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Socks with holes is different matter entirely, and has been known for many years.

At one stage of it's evolution there were master craftsmen (actually older women) who could, with the deft use of a needle and cotton (or wool), efficiently repair sock holes in a magical process called 'darning'

Sadly this has long disappeared as a new pair of socks can now be bought for less than the price of a needle and cotton.

My keyboard isnt working on my computer so im gonna get another one.. In the meantime Im using a mac laptop...

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The RAM kit in my PC cost £187 it now costs £497 for the exact same kit. AIs fault

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Yer it's bloody ridiculous, I think it's going to affect game console soon!

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it will effect console costs when it filters through

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It's already started to, they have brought out a new model that has 825GB instead of 1TB at the same price point. I think the PS6 is going to be a problem.

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I think everything related to technology is going to eventually be a problem :Yes:

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Cheer up, the price of board games has stabilised , any they don't need RAM, just dice.

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but . . . couldn't using a dice be classed as some kind of gambling?

In which case expect those games to be banned soon as harmful to children.

back to "I spy with my little eye" then . . oh wait, isn't that a slur against people with small eyes?

Dammit, no fun & games anymore :(

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I am currently not in the market so I am not sad about it. My Dad however is about to have a new machine built and it will add to his costs substantially but he is loaded so it does not matter to him

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Blimey I hadn't realised this at all. Mine for 32gb is now £380 odd. That's crazy. Hopefully the prices will crash again at some point, can't stay like this surely. I was thinking of adding another 32gb at some point, not now by any means.

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your cynicism is rapidly mutating into nihilism…

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Probably "offensive" to blind people as well. :erm:

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I'm pretty sure you're repeating yourself but I can't be bothered to check ;)

The thing is, technology is already 'falling over' in some areas of concern, and I for one can only see things getting worse.

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Doesn't help that one of the biggest 3 manufacturers of memory and storage(Crucial) has just announced it is pulling out of the consumer market. Storage and RAM has gotten ridiculous already. AI will end up causing a big market crash.

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Your comment is not congruent with actuality… ;)

I got a new keyboard,looks like it wasnt ever used and its a piece of garbage!!

The name on it is EMACHINES.... I probably shouldnt have gotton it!!

It was $2 at a thrift store..

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Not sure what you expected for $2. Also let alone to take the time to write / moan about it online. I'm sure you'll get over the cost of it in time. :dozey:

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I have the flu. My head hurts, and I'm light headed too. I emptied my nose in the shower earlier, who knows how there was soo much snot. Sweating up while sleeping. Body aches. Coughing is painful, it burns :(

I had the flu jab some months ago :erm:

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Ask for your money back

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I had a Pace Maker put in 6 weeks ago , so thank God the pain is now away, everything went well , so no christmas shopping for me, They will all get money!

I am so sorry...... I will say a prayer you feel better soon!!

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Thanks for your good nature.

I'm coughing up dark green phlegm. The last time I coughed up soo much phlegm was when I was travelling through Europe and I caught swine flu, phlegm was bright green then. I think I'll contact my doctor tomorrow morning. I'm really light headed :(

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Get well soon :tu:

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went to asda this morning at 0745 no tills open only self service and had to have my age verified to buy non alcohol beer,, bloody worlds gone mad

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Personally I find self serve a lot quicker and easier. Age check I get.as most modern alcohol free stuff was made with it and later removed. So there is usually a very small percentage still, like 0.001%

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Doctors response via text...

Endurance then :cry:

I hope your feeling a LITTLE better today buddy!

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The first bus didn't turn up, the next was 15 minutes late.

The return bus didn't turn up, the second was 10 minutes late.

And yet we are being told to "use public transport".

And the Day Return ticket within the city has gone up from £3.50 to £5.00

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Move to Swansea, its a much nicer place aswell ;)

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Can I request, in the spirit of the season, just for a week or two, you could try to be less of a Richard, please?

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i'm not a religious person but one is minded of Luke 4:23

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Oh, the irony…

Matthew 7:3-5

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Please quote the verses, not expect people to look them up.

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Sorry

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If ya gonna quote the bible to these who are at each others throats literally every opportunity it should have been

Matthew 22 vs 39

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Had an unexpected letter from my Credit Card company saying I've been late the last 2 months so this caused me alot of frustration because I knew it was wrong as I pay it the same time I get the notification, so this bloody automated letter is clueless.

So I did something I hate doing and that is phoning up just to confirm what was going on, well she said I was paying a day too early which was bollox it's their system that's wrong, something that has worked perfectly well for the last 20+ years so why now, maybe it's an AI generated letter! So from now on I'll either setup a direct debit or pay a few days later.

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my moan wrapping xmas presents, it always gives me back ache

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It's ok you don't have to wrap mine!

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Just set up a DD, easy to do and you can never be late. :)

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My plan is to do that but I wasn't in the mood straight after the phone call, my only concern is there maybe an odd month during summer where I may not have enough funds in my bank, but I'll figure it out.

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You could set it to take the minimum, then make extra payments when you want.

