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Annb said:
I've said it before and I'll say it again - technology! Life was much simpler without it. Bring back the good old pre-tech days - furs, cold, inadequate shelter, no fire. Well, maybe not. Just go back maybe 50 years or so - I was young and able to cope with things then.
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The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there Ann.
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look behind
From where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game © Joni Mitchell
The desire to mythologise, cling on to and return to a bygone age lies at the heart of Brexit and MAGA imho. And yes, before anyone points out the b****ing obvious it lies at the heart of my (current?) inability to find real peace and happiness. We are but human, it is what we do when seeking comfort.
 
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I first started getting into Family History when I wanted to try to find my cousin - one year older than me and my best friend when we were teenagers but things changed, lives got mixed up and my part of the family lost touch with hers. Despite all my searches and discoveries I never managed to find Joyce or her brother. Recently I did manage to find her father (her mother died in the 80's, just before we lost touch) and found that he had died in 1999. Dead end. Then I found, on the Ancestry website, a tree matching mine. It seems that Joyce's brother died in 2021, so was shown on the family tree but Joyce was not shown - being still alive. The tree is owned by what I think is her son - who I last saw as a small child in 1970. I sent him a message but it appears he hasn't used the site in the last year and a half and he hasn't responded. So near, yet so far.
 
Annb said:
I can't go to bed tonight. I went through to my bedroom at 23.45 to get ready for bed, but there was a fairly big spider ensconced in a corner of my ceiling. I cannot share my bedroom with a spider and it was in a position where I couldn't reach it with the spider catcher. So I have relinquished my room to the spider. Came back through to the kitchen but can't get to sleep now. That's why I'm here, sharing my thoughts with you guys.

My thoughts: why am I so scared of spiders? No idea. I know I shouldn't be. I know that there are no dangerous spiders in this country - even "pet" tarantulas aren't really dangerous unless you are allergic to them. As my mother used to say, "They are more scared of you than you are of them." Wrong! Maybe they have more reason to be scared of me, but they can't be more scared than I am. Spiders are just so ... alien. Maybe I was bitten by a poisonous spider in some past existence, who knows?

It's odd. Alistair isn't remotely fazed by spiders and will quite happily handle them - even tarantulas. Neil won't touch a spider, any more than I would but he will trap them with the spider catcher. In fact he has just come through to the kitchen to see why I was still up and now gone to catch the spider - he's tall enough to reach it. So maybe I will go to bed tonight. Tom was quite able to deal with spiders although he wasn't keen. His sister handles them quite happily. We're all different, as may have been noted before. My father was another one who wouldn't go near a spider, although my mother thought nothing of catching them and putting them out for me.

My bedroom is clear now, so I can go to bed. 'Night all.
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Good that you finally were able to get to bed @Annb
 
ianpspurs said:
Morning all. I can't share an unknown fbg, sorry. Here in L.A. the weather is as good as anyone has a right to expect for the country and time of year so thanks be to God. Talking of what one has a right to expect, some of my ruminations may have been useful. Virtually eliminating a whole food group then expecting to derive enough vitamins, nutrients let alone pleasure is minimally presumptuous if not utterly absurd. Layer on top of that a house and immediate locality outside anything I personally would ever expect to find life enhancing plus my very obvious medical issues which reduce my ability to escape into exercise. Having my MIL living here is absolutely right but I'm not denying that it is an added challenge for both myself and JKP. If I was advising someone else I'd say why on earth would anyone sensible ever presume to be really relaxed and happy? I have this treasure in a very earthen vessel and one flawed aspect is to expect to be immune from my human frailty. The wonder is how I, or anyone else, remains even remotely functional. That's the Advent hope. Now the much needed hugs for others. @Annb hug for the spider problem and even more so for the absurdity of contemporary British access to a GP. @dunelm thank you for sharing the art and hug for the current preoccupation which is hardly surprising. I hope the walk helps. @JohnEGreen hug for the low fbg. @Krystyna23040 wonderful to read how uplifting yesterday was for you but crucially you don't mention if there was a sausage roll for Mr K. Despite the foregoing I really wish you all a wonderful Monday. I shall watch cricket and drink tea then later go into Cambs to collect then feed two grandchildren, one son and his partner. There's today's crack through which the light comes in or Epiphany if you will. Have a song - lyrics here.
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yes @ianpspurs there was a sausage roll for Mr K.

