[Smile] What's something small that really makes you smile?

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#3159166 13-Nov-2023 18:52

The difference an inexpensive but good quality air cooler makes.

Idle temps down from 53 degrees to 39 degrees and maxes out around 50 degrees under load.

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#3159315 13-Nov-2023 22:17

Behodar:
Now if only they can work out that minimum wage for a shelf-walker is cheaper than having chicken and sausages randomly deposited on a shelf!

Yeah, who does this?

I often think it's kids taking the mickey, but a head of broccoli in the frozen pastry freezer .. c'mon...

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#3159335 14-Nov-2023 07:13

I’ve always thought it’s thieves with a sudden guilty conscience

You're not on Atlantis anymore, Duncan Idaho.

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#3159363 14-Nov-2023 08:56

The panic when going through photos in iPad and realising an album of old important family photos had vanished.

Then remembering Google Photos which I never use and finding those and so many others that had disappeared. Sigh of relief. Thank you Google.

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#3159386 14-Nov-2023 10:20

MadEngineer: I’ve always thought it’s thieves with a sudden guilty conscience

Nah it's just people who change their minds and are too lazy to put it back where it belongs.

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#3159424 14-Nov-2023 12:32

Eva888: The panic when going through photos in iPad and realising an album of old important family photos had vanished.

Then remembering Google Photos which I never use and finding those and so many others that had disappeared. Sigh of relief. Thank you Google.

Careful, isn't Google going to delete any orphan accounts older than 2 years at the end of year?

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#3159444 14-Nov-2023 13:15

Eva888: The panic when going through photos in iPad and realising an album of old important family photos had vanished.

Then remembering Google Photos which I never use and finding those and so many others that had disappeared. Sigh of relief. Thank you Google.

*At the watercooler in Eva888's office this morning.

Colleague: " So, any plans for the weekend?

Eva888: "Configuring back-ups for all my important files"

😉

Sometimes I use big words I don't always fully understand in an effort to make myself sound more photosynthesis.

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#3159464 14-Nov-2023 13:39

Hopefully, in the next couple of days @eva888 will post back here saying they are smiling because they have confirmed their files are backed up and safe :)

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#3159466 14-Nov-2023 13:41

Sensibo Plus telling me the Aircon in my Sons room has been on for 744 hours this month.

It's turned on overnight. Off whilst he is at school etc.

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#3159504 14-Nov-2023 16:30

I switched to a new ISP today. Entered a new username, password and SIP registrar and voila ... everything including dual IP stack is running smoothly and even cheaper than before. No h/w change, no tricks, just the standardized connection parameters and guaranteed data rates provided in advance - that's how it should be.

Even if everyone is bashing the EU bureaucracy (they must have copied this uncritically from the British), it is doing a lot for the rights of citizens as consumers. 🙂

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#3159514 14-Nov-2023 17:14

Rikkitic:

MadEngineer: I’ve always thought it’s thieves with a sudden guilty conscience

Nah it's just people who change their minds and are too lazy to put it back where it belongs.

Today, this is no longer called stealing, but ‚borrowing away.‘ 🤣

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#3160034 16-Nov-2023 07:02

The pre-Christmas battle for prices has long since begun here! Black Friday and Cyber Monday have become 2-3 whole weeks of discounts. What you really need are (only) a few good things on your list, networking with like-minded people on a consumer portal and lying in wait to strike at the right moment with your purchase (fortunately, you've long since figured out the often repetitive strategy of individual, large companies through observation). And you also need to be a little flexible, but we don't take slow selling sitting ducks either. 😉

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#3160089 16-Nov-2023 10:30

I believe a few of you are familiar with this -

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/15/what-have-i-learned-after-three-years-of-dog-ownership-never-trust-a-vet

I smile at our vets bills of precisely $0.

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#3160108 16-Nov-2023 11:42

Spending a lovely long weekend with my elderly parents last weekend.
They’ve aged incredibly since I last saw them at Xmas, but it was so good to see them.

Very sad to see them go at the end of their short trip to see us, but made me realise how short life is and that I need to make more of an effort to go and see them, even though they are in Dunedin, which as everyone knows is not a real place.

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#3160588 17-Nov-2023 15:06

School is cancelled due to rain (Dubai). It'll be the 7th circle of hell on the roads today so it's not a bad thing.

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