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First Boxing day sale ad:rolleyes: We've only just got rid of the Black Friday nonsense.:erm:

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If all goes to the normal sales plan, Easter will be here in 3 weeks

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Three have been calling me with my network stating possible scam, that's a good start. I had been ignoring it until I got curious this afternoon and answered. The lady offered me an email offer to extend my contract. I declined because it hikes up in April. My last renewal was a final offer from Three or my monthly charges will go up. I think I'll wait and see what they offer as a final attempt to get me on a new contract.

Spam scam call my arse. It was Three :LOL:

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Went to the shop earlier, as i crossed the main rd some ahole in a 4x4 tried to run me down, they purposely swerved towards me

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Who have you been upsetting ...

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no one, the driver accelerated and steered towards me i wasn't in it's path at the time

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Gear selector linkage came off the car Christmas eve, got it home from work in third gear and managed to reattach the bugger but I don't trust it, the bushel has worn away,, can I find a garage open, can I feck, going to be next year before its done :( which means bad news for the forum by default as I'll be spending a lot of time here for the next week...

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Just goes to show that one person's bad luck can be another person's silver lining. :) <<hugs>>

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Hope you are feeling better soon thenry :sorry:

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Much better now thank you. It cleared after a week. I didn't get the flu, may be because I got the flu jab :shrug: no sniffles which I'm thankful for.

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Got taken into A & E for the second night on the trot because of high potasuim levels (hospital 16 miles away), it was decided reading was'nt of concern after all. Try getting a taxi on New Years eve. :(

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:( :(

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Hi sweetie. I ended up doing the same on Boxing day so I share your pain.

During 2025 I sure got my monies worth out of the NHS and their emergency service. My local hospital doesn't have an A & E just a daytime urgent case service so Sod's Law kept doing it's thing. Every time I had a crisis it seemed to be out of hours and I would end up in a blue light ambulance into central Manchester with John following on in the car knowing that I would soon be sent back to my local Hospital where they knew what I needed and the quickest way to get there was by car.

My MOAN .... Sod's Law firmly in place ..... late Boxing Day evening I knew I was in trouble and John had to dial 999 knowing that I needed to be admitted somewhere as I couldn't go direct to my local hospital" as "there's no A&E"

I wish red tape could be bypassed but that's a whole different, and ongoing, massive moan.

To add a happy note, I do carry a letter from my Consultant explaining what needs to happen so I saved some time in A&E by getting blood tests done while I waited for them to contact a member of my medical team. Within an hour John drove me to my own hospital where I was finally admitted and I immediately got my PRBCs blood/high dose intravenous immunoglobulin* transfusions and was allowed home next evening.
*As it turned out to be a serious viral infection I may, hopefully, still be in my version of remission as my leukocytosis is dropping fast and my RBC is staying stable.🤞

:bigcry:
Back in my bubble and, due to still being on high dose antibiotics, I couldn't toast the new year but had a strong Vimto over ice with a slice of lemon on the side.

Tinky I hope you at least got to have something a little more potent.:D

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I feel your pain Joglynne believe me, I have the added problem of transport Mr T doesn't drive. Also I have had 16 ambulance call outs this year. I am lucky to have acute care at home visiting 2 times a week plus district nurses calling also. PS I did manage alchohol free wine.

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When going to pause Amazon Prime ads it now adds the item they were trying to sell me to my Amazon basket!!!

I'll have to see if I can disable that feature or I might just have to start using my IPTV for Amazon Prime TV as well even though I pay for it legally.

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Google pixel have this new notification organiser which silents notifications. Pain in the arse. I've disabled it. Notification history is useful though.

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Thanks I thought something had changed, I've now disabled mine.

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Back to work tomorrow! Atleast I'm on late shift 2pm-10pm because I won't get much sleep after having a few weeks off.

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Hope you are ok now, Take care

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I've never had my windows cleaned from the outside. The weekend just gone by I cleaned the inside and saw the outside could do with a clean.

Why is it so difficult to find somebody who'll clean windows. Virtually everyone on Google maps is busy or no longer offer their services. Checkatrade yielded one positive response all booked in for Wednesday but I must have called 10-20 with no joy. Terrible :(

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government over regulation

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Funny you say that. I just got a few callbacks from earlier calls that weren't answered. One guy quoted £20 :shocked: I thought £5 a window would be the reasonable cost for frames and glass but this one guy wants to do it virtually free :shrug: a tip goes without saying permitted the windows are given a good clean. Also that quote was a one off, scheduled cleans would be even cheaper :nutter:

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We have a guy comes and does all our windows (except the conservatory) once a month, for £13.
It was a tenner when we first started using them. Paid by direct debit so no cash needed for payment.

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How is that sustainable for them

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Ours is £15 per month by bank transfer (and that’s for a 4-bed detached) - they use their own water from a van, with extending poles for the upstairs windows.

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Almost the same here, £14 a month (only 3 bed detached) using a van with integral water tank and . . specially filtered water apparently.

Years ago it was a chap carrying a ladder, bucket, and mop . . on his pushbike :D

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and it cost 2 quid cash in hand ;);)

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My Google pixel 6 pro keeps dropping incoming calls. I have to eject the SIM then reinsert it. It then works for some weeks then reoccurs. Anybody able to advise please, or do I need a new device?