I do understand how you feel about your MiL living with yo u. We promised my father in law that he would never go into a home. He lived with us for 3 years as his dementia got progressively worse. I must admit that we did regret that promise - which became impossible to keep at the end..
 
dunelm said:
Good morning everyone on a bright and sunny start to the day here in the dark and dangerous north. 5.1 this a.m. Not really caught up - a bit preoccupied. Off out for a walk into town in a while to clear my head. Art bit, a few autumnal colours. Hope the sun shines for you today - enjoy its warmth as you sunbath if it does. Koffy finished, best get moving.
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Lovely autumnal scene @dunelm
 
Annb said:
I've said it before and I'll say it again - technology! Life was much simpler without it. Bring back the good old pre-tech days - furs, cold, inadequate shelter, no fire. Well, maybe not. Just go back maybe 50 years or so - I was young and able to cope with things then.
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I hate technology @Annb

I am up the wall with this...
 
ianpspurs said:
In the circumstances you describe a mid morning sherry seems wholly appropriate and positively restrained. Knowing how much it means to you I'm glad you have been able to share a creative especially one which seems to me to be optimistic. You as much as anyone ever has make me wonder how a person can remain so positive and encouraging. I hope being outside is the positive experience you need just now and that somehow all the tech issues can be resolved so your life can run as smoothly as possible.
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Thanks @ianpspurs
There is no other way to be.
The sooner you plod your way through, the sooner you get to a better place.

I've lost a lot. A load of research. Largely I was backing up as I went along, but the last few days I was finding a different way to try and back up, consequently I'd not backed up the last few days research, but I expect the blooming iPad iPad to work, as these devices are meant to do...

I think I have repaired the iPad mini by doing the reset and deleting everything. The business of the frozen screen remained for half an hour after it restarted and it kept asking me to put my name password ID etc in again and again.

Initially I thought the reset had failed but in between each time I put in my password it seemed to progress a bit further and repairing it is all I can think of, and then it went back to the hello beginning screen again.

I am still waiting for it to reinstall and this is taking an awful long time so I'm just hoping it's successful but I've got nothing to do to be able to do any work in the meantime because both iPads are out of out of commission while this is happening/updating

I just have to be patient and tell it is all done, but I think I've saved myself a whole bunch of money and done just as well as what any computer p shop or Apple store would have done.

But the true answer will come tomorrow morning probably when the whole thing is done & dusted.

I reckon it would take me a couple of weeks to do the research again, some things I just cannot get back, but hopefully this will have saved me the cost of a new iPad mini which is not cheap.
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 8.6

No, it is nothing I've eaten...

I have a disaster here, at least a disaster for me. My iPad mini which is a device I use for everything and has got the videos stored on it ready to post (Work I did yesterday) and work for my everything including my bank account etc , and all my photographs and pictures of Midnight and both my hearing dogs, which I had had on that iPad mini, the other photographs and videos and stuff which I was desperately trying to save from my other iPad Pro which packed in are all different to the ones that were on the this current iPad mini, and various projects which I had partially backed up because I was in the process of doing them, the screen froze and wouldn't let me in, then it froze and wouldn't let me put in my password number.

The last the last eight hours have been working on this iPad mini to try to find out when I last backed it up which was a couple of days ago. But the last couple of days I've been doing a lot of work which will obviously not have been backed up yet.

And I had been working on backing up some of the photographs and videos that were important for me but I hadn't finished that yet ...

There was no indication this was going to happen.
I have spent the last few hours trying everything with Apple and any suggestions and googling and there was nothing I could do myself the resolve this.

So an hour ago I made the decision to erase the IPad 2. Well, that was a faff to find out how to do... And none of the words or the icons were where apple said they were so I had to do a lot of guesswork to find out the erase button then there was a whole pile of code number for me, before I could do it.Aagghh..


Well my iPad mini is erased now, and then taking a break for a couple of hours and then see if I can reinstall it from the cloud, or if I have to start all over again with it...

There was a whole pile of things that were running from it, for example of my central heating and unless I can get the app for the central heating running again I can't run the central heating from the thermostat thingy on the wall....

I tried accessing my bank account from another device because I only had it up and running on the iPad mini. And it did not want to let me in my bank. Said my password etc etc I was putting in was wrong. It's all written carefully in a special place. I will try again later with that, it wanted me to telephone them using a voice call on a proper telephone which I cannot do with being deaf... And then when I could not respond to that the bank asked me to press this first button here and in oh five to ten days they will give me a password which I will be able to access my bank but that was coming by post. So I pressed this button and then the page crashed, so I don't think even that will be happening and I haven't got a clue how to proceed at this point.

