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- 01 Mar 2012, 12:31
- Forum: Technology & Communication
- Topic: COMPUTERS, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY
- Replies: 6683
- Views: 982204
Re: COMPUTERS, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY
I hear tthat the rules for privacy on Google are changed from today, and by going on to my 'Google dashboard' I can stop it from sharing information they have on me with other sites, and advertisers. I gave it a go, but of course was quite unable to do so. Can any kind geek tell me how to do it, and...
- 01 Mar 2012, 12:16
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
- Replies: 16704
- Views: 2013357
Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
Trust you to notice that - so did I. Saw a moving news bar on Sky last night which said the fishing boat refused to allow tugs to take over as they approached the Seychelles. Heard no more about it today except here. If they ask for help, and you get a line aboard it's yours - isn't it ? There'll be...
- 01 Mar 2012, 12:00
- Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
- Topic: DIALECT AND WORD MEANINGS
- Replies: 3944
- Views: 638027
Re: DIALECT AND WORD MEANINGS
I think that calling a man 'love' - by another man, is one of the defining differences between Lancashire and Yorkshire speech.
- 28 Feb 2012, 11:27
- Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
- Topic: QUOTE OF THE DAY. TRIPPS ORIGINAL
- Replies: 2123
- Views: 325848
Re: QUOTE OF THE DAY. TRIPPS ORIGINAL
I opine too....
"People say I'm a dumb blonde; well I ain't dumb....and I ain't blonde."
"People say I'm a dumb blonde; well I ain't dumb....and I ain't blonde."
- 26 Feb 2012, 13:12
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: CUNNING WHEEZES
- Replies: 325
- Views: 122784
Re: CUNNING WHEEZES
I half listened to Paul Lewis programme. I think it referred specifically to people getting round regulations, and gaining access to their pension funds early, ie before age 55. Just assume that everyone who offers you financial services is trying to rob you, and proceed accordingly. Problem is that...
- 26 Feb 2012, 11:30
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: CUNNING WHEEZES
- Replies: 325
- Views: 122784
Re: CUNNING WHEEZES
I did an internet connection speed test on the Talk Talk website. Next day I received a call from their rep offering to discuss my phone and internet requirement. I hung up. Got another call next day, and it seems that by doing the test, I agreed to give them my number, and to be called. This overid...
- 24 Feb 2012, 22:13
- Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
- Topic: A Cornish Challenge for Mr B. Bluesinger
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7263
Re: A Cornish Challenge for Mr B. Bluesinger
Does the name Tressell fit in anywhere? This might lead to a connection with Robert Tressell, author of the "Ragged Trousered Philanthropists".
- 24 Feb 2012, 13:03
- Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
- Topic: DIALECT AND WORD MEANINGS
- Replies: 3944
- Views: 638027
Re: DIALECT AND WORD MEANINGS
Wikipedia seems to think it's from the bible, and quotes two sources. - I just thought it was a film. :smile: Noticed the word "sanction" used a lot last night regarding Syria. It then struck me that the word has two meanings - in one sense meaning to approve and allow an action, and in an...
- 24 Feb 2012, 11:15
- Forum: Animals and Pets
- Topic: WILD ? .."I was LIVID" !..(Wildlife Corner)
- Replies: 277
- Views: 101777
Re: WILD ? .."I was LIVID" !..(Wildlife Corner)
I can never see the word snipe without thinking of Audenshaw. And vice versa. It was on the destination blind of buses in Manchester which I saw every day.
Audensahw (The Snipe). I think the steeplejacks are familiar with the establishment.
Audensahw (The Snipe). I think the steeplejacks are familiar with the establishment.
- 24 Feb 2012, 11:10
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING
- Replies: 2041
- Views: 370766
Re: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING
"Acting as a Dew Pond ?"
Never thought of that - perhaps that's it. Thanks. On the other hand it hasn't happened before in two and a half years. The jury is still out.
Never thought of that - perhaps that's it. Thanks. On the other hand it hasn't happened before in two and a half years. The jury is still out.
- 24 Feb 2012, 10:55
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: BEWARE! THE BANKS ARE OUT TO GET YOU!
- Replies: 3243
- Views: 491591
Re: BEWARE! THE BANKS ARE OUT TO GET YOU!
Lloyds announce £3,000,000,000 loss today. They rang me up on Wednesday, and asked if they could help me to manage my savings. I'm still smiling at the irony of it all.
- 23 Feb 2012, 22:06
- Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
- Topic: TIZER'S SCIENCE NEWS
- Replies: 2242
- Views: 343191
Re: TIZER'S SCIENCE NEWS
Isn't that odd. I'd never heard of Mount Pinatubo until yesterday, when I looked up local rainfall figures to follow up my post about my pond. There were some photos there of the red sunsets in Royston, which followed the eruption of this volcano in Luzon, in the Phillipines, when the dust had blown...
