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Wifey does all her computing on a Macbook Air which must be ten years old, it was the highest spec of everything when we bought it and it's been faultless. It takes OS upgrades in it's stride, battery life is still excellent, I'd deffo buy another.
My Dell laptop is five years old and has a similar spec, the battery was fucked after three years and it won't take the latest Windows OS. I've just had to fit a new battery and fire it up for the first time in two years. I've being using a Samsung tablet since the Dell died which has been adequate for daily use. If I were still working I'd choose Windows every time.
My Dell laptop is five years old and has a similar spec, the battery was fucked after three years and it won't take the latest Windows OS. I've just had to fit a new battery and fire it up for the first time in two years. I've being using a Samsung tablet since the Dell died which has been adequate for daily use. If I were still working I'd choose Windows every time.
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Wifey went to bed early, I stayed up a bit later then went to bed in another room as I sometimes do. She wandered in about 90 minutes ago, decided I was snoring to much for her stay, woke me up to tell me then buggered off. So here I am at 04:20, writing shit on here.
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WTF.... if you've left for another room that's enough.... i mean, how loud do you snore ???Pirahna wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 3:22 am Wifey went to bed early, I stayed up a bit later then went to bed in another room as I sometimes do. She wandered in about 90 minutes ago, decided I was snoring to much for her stay, woke me up to tell me then buggered off. So here I am at 04:20, writing shit on here.
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Not loud at all. She came in and got into bed with me, woke me up then left. I've no idea what woke her but it wasn't my snoring.weeksy wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 7:32 amWTF.... if you've left for another room that's enough.... i mean, how loud do you snore ???Pirahna wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 3:22 am Wifey went to bed early, I stayed up a bit later then went to bed in another room as I sometimes do. She wandered in about 90 minutes ago, decided I was snoring to much for her stay, woke me up to tell me then buggered off. So here I am at 04:20, writing shit on here.
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I used an iMac for years.Again, it was just faultless. Started up instantly and ran Adobe products better even though no onecan tell me why. I now have a comparable dell which after my complaints they upgraded with a £1000 worth of graphics card and its shite compared to the mac? I don't really have an allegiance to either,I just want a good image processor and windows PCs ain't one.Pirahna wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 3:16 am Wifey does all her computing on a Macbook Air which must be ten years old, it was the highest spec of everything when we bought it and it's been faultless. It takes OS upgrades in it's stride, battery life is still excellent, I'd deffo buy another.
My Dell laptop is five years old and has a similar spec, the battery was fucked after three years and it won't take the latest Windows OS. I've just had to fit a new battery and fire it up for the first time in two years. I've being using a Samsung tablet since the Dell died which has been adequate for daily use. If I were still working I'd choose Windows every time.
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Being pleased with myself for not drinking for 5 days.
I'd got to the stage where I could drink half a litre of rum of an evening so I decided maybe it was time for a break.
5 days in and I'm pleased. But I really shouldn't be, it should be normal to not drink and I shouldn't be keeping count
I'd got to the stage where I could drink half a litre of rum of an evening so I decided maybe it was time for a break.
5 days in and I'm pleased. But I really shouldn't be, it should be normal to not drink and I shouldn't be keeping count
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All depends what you are trying to do I guess, my work involves much jumping around between different applications so I like the apps to be side by side. I was running through how to make a Mac do this with our support guy, we got as far as him suggesting a specialist app would fix one problem with a $300 per year subscription and me asking if the company would be ok paying for these apps to do what Windows does out of the box.Taipan wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 8:25 amI used an iMac for years.Again, it was just faultless. Started up instantly and ran Adobe products better even though no onecan tell me why. I now have a comparable dell which after my complaints they upgraded with a £1000 worth of graphics card and its shite compared to the mac? I don't really have an allegiance to either,I just want a good image processor and windows PCs ain't one.Pirahna wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 3:16 am Wifey does all her computing on a Macbook Air which must be ten years old, it was the highest spec of everything when we bought it and it's been faultless. It takes OS upgrades in it's stride, battery life is still excellent, I'd deffo buy another.
My Dell laptop is five years old and has a similar spec, the battery was fucked after three years and it won't take the latest Windows OS. I've just had to fit a new battery and fire it up for the first time in two years. I've being using a Samsung tablet since the Dell died which has been adequate for daily use. If I were still working I'd choose Windows every time.
In a day we went from 'Mac is the only hardware supported by the company' to me going in tomorrow to pick up my new Windows laptop.
The downside is I know the Dell laptop he's planning to give me is one of those Dell lemons with buggy drivers but I think that will be easier to fix than an Apple OS.
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Sycamore seedlings.
Sycamores really are the Japanese Knotweed of the tree kingdom. Every autumn they spread millions of their winged seeds and in springtime there's a carpet of the bloody things growing everywhere. Last year must have been perfect growing conditions (or seed producing conditions) as I've never seen so many of the things fall into our garden. Of course this translates to a bumper crop of the little bastids that I have to pull up before they get established.
Harrumph....
