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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 9, 2020 7:12:08 GMT
Morning All!
6 O'clock already, I was just in the middle of a dream...
Yesterday: Not too bad but both screens on my laptop going blank just as the worship started was a bad moment which has convinced me my much loved laptop is not long for this world. Some nasty sweating/sinus stuff late afternoon :-(
Today: L teaching 2nd of 3 parts of her Parliament course today, the first lesson of the second half term of Functional Skills. I'm going to lay low and hopefully have a quiet day!
Pray Day goes OK, Sinuses, head & teeth continue to improve and CMT does OK. Pray we stay protected from the virus.
Have a good day, stay safe & well.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 9, 2020 7:45:28 GMT
6 O'clock already, I was just in the middle of a dream... I can't put my finger on it, but I _think_ there's a law against telling the Internet you woke up from a dream, and then changing the subject. Martin |
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 9, 2020 11:58:48 GMT
I AM THE LAW!
-The Ralphyard
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 9, 2020 15:20:50 GMT
Celebrated end of latest Welsh lockdown this morning by sitting down with yesterday's paper at a table in my local Caffe Nero for a tuna melt and Americano breakfast. My thoughts are with English counterparts for the next 3 and a half weeks. And I don't think for a moment that that was the last lockdown we're going to have here before this is over...
Martin
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 9, 2020 22:30:46 GMT
Odd really, walking through town on Saturday the only difference I noticed was the lack of people about. This isn't really a lockdown by any sensible meaning of the word and it isn't like last time either. No irritating queues outside supermarkets, Costa and Smiths are still open, infact as far as I could see most shops still are. Heck even Smyths have found a way to stay open.
Everyone's personal circumstances are different of course, but nothing seems to be different in my life to the way it was this time last week.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 10, 2020 7:07:35 GMT
Yep, seems the same here. Same number of folk on the train and in Manchester City Centre. I can't see any difference.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 10, 2020 7:41:10 GMT
Morning All!
It's Tuesday
Yesterday: Far, far too busy. Too many things straight after another. Morning flew by, got into bed at 2:30 and slept for 2+ hours has so knackered. Sinuses not fun, felt like concrete at times. Brought FIVE packages in myself and dealt with them, rather pleased with that.
Today: Body is going NO. J out at group this morning. He has an online Music Theory exam at 5 which is stressing him.
Pray Day goes OK, Sinuses, head & teeth continue to improve and CMT does OK. Pray we stay protected from the virus.
Have a good day, stay safe & well.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 11, 2020 7:36:33 GMT
Morning All!
It's Wednesday
Yesterday: Long, tiring and again TOO BUSY. J out in the morning. Got called downstairs twice for the postman while not properly dressed. Then there was his online exam which created some stress in the run up. All much better after that especially when the Chinese Takeaway arrived. Drugs delivered and was able to have a conversation on the doorstep. Sinuses still poor.
Troube getting off last night and then awake in the night for an hour around 3 with my throat sore with gunk from my Sinuses. But breathing easier through my nose this morning.
Today: Quieter and less stressful I hope. Shopping order needs doing. Homegroup tonight. Two boxes sitting on the floor waiting for my attention, one of which I think contains my new (reconditioned) Laptop. Current one is struggling BIG TIME, getting slower and slower, with internet randomly failing and strugging to cope with things. It was SSD'd a couple of years back so is unlikely to be that. So try "new" laptop to make sure it works. If it does get the SSD out my old one and stick it in the new one.
Pray Day goes OK, Sinuses, head & teeth continue to improve and CMT does OK. Pray we stay protected from the virus.
Have a good day, stay safe & well.
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 11, 2020 10:04:31 GMT
Got called downstairs twice for the postman while not properly dressed. Oh that happens to me all the time. Completely unintentional. Honest. |
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Post by Benn on Nov 11, 2020 10:17:51 GMT
They made films about you in the 70's, you know
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 11, 2020 12:21:02 GMT
The Shockprowl always rings twice.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 11, 2020 15:07:50 GMT
Yup. Twice. Everytime. Without fail.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 11, 2020 21:40:56 GMT
Level 3 as of Friday for me in the kingdom, so I suspect tomorrow night I have to defeat the Level 2 Boss. Is it too late to find any power ups.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 12, 2020 7:42:06 GMT
Morning All! It's Thursday Yesterday: Not too bad. Some time with Liz in the morning while J was out at group. Good Homegroup. J struggled a bit in places - post exam stress? pre birthday excitement? Or  ? Second Shielding, or it's equivilent, letter arrived. Managed to damage my left big toe nail, no 9idea how, but lost a huge chunk of it. Today: Shopping in. Not sure what else. Taskmaster tonight. Pray Day goes OK, Sinuses & head continue to improve and CMT does OK. Pray we stay protected from the virus. Have a good day, stay safe & well. |
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 12, 2020 9:40:09 GMT
Level 3 as of Friday for me in the kingdom, so I suspect tomorrow night I have to defeat the Level 2 Boss. Is it too late to find any power ups. Yes. -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 12, 2020 12:13:11 GMT
My attempt to get up early to start an essay failed due to being so knackered from work related stress. Eventually got up but staring at the screen and nothing is sparking in my brain.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 12, 2020 13:32:04 GMT
Result back on first essay on current course. Lowest score and grade in 5 years. This does not bode well as I have now moved up to Level 3 from Level 2. Fucks sake! I really am as shit as work tells me.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 12, 2020 18:19:33 GMT
I really am as shit as work tells me. -Ralph What a load of absolute crap. It's not as though you haven't had things on your mind. You can do ANYTHING. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 12, 2020 20:32:17 GMT
Your work are the ones who are rubbish, not you
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 12, 2020 20:32:28 GMT
Struggling tonight, ever so tired physically and mentally. Think I've just done too much and had too much going on round me, even though I slept all afternoon.
