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Skint Spice's journey to being less skinty and more spicy
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Z~Hope you had a peaceful christmas.I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.0 -
skint_spice wrote: »No, not moving there but things may happen that mean a holiday is out of the question. Mind you as a career change there are worst options!
Wear shades. See the world. Meet loads of interesting people. Then shoot them...
skint_spice wrote: »Confession time... I put my gas/electric figs in the other day and the electricity has gone up a wee bit since this time last year, so not having a sooper dooper gadget that works stuff out I decided to read the meter again the next day...I was so upset that I'd used a ridiculous amount of energy that I was lecturing DS and turning even more stuff off... turns out I had calculated using the gas reading...whoops:rotfl::rotfl:!
Oh dear...skint_spice wrote: »so we've only used about 11kW over two days despite lots of washing and DS on PS3 for most of the day.... still we can and will do better but it's much better than the 30 I thought we'd used in one day:eek:!
Well 11KWh is about a one bar electric fire on for 11 hours, or a 100W light bulb (aka The Light Bulb of Satan) on for just over 4 days.skint_spice wrote: »Was talking to my wee bro at christmas - he's moving house and getting a bigger mortgage but told me he's planning to over pay to cut down the interest paid back... he was explaining it as a new concept :rotfl:- didn't like to burst his bubble but maybe I should direct him here?
With what you get up to..? :eek::eek::eek:
skint_spice wrote: »still at least he's got his head screwed on!
But it hasn't been screwed on as long as his sister's..."Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
"We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
"Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky." OMD 'Julia's Song'0 -
Z~how long should a laptop last?
Used every day?I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.0 -
Z~Hope you had a peaceful christmas.
If that's a euphemism for "quiet" - then it certainly was that. I will probably do something different next time.Z~how long should a laptop last?
Used every day?
It depends what you mean by "last".
The battery should last about 3 or so years before dropping to 50% of its starting "lifespan".
The hard disk has about a 40% chance of developing bad sectors/failing in 3 years. If it is, then you can just replace and reinstall. You may have to go through the Microsoft secure Advantage licensing bollox, but that just one of life's tribulations. Like piles.
How long Windows lasts on a working hard disk before it dies is a matter of luck and wind direction. Reinstallation cures that though.
Keyboard should last until you spill something into it. Everything else is just a matter of luck.
Just as a starting point, this laptop I'm typing into was installed in Oct 2004.
Why do you ask?"Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
"We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
"Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky." OMD 'Julia's Song'0 -
Mine seems to be overheating a tad and is getting slower.I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.0 -
Mine seems to be overheating a tad and is getting slower.
Well first of all - do you defragment?
In the old days (everyone, turn your screen to sepia), defragmentation tools used to defragment. Now the Microsoft tools just "sort a little". You will need to run windows defragmenter at least 6 times to get something approaching what the old tools used to do.
Second of all. locate where your laptop draws air in for cooling, and where it expels it. Put your lips against the in-vent to seal it and blow.
Blow like it's Johnny Depp!
A large cloud of dust should emerge.
Next, do the same to the exhaust vent, so you're blowing against the flow.
Blow like it's George Clooney!
Again, you should get a cloud of dust coming out. It shouldn't overhead so much now."Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
"We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
"Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky." OMD 'Julia's Song'0 -
Another question! I've seen lots of folk saying they turn off everything at night apart from fridge freezer & router. So why leave the router on? Anyone?Mortgage OP 2025 £6250/7000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
Mortgage balance: £36,210
Money making challenge £38/400
”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)0 -
skint_spice wrote: »Another question! I've seen lots of folk saying they turn off everything at night apart from fridge freezer & router. So why leave the router on? Anyone?
The bit at the exchange (DSLAM for those who like acryonyms) works with the router to "learn" the frequency profile of your line in order to cram the best out of it. Turning it off causes your router to forget and so go back to the training mode - or at least it used to."Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
"We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
"Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky." OMD 'Julia's Song'0 -
I am no good at blowing.Fact.I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.0 -
I am no good at blowing.Fact.
is it bad I laughed:rotfl::rotfl:? it's all that Johnny Depp talk...
but seriously could you not get DS to have a go?Mortgage OP 2025 £6250/7000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
Mortgage balance: £36,210
Money making challenge £38/400
”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)0
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