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Have to travel to Atherton, Manc, (just off junc. 5 M61) sometime in the next 6 weeks or so. Waiting for Guide Dog Rehoming, they say 6 to 8 weeks, could be longer. I don’t think we will have to stay overnight, but have friends in Denton we have not seen for 5 years and they owe us a b&b! It’s to match up and meet a dog.
Good luck and hopeful about good news for the Duchess, Steve.
I stayed here in Stone once: https://tinyurl.com/mus9s9y It sounds familiar, saw the biggest Roach I ever saw in the UK!
Les, you have my sympathy. Last time I went back to SoT for a funeral, it poured down. ‘Boslem’ in the pouring rain, is not a pretty sight. It was the cemetery on the hillside as you come up from The Vale.
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I'm out.Thanks Keef
Just sent advance notice and that trailer to both grandsons.
Well, someone has to reassure them while they watch it, they are only 23 and 18! :good: :unsure: 😉
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I'm out.There is no black & white side to the cannabis argument. It is now inarguable, not from this as yet unproven research but from many sources, that there are medical benefits to be obtained in certain cases. Then there is this:
And this, from Oxford University:
There has to be a clear distinction made between actual prescription drugs in tablet or liquid form, and the kind of activity which is currently occupying a great deal of police time and effort. The criminal activity which is producing most of the leaf cannabis, eventually finances harder, more dangerous and more lucrative drugs, besides having the same effects upon the lungs of regular smokers, as tobacco. It also causes psychosis, wrecks lives, breaks up families and communities and finances all kinds of organised criminal activity. Legalising cannabis could place production in the hands of licensed factories. Those dumb enough to smoke this stuff could then provide the HMRC with revenue through taxation. Just like the remaining hard-core tobacco smokers. Both sets of smokers ignore years of medical evidence and are therefore living proof of their own stupidity.
I am reminded of two people, one a Weed smoker, another using tobacco. The spliff smoker was actually driving, windows open, two kids in the back seat (unbelted), a baby in the front. I could smell the weed as she passed my own open car window, did a 180, checked the plate as she drove into Tesco, followed her in and parked, then reported her on the phone without any remorse. I pointed out the car when the police arrived, they went in and came out with her. Minus the 3 kids, who were all still in the car, in Summer heat, windows closed, which was an added item in the report call by me. This made the local media at the time some years ago and the kids were apparently given in full custody to dad and his new lady. I don’t regret that.
The ciggy smoker was a mother of 3 and smoking heavily. She was a close friend to my son at one time, before he wised up. I saw her smoking in town and said, “Those things will kill you!” Her answer was, “I could get run over by a bus! Everybody has to die sometime!” To which I replied “Ah but would you pay the bus driver to run over you, then when you are discharged from hospital, keep paying him until it kills you?” I received an uncomprehending look, then “You’re weird, you!”
And I have been a smoker of cig’s (stopped 40 years ago this year) I also tried a spliff. Once. It did nothing for me. :negative:
But if there is a chance to revive some of my fading neural pathways….. Gimme the pills! :yahoo:
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I'm out.Defender is switched off so that Kaspersky can do its’ job for me.
Good man yerself!
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I'm out.Also picked up by the Beeb, Ed:
Steve, are you still using Windows Defender? Anyone else?
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I'm out.We have two chargers which work on both WFox phones and my Lenovo Tab 3/8″ tablet. One is a genuine WFox cable, the other is the tablet charger. There is also the original Kindle charger, which works with the tablet but not the phones. I find that, if I connect the tablet charger to my phone, I have to remove the phone cover before it will plug in.
We also have a car charger, which works with them all, but the Tucson has 2x USB sockets for that and seems to be just as quick as the mains chargers. (There is also a dedicated Media USB socket on the car, which is great.)
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I'm out.About 12 months ago, I saw many examples of this around my area, so I contacted the village newsletter and highlighted it. Between myself and the editor, we produced a guide detailing what to do. Unfortunately, the newsletter ‘forgot’ my instruction not to give my name. I received a lot of thank you calls and two examples of why I did not want my name in print. One badly-spelled note through the letterbox and one call, both requesting in similar terms that I mind my own business.
