The Retirement Thread

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Dave7

Dave7

Legendary Member
Location
Cheshire
dave r said:
I rarely watch the news.
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We have stopped watching the main news but sometimes watch the 30 minute local news at 1800.
Its nothing but arguments over Covid, doom and gloom or a mix of both.
 
Tenkaykev

Tenkaykev

Guru
Location
Poole
Dave7 said:
Will the pub be open ?
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This was on the Bar last week, unfortunately the Coffee Porter wasn't quite ready. That's on the menu for tonight🍺:whistle:🚲


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Flick of the Elbow

Flick of the Elbow

less than
Location
SW Edinburgh
Still dreaming of moving up north. Conon Bridge/Maryburgh/possibly Dingwall seem to be the best Venn intersection of walking, cycling, and amenities. Much as we both love Speyside the road cycling there is very limited and the risk of it turning ever more into a tourist theme park appears high. In which case we’d prefer to visit it as daytrippers rather than stay as residents. Anyway, there’s no hurry, we can take another couple of years weighing all this up.
 
ColinJ

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
Location
Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
PaulSB said:
@ColinJ - thanks for the tip about my aerial input to the set top box. I tightened the female input socket with a pair of pliers. It worked.
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Yay! :becool:
PaulSB said:
Now another question. We like to keep the sockets in a cable tidy. We have four in an extension inside one of these. When I put everything back in the cable tidy pixelation returns but nothing like as badly.

Is it possible if cables are touching each other this creates interference? The aerial cable is not touching any electrical cables but is obviously close by.
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I don't think it will be actual physical contact because the cables will be insulated, but if they are not adequately screened then they could be picking up interference from each other. (Screening is like the copper braid on the aerial cable. It is a grounded shield for the signal wire running down the centre of the cable.) If that were the problem then using better quality cables would be the answer. I wouldn't rush into that though because you could spend £20 on new cables but not get any improvement. (If you could borrow cables from someone else to try, that would be a way of finding out.)

Also, see if holding the cables makes any difference - it shouldn't do, but if they are picking up interference then that might make it worse or better

Try wiggling the cables to make sure that there is a good connection where they plug in. If that makes a difference then you need to make sure that every one is making a good solid connection at all times.
 
12boy

12boy

Guru
Location
Casper WY USA
Thanks for the conversion tips....it is easy if we are talking above 0 F, but it hurts my noggin when its below. I'll get it eventually.
I learned when I came to windy Wyoming that the state flower is a Wal-Mart bag in a tree. And once I had to go to a conference about improving Social Security service to Alaskan Natives and Native Americans. An Inuit elder gave a presentation in which she held up her purse and asked if we knew what the white cordage it was made from was.....sinew, tendons, walrus or Caribou hide were the answers. It was made from strips of Wal-Mart bags.
5F this morning with a couple of inches of powder snow. 5 -30 ÷2 = -12. 5. Not too far off -15 C.
 
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