Sycamores really are the Japanese Knotweed of the tree kingdom. Every autumn they spread millions of their winged seeds and in springtime there's a carpet of the bloody things growing everywhere. Last year must have been perfect growing conditions (or seed producing conditions) as I've never seen so many of the things fall into our garden. Of course this translates to a bumper crop of the little bastids that I have to pull up before they get established.
Harrumph....
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I feel for you. Our previous house had sycamores nearby, and a landscaped are covered with pebbles. Quite sizeable pebbles, not gravel, and sizeable pebbles have sizeable gaps that sycamore seeds drop into. In the season every morning was a patrol of the area to pick out 50 fresh seedlings that had appeared overnight. Failure to get them promptly just led to more trouble, those bastards grow roots just as quickly as shoots.mangocrazy wrote: Fri Mar 31, 2023 3:52 pm Sycamore seedlings.
Sycamores really are the Japanese Knotweed of the tree kingdom. Every autumn they spread millions of their winged seeds and in springtime there's a carpet of the bloody things growing everywhere. Last year must have been perfect growing conditions (or seed producing conditions) as I've never seen so many of the things fall into our garden. Of course this translates to a bumper crop of the little bastids that I have to pull up before they get established.
Harrumph....
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If it was mine, it would already be firewood...
I'm seriously thinking about ring-barking the bloody thing if I could do it without being seen.
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Pfft that's nothing.mangocrazy wrote: Fri Mar 31, 2023 3:52 pm Sycamore seedlings.
Sycamores really are the Japanese Knotweed of the tree kingdom. Every autumn they spread millions of their winged seeds and in springtime there's a carpet of the bloody things growing everywhere. Last year must have been perfect growing conditions (or seed producing conditions) as I've never seen so many of the things fall into our garden. Of course this translates to a bumper crop of the little bastids that I have to pull up before they get established.
Harrumph....
Next door's tree keeps dropping little twisted leaves on my car windscreen. Every time I get in now I have to remove them first, otherwise it's streak city.
As soon as my long reach tree saw thibg arrives them overhanging branches shall be overhanging no more!
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Imagine how pissed off you'd be if the tree that was dropping bits on your windscreen was 3 doors down and still carpet-bombing you...Mr. Dazzle wrote: Fri Mar 31, 2023 5:07 pmPfft that's nothing.mangocrazy wrote: Fri Mar 31, 2023 3:52 pm Sycamore seedlings.
Sycamores really are the Japanese Knotweed of the tree kingdom. Every autumn they spread millions of their winged seeds and in springtime there's a carpet of the bloody things growing everywhere. Last year must have been perfect growing conditions (or seed producing conditions) as I've never seen so many of the things fall into our garden. Of course this translates to a bumper crop of the little bastids that I have to pull up before they get established.
Harrumph....
Next door's tree keeps dropping little twisted leaves on my car windscreen. Every time I get in now I have to remove them first, otherwise it's streak city.
As soon as my long reach tree saw thibg arrives them overhanging branches shall be overhanging no more!
There is no cloud, just somebody else's computer.
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It's quite sweet really. She wandered about the house looking for you for a snuggle and got into bed and you just snored. (How do you know your snoring isn't loud BTW?)Pirahna wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 7:37 amNot loud at all. She came in and got into bed with me, woke me up then left. I've no idea what woke her but it wasn't my snoring.weeksy wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 7:32 amWTF.... if you've left for another room that's enough.... i mean, how loud do you snore ???Pirahna wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 3:22 am Wifey went to bed early, I stayed up a bit later then went to bed in another room as I sometimes do. She wandered in about 90 minutes ago, decided I was snoring to much for her stay, woke me up to tell me then buggered off. So here I am at 04:20, writing shit on here.
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mangocrazy wrote: Fri Mar 31, 2023 5:20 pm Imagine how pissed off you'd be if the tree that was dropping bits on your windscreen was 3 doors down and still carpet-bombing you...

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I have an expert on everything who assures me that I rarely snore and if I do it's not loud.
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I put up a thread about the Barry Sheene film.
The most glamorous British bike racer of all time. Nobody seemed to care.
But over in the wanker forum, folk are fighting and arguing as though their lives depend on it.
Politics seems more important than bikes on here.
The most glamorous British bike racer of all time. Nobody seemed to care.
But over in the wanker forum, folk are fighting and arguing as though their lives depend on it.
Politics seems more important than bikes on here.
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FWIW, I saw the 'BT Sport' bit so didn't bother as I don't have your magic box
Even bland can be a type of character 
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Firestick, good internet and 50 quid a yearHorse wrote: Fri Mar 31, 2023 11:49 pm FWIW, I saw the 'BT Sport' bit so didn't bother as I don't have your magic box
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You are in that section enough. Its been mentioned before, why go in just to whine about it?Yorick wrote: Fri Mar 31, 2023 11:41 pm I put up a thread about the Barry Sheene film.
The most glamorous British bike racer of all time. Nobody seemed to care.
But over in the wanker forum, folk are fighting and arguing as though their lives depend on it.
Politics seems more important than bikes on here.