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Have you tried it with an e-sim to see if that helps?

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Nope. I like to use physical sims.

I just tried Google support. They estimated a repair at £389 :LOL:

Ok. I replaced my physical SIM with a esim. Sadly the QR code doesn't want to show in Gmail on my main daily driver :( so I have to manually input the activation code. Hopefully this sorts the issue.

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Google pixel feature, wallpaper and style, after choosing a wallpaper choose effects..

my device gets soo hot after setting a effect, I chose weather and 3d for each screen. I've gone back to bare wallpapers and the devices have cooled significantly! :no:

The soft chocolate chip cookies I used to love finally got changed over by the new idiots that merged with freihophers..

IT STILL SAYS "ORIGINAL RECIPE" on the new boxs but THEY HAVE XANTHAM GUM and the original did not!!


That garbage shouldnt be in food we eat. Its caused me alot of problems!!

I left the company an email telling them what I think!!


THE BEST CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE EVER RUINED!!

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That merger happened around 2008/2009. So if there was any changed you are probably very late to the party.

It is literally just a thickening agent used in many food products. Often in salad dressings and sauce to prevent them separating. Binding and stabilising many vegan products

Produced by fermenting sugars with Xanthomonas campestris bacteria, it's a popular ingredient for improving texture and binding in low-carb and gluten-free recipes,

Well for awhile they were still making the orginal Freihopher Chocolate Chip Cookies (Original) and they didnt have that crap in it..

No need for a thicking agent,it makes it taste worse!!

Nesquik Chocolate Milk Powder used to have carreegen in it and thankfully they removed it and its delicious!

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Xanthine gum does not change the taste at all. Its literally made from fermented sugar. It is in so many foods and sauces.

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Xanthan Gum can cause rare bloating in those with a sensitivity to gluten.

I read it can also cause flu like symptoms which it has with me so I try to avoid it like the plague!!

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With all the processed food/drink it appears you consume and being in the USA I'd say it would be almost impossible to avoid.

Yes your right Stevie its hard!!!!

They put alot of garbage in our food that doesnt belong there!!

Lactic Acid - They didnt ever put this crap in our food!

MSG is back in alot of stuff......


Its sickening......

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Lactic Acid is a natural preservative and is created and used by the body. It is NOT bad.

MSG really isn't bad, many don't understand it so label it as bad. It is a really good and natural flavour enhancer, derived from glutamate acid and adds a savory, meaty "umami" taste to foods like soups, sauces, and meats.

I use a pinch in stews, stir fries and Chinese fried chicken at home.

MSG is also found naturally in Tomatoes, cheese and mushrooms.

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Maybe do some actual research before repeating nonsense conspiracists tell you.

Lactic acid is a natural chemical your body produces from glucose, for energy.

Monosodium glutamate, also known as sodium glutamate, is a sodium salt of glutamic acid.
It is found naturally in some foods including tomatoes and cheese (in the glutamic acid form).

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Lactic Acid - A natural product of salt fermentation that is a preservative.

MSG - an amino acid found naturally in foods like tomatoes, cheese, and mushrooms. It is also a by-product of fermentation.

Well stuff I have had that has LACTIC ACID has caused my throat to burn and not feel good!!!!

One day at a friends house we had mac and cheese that had Lactic Acid in it and hours later both of us had throat problems...

From

http://frogfind.com/read.php?a=http%...of-lactic-acid

Yes Paul I know its a natural thing so we dont need more added in our food,it causes problems :(

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It was likely not the lactic acid that caused your sore throat.
The levels in food will not do any harm. Your food would go off quicker if it or something else was not there.

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My daughter asked me to go online and try to get Harry Styles pre-sales tickets for Wembley on the 12th or 13th July 2026 (she is at work and in a meeting at this time).

The Pre-Sale (Amex) started at 11:00, and I joined the "waiting room" at 10:50 - it's now open, and I am currently 114,650th in the queue (I started off at 116,369 four minutes ago).

I could be here for some time (or not very long if they sell out first...).

I hope ya can make her happy Hugh :)

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So what happened did you get the tickets?

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It's only been 10 hours, he's still in the queue

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After 2 hours, I got through, and the only tickets available were VIP at £400 and £740, so that didn’t happen

I tried at at 2pm for the next set of concerts at Wembley, and I got through after a 50 minute wait - the cheapest available tickets were £188, so I rang my daughter to see if she wanted them, and she said "no, thanks" (she had previously stated her budget was £150, but I thought best to check).

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Three data has been down since around 10:30pm yesterday. Ethernet tethering still works though :nutter:

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Mines fine, if that helps...

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Mines also fine on ID.

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Yes it does help thanks. Three say..

I'm "some" then :cry:

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Daughter used to be on 3 network . . she soon kicked it into touch due to issues

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There's a fix

Data working again yay!

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:D amazing how the old tried & tested 'turn it off and on again' still works best in this age of super new technology

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If that doesn't work, we're out of ideas

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Maybe someone could make an app that continually scans your phone and at the first hint of anything going slightly silly would turn it off and on again.

You could make a fortune with that :D

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