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Unless you know the signal is good, I prefer ones with an external antenna as the back of a PC is usually the worst place.
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“which may eventually complete the process of bankrupting our nation.”
Sadly Bob I have to agree with you. The “fiscally responsible” party is about to embark on the most fiscally irresponsible act possible and even they admit it, well the rational arm anyway. They are also very adept at spreading the wealth that is there to as few people as possible. It’s the Tory councils in the West Country that seem to be suffering the most. They kept council tax low in accordance with the glorious leaders dictats (to get the glorious leader re-elected) only to find their act of support cruelly backfire when not reciprocated.
We have been squeezed until the pips squeak. My kids have made the most of whats in front of them and worked hard to get the grades to go to University and then make the most of it. They have racked up huge debts and have no chance of buying a property. We have both worked damn hard, paid all our taxes and paid off the mortgage early only to face losing it all in 20 years time when we succumb to old age. Feck that, when the Mrs retires we’re going to do the bucket list in 1st Class style while we have the chance as all we’ll be leaving it to is the state, not the kids.
And none of that is the fault of the EU, it’s 100% Westminster. Plan past their next election? Pah! But make that half way to because after that it’s campaigning. Very few actually care about what’s good for the nation or even their constituency (apart from the part that selects them).
However you can reverse that when it comes to spending on London. Crossrail isn’t here yet and it’s Crossrail 2. We had the electrification to Bristol and Bath cancelled as it’s too expensive. Bristol being a Labour stronghold and Bath a Liberal one I’m sure had no influence on that decision. But it’a full steam ahead through the most awkward bit – the Severn and Patchway Tunnels had to be dropped – because they’re scared stiff of Cardiff.
Angry of the Shires ?
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Politicians call GE not the voters, even now with the fixed term act as we’ve already seen. In 1974 we had two GEs, Feb and Oct and there are plenty of examples of less than 2 years so the time frame doesn’t seem to be an issue.
If there is a peoples vote – which is not a second referendum – it will be called by politicians for their own purposes, just like the first one was. This whole mess is down to Conservative party infighting and that infighting will shape what’s to come not “the will of the people”. I don’t think they give a flying fig what you think never mind me. The only thing that seems to scare them is the thought of someone else being in power – that is always the threat. Vote my way or I’ll bring you down. Bring me down and it’s GE time and Corbyn will be in. And so it goes on and on.
I don’t believe a second peoples vote (call it what you like, I don’t personally care) would do anything more than stir up the already harmful splits in the country. I’m not sure we could all take the lies from all sides again, but at least we are all more informed than the first time. It’s too late to stop what’s going to happen, whatever that is, but a GE soon after would give the country the chance to reverse, mitigate or strengthen that approach.
I’ve never believed in referendums, we are a representative democracy and the MPs should do their job. I also don’t get het up when an MP decides to go against the perceived wishes of their constituency. I only mentioned it here to highlight the hypocrisy as it is usually aimed at Remain Labour MPs and no-one else. Once they are in you have to trust them to see “the bigger picture” and of course it will be slanted by their beliefs.
It’s one reason I’m not all fired up about “sovereignty”. All the institutions everywhere are self serving and despite what anyone says, very hard to get rid of. It’s usually a temporary respite, even the Hamiltons came back stronger. I believe that a stronger European block is required for many reasons and I’m quite happy for a European forum to shape that with local Parliaments customising it. I am quite happy with the democratic processes involved, no model is perfect of course. I believe we are better together, to borrow from another referendum slogan, despite it not being perfection. The Pros outweigh the Cons for me.
It’s funny how many Brexiteers are also pro union. You would have thought the arguments for UK independence from Europe would equally apply to Scotland?
I will never have a smart meter. My meter goes backwards on very sunny days ? I’ve already done as much energy saving as is practical, it won’t tell me much I don’t know. If it could get my daughter to turn the lights out after she’s left though…
The problem with the BT whitebox is that they are now obsolete so if you rely on one and it breaks you’re out of luck. However the Draytek 130 does the same job and like the white box you just plug it in and your router does all the authentication.
As for the Technicolor, they don’t have the best reputation but I also believe in if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. If it’s a better spec than the Trend Net (probably the AC WiFi) then you lose nothing by trying it.
