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Forum: General Chat Yesterday, 13:56
Replies: 17
Views: 18
Posted By Hill Walker
Re: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

OK I know its an oldish thread but seemed the most relevant. I've just been to the 'supermarket' for the weekly shop. They have been selling Easter stuff for ages and ages. They started with...
Forum: General Chat 22-03-2024, 14:09
Replies: 2
Views: 3
Posted By Hill Walker
Re: Marbles lost.....Marbles recovered

"Grandad can you teach me to drive?" Should always be be answered with a solid and polite NO. Double declutching, pausing on a hill with the clutch, and many other things like sticking your arm out...
Forum: Feedback, Suggestions and help! 04-02-2024, 22:55
Replies: 3
Views: 4
Posted By Hill Walker
Re: Legitimate Interest?

Its usually worth a quick scroll to the bottom of the 'Manage Cookies' window where you will often find a 'Reject All' button.

The sites that really annoy me are the sites that will not let you...
Forum: General Chat 21-01-2024, 14:30
Replies: 53
Views: 54
Posted By Hill Walker
Re: Artificial Intelligence

Given that over the years I have come across several people who claim computer skils but who would fail the 'Turing Test' if it were applied to them the answer must be 'user beware' in exactly the...
Forum: General Chat 19-12-2023, 16:31
Replies: 7
Views: 8
Posted By Hill Walker
Re: Just a Heads up

Its a good idea to keep the Action Fraud URL bookmarked in your browser so that you can quickly and easily check the reporting details as they vary slightly depending on what you need to report. I...
Forum: General Chat 19-12-2023, 14:48
Replies: 7
Views: 8
Posted By Hill Walker
Re: Just a Heads up

Ideally such emails should be reported to:-
https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/scam-emails
Forum: General Chat 17-12-2023, 16:35
Replies: 17
Views: 18
Posted By Hill Walker
Re: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Every year and I kown why. By the end of August I am so sick and tired of all the Christmas goods appearing in the Supermarket and displacing the normal usage of the shelves, just as bad the...
Forum: General Chat 11-11-2023, 00:14
Replies: 8
Views: 9
Posted By Hill Walker
Re: Network Outage Outrage

Thank you. You are right to point out the cost implication, I should have mentioned that.
Forum: General Chat 10-11-2023, 15:20
Replies: 8
Views: 9
Posted By Hill Walker
Re: Network Outage Outrage

There is one thing you can do to minimise the effect of a company wide network failure. Make sure that the company that provides your landline is different to the company that provides your mobile...
Forum: General Chat 08-11-2023, 17:19
Replies: 6
Views: 7
Posted By Hill Walker
Re: Memories of school

I'm not sure if this is in the right thread - but it relates to education, both domestic and school - so here goes.

At a very young age it was drummed into me to wash my hands regularly and...
Forum: General Chat 04-11-2023, 13:04
Replies: 23
Views: 24
Posted By Hill Walker
Re: The new Beatles Song

This 'new' song is quite interesting. I think that if I had just heard it without knowledge of its history I would have classed it as 'not one of their best' but that would have been somewhat...
Forum: General Chat 02-09-2023, 12:43
Replies: 6
Views: 7
Posted By Hill Walker
Re: Voice network shutdown via copper line

A couple of points about the demise of the 'copper landline':-

1) Not all cell towers have 'Uninterruptible Power Supplies' (UPS aka Battery Backup) and so will be off air during power failures. ...
Forum: General Chat 26-07-2023, 13:34
Replies: 53
Views: 54
Posted By Hill Walker
Re: Artificial Intelligence

The first thing that should be recognised in any discussion about ‘Artificial Intelligence’ is that it is completely misnamed. Intelligence is one of those things that is usually easy to recognise...
Forum: Feedback, Suggestions and help! 23-07-2023, 17:19
Replies: 11
Views: 12
Posted By Hill Walker
Re: Likes

Ok, Sorry that is a facility I didn't know existed.
Forum: Feedback, Suggestions and help! 23-07-2023, 16:26
Replies: 11
Views: 12
Posted By Hill Walker
Re: Likes

The 'Likes' are working - for example you gave one to dotti34 on the RIP Tony Bennett thread
Forum: Questions and Answers 04-08-2021, 15:06
Replies: 40
Views: 41
Posted By Hill Walker
Re: Whatever Has Happened To Sausages?

Just been down to the supermarket and took a moment or two to look at sausages. I didn't find any that suggested you should not prick them. In fact by comparison with other products there was in...
Forum: Questions and Answers 26-07-2021, 10:55
Replies: 18
Views: 19
Posted By Hill Walker
Re: When Is Next Friday?

I'm sorry to tell you but you are getting older - we all are. This does not need to be a problem but you do start to notice changes in the both the meaning of particular words and also their usage,...
Forum: General Chat 15-07-2021, 09:44
Replies: 48
Views: 49
Posted By Hill Walker
Re: Nuisance Calls

The cashless society has made rapid advances during the virus restrictions. I was suprised the other day when leaving the supermarket where a reputable national charity who was collecting in the...
Forum: General Chat 09-07-2021, 13:51
Replies: 57
Views: 58
Posted By Hill Walker
Re: Wine snobbery

If someone doesn't enlighten you as a result of the above posting call in the pub next time you are near. I've been quite surprised over the years at how many older pubs have a notice (often...
Forum: General Chat 08-07-2021, 12:32
Replies: 57
Views: 58
Posted By Hill Walker
Re: Wine snobbery

Cashman, Less - thank you so much, now I see it the yellowish tin is the familiar one. My brain can now relax, its been like having one of those annoyingly addictive songs or jingles endlessly...
Forum: General Chat 08-07-2021, 10:13
Replies: 57
Views: 58
Posted By Hill Walker
Re: Wine snobbery

I apologise in advance for being slightly off topic but this thread has had me racking by brain for several days since the mention of 'Blue Nun'. My first reaction when I saw the name but before I...
Forum: General Chat 10-06-2021, 10:49
Replies: 64
Views: 65
Posted By Hill Walker
Re: What do you find frustrating?

A slow burning frustration reinforced yet again. All my life I have had a desire to see an eclipse and always it has been prevented either by cloud or my being required to be indoors (with no...
Forum: General Chat 27-05-2021, 11:36
Replies: 14
Views: 15
Posted By Hill Walker
Re: What next...

What happened to all those foreman who used to keep an eye on the workmen who stood round holes in the road to make sure that they were leaning on their shovels in the correct manner?
Forum: General Chat 13-05-2021, 09:54
Replies: 2,532
Views: 2,533
Posted By Hill Walker
Re: Corona Virus

Should that not be :-


for me its something that will like the yearly flue jab will be tweeked yearly as the situation demands.


i.e. Two jabs one for flue and one for corvid
Forum: General Chat 11-05-2021, 11:21
Replies: 64
Views: 65
Posted By Hill Walker
Re: What do you find frustrating?

I also have one of these - unfortunately it doesn't work for a significant fraction of the year due to biological warfare from trees, flowers and other growing things.


So yes I take some...
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