Lamont D
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Speak Scouse please?
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Speak Scouse please?
jjraak
Expert
A good question
For me it's a decade plus of digital holiday pics.
Various items from personal history/mum/dad/etc.
A few moments g items over the years that get kept 'just in case' and cleaned out now & then.
A whole heap of research posts and data links from my time on here,
The recent accident, reports, opinions, costing & various viewpoints
Some of the above factual, some just a snapshot of the particular time.
And obv, cos of MLOTI.*
A Whole host of boarded items, I probably won't even know I've got until the laptop goes on the Fritz & goes off to digital heaven.
That's when I'll remember the 'importance' of tye thing I never thought to back up.
Other than that, not much I can't find on line once again given time, (& my browsers bookmarks )
*Murphy's law of the internet.
( Stuff not backed up is the stuff that is the first to be needed urgently )
lindisfel
Expert
New years day I had a pleasant experience . John Campbell's mother asked me to speak to a young guy in a deep depression two years ago, she thought I could help ( cos of my background) with a guy at their church.
We were friends cos we went to same church as John and Mary Campbell in Carlisle, in the 90s. We had an enjoyable time in their house group . They were just bit older than us and he was a Bible Greek scholar and had taught a number in the church greek . Its greek of Aexander the greats armies koine, they were just bit older than us. I worked at the hospital then.
I remember the owner of the house behaved like an angry young man, until he went to Israel for two weeks and he was a spiritual giant and loved every body when he came back.
He played a guitar well and we all sang to it, if the neighbours heard us they didn't complain.
This year the young guy left the area and moved on, I contacted him briefly but later that month I had a heart attack and it was only this month. I contacted him again but he was on my mind many times. He was more the age what a grandson would be.
We had a short text exchange and we will keep in touch the guy was a second generation jw and it was expected to never leave what his parents taught him.
So the Borg cut him off. So did his parents family and friends.
I think his wife eventually parted company taking their small child but I am not certain, but it is usual ,. it was not surprising he could not keep going in his job as a teacher and had a breakdown.
He'd gone to university and then done a teacher's certificate. A no no for the Borg he should have been a window cleaner.
He wanted to know how I was doing and he been trying to put his life together. I was really pleased he had his mental breakdown two years ago and was improving.
We shall keep in touch.
We were friends cos we went to same church as John and Mary Campbell in Carlisle, in the 90s. We had an enjoyable time in their house group . They were just bit older than us and he was a Bible Greek scholar and had taught a number in the church greek . Its greek of Aexander the greats armies koine, they were just bit older than us. I worked at the hospital then.
I remember the owner of the house behaved like an angry young man, until he went to Israel for two weeks and he was a spiritual giant and loved every body when he came back.
He played a guitar well and we all sang to it, if the neighbours heard us they didn't complain.
This year the young guy left the area and moved on, I contacted him briefly but later that month I had a heart attack and it was only this month. I contacted him again but he was on my mind many times. He was more the age what a grandson would be.
We had a short text exchange and we will keep in touch the guy was a second generation jw and it was expected to never leave what his parents taught him.
So the Borg cut him off. So did his parents family and friends.
I think his wife eventually parted company taking their small child but I am not certain, but it is usual ,. it was not surprising he could not keep going in his job as a teacher and had a breakdown.
He'd gone to university and then done a teacher's certificate. A no no for the Borg he should have been a window cleaner.
He wanted to know how I was doing and he been trying to put his life together. I was really pleased he had his mental breakdown two years ago and was improving.
We shall keep in touch.