As for replacing it, the TG589 can be set in bridge mode i.e. like the BT white box or D130, which opens up Ethernet only routers. Probably only for specialist stuff, like Synology routers, as modern VDSL routers are just as capable for home use.
I don’t know of any contract that has download limits these days.
If you link your bank account it will go through the statement and assign entries as income or expenses. If it can identify the category – bank charges is easy – it will categorise it or you can do it manually from a drop down list.
Merchant charges are only 1.4% + 20p – which is why I signed up for them – and you can set up automatic recurring billing. As well as customers paying online you can accept payments in person or over the phone.
Then what you’re saying is that the public can never change it’s mind. If the 2nd result was different from the 1st why would it be less valid? After all Farage was going to keep going if the result had been as close but the other way around and all the rest would have too. More hypocrisy I feel.
You really do have an over active imagination when it comes to the EU. When the member of an organisation violates the rules of that organisation then surely there are consequences. And nothing has happened to Hungary yet, it just opens the door to sanctions. Those sanctions have to a unanimous vote and that is unlikely. Poland will probably block them although I doubt we will. May be you agree with what Orban is up to?
Big news, politicians don’t the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Some of them even plaster their lies on the side of buses. A whole load of leading Brexiteers defended the Lords one day, then demanded their abolition when they voted the wrong way. The whole place is a cesspit of hypocrisy, lies and self interest. Shall we get the list out of Brexit MPs whose constituency voted remain? Like we do when it’s the other way around? Kate Hoey is one of them and she wonders why they want her deselected.
Anyway, Theresa May has categorically ruled it out so we know the Peoples Vote will happen.
Looked in the Apple store and it looks like it’s for tablets not phones. That will kibosh it for the cleaners, leaving really only the paid for software.
However I’m going to start trialling it for me.
EDIT just found Wave Going to give that a go first.
Update: Wave all set up, dead easy and now I can get paid by card too (optional additional service, 1.4% + 20p). Customer gets an online link emailed to them and you can attach the invoice as a pdf. Once they’ve paid they get and emailed receipt with a permanent link to it. The payment systems offers them the chance to save their card details and automatically bill them, like Amazon.
There are no charges apart from the commission on payments and I believe payroll. So if you just want a free invoicing and expenses tracker this is it. It doesn’t do any HMRC integration but that doesn’t bother me, thats what the accountant is for.
Update 2: First card payment received. Notified immediately via email and the transaction automatically added in Wave. It will take 7 days to get to my bank account, but that’s OK by me. Have connected my bank account to it, will see if it deals with the transaction properly i.e. doesn’t create a duplicate.
The cash flow projections are useful as is the ability to set automatic reminders of non payment (you decide the time frame). The Android app seems to have all the functionality as Windows. Still learning but so far it’s been a good experience. Going to play with the expenses module next.
Found some mildly crippled free software NCH Express Invoice that we’re going to trial. If it works out the one off £38 + vat or £4 monthly will be worth paying. There’s mobile apps so it’s accessible through the internet but you have to set up Port Forwarding. On an internal network you just go to the appropriate IP address. His existing contacts can be used to seed the customer database which should save some time.
EDIT -great minds think alike ?
It’s as central as you can get. Half way from centraal station to Dam Square and in the middle of the Damrak and Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal main roads, 200 metres from the police station.
There’s the perfect triangle of the Inntel Hotel, Formosa Argentina Steakhouse and the Wildman. The guy that owns the Formosa really is Argentinian and it’s proper South American cuts. If you ask for a Quilmes (Argentinian lager) he loves it and you’ll probably get a free shot of Legui at the end of the meal.
I had to work with what they had and there was no way the iPhone was going to go, now or in the future. That included what they had done software wise too, a huge investment in a Google calendar but the Contacts were in online Outlook.com and the phone. MS Office (2007) documents were scattered over the two laptops. The relevant user IDs were all different email addresses.
TBH I come across set ups like this a lot. They sort of know what they want to achieve and start down a route, then abandon it when it gets hard. Then they hear of something new and try that but don’t know how to bring the old stuff over. New email addresses are added and abandoned, but left going just in case. Quite often different projects are started by different friends/ family members who then get fed up “supporting” them and no-one knows quite how it works. Of course nothing is documented.
