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You may remember a while back that my Apple Time Capsule router died, out of warranty..

Well, on Monday, Apple issued a product recall for routers within that serial number range, and refusing to power up.

So, I just need to get down to an Apple store, and hopefully should walk out with a new one (if not a recon one).

They will even attempt to recover the data and copy it to the replacement.


:D

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good job you didnt dump it :)

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Feeling better.The dizziness has receded thanks to the motion sickness medication..

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Good to hear, but I hope William is encouraging you to go see your GP, it sounds like an inner ear problem which should be investigated, imo :)

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huh huh huh huh

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You're a very naughty monkey, fiddling with people's posts; you need a good spanking.

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great! normally I have to pay for that!

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My son is 2 today! He's still in one piece too... I'm classing that as an achievement.

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Miracle more like. Hiccy Burpday to young J.

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belated happy birthday to your No.1 son, being 2, Fingy :)

My happy thought is a bit geeky in that I finally bought a 2.5" external hard disk - 500GB of storage that can just be plugged into an usb port with no power supply required.

- which means my WD media player can now benefit from many, many more files to play back - so far, keeping up with Warehouse 13 at US pace works brilliantly :)

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Two happy thoughts.

1) Apple have confirmed my router is both broken (not that I expected it to suddenly work) and covered by their recall. They have offered to replace it, but have none in stock ATM..

2) You may remember a couple of years back, I posted that the guy who lives opposite liked to park outside anyone's house but his own (OK, he has a car and a van, but he also has a garage that could be cleared out, and space outside his own house). I also posted that while him doing that is inconvenient for me (I don't drive, but its nice to allow parking for visitors), our neighbours have a wheelchair bound grandson, so they *need* the space outside the house clear.

Well, they finally complained to the council, who have responded by putting a disabled parking bay outside their house. The guy opposite is not happy.

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I am downstairs sat on the couch. Might not sound much of an achievement but it has made me very happy. https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2013/01/8.gif

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Congratulations on that achievement which will make you feel over the moon.;)

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Hey Jo! Glad to hear you are on the mend. :hugs:

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And you got to call me 'Jeffy' what a day ;) :tu:

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Thank goodness Tinky. It seems to have taken ages this time but at least I now have the energy to come downstairs and all without the benefit of a transfusion. Yay. :)

Oooow does that delightful prospect spread over to CF? Jeffy sounds such a sweet name I almost want to add Bobbles Bon Bon to give you a full name make over. :D

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Only until midnight :)

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Jeffy!? Sounds like an oven cleaner :shrug: :)

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Also a brand of condom - I remember the ads from the 80's/90's; "Real men come in a Jiffi".:D

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Just finished work, after 12 hours in the office.

Why is that a happy thought?

Because I was tidying everything up / handing over to others, because after 6:30pm tomorrow, I am on annual leave for three weeks.

And to make it better, for my last day at work tomorrow, I will be hosting a table at the Pakistan vs Australia cricket international at Headingley - what an excellent way to finish a very hard couple of months. :)

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Daughters team have just won the Under 15 Girls County Cricket Championships 101 for 6 v 68 for 6
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Way to go, Angua, for your daughter (and for you, for all your support).

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I jush love you all sho much, the world is a beautiful plashh hic :D



I must hasten to add a guy a work bought me 2 boxes of beer, I havent developed a speech impediment :)

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No it's not. there's people suffering and dying out there :rolleyes: :) :D

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Glass half full, glass half empty - depends on your viewpoint. ;)

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and overgrown grass around the footpath, its hell on earth! Maybe you are right afterall

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ROTFL
That was funny. because you had a straight face when you said it :)

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one of those rare occasions when I didnt use a smiley :) I do overuse my smilies

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Yeh, you talk too much too.

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is that slang for something? - need a bit of personal trimming?? :) (that's a question, not an offer..)

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:D Bit worried why you seem to be trying to find out what bodily hair I may have :erm:



:confused: Better to "talk" too much than come out with inane simple one liners that dont make much sense to anyone :)

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just trying to create a mental picture of you - so far it looks like a gorilla with 2 cases of beer :)

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yeah, that's my job.

spoon.

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Aaah, that takes me back to my days in the Service, working with the WRACs......:D

There is no spoon.

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Off to the cricket at Headingley - some alcohol may be consumed........

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1st family holiday abroad booked :) 3 weeks in fuerteventura for 6 of us
All I need now is a pep talk from Tinky on how flying is ok and I shoudn't be scared.

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Sounds like fun :) :tu:

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It'll be great.

Nothing to be scared of.
I've flown to various Canary Islands about a dozen times and I've hardly ever crashed. ;)

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ANDROID Froyo 2.2 on the HTC HD2 Nice :-)

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First outing this morning in over two weeks.

