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It would be a weird world if only fit people could exercise.
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staffordjas
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Oh gawd...my email to a dishy hotel manager, thanking him for confirming my booking ( at a discounted rate as he knows me now) just got sent ending
'Love J****'
instead of ' regards' 
At least I didn't get carried away and put "love you xxx '. as I do on sons messages
Keep up the cycling @Glam , hope your ride to work went well today
'Love J****'
instead of ' regards' At least I didn't get carried away and put "love you xxx '. as I do on sons messages
Keep up the cycling @Glam , hope your ride to work went well today
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Cue
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Our cat won a competition for best meow. It’s a long story, but he had a photoshoot on Thursday at home and got a lot of presents.
Stranger things have happened. And just for a bit of small world occurrence, the person that visited was an old Student Union Officer at Staffs
Stranger things have happened. And just for a bit of small world occurrence, the person that visited was an old Student Union Officer at Staffs
staffordjas
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Well done @Cue cat .
The cat I'm looking after hasn't got a meow. Opens his mouth but nothing comes out.
Had round 2 with Mr nasty black this morning. Feeling good washing the cat stuff up whilst puss tucked into his breakfast. Nasty cat comes through open patio windows and launched a full scale attack on him .
Took a few swipes of the towel to get him off poor puss's neck.
Gramaisc
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Luckily, I have managed to hack into your webcam...Well done @Cue cat .
The cat I'm looking after hasn't got a meow. Opens his mouth but nothing comes out.
Had round 2 with Mr nasty black this morning. Feeling good washing the cat stuff up whilst puss tucked into his breakfast. Nasty cat comes through open patio windows and launched a full scale attack on him .
Took a few swipes of the towel to get him off poor puss's neck.
Gadget
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Reminds me of a tale, have you heard of The Bloxwich Lion? https://thebloxwichtelegraph.com/category/bloxwich-lion/
Gramaisc
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This has reminded me that @The Stafford Beast and @Mrs Stafford Beast are getting properly hitched today, though they have been exiled to Sutton Coldfield.
staffordjas
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That was an interesting read....I'd never heard of it .
Carole
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Another lovely day in Spain.
Up early and straight out to the beach boardwalk.
Walked from our apartment in Riviera Del Sol to La Cala Saturday market, stopping on the way there at a Chingurito for a Cafe Con Leche and breakfast.
Walk round the market buying lovely olives, fresh fruit and veg, oh and some lovely shoes.
Then the walk back, again stopping off for lunch by the beach.
Back for a siesta, then out for a walk round the area.
Decided to eat on our balcony tonight instead of going out. The cava we bought was €2.50 a bottle and was extremely palatable.
Up early and straight out to the beach boardwalk.
Walked from our apartment in Riviera Del Sol to La Cala Saturday market, stopping on the way there at a Chingurito for a Cafe Con Leche and breakfast.
Walk round the market buying lovely olives, fresh fruit and veg, oh and some lovely shoes.
Then the walk back, again stopping off for lunch by the beach.
Back for a siesta, then out for a walk round the area.
Decided to eat on our balcony tonight instead of going out. The cava we bought was €2.50 a bottle and was extremely palatable.
Trumpet
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First barbecue of the season last night. Cosying up around the chimnea. Mrs T and Gurly on one of their posh gins and me on Thatchers vintage.
They both off to Manchester shortly for a girly day out and Michael Buble concert tonight returning late tomorrow afternoon. So a couple of days peace at Trumpet Towers.
Might risk a visit to Stafford later.
They both off to Manchester shortly for a girly day out and Michael Buble concert tonight returning late tomorrow afternoon. So a couple of days peace at Trumpet Towers.
Might risk a visit to Stafford later.
Perrier
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Upgrading the Ethernet switches in each room today , each room will have 8 ports rather than 4.
Thought i wouldnt need more than 4 per room , however what with all the smart home hubs , media boxes , security camera's etc , the ports soon filled.
i should just use the old heater cupboard upstairs and turn that into a 72 port server rack/router hub , but this way is cheaper and sufficient for my needs.
Thought i wouldnt need more than 4 per room , however what with all the smart home hubs , media boxes , security camera's etc , the ports soon filled.
i should just use the old heater cupboard upstairs and turn that into a 72 port server rack/router hub , but this way is cheaper and sufficient for my needs.