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Krystyna23040
Expert
Very good advice. Was I sensible and took it easy? Actually, probably not
I normally get a pat on the back if I have tried as its a start, I have a badge that says "I tried" and also one that says "survive out of spite". Think someone is trying to tell me something
Annb
Expert
Spreadsheets to keep track of bank account; important e-mails; addresses and phone numbers; diabetes information; family history; family stories for Em; solicitor letters and documents; crofting information; stories my brother has written and sent to me for editing; stories I have written/am writing; recipes; calendars of events; draft layouts for stories I have written and passed on for finishing; photographs; two books that I edited and did page layouts for (should archive them but haven't done so yet); prescription lists for myself and for Neil; last year's crofting census, kept so that I know what I said last year; favourite poems; favourite songs; songs I want to learn; Blue Badge scheme documents; DVLA confirmation that tax is paid for the car; lots of documents about the origins of writing; documents on printing technology; a file of funeral programmes that I have printed for people - can't archive it because my own one is in that folder (I want things done my way); probably lots more that I can't think of at the moment. All that can be saved onto external memory but a backup copies the whole system from log in to appearance to software - that's why I need a backup that works.
Annb
Expert
Found this in a desktop file and thought it might make someone smile:
Why do computers crash?
If a packet hits a pocket on a
socket on a port,
and the bus is interrupted as
a very last resort,
and the access of the memory
makes your memory stick abort,
then the socket packet pocket has
an error to report.
If your cursor finds a menu item
followed by a dash
and the double-clicking icon puts
your window in the trash,
and your data is corrupted ‘cos
the index doesn’t hash,
then your situation’s hopeless
and your system’s gonna crash!
If the label on the cable on the
table at your house,
says the network is connected to
the button on your mouse,
but your packets want to tunnel
to another protocol,
that’s repeatedly rejected by the
printer down the hall,
and your screen is all distorted by
the side effects of gauss,
so your icons in the window are
as wavy as a souse;
then you may as well reboot and
go out with a bang,
‘cos sure as i’m a poet, the
system’s gonna hang.
When the copy of your CD’s
getting sloppy on the disk,
and the macrocode instructions
cause unnecessary risk,
then you’ll have to flash the
memory and you’ll want to RAM
your ROM …
then quickly turn the ‘puter off
and run to tell your mum.
Why do computers crash?
If a packet hits a pocket on a
socket on a port,
and the bus is interrupted as
a very last resort,
and the access of the memory
makes your memory stick abort,
then the socket packet pocket has
an error to report.
If your cursor finds a menu item
followed by a dash
and the double-clicking icon puts
your window in the trash,
and your data is corrupted ‘cos
the index doesn’t hash,
then your situation’s hopeless
and your system’s gonna crash!
If the label on the cable on the
table at your house,
says the network is connected to
the button on your mouse,
but your packets want to tunnel
to another protocol,
that’s repeatedly rejected by the
printer down the hall,
and your screen is all distorted by
the side effects of gauss,
so your icons in the window are
as wavy as a souse;
then you may as well reboot and
go out with a bang,
‘cos sure as i’m a poet, the
system’s gonna hang.
When the copy of your CD’s
getting sloppy on the disk,
and the macrocode instructions
cause unnecessary risk,
then you’ll have to flash the
memory and you’ll want to RAM
your ROM …
then quickly turn the ‘puter off
and run to tell your mum.
lindisfel
Expert
Very clever!
jjraak
Expert
Annb
Expert
Unfortunately, I don't have Facebook, so I can't see this.
Annb
Expert
jjraak
Expert
Me neither, but it let me click through and look at it .Unfortunately, I don't have Facebook, so I can't see this.
Gist was upgrading from GF to wife 1.0 didn't go too well ...lol
Oh well....some ya win
Some ya lose
Krystyna23040
Expert
5.3 this morning. Dog walk shortly, then Aldi shop. Sister arriving at 9.30am to help with the admin. So back to normal busy busy.
lindisfel
Expert
I really must synchronise my mind to be in sync with my body.
I have been giving Marjorie the feeeling I wasnt normal and have been tiring her out.
But really I am 21 inside and will jlust pretend I am not and keep all the ideas to myself.
I built these two large bedrooms downstairs after Abigail was born in 1970. She had the front us the back.
Then in c.1985 I built the den over them and a picture of the view is in my logo.
D.
I have been giving Marjorie the feeeling I wasnt normal and have been tiring her out.
But really I am 21 inside and will jlust pretend I am not and keep all the ideas to myself.
I built these two large bedrooms downstairs after Abigail was born in 1970. She had the front us the back.
