Author Topic: The Good News / Bad News Thread (Read 393583 times)

hellymedic · « **Reply #2750 on:** 21 January, 2021, 10:38:55 pm »

Whatever, I think in these Covid times, passengers should be masked for the whole journey.

Giraffe · « **Reply #2751 on:** 22 January, 2021, 09:02:55 am »

Quote from: hellymedic on 21 January, 2021, 06:57:43 pm

Quote from: Giraffe on 21 January, 2021, 02:37:21 pm
GN: Just had first vaccination for that modern lurgy thing that's so popular atm.
BN: Pfizer; at my age AZ would have been better. Now hoping for mild but noticeable reaction to show that the protest against bodies is working.
Just to make sure that I got there I walked nearly 5 miles (if the bus doesn't turn up...), then walked another 2 miles to Waitrose to buy goodies. The (Muslim) bus driver didn't seem to be impressed by my happylunch of ham sandwiches and port.
Suspect your necessary unmasking to consume concerned him more than what you ingested.

As I simply told him (we know each other and chat a bit - used to be more a year ago) then had lunch at home, unmasking wasn't necessary.

ElyDave · « **Reply #2752 on:** 22 January, 2021, 09:47:25 am »

Maybe he though a nice chianti would have been more appropriate?

nicknack · « **Reply #2753 on:** 22 January, 2021, 09:48:26 am »

GN: Nothing happened yesterday or the day before that or the day before that, etc.

BN: Nothing happened yesterday or the day before that or the day before that, etc.

Hibernation would be a handy skill.

rafletcher · « **Reply #2754 on:** 22 January, 2021, 11:11:46 am »

GN: It's a beautiful sunny day, not a contrail to be seen.
BN: SNO warning from 4pm until Sunday

Asterix, the former Gaul. · « **Reply #2755 on:** 01 February, 2021, 08:38:21 am »

Heard Bob Jackson went bust

Also heard that Woodrup are taking over the famous name (Bob Jackson died last century) but not the physical premises which were in sad need of investment.

Good to know it won't become just a decal on a BSO.

andrewc · « **Reply #2756 on:** 09 February, 2021, 06:05:47 pm »

GN: I should be getting a shiny new laptop next week, 16G of ram instead of 4G in the current piece of crap. Maybe now Teams calls won't lock my machine up half the time.

BN: Windows 10. Wassat then ? Better or worse than 7?

Jurek · « **Reply #2757 on:** 09 February, 2021, 06:13:30 pm »

Quote from: andrewc on 09 February, 2021, 06:05:47 pm

GN: I should be getting a shiny new laptop next week, 16G of ram instead of 4G in the current piece of crap. Maybe now Teams calls won't lock my machine up half the time.

BN: Windows 10. Wassat then ? Better or worse than 7?

G'luck with that. I'm still struggling with it a year on.
As in: Where the f*ck is everything?

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #2758 on:** 09 February, 2021, 06:24:31 pm »

Quote from: andrewc on 09 February, 2021, 06:05:47 pm

GN: I should be getting a shiny new laptop next week, 16G of ram instead of 4G in the current piece of crap. Maybe now Teams calls won't lock my machine up half the time.

BN: Windows 10. Wassat then ? Better or worse than 7?

Win 10:

Hurrah: less flaky than W7

Bah: Fisher-Price user interface

Kim · « **Reply #2759 on:** 10 February, 2021, 12:34:41 am »

^ This.

My XP-era Windows knowledge is stretched to breaking point by where it's hidden things inna "O hai, I iz tablet nao" stylee. But it performs surprisingly well and seems less Crashy McCrashface than 8 or The Versions That Shall Not Be Named.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #2760 on:** 10 February, 2021, 01:23:06 am »

Classic Shell is ur frend, assuming the Thought Police will let you install Stuffs. Can't recall mine doing a proper crash at least since I replaced the moving picture card with one that actually fitted in the available space.

Updates still suck like a twin-turbocharged Henry though.

barakta · « **Reply #2761 on:** 10 February, 2021, 01:00:31 pm »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 10 February, 2021, 01:23:06 am

Classic Shell is ur frend, assuming the Thought Police will let you install Stuffs. Can't recall mine doing a proper crash at least since I replaced the moving picture card with one that actually fitted in the available space.

