[PlaneMan]

Dave, I suspect you’re right. I don’t need wifi calling, most of my contact is via hangouts. The extra stuff 3 was trying to tempt me with just didn’t get used. I did watch about an hour of Netflix one month but as BL said with a bit of planning that’s easily got around.

I reckon I could survive on about 250MB if I put some effort in.

[PlaneMan]

What I like about Smarty is the credit of unused data to the next bill. I’ve been using less than a GB every month bar one. Seeing as I’ve ordered the 2GB SIM to give myself a buffer I’ll be paying less than £6.25 a month (excluding cashback and the 2 free months), which should work out to be half of what I was paying. 3 themselves wouldn’t even try to get near that deal.  All they would offer was on the website.

[PlaneMan]

Wheels-Of-Fire wrote:

Why oh why then do they keep sending me appointments for crappy Central Middlesex Hospital that is a 3 bus 1 and a half hour journey away ?

Possibly to justify keeping it open? Just a guess.

I have to travel to the other side of town Monday morning to see the chronic pain clinic people for the first time. It’s also held literally 1.5 miles away from me, up the road from mum’s place. Waiting list up the road is 1 1/2 years, got this appointment in just over 6 months.

I’m sure there’s some poor sod who has a very close appointment date to mine up the road from me who lives the wrong side of town that’d happily swap appointments with me to save us both aggro.

[PlaneMan]

Good luck all.

I’ve not seen any illness like that around here, thankfully. Even a simple cold knocks me sideways these days due to my lowered immune system.

[PlaneMan]

No worries Ryan.

I think every band in South Wales played TJ’s at some point. Always a good crowd there.

[PlaneMan]

Ryan, no idea about that, I was living in Newport at the time and going to TJ’s most weekends.

I know some of them did do daft things when they hammered though.

[PlaneMan]

I wear Globe skate shoes mostly, very tough and can be had for around £40 on a good day. I have some 5 10 shoes that are very tough and have superb grip but they are big and a bit awkward to drive in. They were very useful in the snow last March though.

[PlaneMan]

That’s way more than I figured.

[PlaneMan]

JCD, 5 feels about right. Where has that gone?

[PlaneMan]

The Duke wrote:

How long has it been now? I’m terrible with time?

Not sure, I’m also shocking at dates. And street names. They just don’t stick in my head.

[PlaneMan]

Ryan, not Metros. Used to get chucked out of there most weekends, along with some now famous mates.

[PlaneMan]

Big thanks to Lee for his work.

As for the slowness on here recently it’s just that time of year. I’ve been totally knackered for almost 2 weeks, spent loads of £ and I’m dreading tomorrow night. Ear plugs and a bit of booze and bed.

 

[PlaneMan]

It’s no longer an issue as I’ve finished all of It Ain’t Half Hot Mum now.

Very strange though.

[PlaneMan]

Now I’ve had a bit of time after Christmas I’ve narrowed the sound issue down to one set of problems. Pausing It Ain’t Half Hot Mum on YouTube. This is the official full set, including some ‘recovered’ lost episodes.

No matter what episode it is, if you pause it for a while (or overnight) and come back to it there’s no sound. Pausing it, switching outputs on the TV to another, launching an incognito YouTube window, playing any video for a few seconds then switching back to It Ain’t Half Hot Mum solves the problem. It doesn’t happen using any other video outputs but I can’t get the colours to match the ones using HDMI.

I’ve tried using different HDMI cables but the issue remains the same. Any other YouTube video doesn’t cause the issue, or any other video player like Netflix. My take on it is for some bizarre reason when it’s paused it knackers the audio over HDMI. Totally new one for me. ?

[PlaneMan]

Today’s Lego build. 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback. As in Bullitt.

[PlaneMan]

Hope everything goes well for everyone.

[PlaneMan]

Thanks Ryan.

Same to you and yours and everyone else.

[PlaneMan]

Thanks Lee.

Glad it’s not serious Bob.

[PlaneMan]

Hope it’s nothing serious.

Thanks Lee.

[PlaneMan]

W-O-F, indeed.

I’m really sensitive to noise (autism again) and I can just hear the fan on this when it’s working hard. I’d put money on it that most people wouldn’t hear it all.

I’t did have a weird moment this morning when I logged on, no sound at all. It was in sleep mode, popped into settings, altered the volume a touch and it was back, this happened on my Chromebook a few times so I had a good idea what to do.

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