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Get rich or die trying :shrug:

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the truth is they don't care,most of these maggots have never had a job that requires real physical exertion so have no idea of the strain it puts on the body

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Super happy, first day of the 4 nations transplant football event up in Dingwall. We won both games today.

2-0 V Wales and 3-2 against Northern Ireland.

England tomorrow morning and likely playing them again in the final tomorrow afternoon.

Playing in Ross County FCs ground. Wonderful feeling being surrounded by so many people with transplants and that have a similar story to share.

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How's the car? Must admit to being just a little bit jealous.

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Scotland finished the 4 nations transplant football championship in 2nd place. Medal winners again.

Such an overwhelming experience. So lucky to have so many transplant recipients all together from Scptland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Lots of family and locals from Dingwall watching and cheering us all on. All raising awareness of organ donation and how much it helps people.

Even some news coverage from BBC Scotland and STV.

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The cars wonderful, 17000 miles and 3 years old and after they did a valet it looked brand new(can't see the point of buying brand new I just specced a new one out and it was £10000 more), it's a massive upgrade from my previous Audi.

As it was my first semi automatic I was struggling what buttons to press when I park as there were 2 P buttons so I didn't know what order to do what. It was a disaster when I parked it at work it shot into the hedge when I tried to turn it off! Luckily no damage.

Still need to get used to my first reversing camera and know what the lines mean on the camera and just how close I can get without contact to anything, especially kerbs! (Need to protect those alloys).

The feature that I was missing 'Hold Assist' where I can pull up at a junction and just take foot off brake without car rolling I've since managed to enable that which has made life easier!

Trying to figure out what features I will lose regarding the virtual cockpit with maps and stuff as I can't see myself paying a yearly fee when I can do all the satnav with live traffic for free with Android Auto as well as stream my music.

Still a kid at Christmas here, I couldn't be happier because I don't change my car often.

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I would take a trip to asda when it is empty and learn the car when there is not a hedge or worse to ding

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If it's anything like my A4, one was park for the transmission, then other was the electronic handbrake.

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I guess so, having a second P button to manually press was new to me, so now when I go to park it's foot on brake, electronic handbrake, shift to Neutral and then press the other P button then engine off. Any other places I stop while driving is controlled by the 'Hold Assist' function, hopefully doing the above means I won't roll into the hedge at work again with everyone watching! Lol

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Those 'dukes of hazard' handbrake turns are a thing of the past then :D

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That's for sure. Lol

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I'm sure I didn't need to put it in neutral, just pressing the p button did it.

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Agreed - it's the same technology on the Kodiaq; leave the "P" button on/illuminated all the time, and the Parking Brake comes on when you've braked enough to be stationary and the gearbox goes to Neutral, and when you put your foot on the accelerator it disengages the Parking Brake and engages the gearbox.

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Mine doesn't work anything like that, the P never stays on all the time(it did in my manual)and I've only been pressing it after when I've gone to leave the car, that I may not have to do. I've watched a few YT videos and think I'm doing it correctly.

Hold Assist seems to do the same job as my manual A3 where the P switch stayed on all the time.

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RE the fence I posted in the opposite thread. I had a call yesterday from someone saying they were following up from my original complaint.

From the photos I sent, the response I received and the fence that was booked in to be installed they have decided it was not an adequate response as it leaves me with no privacy.

On the basis of my complaint they have changed their policies regarding these issues to be looked at on a case by case basis instead of everyone gets a toothpick fence and I am getting a 6 foot fence installed

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Your front garden to get a 6 foot fence? I've never seen that before.

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rear garden the street behind me is above me so looking down on my house

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aah, so you actually do live in a hole in the road :D

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That's shocking I thought it was your front garden. I had those pin like fences in the 1990 separating neighbours only. The back was a wall until someone got their gears mixed up and went straight through it :LOL: the council didn't bother rebuilding a wall and put up a big closed fence.