The note was a big mistake, by certain details in the horrible wording, it was obviously someone I knew and it contained obscenities. I contacted the police and they paid him a visit. The phone call was from someone in a large house who had once asked my help with a problem. I was tempted to operate their printer, but resisted and simply went round and demonstrated what could happen. He apologised, thanked me profusely and offered to pay me to put it right. I sent my huge No.2 gson round instead, for some pocket money. I still see some examples of this, occasionally the newsletter reprints the article (minus my name) and headlines it. You can’t help some people, they see advice as an attack on their lack of knowledge.
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I'm out.A new manager takes over at the factory and is being briefed by his predecessor, who gives him 3 envelopes, marked with large numbers 1, 2 and 3.
“If you run into serious working problems, open an envelope, starting with No. 1. You will not need more than these 3 envelopes.”
The factory is working fine for 5 years, profits are up, when suddenly a disaster hits. Sales down, profits hit the floor. The manager opens envelope #1 and reads the words on a slip of paper, “Blame the mess left by your predecessor!” He gives this excuse to the owners and shareholders and survives. After another 5 years, there is a strike by the workforce and he cannot cope with the situation. He opens envelope #2 and reads from another slip of paper, “Blame the Union!” He does so and the owners keep him on. The strike collapses and the factory restarts work, but production is down and contracts are lost. By now desperate, the manager opens envelope 3.
“Take 3 envelopes and 3 slips of paper…”
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In the office rest room the boss had a large notice placed above each washbowl, “THINK!”
By the soap dispensers, some office wag had written in thick crayon, “THOAP!”
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Because Mahatma Ghandi walked barefoot everywhere, he developed thick callouses on the soles of his feet. He also ate very little, but had a weird diet which gave him bad breath.
Mahatma Ghandi was a super-calloused fragile mystic plagued with halitosis…..
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I'm out.10/10, Dwynne! LMAO!
Religious Funnies: if easily offended, please stop here.
God decides it’s time for a holiday, but as he is God and has been everywhere, can’t decide where to go. He asks his Angels.
“Mercury.” says one. “No, too hot.” replies Big G. “Mars,” suggests another. “No, far too dusty and cold.” says Himself.
“Why not Earth?” says another Angel.
You are JOKING! Says the Big ‘Un, “Last time I went there was about 2,000 years ago. Got some bird up the duff and they are all still moaning about it!”
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The world was not created in 7 days at all: God kept making mistakes, then on the 6th night He pulled a double shift.
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If God had wanted us to use Metric weights and measures, surely there would have been 10 Apostles?
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I'm out.I have True Caller Steve, but SWMBO will not let me put it on hers, which of course explains why she gets spam text. I don’t get any spam on my phone (yet?) But I have FB (tightly controlled as I can get it) and she doesn’t. I had one contact who had been compromised and had a phishing email from someone who had her List. Killed that about 3-4 years ago, told the contact (by phone) that I would block all her messages until she changed her email address and passwords. Her solution was to go on FB and not use her email address! Told her (by Phone) that I would block her on FB as well. End of contact! Result! I had sent her detailed instructions (by snail mail) of how to change everything and cc/Bcc all contacts with a new email address. She could not b.a. to take the trouble, so I could not b.a. to remain in contact. The few family meeting photos since then, show her glaring at me across the heads… B-) :whistle:
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I'm out.One of my medical conditions is an infitesimally small bug that lives in my Lymph system, many years ago it was found and diagnosed by a tiny Sri Lankan Dermatologist. This was declared to be the result of Army service in the Middle East, which surfaced years afterwards when I had an op. It caused the most horrible skin conditions: boils and carbuncles, infected hair follicles, due to me having a Neandertal amount of body hair. The dermatologist said that my work as a mechanic, using oils and lubricants, may have encouraged the growth: at that time, a grease-monkey wearing latex gloves would have had his masculinity questioned! 😉 🙂 Nowadays hair has changed in hue and rapidly descended from my far northern regions, growing instead in the warmth and shade of ears and nasal regions. Bugga! :negative: 🙁
I was prescribed ‘Hibiscrub’ – the pink stuff that surgeons and other medical stuff scrub with. I have 5 liters of it on my regular prescription and it does prevent the volcanic areas of my body from erupting. It also heals cuts very quickly and has been used in small quantities by 3 human family members, one dog and one cat, who appeared to like the taste, so we had to put a stop to that! I cannot use soap or gels to wash and shower, as those do nothing to keep the bug at bay. Neither can I use a bath, as I must shower and rinse head-to-toe in order for all the ‘decaffeinated’ carp to vanish down the plughole, instead of being immersed in it.
