pawl
Legendary Member
- Location
- Desford Leicestershire
The Retirement Thread
- Thread starter Dirk
- Start date
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BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
Beautiful sunny day here. Eldest daughter is 50 today, Mrs BoldonLad insisted on a cycle ride, to prove that, despite having a daughter who is 50, she is NOT old
Here we are just stopping off for re-fuel (coffee and cake).
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Made me google him and found this old article in the village Historical Society page. I will hang onto it as it’s a lovely reminder.I knew your Dad had class
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Electronic equipment used to be much less reliable so it was definitely true at one time. I remember when I was a child that we had to call out a TV repairman once or twice a year. That would have been for old valve TV sets.
Then transistors came in and sets lasted 2, 3, 4+ years between repairs.
When integrated circuits came along it became increasingly common for electronic kit never to go wrong and to be eventually scrapped while still fully functional. I have 3 spare laptops, 2 spare desktop PCs, several monitors, a spare phone, and a spare tablet - they all work, but they are not up to modern requirements. I tried giving some of it away to a tech recycling company which does up old kit and sends it to schools in Africa but they didn't want it. Even African village schools want to be able to watch YouTube videos etc.!
I often remember devices going 'pop' when I switched them on in the past but I would be surprised if it happened to a computer or TV of mine now. We take reliability of these devices for granted.
With computers, problems are more often software related but that is a whole different subject!
Sadly I can't read that. Blue on blue and tiny text.Made me google him and found this old article in the village Historical Society page. I will hang onto it as it’s a lovely reminder.
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Any man worth his salt can get 3 weeks out of a pair of undies........just turn them inside out every 3 or 4 days. Throw them at the wall.......if they stick and don't slide down THEN its time to change them.Apart form being unwell today I'm Nicholas, went to get a clean pair and there none
I have four options :-
Go commando
Drive 4 miles into town and buy some more, but I have loads at home and don't need any more
Drive home 16 miles and pick some up
or wash them, but I can't find any washing powder/liquid so I'll have to use shower gel and dry them on the radiator.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
We have a cottage booked in St Mawes for September
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Thought your name was Dave not Drago..........................
numbnuts
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
Spent many a month in that area, in the dark days when I worked. Some excellent pubs
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welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
We had leftover chicken today.
The weather is gorgeous here today. Blue skies and sunshine
The weather is gorgeous here today. Blue skies and sunshine
numbnuts
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
I could have had leftover dinner too, but that went down the looWe had leftover chicken today.
The weather is gorgeous here today. Blue skies and sunshine
Had some soup at lunch time and a mince pie....... so far so good, think I'll have scrambled egg on toast later
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
A nice memorial.Made me google him and found this old article in the village Historical Society page. I will hang onto it as it’s a lovely reminder.
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oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
I use Apple mostly as do my family and I find it easy to operate mostly.Electronic equipment used to be much less reliable so it was definitely true at one time. I remember when I was a child that we had to call out a TV repairman once or twice a year. That would have been for old valve TV sets.
Then transistors came in and sets lasted 2, 3, 4+ years between repairs.
When integrated circuits came along it became increasingly common for electronic kit never to go wrong and to be eventually scrapped while still fully functional. I have 3 spare laptops, 2 spare desktop PCs, several monitors, a spare phone, and a spare tablet - they all work, but they are not up to modern requirements. I tried giving some of it away to a tech recycling company which does up old kit and sends it to schools in Africa but they didn't want it. Even African village schools want to be able to watch YouTube videos etc.!
I often remember devices going 'pop' when I switched them on in the past but I would be surprised if it happened to a computer or TV of mine now. We take reliability of these devices for granted.
With computers, problems are more often software related but that is a whole different subject!
I also have an Acer laptop with win 10 I think which somebody else set up for me. Due to my ignorance of anything to do with windows the softwear is pretty much scrambled now but I keep it for 2 reasons.
It has a cd player and I can watch M.Hulot's Holiday which is the only video I have and also some music.
I also have a video cam on my car dashboard. The Macbook does not recognise the memory card for this but the laptop does -- upside down. Still can be used that way as far as I am concerned.
On the subject of valve tv sets. My BiL started his career as a repairman and weekly travelled Dumbarton to Kinlochleven to fix hired tv sets. He told the punters he had to take a faulty set back to Dumbarton for fixing but then did nothing to them. The bumping about in the back of his minivan usually got them working again.
