OneGuyFromBarlick

I've been in a couple of times, they seem fair if a tad expensive. I'd let the others chime in, phones aren't my forte either. I've bought cheap Cubots off ebay with no complaints. The wife has one now. Mine was new circa June 2016. Still hanging in there.

The one I sold you about 3 years ago wasn't exactly a spring chicken back then. The version of android it runs will be way past its sell by date. Sometimes a new version of software uses a feature that just isn't in old phones, They;ll sell you a new phone I suspect.

I suppose I asked for that.......

Happy new year.

At what point did the holy computer thread get contaminated with politics ?

I did the deed as did Mrs Pluggy.

An Oaf ?

PR gets my vote, but compulsory voting flies in the face of democracy IMO.

The Labour manfesto gets my vote, if they only manage to deliver 10% of what they're promising, it would still get my vote. They are definitely over promising what they are going to do and playing down the changes to pay for it but thats the nature of the beast we call politics. We've f*cked the pla...

This thread gets busier as time goes by. I'm making a visit to give you updates on my ailments. I'm still waiting to see a neurologist, I have an appointment at the end of February, my GP says she'll write to see if it can be pushed a bit. I have doubts about my ability to walk by then. Its still go...

I refer you to Panbiker's answer. Use the bulit in Windows 10 defender.

Heres a little something I came across today that is pertinent to this thread on several levels. This is a capture of a youtube video : https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/19350/source Watching it I came across this bit and I immediately thought Stanley and the Bancroft engine....

I;ll put it the box marked unfounded magical claims with all the rest Stanley,

Just for my interest, what pressure was Bancrofts boiler(s) set to while it was still weaving ?

Sorry Stanley, you're going to need to provide sources, I've been screwed over by unfounded assertions once too often. Bancroft being the last mill to close is a very weak argument, the cost of generating power in a mill is pretty insignificant along side the wages bill. Their business model worked....

They seemed to quieten down a bit when I pointed out that these old engines are still more efficient in terms of energy use over Grid based electricity because of the enormous losses in transmission. You're wrong by my sources. Grid transmission losses are about 8% on average in the UK https://publ...

Something medieval and torture related perhaps ?

"Quite enjoying my 'enforced' retirement." I think that could be the key Pluggy and you have found it. As you know,I stopped driving and walking any longer than 30 minutes at a time. Notice that I 'stopped', I don't regard it as 'giving up' but a welcome respite from things that had becom...

The only thing keeping the landline going is that in many/most parts of the world and certainly in Britain, is that getting reasonably fast & cost effective internet is dependant on old school landlines. My daughter for one and I'm pretty certain she isn't the only one has a land line and has ne...

Stock answer Stanley, "struggling on". As I've already said, I gave up driving in July, I've had Occupational therapy round and discussed things, They put some grab rails in the bathroom to aid me. I have an appointment with a neurologist at Airedale in February (makes me think they've wri...

Make your own :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy1oAeBxJ4A

One wonders why they invoke rocket science and spend king's ransoms improving Lithium Ion batteries.

Its effectively a primary cell, it produces a large amount of power and when it expires you replace it. It can be recycled to produce new batteries. You can't just plug it in at home or at a super charger some where, you take it out and replace it. (or at least replace the anodes which is what is ea...

Where would OGFB be without the annual moaning about consumer excess ?

You could try resetting or refreshing Firefox. On the 3 bars menu button top right, click help, and troubleshooting information, brings up a screen which inclides a button to Refresh firefox.

Are you searching google from the URL box or from the Google page ? Does it make a difference ?

My Blackburn grandma was a serial flitter. Whenever she saw a better house to rent she got it immediately. My dad said he was never sure whether at the end of the school day he would be going home to the right house. We're at the other end of the scale, we've lived at the same address for going on ...

Stanley wrote: ↑28 Aug 2019, 04:06 fake religion

Superfluous qualifier IMO.

Listening to unfounded assertions got me trapped in religion for longer than I care to remember. So I make a habit of checking stuff. Social media is a cesspit of utter crap, I pour scorn on the tabloids for not being reliable sources, Facebook , Twitter and ilk are a couple of orders of magnitude w...