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Post by Elis on Nov 17, 2020 22:17:07 GMT
943 340 That's close! Am in a chat group with someone who is into conspiracy theories (their others there are not). Got very close to leaving the group tonight, just because of him.
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Post by tangent on Nov 17, 2020 23:13:10 GMT
943 339 It's close enough I've been having a conversation on YouTube with a guy who appears to be quoting from the Freedom-on-the-Land movement in Australia - similar to the Sovereign Citizen movement in the UK. And I've found that if I give him a dispassionate in-depth analysis of his ridiculous ideas, it shuts him up. I think the clue is to be dispassionate.
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Post by Elis on Nov 18, 2020 6:23:54 GMT
943 338 I tried to do that with the guy in our group. But he claimed I was being hyper-sensitive and attacked me on a personal level. He can't seem to distinguish criticism from personally being offended and he himself feels offended when his views are in any way criticized.
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Post by Mari on Nov 18, 2020 18:59:29 GMT
Ask him if he believes the majority of your chat group are sensible people. If he says yes, ask the group who thinks the dude is an idiot. For the sake of your sanity don't engage the guy. Probably the only solution.
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Post by JoeP on Nov 19, 2020 11:28:23 GMT
943 336
Serious business.
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Post by JoeP on Nov 20, 2020 17:11:53 GMT
943 335
Hello everyone! Happy weekend!
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Post by Kye on Nov 20, 2020 17:45:27 GMT
943 334
Same to you, Joe!
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Post by tangent on Nov 20, 2020 17:53:01 GMT
943 333 Hi everyone, is it the weekend tomorrow? Every day's the same to me. I rang John Lewis this afternoon to get our TV fixed. Within a few minutes of arranging a visit from the TV engineer, I think I've fixed it. I pressed the Smart button on my mobile, which sent a signal to the TV to connect the two together and that seems to have reset the software. Ho hum I shall wait a few days before cancelling the appointment with the engineer.
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Post by JoeP on Nov 20, 2020 21:42:41 GMT
943 332 You do actually have to ring or email the seller before that button on your phone will work
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Post by Elis on Nov 21, 2020 22:21:33 GMT
943 331 Sou ds like a nice, quick solution. Better than us needing three days to get an appointment for physiotherapy for Frank. Kept getting the answering machine, told to leave a message. Fist day nobody called us back, second day someone did, at past 8 pm when we were taking the little guy to bed, so we missed it and I had to call back on the third day.
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Post by JoeP on Nov 25, 2020 10:02:33 GMT
943 330
HELLO EVERYONE!
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Post by Kye on Nov 25, 2020 11:18:26 GMT
943 329
Hi Joe!
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Post by JoeP on Nov 25, 2020 12:11:30 GMT
943 328
Hi Kye!
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Post by tangent on Nov 25, 2020 12:59:30 GMT
943 327 I have a routine appointment scheduled with the cancer clinic at the Christie (NHS hospital) on Friday, so I emailed the consultant's secretary to check whether it was still on. Her reply was that yes, it's still on and it's an in-person appointment. I didn't expect that - the hospital could have told me a week ago - but she offered me a video call as an alternative. I checked out the software package they were using and was astonished at the simplicity of it. Ten times better even than Zoom, a model of how a software interface should be written. If you'd like to check it out yourself (for ease and simplicity) click here. You click to enter the 'waiting room' and then wait until your consultant appears on the screen.
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Post by tangent on Nov 27, 2020 15:07:44 GMT
943 326
Pat's tablet was not keeping its charge. I suspected the battery was dying so I bought a new battery and managed to replace it (with 95% success). Sadly, that didn't cure the problem and Pat's resigned to the fact that her tablet has entered its terminal phase of illness. At least the battery didn't cost very much.
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Post by JoeP on Nov 27, 2020 15:54:06 GMT
943 325
95% success? Was the missing 5% the part that charges the battery?
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Post by tangent on Nov 27, 2020 17:02:55 GMT
943 324
Possibly. To replace the battery, I had to prise off the back cover. That may have ever so slightly bowed the said cover. I discovered there was a connection between the main circuit board and the power on/off button and the volume up/down buttons that was held in place by pressure from the back cover. You can see where this is going. Pat now has to press the back cover firmly in position to operate said buttons. Reading between the lines, I believe Samsung originally solved this problem when it was first manufactured with a little bit of glue.
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Post by Fr. Gruesome on Nov 27, 2020 20:44:16 GMT
943 323
I see; so, Pat is laying hands on the tablet to heal its woes. That's very traditional ...
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Post by tangent on Nov 27, 2020 23:38:50 GMT
943 322 It's her ministry
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Post by tangent on Nov 29, 2020 23:39:01 GMT
943 321 My Fitbit refuses to put me into the aerobic zone unless I walk quickly uphill (4 mph, 7% hill). It says I'm burning fat all the time but my waistline disagrees 85 to 100 bpm = fat burn 100 to 115 bpm = aerobic exercise 115 to 129 bpm = anaerobic exercise
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Post by Fr. Gruesome on Dec 2, 2020 16:19:02 GMT
943 320
Is it possible that a machine could be wrong? Appalling suggestion ...
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Post by Kye on Dec 5, 2020 0:35:26 GMT
943 319 I'm feeling sad! For the past couple of months, my youngest has been working at home from my place (her wifi at home is not good), but today she got a new job where she'll be working on site. When she first came, I found it a bit disruptive but now that she's leaving I'll miss her.
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Post by tangent on Dec 5, 2020 6:20:15 GMT
943 318
Will you see her when she's at home, Kye?
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Post by Kye on Dec 5, 2020 11:31:57 GMT
943 317
She'll probably come over from time to time, but not as often as before.
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Post by JoeP on Dec 5, 2020 11:36:44 GMT
943 316
I feel your sadness!
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Post by Mari on Dec 8, 2020 11:41:31 GMT
943315 Wow, time seems to slip away from me.
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Post by JoeP on Dec 8, 2020 19:32:42 GMT
943 314 I wonder if there is a reason for that...
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Post by Fr. Gruesome on Dec 9, 2020 21:52:00 GMT
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I could think of two little reasons ... ...
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Post by Mari on Dec 10, 2020 9:24:24 GMT
943 312 Haha, that's true. And I haven't been doing much. That helps too I guess.
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Post by Fr. Gruesome on Dec 10, 2020 11:22:09 GMT
943 311
Being retired is strange. I keep feeling that I should be doing something ... and Behold! there's absolutely nothing I should be doing!
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