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welsh dragon

Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Morning folks. A foggy start to the day here. Just took a pic from my kitchen window. ^_^:hello:

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Kinda suprised that no-one remembers where they were, on the day of the final solar eclipse of the 20th century. The first full one visible in the UK for over 70 years.

One close guess I noticed.

We can remember it but can't remember where we were, there was a debate on facebook between me and my sons about it, we were on holiday in Devon and visiting a zoo but nobody remembers which one. Eventually we worked out it probably was what is now Exmoor Zoo, then known as Exmoor Animal & Bird. Gardens
 

PaulSB

Squire
Kinda suprised that no-one remembers where they were, on the day of the final solar eclipse of the 20th century. The first full one visible in the UK for over 70 years.

One close guess I noticed.

Ah. I was stood in the yard at work along with a few others watching the eclipse but I couldn't have recalled the date etc. I well remember this.
 
I had exactly the same thing with an old TomTom.
It was working last year, tried to use it recently and it wont find the satellites. Hardly use it anyway.
I get loads of emails offering a new one etc like you.
I just use my phone now with google maps. Does the job on the odd occasion I need directions.
Another that wont waste money on a new one.
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If your eyes don't start bleeding by having to fire up tomtom home on your computer and you have not thrown the wretched thing in the recycle bin you may or may not be in luck. Some tomtoms are unaffected by the WNRO (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_formatting_and_storage_bugs). For others there is a fix with a one time navcore update, "9.541". If your device is old enough to have a Broadcomm GL1 chip proceed directly to the "small electricals" at your local recycle centre. There is a fix for that one but it involves some knowledge and this forum is not the place for it.
So plug it in and fire up or install TT home and try your luck. Just dismiss the "obsolete products" popup and press on with "update my go". If you are offered a one time update of the navcore you are in luck.
Of course your TT may have a component fault but it is worth a shot, you paid good money for it! Here is a TT720 that I am having difficulty finding newer maps for:tongue:.
 
Good morning all fellow wheezers. It is raining again surprisingly. A bit of a disaster this morning, the milk has gone off so there is only black tea. MrsP has coffee pods, so I need to get to the shop and get a couple of pints, quickly. I have a list of domestics to do and hopefully I can get out on the bike and go to the farm shop for some ducks eggs.
I have never tasted duck eggs, can you describe any difference between them and chicken eggs?
 

Paulus

Started young, and still going.
Location
Barnet,
I have never tasted duck eggs, can you describe any difference between them and chicken eggs?
They are obviously larger to start with, and the shells are a bit tougher to get into. The flavour is a little bit richer than a hens egg. If you get ducks eggs with blue shells, it can be a bit disconcerting to start with as the albumen is a blueish colour to start with, but as it cooks, it turns a normal shade of white.
 
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