I think a mid morning sherry, even though it is nearly midday is appropriate at this point...

Creative is a painting I did awhile ago...

Have a happy day, I am going outside for a bit..
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Oh no @gennepher. What a nightmare. I think you Deserve a sherry.
 
6.4 this #8 birthday.
No cake later. Grrr!

It is a beautiful day today, have had chance to sit in the sun.

And that is where I'm going until the fun descends.

Have a wonderful day, I will try.
My best wishes to you lot as always.
 
ianpspurs said:
The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there Ann.
And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look behind
From where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game © Joni Mitchell
The desire to mythologise, cling on to and return to a bygone age lies at the heart of Brexit and MAGA imho. And yes, before anyone points out the b****ing obvious it lies at the heart of my (current?) inability to find real peace and happiness. We are but human, it is what we do when seeking comfort.
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I love the circle game by Joni Mitchell @ianpspurs
 
Annb said:
I first started getting into Family History when I wanted to try to find my cousin - one year older than me and my best friend when we were teenagers but things changed, lives got mixed up and my part of the family lost touch with hers. Despite all my searches and discoveries I never managed to find Joyce or her brother. Recently I did manage to find her father (her mother died in the 80's, just before we lost touch) and found that he had died in 1999. Dead end. Then I found, on the Ancestry website, a tree matching mine. It seems that Joyce's brother died in 2021, so was shown on the family tree but Joyce was not shown - being still alive. The tree is owned by what I think is her son - who I last saw as a small child in 1970. I sent him a message but it appears he hasn't used the site in the last year and a half and he hasn't responded. So near, yet so far.
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You could try contacting the send again @Annb , because I know any messages to me on ancestry are also sent by email to me. The email could have got mislaid, or accidentally going to spam etc. so the way I am thinking is send a son a message every few months or so because at some point because there's a better chance of him getting an alert than if you just leave it be...

The other thing that is Facebook which he could be on. He might be on other social media. I would certainly be investigating a little bit further into his whereabouts or how to get a contact to him, even if it ends up in a dead end.

I am a bit like a dog worrying a bone, and I don't get give up until I find something even if it may not be what I want...
 
gennepher said:
You could try contacting the send again @Annb , because I know any messages to me on ancestry are also sent by email to me. The email could have got mislaid, or accidentally going to spam etc. so the way I am thinking is send a son a message every few months or so because at some point because there's a better chance of him getting an alert than if you just leave it be...

The other thing that is Facebook which he could be on. He might be on other social media. I would certainly be investigating a little bit further into his whereabouts or how to get a contact to him, even if it ends up in a dead end.

I am a bit like a dog worrying a bone, and I don't get give up until I find something even if it may not be what I want...
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I'm not on Facebook or any of those other social media thingies, but DIL is. Maybe she could put a message up for me. I know this man's name and parentage. It might be possible. Thanks, Gennepher.
 
ianpspurs said:
Morning all. I can't share an unknown fbg, sorry. Here in L.A. the weather is as good as anyone has a right to expect for the country and time of year so thanks be to God. Talking of what one has a right to expect, some of my ruminations may have been useful. Virtually eliminating a whole food group then expecting to derive enough vitamins, nutrients let alone pleasure is minimally presumptuous if not utterly absurd. Layer on top of that a house and immediate locality outside anything I personally would ever expect to find life enhancing plus my very obvious medical issues which reduce my ability to escape into exercise. Having my MIL living here is absolutely right but I'm not denying that it is an added challenge for both myself and JKP. If I was advising someone else I'd say why on earth would anyone sensible ever presume to be really relaxed and happy? I have this treasure in a very earthen vessel and one flawed aspect is to expect to be immune from my human frailty. The wonder is how I, or anyone else, remains even remotely functional. That's the Advent hope. Now the much needed hugs for others. @Annb hug for the spider problem and even more so for the absurdity of contemporary British access to a GP. @dunelm thank you for sharing the art and hug for the current preoccupation which is hardly surprising. I hope the walk helps. @JohnEGreen hug for the low fbg. @Krystyna23040 wonderful to read how uplifting yesterday was for you but crucially you don't mention if there was a sausage roll for Mr K. Despite the foregoing I really wish you all a wonderful Monday. I shall watch cricket and drink tea then later go into Cambs to collect then feed two grandchildren, one son and his partner. There's today's crack through which the light comes in or Epiphany if you will. Have a song - lyrics here.
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Thank you @ianpspurs - walking, especially through the woods and down the beach certainly helps. Trees, wildlife, sand, sea, breeze and a spot of sunshine - smashing.
 
gennepher said:
Fbg 8.6

No, it is nothing I've eaten...

