Mid-day on Boxing day: nae bother with any of the above video clips nor anything else on Youtube, and some great music! My spec's much the same as yours, Murray, except that I've got Pentium 4 processor: also have 512 MB RAM and AOL (Gold - ?1MB), so not sure what the problem is.
Since we're discussing tech, one problem I do have with videos (not on youtube, more likely on AOL or Windows Media Players)is if I try to switch to "full screen", the system crashes: initially I get sound only and a black screen, then the sound hangs up playing the same 3secs over and over again: and I can't get out of it by using ESC. Any ideas on this?
RE: the Oak: I don't go in that often, but it still seems to be thriving. It won the "Folk Pub of the Year" award, which can't be bad, and I believe takings went UP after the smoking ban, rather than down as one of the bar staff had predicted!
Happy Christmas