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Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing Well, our local supermarket IS doing people out of a job, as far as I can see. They are open from 6 am, but have NO manned tills until 9 am. So if you need some shopping before 9 you HAVE to use the self-service tills. [ more ]
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities I actually like those express tills. If they are used for what they are intended (small number of items) then they work well, what annoys me is those stupid individuals who push through with a trolley full of food. They should be using the larger checkouts. I'm not convinced that it would put anyone out of work as the main tills and express tills serve different functions, also the supermarkets know their busy and quiet periods and staff accordingly. Also I think it would be a waste of my... [ more ]
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities I can tell you from a solid base of fact that I see far too many cases of stranger grooming of young children. It certainly is a problem and that is why the government is now running a campaign aimed at young children. It is way too easy to setup a social media account, pretending to be say a young boy or girl, then lure in other children of a similar age. For me the social media companies need to take far greater steps in protecting young and vulnerable children from these types of deception. [ more ]
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Quiz : Can you tell which countries are missing from the map?
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Baz Lol ....no , just wracked my one remaining brain cell [ more ]
Carnelian 8/10 - didn't get the middle east one and the Caribbean one [ more ]
Eugene's Lair Ah, right. You were a little too cryptic for me there, Saint: I thought "AI" meant "Anglesey Island". I had picked the map to show Anglesey missing (which has become a common, local, version of the "New Zealand effect"), but then noticed just before posting that the IoM was missing too. I can sort-of understand why the Isle of Man sometimes gets left off maps, but the way in which Anglesey is often left off just seems plain weird to me. When I was young, I thought it was just part of the... [ more ]
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Tests, tests and more bloody tests!
Jen-StarJen-Star
Jen-Star @the free for all, i suppose it's good to get a few out of the way at the same time xx [ more ]
Rexi Awww Jen ... because of the ages of my children I had nine years of exams ... I tell you, I was so glad when the youngest dropped out of uni and spared me those few years. Wine for you, bacon sandwiches for them ... that worked for me till middle one became a vegan ... then I just gave up and it became a free for all!! [ more ]
Baz Awww [ more ]
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Michael Anderson, director of The Dam Busters and Logan's Run had died
El LoroEl Loro
Eugene's Lair A great body of work, and very influential. I remember the director Alex Cox saying that "Logan's Run" should be compulsory viewing for everyone on their 30th birthday... Also, his film "All the Fine Young Cannibals" gave the band its name (although it was itself adapted from a novel). RIP [ more ]
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Yogi19 A great body of work and he had a good innings. [ more ]
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London Marathon: MasterChef semi-finalist Matt Campbell dies
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Baz Awww how lovely , but what a shame it’s needed [ more ]
El Loro The One Show yesterday from 25 minutes 30 seconds is about people who are running the last few miles which Matt didn't get to complete in order to raise futher money for the fund (now over £200k). It ends with a message from Monica Galetti. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/...he-one-show-26042018 [ more ]
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Films, Films, Films, Films, Films, Films, Films, Films!
Rawky-RooRawky-Roo
El Loro For anyone interested in film archive/Hollywood films made on the dawn of colour or sound films, this was published by the BFI (British Film Institute) today. You may have seen it mentioned on the BBC news. For those interested in such things, this is a fascinating clip. [ more ]
Carnelian Thanks EL for your take, better than mine I must admit. I don't know if it's a film I'd watch again knowing unremitting misfortune placed on the lead character but definitely one that blew me away and one I'd recommend anyone to try, with the proviso that they may hate it. Oddly, I've a lot more time for JL as an actor than JL as a media personality, which is where her popularity lies. I find her quite annoying as a media personality but as you say, she's taking risks, pushing boundaries and... [ more ]
Eugene's Lair Re: Films, Films, Films, Films, Films, Films, Films, Films! [ more ]
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News for anyone who uses Freeview devices which are not connected to the internet - reminder
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Sprout Ah thanks RL. I've done it on my d/stairs TV. I'll have a look at the other stuff later [ more ]
El Loro As an example this is what to do for a Panasonic HDD recorder models DMR-HWT 130 and 230. From the Function Menu, go to Others at the end of the menu. (the Tuning option at the top of the menu is used for getting channel updates - that's not the one to use - that's not affected by the change) From Others select System Update. Select Software Update Now (Broadcast) Press Yes and wait for the result to appear - takes about 3 minutes. It will probably say that it's up to date so that's it. If... [ more ]
El Loro The frequent channel updates will continue as at present. Those are done where there's a new channel, an exisiting channel has been amended by either a different transmitter or a different channel number, or removing channels which are no longer operating (for instance channel 602 was a temporary channel for the BBC for the Commonwealth Games and that has now gone), The updates which will cease are the rare ones issued by a manufacturer for a system/software update. A manufacturer might... [ more ]
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Dale Winton
SaintSaint
Eugene's Lair I didn’t get to see a lot of his shows for largely practical reasons, but he came across as a genuinely nice and enthusiastic guy: one of those “true professional” hosts who make it look so easy. Also partly responsible for one of my most surreal movie-going experiences, when he appeared in “Trainspotting”... [ more ]
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Grand National
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Saint Humans are a disgrace to this world We should be ashamed [ more ]
kattymieoww Agree,one horse was destroyed at a race on Thursday at Aintree,fell at canal turn.Six horses died at the Cheltenham meeting in March.☹ [ more ]
Eugene's Lair There's been a lot of confusion about what exactly caused the concern at Becher's Brook (I saw a BBC News piece which incorrectly claimed they were swerving to avoid Saint Are), however the final word appears to be this: "Of the 26 who failed to complete the course, Saint Are, ridden by Ciaran Gethings, a late replacement for Adrian Heskin, who took a tumble in an earlier race, was treated on the course and then moved to the Aintree stables for further assessment. The field bypassed Becher's... [ more ]
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Are you a Google account user? Find out what they know about you
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Eugene's Lair Sort-of related: I don't have a Google/Gmail account myself, but this made me sit up: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...lix_phishing_vector/ The way in which Gmail's rather bizarre handling of the use of "."s within Gmail addresses (which Google - as the article points out - considers a useful feature ) could be used by phishing scams to attack Netflix (and presumably other accounts) is subtle. Most systems would consider the addresses eugeneslair@gmail.com and eugenes.lair@gmail.com to be... [ more ]
Yogi19 I don’t have a google account [ more ]
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Major flaw in millions of Intel chips revealed
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El Loro ˥Ǝ 'pooƃ ʎɹǝΛ [ more ]
Eugene's Lair http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...n_out_of_band_patch/ BTW, and as a little light relief given the date: Go to the message board of that link (or any Register message board), and have a look at the avatar on each of the posts: unusually they're all the same, and upside-down. Now left-click on one of the avatars... https://forums.theregister.co....n_out_of_band_patch/ [ more ]
Yogi19 Thanks El. [ more ]
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