Then in c.1985 I built the den over them and a picture of the view is in my logo.
D.
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JohnEGreen
Master
Still in the 6s just with 6.9 this morning.
lindisfel
Expert
Helen comes up in less than two weeks, they are staying up the road, I hope it doesnt snow.
Its a great cheap farm stay,...there about the price
of two nights in a premier inn for a week in winter if you know the people and there are plenty about. They have fully insulated walls, floors and roofs and virtually carbon free heating.
Their less than twenty miles from Keswick and only six miles from the track up Skiddaw from Dash beck.
That is a cheap holiday for some and you see the Lakes at their best in an a anticyclone.
The old barn timbers can be seen exposed upstairs. Of course farmer grants made them cheap to convert from unused barns and their heated by next generation technology and farmers are builders anyway.
They just do the heavy work themselves.
they are mostly good folk who would help you if they see your need not the kind who would screw you for a big profit.
D.
Its a great cheap farm stay,...there about the price
of two nights in a premier inn for a week in winter if you know the people and there are plenty about. They have fully insulated walls, floors and roofs and virtually carbon free heating.
Their less than twenty miles from Keswick and only six miles from the track up Skiddaw from Dash beck.
That is a cheap holiday for some and you see the Lakes at their best in an a anticyclone.
The old barn timbers can be seen exposed upstairs. Of course farmer grants made them cheap to convert from unused barns and their heated by next generation technology and farmers are builders anyway.
They just do the heavy work themselves.
they are mostly good folk who would help you if they see your need not the kind who would screw you for a big profit.
D.
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ianpspurs
Oracle
Morning all from another dry, calm and mild start here - it won't last but nor will we forever. Drip trip day which is always a stark reminder of my mortality and the audacity of any plan for the year (we have one) - remember oh man thou art dust. Best park that tomorrow as MIL will be 94 - God willing. @Annb and @jjraak thanks for reminding me that perhaps I should save some data though my google docs and workbook are full of hyperlinks. I don't take photos or video - JKP feels the need - saves storage issues. @dunelm I appreciate some people can’t WFH as per your daughter and say Anne's postman son. Interesting that my #3 son’s work, which is in the same field, found it impractical/uneconomic to open from well before lunchtime on the Friday before Christmas until next Monday. @lindisfel good man for helping the ex JW and trying not to vex Marjorie. @Annb and @jjraak thank you both for the humour. Have a good Thursday everyone if you can if not bend don't break. As for me, I must not be too late to ensure I hydrate. Have a song - no, not January by Pilot.
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dunelm
Master
Good that you will be keeping in touch but am I missing something? Borg - Star Trek, old Norse fortification, German for credit?New years day I had a pleasant experience . John Campbell's mother asked me to speak to a young guy in a deep depression two years ago, she thought I could help ( cos of my background) with a guy at their church.
We were friends cos we went to same church as John and Mary Campbell in Carlisle, in the 90s. We had an enjoyable time in their house group . They were just bit older than us and he was a Bible Greek scholar and had taught a number in the church greek . Its greek of Aexander the greats armies koine, they were just bit older than us. I worked at the hospital then.
I remember the owner of the house behaved like an angry young man, until he went to Israel for two weeks and he was a spiritual giant and loved every body when he came back.
He played a guitar well and we all sang to it, if the neighbours heard us they didn't complain.
This year the young guy left the area and moved on, I contacted him briefly but later that month I had a heart attack and it was only this month. I contacted him again but he was on my mind many times. He was more the age what a grandson would be.
We had a short text exchange and we will keep in touch the guy was a second generation jw and it was expected to never leave what his parents taught him.
So the Borg cut him off. So did his parents family and friends.
I think his wife eventually parted company taking their small child but I am not certain, but it is usual ,. it was not surprising he could not keep going in his job as a teacher and had a breakdown.
He'd gone to university and then done a teacher's certificate. A no no for the Borg he should have been a window cleaner.
He wanted to know how I was doing and he been trying to put his life together. I was really pleased he had his mental breakdown two years ago and was improving.
We shall keep in touch.