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Nice one you can sunbathe naked now! :D

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Went to Regents Park Open Air Theatre yesterday, was really good, I'd been to the zoo with the kids years ago but I never had time to reminisce, I worked there when I was a teenager and loved it

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Just had my first experience driving my car with Adaptive Cruise control, I didn't realise it was so good.

It's just a bummer even though I have the controls built into the car to actually use it I actually have to pay a subscription of £66.5 a year and for High Beam Assist £35.5 a year! This practice should be banned.

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Can you explain to an old duffer just what "high beam assist is" :shrug:

If it's what I think it is, why the heck do you need it?

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turns itself to low beam when it detects oncoming traffic I guess. I am informed it is not very efficient

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If a driver needs a computer to do that, they should be using the bus . . same with 'rain sensing wipers' :rofl:

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I'll find out next week on late shift but I try not to use it because of the suicidal bugs late at night.

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The trouble with LED headlights is they're so bright you can't see another cars lights coming around a corner, I'll see if it helps next week but I may just not use the main beam so won't pay a subscription after this trial month.

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my Grandads car had wiper assist, there was a little crank handle on the dash and i assisted by turning it when it rained

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Have to disagree - we’ve got rain-sensing wipers and auto-headlights settings on our car, and they make life simpler.

You’ll be complaining about syncromesh ("if you can’t double-declutch, what sort of driver are you?"), and not having to use hand-signals next… ;)

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He's only just got used to those new fangled indicators, what was wrong with trafficators after all :)

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change gear yourself :rofl:

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Why?

It’s a 7-speed DSG…

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you mentioned double declutching

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I found it quite disconcerting for a while when the adaptive cruise control would knock it into neutral and then use the engine start stop to turn off the engine - usually on the motorway going down the hill into Leeds or after going over the Pennines. 1600kg of car freewheeling with the engine off at 70 odd mph seems a bit dangerous to me.

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I've only used it once so far and all it's done is kept the same speed as the car in front and braked by itself at a junction.

Surely it's not normal to turn the engine off while driving? Lol

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You lads have fun with those 'driverless' cars, I'll keep driving mine, thanks :PP:

It's all probably changed now (computers lol ) but years ago I think turning the engine off going down hill - or knocking it into neutral - was an offence :shrug:

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https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2026/06/2.gif

;)

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my youngest son has a tesla. if you'r into gadgets and gizmo's that's the car to buy,

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I wouldn't touch a Tesla with a barge pole, I wouldn't want a car with a tablet strapped to the dashboard it looks so ugly.

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In late 70's we bought an old Saab 96 which was an interesting car to drive as a learner. If I took my foot off the accelerator going down hill it coasted until I put my foot back to re-engage the engine. We only had it for a couple of years and then thankfully, because we had a new baby, we traded it in for a 5 door mk3 Ford Escort.

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i felt the same way until i was taken for a ride in it, they are a remarkable car,and the big plus is he can charge it for free at work, the only down side is people step into the road cos they don't hear it coming and don't bother to look.

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Some car makers are moving back to using switches rather than everything controlled by menus on a screen. Far easier and safer.

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I'd go along with that, far safer to have a switch that's basically power on/off, rather than an unresponsive touch screen because the system glitched (at 40mph) :D

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How is that reasonable. You can't even watch a dash mounted screen while driving but you can piss about with a center console :confused:

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I'm glad my Audi A3 2023 still has a good selection of proper switches, none of this touch screen heating control bolox.

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luddite

A "Luddite" is historically a 19th-century English textile worker who destroyed labor-saving machinery as a form of protest. Today, the term is commonly used to describe anyone who opposes or is resistant to new technologies and modern automation ;)

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Well that's not me, just because I don't want an iPad strapped to the front of a dashboard doesn't mean I'm a Luddite. Lol

We do have a resident Luddite on this site and his username begins with D, I'm sure everyone can guess who that is. :D

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My Ford Kuga's Sync 3 system did an update to you could do temperature setting via the screen (as well as voice).


but they flipped the side, then removed it for no reason.