Shame about having to use walking sticks to keep my balance but another milestone. https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2010/07/9.gif

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I've flown on Jet to a bus with wings, nothing to worry about.

Get an MP3 player with music or something to relax you, get a window seat and what as you take off, and look at thr view as to asend and desend.

If you like me and live near the airport, try and see if you recognise any locations you see.

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Flying is one of the greatest things you will ever do in your lifetime, its so exilirating the first and second time I have done it. Its just like being on a bus when your in the air if you dont look out of the window, but I would cause I was afraid of heights till I did this and loved the views

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Talking of flying...

The company I work for had a couple of guest tickets for the Farnborough Air Show going spare. Since under 16s go free, my daughter and her family are really looking forward to using them.

(I've got to get on with refurbishing the bathroom.)

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Just relax and let it all wash over you and you will wonder what all the fuss was about, and a window seat is well recommended as the view will be fantastic.;)

Enjoy the break away and remember to turn over on the sunbed for an even burn, and I do mean burn with you being Scottish.:D

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Well I hope its not another hot day where you are with you wearing just your pants, dont want you trying to picture me at the same time, but yes this shall be me tonight

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Does this do it for you? :p:

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you lucky git... hope you take some pics and post them here ;) :D

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ohhhhh matron!

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Yeh! Great stuff Angua, congrats to your daughter and team.

Mags you lucky thing, you will have a marvellous time. If you really are scared/claustrophobic PM me. Don't be scared, there really is nothing to flying, but if like me you are claustrophobic, I found it best to sit at the back. Not the best seats, but being able to see the full length (space) of the plane helped me a lot. Also, and I know this is illogical (but then that's what Phobias are) I was nearest the door........I know stupid isn't it. :dozey: Have a marvellous time!

On the mend Jo that's what we like to hear! :)

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Now have 9 days off work chilling out doing very little as it's my first break since Christmas!

Also just ordered a My Book World Edition NAS drive for £157.50 bought with some of my overtime money so it hasn't hit the wallet at all. :)

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what size 2 TB ?

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2TB and i used a £10 off voucher linked to via my email.

Only 2 left at Dabs when i ordered though, Amazon are selling it for £144 but i don't think it is in stock so didn't want to risk it as i needed to be at home for delivery.

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Ive got a dual booting mobile phone lol

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If anyone did that i knew it would be you mate! :D lol

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What are the benefits if any or did you just do it because you could.:D:D:D

This is the HD2 I take it.

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just did it cuz I can lol Android needs a little work power consumption is to high at the minute once thats sorted it can be used for day to day

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Need to tell a little story here. As normal, yesterday, when I got up, I fed the pets some breakfast and let the cat out. Our cat normally goes out when the weather is warm and comes in in time for dinner.

Yesterday, he didn't. So, I checked all his little haunts I know of (he likes to hide under certain bushes and sleep under next door's car), but he wasn't there.

Now, he's been quite ill recently, and is having treatment for a breathing problem. As you can understand, I was rather worried that he was going to die. I was checking the gardens (front and back - he doesn't venture too far from those) regularly through the night, and got about 1 hours sleep.

So, this morning, rather knackered, I phoned my sister (she is staying with her boyfriend) to say that the cat had disappeared. Not sure what I hoped to achieve by doing that, but I thought she ought to know (he is her cat).

I've been worrying all day, and asked several of our neighbours if they'd seen him. A couple had, but on our shed (which is one of his normal sleeping areas).

This evening (about 20 minutes ago) he suddenly turned up looking rather disheveled (which is unusual, he is normally a very clean cat), sitting on the doorstep, looking lost but otherwise unharmed (as far as I can see). Just phoned my sister to let her know. She was ecstatic.

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wahooooooooo! the humping cushion, I'll pee where I like and bark when I like dog has been taken back. Time to chill zzzzz zzzzzz

Glad the cats OK Stuart, I quite like my cat after experiencing a puppy for the weekend, good news is my mrs no longer wants a dog :cleader:

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Yep, I'm glad he's OK. He's a little quiet at the moment, but hopefully he'll snap out of that. I know I'll sleep well tonight.

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That's all the things I like to do - obviously I'd better not come to your house

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You can come in my house if you want.

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I've already locked the doors :)

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He always uses the back door. did you lock that one? :)

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Not always. Any opening is at risk.:shocked:

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I'm in a great mood, I was allowed to walk around taking pictures inside the multi-storey (Get Carter) car park In Gateshead early this morning on the very day it the demolition starts :D

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Err...

Please tell me you're not still there


Alternatively: Wow - that's cool :)

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Sitting on a balcony overlooking the pool, sipping an ice-cold beer, in 34c heat - Puerto Pollensa is lovely.

