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#2838201 25-Dec-2021 09:02

This article on Xmas on oil rigs

BBC News - Christmas offshore workers' spirts lifted by 'terrific camaraderie'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-59775593

Mmm wasn't cynus alpha the prison planet in Blake's Seven..

https://blakes7.fandom.com/wiki/Cygnus_Alpha

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#2838217 25-Dec-2021 09:55

Finding out on Christmas Day that we’re going to be grandparents for this first time.

Sometimes I just sit and think. Other times I just sit.

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#2838223 25-Dec-2021 10:07

eracode:
Finding out on Christmas Day that we’re going to be grandparents for this first time.

Awesome. Congratulations.

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#2838435 25-Dec-2021 22:03

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Finding out on Christmas Day that we’re going to be grandparents for this first time.

I hope this does not happen to me for at least a decade.

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#2838439 25-Dec-2021 22:25

Handsomedan:
eracode:

Finding out on Christmas Day that we’re going to be grandparents for this first time.

I hope this does not happen to me for at least a decade.

Yeah, well our son is 34 - so different circs - your guys are still young and into their MTBs. 😀👍

Sometimes I just sit and think. Other times I just sit.

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#2838441 25-Dec-2021 22:29

eracode:

Finding out on Christmas Day that we’re going to be grandparents for the first time.

Thanks to those who gave a +1 to this - it really is appreciated.

Sometimes I just sit and think. Other times I just sit.

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#2838462 26-Dec-2021 01:51

This piece of graffiti at the top of the street:

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#2838514 26-Dec-2021 10:26

eracode:
Finding out on Christmas Day that we’re going to be grandparents for this first time.

Congratulations. Your lives will never be the same again. Your son will be relegated to unnoticed and grandchild will do no wrong, ever.

My daughter keeps complaining that I let the grandchild get away with stuff she wasn’t ever allowed to do.

Buy them a Bumbo floor seat. Best and handiest gift ever. Have yet to meet anyone that doesn’t swear by them.

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#2838530 26-Dec-2021 11:03

Eva888:

Buy them a Bumbo floor seat. Best and handiest gift ever. Have yet to meet anyone that doesn’t swear by them.

Thanks - never heard of those, so googled. Looks brilliant so we’ll do that. 👍

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#2838561 26-Dec-2021 13:24

eracode:
Eva888:

Buy them a Bumbo floor seat. Best and handiest gift ever. Have yet to meet anyone that doesn’t swear by them.

Thanks - never heard of those, so googled. Looks brilliant so we’ll do that. 👍

Get the original one though. The shape is such that it holds the Bubs legs at an angle and bum down so that it can’t get out and it lasts till they are toddlers. We used to sit it up on the kitchen bench while cooking. The tray accessory is also very useful.

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#2838967 27-Dec-2021 11:22

I had to transfer data off some very old laptop drives. These are from the beginning of the century, mostly Win 98. I couldn’t find the IDE USB interface I made years ago, so had to do it the hard way. This involved resurrecting a very old pc with XP on it. I could then connect the drives to an IDE cable from the motherboard as slave data drives. After that I was able to read the Documents folders and copy them temporarily to the pc hard drive.

What made me smile is that I found myself really enjoying playing with the old technology again. I had to fiddle with a lot of things to get the pc going and to work out the jumper settings for the drives. I guess it is a bit like those people who play with old steam trains. I wouldn’t want to have to rely on this set-up for all my computing needs, as I once did, but it is kind of fun to make an occasional trip down memory lane and call once again on long-forgotten skills.

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#2839806 29-Dec-2021 10:00

Aliexpress being a bit devious in selling Xiaomi headphones cheap, if you scroll down you get this message .

This product is made by Xiaomi cooperation brand, shipping without Xiaomi packing and there is no Any xiaomi logo on the product.

Thanks for your understanding.

Common sense is not as common as you think.

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#2839917 29-Dec-2021 12:07

My youngest (15yo) has about $150 in Xmas money - and it's tearing him apart inside because he hasn't spent it all yet!

He simply cannot hold onto money...it HAS to be spent, or the world will implode.

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#2840002 29-Dec-2021 17:37

Handsomedan:
He simply cannot hold onto money...it HAS to be spent, or the world will implode.

Huh, the youth of today. Back when I were a lad we would turn every penny over three times before spending it [...] in the rain and snow [...] uphill both ways [...] old water tank on a rubbish tip [...] half a handful of freezing cold gravel [...] pay mill owner for permission to come to work [...] rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb.

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#2840015 29-Dec-2021 18:14

Trying to even up the score for the Smile thread: The fact that people are rushing out to Muriwai to stare at boobies.

(Inside every adult male is a ten-year-old).

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