Updates still suck like a twin-turbocharged Henry though.

Does that give windows a proper edging? Cos if so. I'm tempted to put in a helldesk request for installation privs cos the lack of window edges does my vision in.

Kim · « **Reply #2762 on:** 10 February, 2021, 01:24:38 pm »

Quote from: barakta on 10 February, 2021, 01:00:31 pm

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 10 February, 2021, 01:23:06 am
Classic Shell is ur frend, assuming the Thought Police will let you install Stuffs. Can't recall mine doing a proper crash at least since I replaced the moving picture card with one that actually fitted in the available space.

Updates still suck like a twin-turbocharged Henry though.

Does that give windows a proper edging? Cos if so. I'm tempted to put in a helldesk request for installation privs cos the lack of window edges does my vision in.

Probably worth a suck-it-and-see on your personal Windows box, at least?

andrewc · « **Reply #2763 on:** 13 February, 2021, 12:48:08 pm »

GN: My new laptop has been delivered....

BN: to the post office, which means I've got to put my woolly jumper on & venture out into the cold. Bloody parcelfarce.

andrewc · « **Reply #2764 on:** 15 February, 2021, 02:03:21 pm »

GN: It's here.

BN: The video output is this new fangled HDMI & they didn't include a cable. I think there was one included with my monitor, but I've not a clue where it is. Rummaging or shopping ?

woollypigs · « **Reply #2765 on:** 15 February, 2021, 02:07:12 pm »

Well shopping always helps you finding it

Luke · « **Reply #2766 on:** 18 February, 2021, 03:28:32 pm »

GN: I’ve bought at ‘95 Kona cinder cone.

BN: A shoulder injury is keeping me from being able to actually ride it, or any other of my bikes.

andytheflyer · « **Reply #2767 on:** 19 February, 2021, 08:57:37 am »

Confused me there Luke. Where I come from (the geological world) cinder cones are piles of once-very hot rocks that sit on the sides of volcanoes. Why would you want to ride it? I am not understanding..........

PaulF · « **Reply #2768 on:** 19 February, 2021, 11:17:07 am »

Quote from: andytheflyer on 19 February, 2021, 08:57:37 am

Confused me there Luke. Where I come from (the geological world) cinder cones are piles of once-very hot rocks that sit on the sides of volcanoes. Why would you want to ride it? I am not understanding..........

Think he means one of these

spesh · « **Reply #2769 on:** 19 February, 2021, 11:35:38 am »

Kona have had a thing for naming some of their bikes on a volcanic theme - Cinder Cone, Lava Dome, Fire Mountain, Kilauea...

Polar Bear · « **Reply #2770 on:** 19 February, 2021, 12:06:05 pm »

When I bought my Marin Muirwoods in 1998 I really wished that I could have got a Konami at the time but I simply couldn't get my hands on one.

Beautiful bikes. Never owned one but really wanted one.

andytheflyer · « **Reply #2771 on:** 19 February, 2021, 02:47:09 pm »

Quote from: spesh on 19 February, 2021, 11:35:38 am

Kona have had a thing for naming some of their bikes on a volcanic theme - Cinder Cone, Lava Dome, Fire Mountain, Kilauea...

Ah! Thx. New one on me.

chrisbainbridge · « **Reply #2772 on:** 21 February, 2021, 05:57:01 pm »

GN: the magnum of Puy de Lignac 2004 is still just about drinkable.
BN: there are only 2 of us to drink it.
GN: it makes superb gravy to go with the steak.
GN: every sip of it reminds me of drinking cheap rough red wine in a small restaurant serving only duck on warm sunny evenings with my father in the Medoc. Wandering home down the road I. The dark with my wife and two sons feeling very merry.
BN: the restaurant is now closed and a ruin, my father is 10 years dead but the memories remain.

andrewc · « **Reply #2773 on:** 11 March, 2021, 08:54:04 pm »

GN: I won the lottery!

BN: Only £30. Not enough

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/78674979#/

CommuteTooFar · « **Reply #2774 on:** 16 March, 2021, 11:24:02 am »

GN: I will drink less beer
BN: One of my favourite beer shops BelgiumInABox has been killed by Covid.
Very BN: I have a £88 order outstanding.