Technical ability is very limited so you have to stick with the tools they know and that means MS Office. But they do seem able to work with different email clients, they frequently have a different one for each address! Anything to do with sharing / synchronisation has to be automatic or it won’t happen.
Yep, even in the Wildman I’ve seen Guinness and London Pride on tap. The house beers are La Trappe Blond and Witte, one of the commercial Trappist breweries (it’s what the Mrs drinks when there).
The point of the place is to try different beers and hopefully the best of them, who brews it doesn’t matter. But they do champion the little guy and the unusual. I don’t think the Dutch could do snobbery if they tried though.
Kingston SA400S37/240G £36.99 on Amazon I have the 480GB version in this laptop
Sequential Read (Q= 32,T= 1) : 525.245 MB/s
Sequential Write (Q= 32,T= 1) : 462.684 MB/sToday I’ve been trying to find a way to help a local small business manage their affairs using 2 Windows laptops and an iPhone. The boss also wants to be able to do it from visits to Spain. Plus we have to keep it all GDPR compliant.
Playing with Apple / Google / Microsoft is great fun as they all fall out with each other and only allow certain things to interact with each other, but with a combination of all 3 we got there. Documents, calendars, emails (from 3 providers) and contacts all synchronising and editable on all devices and backed up. A bit clunky but it’s free and doesn’t require any user intervention to work.
A paid for solution, probably Office 365 for Business, would probably have been slicker but at an unacceptable cost.
Hmm, let me see. Pricing in Euros is some deep dark conspiracy. Talk about 2 + 2 = 22! Which currency should they be priced in? Whichever one you pick (or localise them all) you will have the same issue. As circumstances change one group will be better off compared to another.
Of course 2 years ago the shoe would have been on the other foot. Who do we have to thank for the drop in Sterling’s value?
It wasn’t “off” in any way and was like drinking any other beer, it just looked weird. Definitely no after effects. There was an American home brewer in (it’s quite a mecca) and he said that’s how NEIPA should look – like it has come from the bottom of the Damrak ?
I agree, we all like what we like, but at least you have explored off the beaten track.
I watched Doom Bar come up the A30, M5 and M4 over the years. It used to be a secret only known to North Cornwall and was spreading slowly, then they sold out to the big boys and it exploded. The cask is still brewed in Rock but the bottled stuff is from Burton.
I grew up on Bristol Courage Best, but going to London (back then) the Reading stuff was very different and not very good (I realise it is a London brewery). When it stopped in Bristol I switched to Decorators (Directors) but you rarely see either now. It was the beer of my generation in these parts though.
Staying in Cornwall, anything from Skinners Brewery is generally awful, but Betty Stoggs as kept by The Mouse in Westbury-On-Trym – our pub quiz pub – is way better than any I’ve had in Cornwall. A beer that travels?
St. Austell brewery has improved beyond all recognition from when I was a kid and is available outside Cornwall these days. If you like Doom Bar you’ll love Tribute. Korev is a lager for beer drinkers, that’s the only way to describe it. Proper Job is a “Greene King” style IPA and HSD is very much like Brains HSD that Nolan will know all about ? Trelawny is a session bitter very much like Courage Best. Their pubs are all top notch with good food and accommodation.
“Craft beer” from the mainstream breweries is usually crap, but Shipyard in Wetherspoons is OK. The best place to try real craft beer is in a specialist bar, like the Wild Beer Co at Wapping Wharf or the ulitmate is In de Wildeman in Amsterdam.
Like ale, there are many different varieties of “craft beer” besides the very hopped stuff that’s becoming mainstream. That’s why you need a specialist outlet (or most local bars in Flemish Belgium). There you can learn your Blondes from your Boks and Saison from Berliner Weiss.
This was In de Wildeman – a Spanish New England IPA from the Garage Beer co. Yes it’s supposed to look like that ? and no it doesn’t taste like it’s come from the bottom of the Damrak. It’s like real cider, hazy and juicy, in pretentious speak it’s “essentially an unfiltered IPA or Double IPA that’s been aggressively hopped”.
Cherry beer sounds disgusting, but Belgian lambic Kriek is something else and can be very tart.
Hmm I think we need a European beer weekend before it’s too late ?
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