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Tech, SF, APIs, coffee and beer and the chocolate biscuits. Caution may contain opinions. Quality of opinions varies. I write SF, buy my books :) Trunk Line - the series - https://amzn.to/4lAURez

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Turned out he was only stressed at the shelter and is largely comatose in his new home without them.

02.03.2026 05:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can neither confirm nor deny the value of the meds the old arthritic dog had for her arthritis nor comment on the doses given the much higher efficiency of canine livers.

So also trazadone which the current dog came with 200 of.

02.03.2026 05:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Turned out he was only stressed at the shelter and is largely comatose in his new home without them.

02.03.2026 05:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I can neither confirm nor deny the value of the meds the old arthritic dog had for her arthritis nor comment on the doses given the much higher efficiency of canine livers.

So also trazadone which the current dog came with 200 of.

02.03.2026 05:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Feels like we should start calling him Jeb.

02.03.2026 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve always wondered about Kings Lynn to be honest. Ever since we went to Hunstanton for a holiday as a kid.

01.03.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Creamy meringue just doesn’t have the same ring does it?

28.02.2026 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

See also; the sky was the color of a TV tuned to a dead channel.

So, like bright blue with β€˜No Signal’ in the middle Uncle?

Time isn’t kind.

28.02.2026 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In other news I am old enough to have earned tips at Rumbelows for knowing how to set up VCRs for people.

28.02.2026 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

In another forum there’s a discussion about how Doc Brown hooks up Marty’s camcorder to a 1955 TV. While that wouldn’t have worked in the UK, it definitely would have worked through the UHF output on an 80s one in the US. As long as you know which channel it was on.

Sigh. Those were the days.

28.02.2026 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought she was closer to his age. I’m not far off her age and I think I look younger.

28.02.2026 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Less than you think. She is younger than you probably expect too.

28.02.2026 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sadly despite getting the right connector, which delivers the right values to the correct wires, and that those values are terminating in the headunit correctly - it still isn't detecting the key presses in the steering wheel.

I now suspect the headunit can't handle that type of input.

27.02.2026 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Vueling has entered the chat.

β€œOh you want to sit? Well in that case….”

27.02.2026 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At least they are actually flying you to Birmingham and not, as is the case of their flights to Copenhagen, another country entirely :)

27.02.2026 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You're very welcome :)

I just did Easyjet for May and I have somehow cost myself an extra GBP100 and don't really understand why because I couldn't actually book the option I wanted...

27.02.2026 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm still spicy about them trying to kill me a few years ago because the flaps on the ancient 737 wouldn't extend ;)

27.02.2026 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just be warned they're notoriously unforgiving towards tardiness or if something goes wrong - so you do get what you paid for.

They fly turboprops on a lot of the Ireland <> UK Regional Airport as it's barely 200 miles :)

27.02.2026 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Indeed.

Encountered one the other day. Totally oblivious to how things actually work.

27.02.2026 06:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I do find it weird that they want to destroy that which made them power.

27.02.2026 05:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Fascinating Aida - Cheap Flights
YouTube video by Fascinating AΓ―da Fascinating Aida - Cheap Flights

I know you probably had no choice but I need to share this:

youtu.be/uVASZ2lCY5Y?...

27.02.2026 04:01 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

So I'm a UK US person :)

There are some right medieval gotchas if you are not paying attention - that is for sure.

26.02.2026 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Assuming it’s not me I will get apoplectic on their behalf. See also - do you want that social security you’ve paid for?

26.02.2026 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The market is sorta correcting and nobody seems fussed. Microsoft lost 20% of its value in the last year and nobody has blinked.

26.02.2026 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve found them faster and more useful than me trying to badly hack something to model in a spreadsheet but woe betide anybody who doesn’t go into the process with a pretty good idea of what they’re expecting out of it.

26.02.2026 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think people moved to Twitter to fill the void without thinking it through and now we don’t have a clear way to send data like that. Being involved in pushing events out it’s really hard when the only option is an oTel webhook.

26.02.2026 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have long thought the move away from RSS as a common information format was a huge mistake.

26.02.2026 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

To be fair he had made 90 at that point. He was in the targets of β€˜something’ at that point.

25.02.2026 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Aren’t you ashamed of writing stuff like this?

25.02.2026 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He’s only ever had the one move. Keep making big claims and then run away before chickens come home to roost and blame everybody else.

25.02.2026 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0