GingerTabby
Carbon-based life form
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I've never had a tooth removed, the thought petrifies me.
You haven't missed anything, Carlos. This, for example:
I've never had a tooth removed, the thought petrifies me.
Did you activate it successfully?Despite expecting to have to pay c£130GBP to upgrade one of our house computers from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10, I would appear to have managed to do it for free.
I've had a look online, and many sources say it's no longer possible to "do it for free"....a couple hint early in 2019 that it is still possible to do. But it does seem possible (shhh....don't tell Bill).
My last wisdom tooth left needs to go, bottom left in my jaw and it's not hurting yet but I know it's only a matter of time. I've been rubbing a nail file on it anyway to grind down the sharp edges because it's cutting into my gum although it doesn't hurt yet.You haven't missed anything, Carlos. This, for example:
My last wisdom tooth left needs to go, bottom left in my jaw and it's not hurting yet but I know it's only a matter of time. I've been rubbing a nail file on it anyway to grind down the sharp edges because it's cutting into my gum although it doesn't hurt yet.
Drip Rizzla paper into clove oil, stuff into painful hole, repeat.
I can't afford it at the moment mate, I'm only using one of those cardboard nail files so I won't be cutting into my gum or cheek (unlike the sharp bits of the tooth if I don't use one) .. then when I'm back in work, I'll pay for the ****** to get yanked out like I did with the other three. Job done. Painkillers until then because it doesn't hurt yet. Three down, one to go.:wide: Get thee to a dentist, Swifty! You could easily cut your gums or the inside of your cheek with that nail file and then you would experience even more pain. Yikes!!
I can't afford it at the moment mate, I'm only using one of those cardboard nail files so I won't be cutting into my gum or cheek (unlike the sharp bits of the tooth if I don't use one) .. then when I'm back in work, I'll pay for the ****** to get yanked out like I did with the other three. Job done. Painkillers until then but it doesn't hurt yet. Three down, one to go.
Well- it appears to have accepted the original Windows 8.1 activation key, without prompting. Indicated status is "activated".Did you activate it successfully?
I've read that it's still possible to get the "upgrade" for free by going to one or two specific sites and downloading it, and that it still works like it did before the offer expired. I've been using 10 for a few months now, on a new machine, and would gladly upgrade back to 7 if I could. If anything, 10 seems to have been dumbed down with a lot of "app" nonsense that hides all sorts of useful things behind silly phone-type setting menus. For example, Control Panel is still there, if you can find it. Took me a while. You can do things there that you can't on the silly menu screens. Those things remind me of the cash registers at McDonald's, with little pictures of hamburgers on the keys. You also have no control over updates, so you get to be a beta tester whether you want to or not. Other than that, it's great.
Despite expecting to have to pay c£130GBP to upgrade one of our house computers from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10, I would appear to have managed to do it for free.
I've had a look online, and many sources say it's no longer possible to "do it for free"....a couple hint early in 2019 that it is still possible to do. But it does seem possible (shhh....don't tell Bill).
Earlier today I was out for a morning walk in the impossible sunshine ("summer before springtime"). I saw something weird, which I immediately thought was a frog. But it was actually a discarded black fabric shoe/boot protector (the sort worn indoors to prevent muddy feet redecorating the house with mud). As I looked the boot protector, it moved....revealing inside it....a frog. Weird
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Good idea. I pinned Control Panel there before it swam off and hid under whatever rock it calls home now. Usually it takes me a year or so to get a new computer "tamed" so that it works the way I want it to. Much of that involves deleting loads of crap I have zero use for.
Unfortunately Windows10 has a lot of crap that you aren't allowed to uninstall. Xbox is just one of the apps I don't want.Much of that involves deleting loads of crap I have zero use for.
When I read this description, I wondered if the "twinkling" could possibly be an effect of your eyes changing focus rapidly between the 3 very close stars. If it was indeed three stars and not just one.I saw a 'star' in the sky last night which looked 'new' or at least out-of-place, and upon peering at it hard, it actually looked like 3 stars very close together...
I stared at it for some minutes while I was having a fag and it was sort of 'twinkling' quite a bit
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Not sure, but I was offering that supposition b/c I read the comment as Trevo666 didn't positively identify the thing as a star.Isn't twinkling of stars caused by the Earth's atmosphere? I don't think they twinkle if you're in space.
Isn't twinkling of stars caused by the Earth's atmosphere? I don't think they twinkle if you're in space.
I wondered about this previously, and may have ineffectually asked the question: why, despite the complex multi-planar compound movements of both the Earth, and the movements of visible stars....what gives the impression of point-sources of light as viewed from Earth, despite all the relative (presumably-disruptive) changes of position? I'm thinking of both the celestial vista in snapshot, and time-lapse night sky pictures.The twinkling effect is caused by atmospheric interference.
... I have an 'ISS tracker' app on my phone and am familiar with seeing that pass overhead, and how it just sort of 'winks out' as it passes into shadow. Anybody not familiar with seeing it would probably think that was a very high aircraft, albeit moving at extreme speed.
I wondered about this previously, and may have ineffectually asked the question: why, despite the complex multi-planar compound movements of both the Earth, and the movements of visible stars....what gives the impression of point-sources of light as viewed from Earth, despite all the relative (presumably-disruptive) changes of position? I'm thinking of both the celestial vista in snapshot, and time-lapse night sky pictures.
I'm going to assume it's something to do with the vast sizes/scales/distances. But is that correct?
Both- am I collectively-right in my presumption that it's due to the same reason?Are you asking why they appear as point sources, or are you asking why they seem to maintain their positions relative to each other?
A sparrow somehow got into the house this afternoon.
Hmm, there was a comedy Dracula film where after changing into a bat he accidentally flew into an apartment with about 12 ‘non native speaking’ residents.
They chased him around the room shouting ‘CHICKEN . . . CHICKEN’
A bit non PC these days . . . ahem
The Birds?This reminds me of something I saw in a fillum or TV show, where a bird flew round a room in a house and a family chased it around. Can't remember what it was!
The Birds?