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I'm overly happy I fly to Germany on Friday and get to stay there for the whole week :D

Haha :D

It was a really cool experience and quite eerie if I was honest but i'm glad I got the chance to do it, just a shame my pictures turned out crap :rolleyes:

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I got my dad this today in an effort to stop him using farmville :)

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I was in a happy mood, until I read that. Jealousy is a very bad thing :( Anyway Im off to sit by the paddling pool to sip my magners.

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Sometimes it's the small things that make you happy. I just picked a cucumber from my little garden. The first thing I've grown that was edible and nice :)

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Those of you who are friends on FB may have noticed that I've taken up running this year, with a view to doing a 10K at some point in the autumn. Unfortunately, the various aches, pains, strains and generally unfit have meant that I haven't been able to get past 4 miles for months - today, back on the treadmill, I've just done my first 10k in 54:38. How chuffed?

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wow, well done :tu:

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:clap:

Was the treadmill on an inclination at all?

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I wish I was that fit :) Well done indeed.

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Good god no! That's the next obstac... er challenge :)

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Cheers guys - I'm now having a beer to celebrate :D

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Excellent! http://incognitas.ghotihosted.com/SugarwareZ-190.gif

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How's your training for the marathon going? :erm:

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The end result is happy but not the story.

My Brother In-laws, Nephew(6) in November last year broke his arm, which was fixed.

In about March he was riding his bike, and turned to sharply and broke the arm for the 2nd time, again it was fixed by a metal rod.

On Monday, he broke it for the 3rd time, bending the metal rod in the process, his mother heard the scream from a distance away.

Well today we's waiting for the cast to on, and has been banned from any physical activity/sports for at leat a year.

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Nice one and congratulations.:):):)

Who posted this video of you on the treadmill.:D

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Not that far wrong :D

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Bah, it needs to be at least a 3 ;) Congrats though, if you can knock that out on a treadmill a 'proper' 10K will be very doable.

Not bad. Training for the Glasgow 1/2 in a month so doing 9 and 10 mile long runs once a week. Once that's out the way it'll be upped to 15 mile long runs till about Xmas time as well as the rest of the training :)

The turn of the year is when the proper pain starts. Aiming for 3 1/2 hours this time so it's a LOT of training.

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Apart from the hair of course :)

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Well done Nug :)

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I just got a postcard from Peter :) Nice.

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Today is shaping up to be a VERY good day :)

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Down to one walking stick. :)

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Excellent :) :tu:

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http://cinie.files.wordpress.com/200...y-old-lady.jpg:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

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Left the other one in the pub again? ;)




P.S. Congrats!

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Thanks guys though I don't have the energy to as energetic as a lovely lady Masque portrays.

I'm more a like https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/06/9.gif and doing my best to get up to 1 mph. :D

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Not a virus as such just my immune system kicking in yet again when it wasn't needed. It destroys things that are not a danger to me, normally my red blood cells, but this time it decided it didn't like my digestive system. Still at least I seem to have got away with not having to start taking steroids again so I am a happy, but very weak for the time being, bunny. :)

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Extended my apple care warranty on my Macbook Pro, so thats now covered for an extra 2 years :)

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Very good move. Do you have a unibody one or the older type with the light-up keys?

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Sounds nasty, glad your getting over the latest episode :tu:

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Unibody mid 2009

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That's ok then, there is a common problem with the previous model where the plastic trim above the dvd drive warps and creates a gap between the 2 sections of the lower body to varying degrees often causing difficulty in closing the lid/screen. Mine did this but not to a great extent, still annoying though bearing in mind how much they cost. Steve Jobs doesn't seem to give a toss about quality control so always a good idea to take out Apple care if you're willing to take the risk on Apple products these days.

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Good stuff :)

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Jo I admire your pluck, you always manage to pick your self up and dust yourself down and start all over again. Wish Maggy had a badge I could nominate your for.:hugs:

Congrats heero_yuy here's to the next 1,000 postings!

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Result, I just had a phone call, from a manager of a job agency, about a temp job for a local company minimum wage and crap hours (6am to 2pm or 2pm to 10pm).

He made a comment about the minimum salary and I said that its a jobs, and he was impressed as some people with my skills would turn it down.

While on the phone, he said that the company has a supervisor role going so you never know, the only thing against me is that I've not been in a paid supervisor role.

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nice one :) even if its not ideal for you its something on your CV rather than a big gap. You've been looking for a while havent you? Good luck in the new job, as said you dont know where it will lead

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all the bloody Android and Windows mobile phones ive hacked and installed custom roms on without issue ( touch wood) and the first phone I kinda brick is my daughters Android LG . Happy thought is I mananged to get it sorted lol