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  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
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    ukmaggie45 wrote: »
    Not had a good day (ill, nothing worse), so will catch up later...

    But for any of you who remember The Weirdstone of Brisingamen and other books by Alan Garner, you might enjoy this article in New Statesman.

    Thank you for the link. Excellent.
  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
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    Zag will love that link. We've discussed Alan Garner and the Weirdstone of Brisingamen on here a few times. Thanks maggie.
    Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
  • GDB2222
    GDB2222 Posts: 26,236 Forumite
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    Percy1983 wrote: »
    2 monkeys in a bath.

    Monkey 1 says "oo ee ah ah ah"
    Monkey 2 says "I'll turn the hot tap off then"

    Perhaps there's an opening for a website that explains jokes?
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • LydiaJ
    LydiaJ Posts: 8,083 Forumite
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    DVD drive on laptop has recently been prone to freezing every once in a while, but it's now doing it so often as to make DVDs unwatchable. I tried ejecting the thing that the DVD goes into and attempting to remove dust from the little lens, which has got me back from "won't play at all" to "freezes so often it's not worth watching". Any advice as to what to do next, please?
    Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
    Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
    Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.     :)
  • LydiaJ
    LydiaJ Posts: 8,083 Forumite
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    GDB2222 wrote: »
    Perhaps there's an opening for a website that explains jokes?

    It turns on the question of whether Monkey 1's utterances are monkey noises (from a monkey who can't speak) or bath too hot noises (from a monkey who could speak if he weren't so busy squawking about the hot water).
    Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
    Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
    Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.     :)
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    LydiaJ wrote: »
    DVD drive on laptop has recently been prone to freezing every once in a while, but it's now doing it so often as to make DVDs unwatchable. I tried ejecting the thing that the DVD goes into and attempting to remove dust from the little lens, which has got me back from "won't play at all" to "freezes so often it's not worth watching". Any advice as to what to do next, please?

    No idea as I've never had a DVD drive.... but I'd start at the basics and do a defrag and cleanup ... might be that there's not the space on the drive for it to create the temporary files easily enough to play properly.

    I'd do the full raft of cleanups available to me. e.g. CCleaner, Defrag, Disk Cleanup ... and I'd even double check the swap file size.
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    mystic_trev wrote: »
    Two nuns in a bath.
    The first one says "Where's the soap";
    the second one replies "Yes it does, doesn't it"

    I prefer the other one

    Two nuns in the bath and there's a knock at the door.
    "You can't come in, we're in the bath".
    "Oh it's okay, it's the blind man", is the reply.
    They open the door.
    "Now where do you want these blinds?".
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    GDB2222 wrote: »
    Perhaps there's an opening for a website that explains jokes?
    LydiaJ wrote: »
    It turns on the question of whether Monkey 1's utterances are monkey noises (from a monkey who can't speak) or bath too hot noises (from a monkey who could speak if he weren't so busy squawking about the hot water).
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    Are you saying you didn't get that one?

    Made me giggle.

    Here most conversations sound a bit like that

    'MawOOOOOOOW'

    'Oh, its on the floor in the utility room, here, I'll sure you'

    Or


    'Shhrufff girl uff uff'.

    'Ok, up you come'

    Or
    ' meep, meep. Mao'. ' ok mauve, chicken. Lamb?' 'Meep'. 'Lamb it is'

    'OwroooooOOOOOOOOOw '

    'Thanks dog dog, I'll get it'
  • lemonjelly
    lemonjelly Posts: 8,014 Forumite
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    LydiaJ wrote: »
    DVD drive on laptop has recently been prone to freezing every once in a while, but it's now doing it so often as to make DVDs unwatchable. I tried ejecting the thing that the DVD goes into and attempting to remove dust from the little lens, which has got me back from "won't play at all" to "freezes so often it's not worth watching". Any advice as to what to do next, please?
    Compressed air I believe. Don't try a hoover, as it'll bust the laptop.
    It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.
  • GDB2222
    GDB2222 Posts: 26,236 Forumite
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    PasturesNew wrote: »
    Are you saying you didn't get that one?

    I thought there would be a dirtier explanation. :)
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
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