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It's called muscle memory, you don't need to look to know where the switches are.
Same as you don't need to watch your fingers when playing guitar, or look at you shoes when tying your laces, and I definitely can't see my arse when I scratch it.

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I question drivers intelligence to wipe their own arse let alone scratch it :shrug:

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do you drive?

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Nope. And that's my happy thought of the day. :D

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Car MOT was at 9.30 am, by 10.30 am I was back at home with the car and a Pass certificate :D

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Tesco Woosh delivery error in my favour. £10 off £15 spend and free delivery. No booze tobacco or vouchers

Filled my basket with £25 and applied the voucher. Then I say Buzzballz 4 for 3 so added 4 of those to the basket. Then I thought I do not want such and such and took it out the basket. The voucher still showed so I took something else out then something else Ended up with a basket of £26 including the buzzballz and the voucher was still good. Added a £3 clubcard voucher and got it all got it all for £13 delivered

Buzzballz are normally £3.60 each so £10.80 with the 4 for 3 offer. I also got two packets of muffins (not the cake) a packet of cooked beef a packet of corned beef a box of cheese ritz 2 tins of beans and a 6 pack of hula hoops for the £13

Tested it after as it is a multi use voucher on just buzzballz and computer said no so it had to be a glitch

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Nice! But I had to Google what a buzzballz was.

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it is a ball that gives you a buzz haha

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Are they palatable? Is the alcohol overwhelming? Which are the best? Lotta Colada caught my eye :naughty: I love pina colada :D

For Christmas my aunty got me an m&s cocktail gift set. The alcohol was overwhelming I couldn't sip it. :sick:

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Well I only drink em for a quick buzz they are not bad :)

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I went into Tesco express during my break. I asked one of the managers who was near the alcohol section if it's any good. He started laughing saying it's a quick way to have a good time but yes it's strong.

Would you say it's like the pre-mix cans, Malibu ones ?

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yes pretty much :-) I am a spirt drinker rather than a beer drinker just for reference

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Same here. Beers awful.

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and then there are the endless loo trips

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My new water butt, has filled up very nicely today. Over 100 litres off the garage roof. Not that I need to water anything now....

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Sell it to the water companies.

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I've seen puffins today on the Yorkshire coast . All the way from Iceland, they've chosen God's own county for their summer hols, very wise.

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This will be in the moans thread when one of them takes a dump on your freshly cleaned car or washing, appropriate that its the pet hates too

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didn't know they sold puffins might try one for sunday lunch

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Less than 10 rounds in after a few years off online gaming I just got my first win on Black Ops 7 Multi player . Still got it

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Yeah, but what are you like at "Manic Miner' ? A true test of skill.

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Oh I love that game

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I like the new close app and reopen when updates are installed. Theres now a transition not a boring close and reopen. Bubbles look good. The CPU needs a workout after all :rolleyes:

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I haven't noticed any visual differences yet.

Edit
Just saw the update notification, it's nice.

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My pixel 6 pro got the same update to my surprise. The old thing still has legs in it :D

You can download direct from Nord and Telegram. Updates are then done in-app. No Google store needed. That's how I noticed how applications are closed and opened again automatically.

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I could download direct from Nord before I updated.

Vivaldi showed a message and a circle saying it was updated though and that was new but I initiated it via Google play store.

What annoys me there isn't an icon I can just click for Google updates I have to faff around opening the playstore and clicking around 4 times to update.

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Pixel being raw android will have longevity beyond everyone else. To me it only makes sense buying from the source of the OS and trust me I have had my years playing with roms and cooking . I remember many moons ago installing Gingerbread on a HTC HD2 which was a Windows phone. First it dual booted of a micro SD card then eventually you could flash a rom to it. Awesome times

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:Yes: it's nice being looked after. Praying for an update is belittling of yourself after paying premium is an absolute embarrassment.