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I'm out.Thank you guys! For signing and for the advice re: insurance.
Richard, I hope daughter is well and baby arrives in good health. Does granddad get first cuddle privileges? I always insisted upon it, it became tradition after No.1. All 4 received granddad’s advice upon entering the world. Their responses varied… and still do!
EDIT – The PP Bill will include possible exemptions for various thoroughfare conditions, including narrow roads.
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I'm out.The only danger I see on an android device is from phone messages: this morning SWMBO received a text from “Ebay” saying the she needed to repay her fees. She has never had an Ebay account and doesn’t want one: obvious scam. I deleted it, but it is one case where I don’t get impatient when she says “What’s THIS?” B-) 😉
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I'm out.I have Total Security, have always had that since they first brought it out. There are a lot of features with it as Dave says, I use some but not others. Password Manager and Safe Money I don’t use, but delving into “More Tools” gives some stuff I do use. For some reason, Safe Money throws a wobbly at my online bank, so I just use Private Browsing and other security measures. The difference is that these features are available via the Dashboard:
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I'm out.Hope all is OK with him.
Yes he’s OK Steve, had a big scare which seems to have stopped his boozing. I have been warning him for a few years now, he knocks back Scotch and Vodka like it’s pop. He has never married, had a woman for a while after his mam died but she got fed up with his drinking. He was just staying at home with his monster TV and music, only went out to shop for food and even had his drink delivered (by the case!)
We were kids together, although I left his kind of life behind years ago, I still keep in contact. Hoping this is a wake-up for him.
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I'm out.I would also recommend cclonline: had problems with others over the years but never with them. Worst service I ever got was with the BT Shop, after they took over dabs.com. dabs were fine before, ordered 2 systems and a good few bits from them. BT Shop is crap and prices are higher than they were with dabs.
My biggest order with ccl was an HP laptop, almost 9 years ago. It arrived with minor cosmetic damage (Yodel package damaged.) They took it back and sent another new lappy within 3 days, via DPD.
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I'm out.A Polish soldier is asked which he would shoot first: a Russian or a German soldier.
“The Russian. Business before pleasure.”
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A 12th Century coin was discovered recently at an archaelogical dig near Aberdeen.
Gathered around it were 4 skeletons on their hands and knees.
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Ethnic Native American Maths joke:
A native American chief keeps 3 wives in 3 separate wigwams and they all need new blankets. Wife 1 asks for a buffalo hide, wife 2 a bearskin, but prettiest, youngest wife 3 asks for a hippopotamous hide blanket. Of all these, the hippo hide is the hardest, but the chief manages to get one.
9 months later, all 3 wives give birth within a couple of weeks. Wife 1 has a baby girl, wife 2 a baby boy. Wife 3 has twins: a boy and a girl.
This proves beyond all doubt, that the sqaw on the hippopotamous, is equal to the squaw on the other 2 hides. :wacko: :yahoo:
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I'm out.Can you not just turn the wifi off on the Q box and use the N600 as a switch, connected to the Q box via a network cable.
Good suggestion Steve. Not doing anything about it as yet, but I will give it some thought later this week. Have to go over to my old village, an old mate is very ill.
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I'm out.Kaspersky Internet Security is cheaper again, but I can’t see what the difference between the packages is https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01LEI5GWI/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&smid=AZSR40NZ6UYCN&th=1
That has changed since my last link, 3 devices 1yr is now £14.98.
5 devices 1 yr. is £19.75
Digital Download is more expensive.
“Frustration Free Packaging” is also more expensive.
I give up!
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I'm out.Ed, I know exactly what you mean: teaching and educating are not always the same process. My daughter is a”one to one” teacher, specialising in those children who have problems with education, from those with learning difficulties, across the Autisitic spectrum, into ADHD and the real problem kids. She began simply as a primary teaching assistant, but after our gson was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome, developed an interest in those children with problems. She was a single parent for a few years, held down two other jobs, eventually worked her way into what she does now. She has said that, of all the children she has taught, only two were absolutely unteachable and she could not get through to them. However, she fought to get those two into a special school.
I have walked through town with her at weekends and lost count of the number of her ex-pupils and their parents, who greet her. All the way up to teenagers who were the first of her charges, and all want to praise her. It makes me very proud as you can imagine, but behind those events, is a history of my daughter and her Head, struggling against a reactionary system and some Oldphart governors, to get the special demands and qualities of her post recognised.
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