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BobClay
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I've had a bit of that myself. I decided to get a Sky Q box to replace my old Sky box, they're coming to set it up on Wednesday (they have to change the LNA's on the dish apparently.) What I hadn't realised is that it meant fitting a new Sky router which arrived yesterday (not quite sure why that is, but possibly because the new router is dual band Wifi.) When you replace the router all the Wifi connections go out of whack, and it isn't until you have to reset the Wifi settings on everything connected that you realise how much stuff is using Wifi. (Tv's, Firestick, Ipads, Kindles, Printer, phones, Alexa speakers and controlled plugs, repeaters, other WAP's, some computers, NAS disks.)
What a bloody work up.
The new router has only 2 x 1 gig ethernet ports but I've got every room wired in (it's much easier to do in a bungalow with direct access to the attic) coming to a central switch. It didn't help that the Wifi in the router was supplied with the wrong Ident SSID and password !!!
but fortunately the access to the router web page had the correct details so I was able to go in and change it via the ethernet.
I shall mention this to the Sky fitter before I bury him under the patio.
What a bloody work up.
The new router has only 2 x 1 gig ethernet ports but I've got every room wired in (it's much easier to do in a bungalow with direct access to the attic) coming to a central switch. It didn't help that the Wifi in the router was supplied with the wrong Ident SSID and password !!!
but fortunately the access to the router web page had the correct details so I was able to go in and change it via the ethernet.I shall mention this to the Sky fitter before I bury him under the patio.
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Glam
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Have to be honest and say I didn't ride into work that day, couldn't be arsed. But I did go on it today.Keep up the cycling @Glam , hope your ride to work went well today
My legs have been in better condition. I have used muscles that were put ''into storage'' donkeys years ago.
Took 10 minutes to get home, from start to finish, mainly because I am so unfit.
But I'm not going to give up, I'll ride in, and back obviously for the next 2 days, even if it kills me. The car is booked in for its MOT up at TollGate, so i'll be shoving the bike in the back of it and riding it home. Mine'll be a pint of ice cold strong cider. ty.
BobClay
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Glam
Mad Cat Woman
I'd knock off the beans if I were you luv x
Lucy
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Been swapped for some big strong northern ones.Appen tha.. tent pegs are southern jessie types.
Cue
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I've had a bit of that myself. I decided to get a Sky Q box to replace my old Sky box, they're coming to set it up on Wednesday (they have to change the LNA's on the dish apparently.) What I hadn't realised is that it meant fitting a new Sky router which arrived yesterday (not quite sure why that is, but possibly because the new router is dual band Wifi.) When you replace the router all the Wifi connections go out of whack, and it isn't until you have to reset the Wifi settings on everything connected that you realise how much stuff is using Wifi. (Tv's, Firestick, Ipads, Kindles, Printer, phones, Alexa speakers and controlled plugs, repeaters, other WAP's, some computers, NAS disks.)
What a bloody work up.
The new router has only 2 x 1 gig ethernet ports but I've got every room wired in (it's much easier to do in a bungalow with direct access to the attic) coming to a central switch. It didn't help that the Wifi in the router was supplied with the wrong Ident SSID and password !!!
I shall mention this to the Sky fitter before I bury him under the patio.
Bad time to mention that if you use the same SSID (WiFi name) and password it'll reconnect as if nothing happened?
BobClay
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Well yes, but, my old router didn't have Wifi and only 100 Kbit ports so I used a separate WAP. The DHCP was delivered from the router via the Wifi for those connected. This meant the gateway address and WAP address were not the same. It also meant channeling the WAP via a 100 Kbps ethernet port. Since the new router is dual band Wifi, and has Gbit ports, and is the DHCP server, and is the gateway I decided to amalgamate them into the one address in one box, which frees up a port on the router (and there's only two.) Given all this and my desire to change out the SSID anyway given I was fitting a new system, I had to alter each connection to reflect this. So I've removed the clumsy scenario of separate boxes for WAP and router. I just decided to bite the bullet. (I've since discovered I forgot to alter the NAS disks, and the inverter for the solar panels which is a factory set IP address which meant opening up the subnet mask on the DHCP server. The IP range on my old router was a separate group from the new router.)
I figure I'll discover other things I've missed in days to come. So far, everything I've remembered is working fine.
I figure I'll discover other things I've missed in days to come. So far, everything I've remembered is working fine.
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