Same here re: ROMs. I found Xiaomi the easiest to mod with ROMs and root.

Long live Google :drunk:

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17 will be your last Android version update for a Pixel 6.

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I'm thinking of getting a pixel fold when the 6 pro says goodbye to updates. Any advice on said device?

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Personally I'd not touch a phone with a plastic foldable screen with a barge pole, in my opinion it'll always look dodgy and the plastic will eventually fail or get dirt under it, but that is just my opinion so you need to find proper reviews for longevity.

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plus they cost an absolute fortune to replace the screens . Would not touch one. I got tablets I do not use so a bigger screen phone not for me

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Just for reference just because Google stops updates it does not mean the community does. There will be up to date ASOP roms available if you enjoy playing. Once you unlock the bootloader and get a custom recovery installed you can play to your hearts content

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I enjoyed crdroid on my Xiaomi devices but I'm only entertaining myself with official pixel os now.

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A baby Puffin is called a Puffling

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Got the portable aircon unit rigged up in the bedroom venting hot humid air up a disused chimney. Going to be a blessing in the next few days.

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I had a Total Knee Replacement last May, so went to see the Consultant this morning for x-rays and check-up - all’s good in the hood.

I’ve been having some tightness and discomfort over the last month, so he asked me to do various postures (flexing the knee, slow crouch down, and he manually flexed my knee sideways and back and forth).

He said it takes around 18 months for the knee to "settle down" after surgery, so it should improve slightly, but he was very happy with my knee flexibility, and said it was probably in the top 5% of post-surgery knees for flexibility (for all age groups).

Nice to know doing post-op physio exercises twice a day* (after 15 actual physio sessions) paid off..; :D

*still doing them once a day now

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Sunglasses arrived in perfect condition. Now where's the sun :erm:

https://www.amevista.com/uk/

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The Sun is where it's always been (discounting all the movement of an expanding universe) . . you should be asking "where did these clouds come from?" :D

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Friday onwards looks good :Sun:

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It's gonna be too hot to go outside :D

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For the sake of vitamin d you must go outdoors :angel: sun tan balls :D

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or ......

https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2026/06/1.jpg

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One of my previous GP who was from India saw me for an unrelated issue. During the appointment he said go eat a vegetarian diet at your nans because you eat a lot meat on the other side of your family. Anyway he wrote me a strong vitamin d repeat prescription and said tell your future GP to not remove it. Fast forward a year or so after he retires, a GP from South Africa silently removes the vitamin d tablets and when chased I was told savers do them lol :shrug:

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Just do what I do and buy a bottle of Vitamin D3 from Amazon, I take 1 every morning seeing I'm not outside much and work doesn't have any windows.

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I was on seven seas multi vita + cod liver oil and an extra lone cod liver capsule. Cod oil helps dumping food out your arse.

I haven't brought any vitamin d before. What is the iu dosage?

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prawns kept in the sun all day work better

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4000

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Supplement-...s%2C197&sr=8-6

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Thanks doggy :tu:

Under cooked prawns flush do that. How you can under cook prawns is beyond me but a quick colour change works wonders in the toilet.

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4000 is very high.

The NHS suggests 400 per day is enough.

I take 1000 per day.

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Thanks I've been taking it a few years because working shifts means very little sunlight, but after your post I read up on if so will change my dosage likely down to 1000 a day.

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I now take 2000iu a day. Now and again I have to take 50,000iu once a week for 6 weeks. These are liquid ampules that you have to take with a meal.

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I was actually taking 4000iu + another 400iu from a multivitamin pill daily so I'm now going to stop the 4000 and in the darker winter months where I see very little daylight because of my shift pattern maybe take another 1000iu, I just hope I've not done any damage because I was taking the 4000 for a few years!

I've now binned my 4000iu pills!

https://www.vinmec.com/eng/blog/6-si...h-vitamin-d-en