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dickturpin (65)in #holidays • 9 days ago
Time to pick holes in it.
If there's one thing I've learnt in over thirty years of marriage is "Don't tell the missus about a plan; just present her with it." image source Now, before you…
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dickturpin (65)in #mp3 • 13 days ago
Are mp3 players still a thing then?
source Back around 2015, I had numerous conversations with friends within the FOSS community about "Using your mobile phone as a PC." at the time, I pooh-pooed these suggestions fairly strongly mainly,
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dickturpin (65)in #tdtrs • 20 days ago
I'm still a Podcaster in my eyes.
Out of the blue @kencode messaged me on Twitter I explained -or should that be tried to get out of it?- that our last show was seven years ago, but Ken being clearly a…
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dickturpin (65)in #support • 22 days ago
Favourites?
Look, don't blame me. This stuff happens to me all the time. I can't help it if I seem to attract all the cretins. Like the mad, reckless fool I am, I answered the phone, didn't…
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dickturpin (65)in #film • 26 days ago
Stonehouse
source I've just finished watching Stonehouse, a drama documentary based on the former Labour MP for Walsall North which interestingly is the constituency I live in, although I…
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dickturpin (65)in #apple • 28 days ago
Apple impressed me!
image source I bought the wife, an iPad Air for Christmas. I have to say that while I hate Apple products with a vengeance, I was pretty impressed with the 'setup' feature.…
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dickturpin (65)in #holiday • last month
Back to work tomorrow
source Today, for many of us, is the last day of lounging around and trying to finish off the last remaining shortbread, Twiglets, matchmakers and M&S Biscuits. Tomorrow we will…
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dickturpin (65)in #customerservice • 2 months ago
Drive t̶h̶r̶o̶u̶g̶h̶ [and] park
source I moaned at my local Mcdonald's this morning. TBH, I didn't really want McD's for breakfast as I'd had Burger King yesterday, but I needed to get back home quickly, and…
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dickturpin (65)in #funny • 2 months ago
I Claim My Prize!
source I've just finished watching "Pepsi, where's my jet?" on Netflix. It's a story about how Pepsi Cola rang a promotion whereby you could collect points to be redeemed for…
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dickturpin (65)in #edtopic • 3 months ago
1000 Years - What about forever?
The awesome @beeber runs a brilliant incentive for struggling Hive users called ED Weekly Posting Topic. The idea is a topic or word is chosen, and you write a post based on it…
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dickturpin (65)in #linux • 4 months ago
Ubuntu faux pas again!
On 5 October 2022, Canonical announced that it was opening up its Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only) for free to the general public. Before we get into this nitty-gritty, you need to understand a few things. source
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dickturpin (65)in #ocd • 4 months ago
It's not what you think
source When I walk Charlie in the morning, he always gets to pick the route at the end of our road. If he turns left, that means we are off to the park; if he turns right, it's…
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dickturpin (65)in #sales • 4 months ago
Right tool for the right job.
image source If I had a pound for every customer who runs off to Currys/PC World or Amazon, for that matter, patting themselves on the back at how clever they are and how they have saved themselves a few
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dickturpin (65)in #ghosts • 4 months ago
Maybe we have a poltergeist?
source Wife: "Hey Bubb, strangest thing. I woke up, and my straighteners were bleeping. Now I know I leave them plugged in, so I was worried they had been on all day and all night, but they were not hot
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dickturpin (65)in #film • 4 months ago
Just watched Moonage Daydream
image source I've just returned from the cinema after watching Moonage Daydream, Directed and produced by Brett Morgen, a documentary about David Bowie. I'd booked my ticket a few weeks ago and had been
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dickturpin (65)in #funny • 4 months ago
What a week!
To do justice to this story, I need to take you back way back in the mists of time when we first bought our house. As you do, we did a heck of a lot of DIY. One of the projects I completed was the cupboard
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dickturpin (65)in #birthday • 4 months ago
Google says "Happy Birthday"
Apparently, it is my birthday today, and I have been stranded on your planet for 61 years! My fellow crew members assured me that they would come back to rescue me, but I'm…
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dickturpin (65)in #blog • 4 months ago
Negative Mindset
This is how a negative attitude mind works So a guy I work with who, no matter what you ask him, he's already formulating a response as to why something cannot be done.…
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dickturpin (65)in #fruit • 5 months ago
That's a lot of plums!
The plum tree at Castle Cannon is particularly full this year. We've always had a fairly good crop, but this time around, it seems to be exceptional. I'm wondering if it had…
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dickturpin (65)in #funny • 6 months ago
Oops!
My daughter went to A&E yesterday morning, and after several hours it was clear she would have to stay in. The case for the defence M'lud I'm as blind as a bat without my…
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