchase a new one.

just buy a new one there not very expensive

Crt monitors last the longest I have one that my Dad bought in like 1991. we also have a crt tv from the 80's that works great. You probably don't need to buy an used crt monitor, a lot of schools such as mine leave them behind the school and constantly tell us if you want one just take it. if your talking about lcd monitor buy a new one at costco for $150 or under for a 17 inch. Also the good thing about costco is they always take back there products even 20 years from now they still would take pack your product if breaks. I bought a plasma tv about 6 years ago. well it burned out so i took it back and they gave the money to buy a new one. Basically when buying a monitor from costco your buying a monitor forever. so don't buy an used monitor buy a lifetime monitor from costco for about 100 bucks more.

heres costco's online website where you can see the nearest store near you or buy a monitor costco.com/Common/Category.as…

Hope that helped

From 3-9 years because a fuse box inside burns when it brakes the longer it takes to turn on the shorter the life of it.

I'm wanting to purchase a lcd monitor, but one of the reviews someone stated that the monitor wasnt compatible with windows xp?I was told that the only thing you should be aware of is whether the connection was analog or dvi?If its analog then you shouldn't have any problems hooking a lcd monitor to an older computer?so my question is, does the lcd monitors work with any windows, like windows xp? or is it just the connection port you should be aware of?

Uh, I'm pretty sure that any monitor with a VGA input or DVI input supports Windows XP.
Check the monitors specs and see what kind of connections it supports and make sure your machine supports those connections.On the back of your computer or if you have a laptop, the blue VGA output or the white DVI output.