Pray I get off quickly tonight, sleep through (the last few nights have been broken) and wake refreshed tomorrow.
Ta!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 12, 2020 20:36:03 GMT
In other news.....
My laptop has gone off to The Dutchman to have it's SSD put into a newer laptop.
Although a fantastic machine with many years service it has been struggling of late. The SSDs new home is a slightly better version of what it was in before, another Toshiba Satellite.
So tomorrow morning I'll be without my laptop in the living room. You'll have to forgive me if the poll and Comixology sales are later than usual as they'll need to wait for me to get to my desktop machine.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 13, 2020 6:42:44 GMT
I was going to flag this post as inaccurate / dangerous / not be taken literally, but I asked him to get rid of Cummings, and within hours, he's gone. I imagine it was a bit like when Marty McFly visited his dad in the night with a hazmat suit and walkman. Don't mess with Ralph. Martin |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 13, 2020 7:33:27 GMT
Morning All!
It's Friday!
Yesterday: Tiring Physically and Mentally. Ran out of go early evening and struggled. And that was after sleeping all afternoon cos I was so tired by the end of the morning. Shopping in OK, but pushed my head further than I thought - had to send L & J upstairs while I finished playing refrigerator tetris in peace and quiet. Bedside cabinet changed as per plan to put doors on shelves, now NINE MONTHS past when we expected to. And Laptop's SDD safely in it's new home. It's behaving and doing what it should but somehow isn't quite as fast as I was expecting..... Anyone got any experience with SSDs slowing over time? Fan sounds different too! But the improvement looks enough to reinstate Dropbox and some Firefox addins which were slowing the old unit down.
Slept MUCH better last night, out like a light and straight through.
Today: Fish and Chip lunch. Z youth zoom tonight. And hopefully 3 books, a Transformer toy and a very short length of RF cable in the post. V wet outside so could be a physical struggle today.
Pray Day goes OK, head does better, Sinuses continue to improve and CMT does OK. Pray we stay protected from the virus.
Have a good day, stay safe & well.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Nov 13, 2020 7:51:19 GMT
I was going to flag this post as inaccurate / dangerous / not be taken literally, but I asked him to get rid of Cummings, and within hours, he's gone. I imagine it was a bit like when Marty McFly visited his dad in the night with a hazmat suit and walkman. Don't mess with Ralph. Martin Pah. Ralph nothing. DC says he has his own plans to move on. Suddenly. |
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 14, 2020 8:19:00 GMT
*switches on computer*
*internet browser frozen*
*retarts*
*long Windows update*
*now stuck saying "cleaning 0%:*
*computer unusable for 39 mins and counting*
I fucking hate Windows!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 14, 2020 8:59:56 GMT
Morning All!
This Is Saturday, Watch And Smile
Yesterday: BUSY. Flew by. But really felt I got some stuff done. Pleased. Could have done with more than 10 mins sleep in afternoon but hey ho. Tummy a bit grumbly, just hints that either the Chinese and/or Spanish Omelette earlier in the week might have not been a good idea. (egg in both)
Today: Quiet bit of TV this morning, zoom Mum this afternoon, TMUK zoom tonight. And a bit of prep for tomorrow when SOMEONE turns 14.
Pray Day goes OK, Sinuses & head continue to improve and CMT does OK. Pray we stay protected from the virus.
Have a good day, stay safe & well.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Nov 14, 2020 9:14:16 GMT
*switches on computer* *internet browser frozen* *retarts* *long Windows update* *now stuck saying "cleaning 0%:* *computer unusable for 39 mins and counting* I fucking hate Windows!!! -Ralph Why does this only happen to you?? Did you use all your powers up yesterday getting rid of Cummings? |
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 14, 2020 12:40:05 GMT
I got rid of Trump, made a covid vaccine and got shot of Cummings. All in about 10 days. I need to recharge.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 14, 2020 14:32:50 GMT
If you'd stopped Hasbro using Target and Walmart for exclusives we'd actually have been impressed.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 14, 2020 15:24:22 GMT
I was busy spending another couple of hours in the dentist's chair. Pretty much confirmed now that anxiety (and the physical effects of it) is what destroyed my teeth. This job is literally killing me.
-Ralph
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? Second Shielding, or it's equivilent, letter arrived. Managed to damage my left big toe nail, no 9idea how, but lost a huge chunk of it.