I have a disaster here, at least a disaster for me. My iPad mini which is a device I use for everything and has got the videos stored on it ready to post (Work I did yesterday) and work for my everything including my bank account etc , and all my photographs and pictures of Midnight and both my hearing dogs, which I had had on that iPad mini, the other photographs and videos and stuff which I was desperately trying to save from my other iPad Pro which packed in are all different to the ones that were on the this current iPad mini, and various projects which I had partially backed up because I was in the process of doing them, the screen froze and wouldn't let me in, then it froze and wouldn't let me put in my password number.

The last the last eight hours have been working on this iPad mini to try to find out when I last backed it up which was a couple of days ago. But the last couple of days I've been doing a lot of work which will obviously not have been backed up yet.

And I had been working on backing up some of the photographs and videos that were important for me but I hadn't finished that yet ...

There was no indication this was going to happen.
I have spent the last few hours trying everything with Apple and any suggestions and googling and there was nothing I could do myself the resolve this.

So an hour ago I made the decision to erase the IPad 2. Well, that was a faff to find out how to do... And none of the words or the icons were where apple said they were so I had to do a lot of guesswork to find out the erase button then there was a whole pile of code number for me, before I could do it.Aagghh..


Well my iPad mini is erased now, and then taking a break for a couple of hours and then see if I can reinstall it from the cloud, or if I have to start all over again with it...

There was a whole pile of things that were running from it, for example of my central heating and unless I can get the app for the central heating running again I can't run the central heating from the thermostat thingy on the wall....

I tried accessing my bank account from another device because I only had it up and running on the iPad mini. And it did not want to let me in my bank. Said my password etc etc I was putting in was wrong. It's all written carefully in a special place. I will try again later with that, it wanted me to telephone them using a voice call on a proper telephone which I cannot do with being deaf... And then when I could not respond to that the bank asked me to press this first button here and in oh five to ten days they will give me a password which I will be able to access my bank but that was coming by post. So I pressed this button and then the page crashed, so I don't think even that will be happening and I haven't got a clue how to proceed at this point.

I think a mid morning sherry, even though it is nearly midday is appropriate at this point...

Creative is a painting I did awhile ago...

Have a happy day, I am going outside for a bit..
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Smashing piece - I like the almost simplicity and looseness of it. A mid morning sherry is always a good idea and it’s mid morning somewhere all the time. I do like some of the dry sherries.
 
ianpspurs said:
MAGA
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MAGA: Make America Great Again?
ianpspurs said:
my (current?) inability to find real peace and happiness. We are but human, it is what we do when seeking comfort.
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In my experience finding real peace and happiness is a state of mind. I switched off from excessive following our media output many years ago, I glance at newspaper headlines. No more than that.

In the words of that comedian Fredrick Dave Allen “ may your God go with you “.

I hope you find pleasure in watching sport and not being fixated on any particular sportspersons or teams.

To question beliefs is a very important in my opinion, but I firmly believe in science.

@gennepher
Your perseverance with your technology is a true example to confirmed “Luddites” like myself. I hope you win your battles.
 
alf_Josiah said:
MAGA: Make America Great Again?

In my experience finding real peace and happiness is a state of mind. I switched off from excessive following our media output many years ago, I glance at newspaper headlines. No more than that.

In the words of that comedian Fredrick Dave Allen “ may your God go with you “.

I hope you find pleasure in watching sport and not being fixated on any particular sportspersons or teams.

To question beliefs is a very important in my opinion, but I firmly believe in science.

@gennepher
Your perseverance with your technology is a true example to confirmed “Luddites” like myself. I hope you win your battles.
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Thank you very much @alf_Josiah
I will dive in where angels fear to tread....nothing to lose...
 
07.10
8.35am FBG 4.5
Have spent some time turning out kitchen cupboards. Now have what MrSlim described as " a mixed bag end of shelf life meals" to plan.
Thunderstorm had Kiki following me about, but still not accepting cuddles. Closed the gates just in case, but seems it wasn't neccessary here. Unlike a friend not far away who has flooding again.
I was touched to get messages from several friends checking on me after the storm.
@Annb am not scared of spiders, but was not happy to find a large one under my pillow a few nights ago.
 
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