- 22 Feb 2012, 17:15
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING
- Replies: 2041
- Views: 370766
Re: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING
Sorry - not guilty. The outside tap has been switched off and drained down since last November. The previous winter it froze, and split.
- 21 Feb 2012, 21:52
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING
- Replies: 2041
- Views: 370766
Re: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING
I'm a bit puzzled about this drought. I live on the edge of E. Anglia, and although the local stream is low, the pond of my water feature is full (just from rainwater) for the first time since I've been in this house, and that covers three winters now. Time will tell.
- 21 Feb 2012, 21:21
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: We all Love A Moan, What Annoyed You Today...
- Replies: 79
- Views: 66276
Re: We all Love A Moan, What Annoyed You Today...
When I lived on Tyneside in the 70's there was a gamedealer in the Bigg Market who sold rooks. I can't imagine eating them, but someone must have done at the time. Hangover from the hungry thirties perhaps, and don't forget the "four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie".
- 19 Feb 2012, 11:47
- Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
- Topic: QUOTE OF THE DAY. TRIPPS ORIGINAL
- Replies: 2123
- Views: 325848
Re: QUOTE OF THE DAY. TRIPPS ORIGINAL
" The more I look at economics the more I realise I don't know!" SCG yesterday.
Join the club - neither does anyone else.
Join the club - neither does anyone else.
- 18 Feb 2012, 13:35
- Forum: Technology & Communication
- Topic: COMPUTERS, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY
- Replies: 6683
- Views: 982204
Re: COMPUTERS, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY
When ignorance is bliss..... I had a similar situation last week - no internet connection . Phoned Plusnet (free of charge) connected after about 3 minutes to a lady in Sheffield, who talked me through the local tests, which established that the problem lay with them, rather than me. She said it was...
- 17 Feb 2012, 13:33
- Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
- Topic: Bluesinger's Musical Ramblings
- Replies: 182
- Views: 68478
Re: Bluesinger's Musical Ramblings
I had similar annoyance when the BBC stopped Skiffle Club on Saturday mornings in about 1957. I think i'm just about over it now.
- 17 Feb 2012, 09:55
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
- Replies: 16704
- Views: 2013357
Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
I had never seen the side panel adverts since the changeover. Having now seen how to switch them on and off via the little blue arrow, I now understand what has been annoying some members. They annoy me too, especially the flashing bingo numbers lottery ad. The other ads though, have very little imp...
- 14 Feb 2012, 22:35
- Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
- Topic: DIALECT AND WORD MEANINGS
- Replies: 3944
- Views: 638027
Re: DIALECT AND WORD MEANINGS
Never heard of Lopid - but it also seems to be an anti cholesterol drug. Nearest I've heard was in the army when 'goppin' seemed to have the same meaning. It's odd how certain words which you haven't heard for a long time remind you of certain people. Makes me think of Scots and Geordies. It's in th...
- 14 Feb 2012, 14:19
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: We all Love A Moan, What Annoyed You Today...
- Replies: 79
- Views: 66276
Re: We all Love A Moan, What Annoyed You Today...
I think everyone who posts should make a small donation towards the site costs. I of course have recently done so, and can recommend it, as it gives you a warm glow, and a strange feeling of smug superiority. :smile: They say it also avoids the ads, although I didn't find them as annoying as others ...
Re: GOOD TV
Have you seen the series (BBC2 I think) which follows a British worker doing his equivalent job in a third world country. I've seen a bin man in Indonesia, a fisherman in Sierra Leone, and a train driver working in Peru. Graphic Tv in which each emerged with the greatest respect for the work of his ...
- 13 Feb 2012, 15:55
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WE ARE WHAT WE EAT
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 296497
Re: WE ARE WHAT WE EAT
Wel - I checked my will was in good order, and carefully snipped the packaging. The contents were still double wrapped in heavy polythene, but I didn't care at all for the smell or the look of them, and they were put in the bin. Instead I had a pack of value Kipper fillets. Ingredients Herring 95% S...
- 10 Feb 2012, 12:51
- Forum: Fun & Jokes
- Topic: Old fashioned clean jokes
- Replies: 4947
- Views: 602722
Re: Old fashioned clean jokes
From Andrew Neal last night on the Politics Show
http://www.conjunctivitis.com - A site for sore eyes.
Whoops - I didn't realise it was in fact a real site, but seems harmless.
http://www.conjunctivitis.com - A site for sore eyes.
Whoops - I didn't realise it was in fact a real site, but seems harmless.
- 10 Feb 2012, 12:46
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WE ARE WHAT WE EAT
- Replies: 1645
- Views: 296497
Re: WE ARE WHAT WE EAT
You are what you eat indeed. I have just had my tesco delivery... As a substitute for Pickled Herrings - ingredients herring, onion, vinegar, and a few peppercorns, they have set me something called 'Seafood Sticks'. Product of Thailand, Packed in the Uk, by Cumbrian Seafoods Ltd) 80 pence for 16 st...