The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

mardatha

Got my laptop back and found my password for MSE. I'm back to meself :j:T:j

monnagran

RIP Ming Vase.

mardatha

Yes, need to send her off to Sothebys. Few million would help the preps would they not.

D&DD

Woohoo welcome back Mar


Now if only I could get my smilies to work!

[Deleted User]

Click.....normal again, Hi Mar xxx

DigForVictory

thriftwizard wrote: »

I was a little amused (but didn't show it) when the DDs came back from one of their charity-shopping expeditions proudly clutching their trendy re-usable bamboo coffee cups. They don't drink coffee...

The familiar shaped reusables have lids which a lot of coffee shops insist on. (Says she who lost one [just fell out of the car door] & bought a silicon replacement online to maintain my 'free' coffee habit!)

A colleague brings his Starbucks logo'ed thing in, then carefully decants the black coffee into two china cups & shares one.

Plus, once you have & carry a mug, it becomes easier to use, which (when the alternatives are single use) has to be a good thing? Also, as the National Coffee Day showed, a lot of coffee places do also do tea & even hot chocolate & carry right on discounting for your own mug. While I try not to give money to the coffee places, I am scrupulous about using my cup to hack into their profits a bit...

Cheer on the dear children, treat them to reusable straws & linen napkins to support the ecofriendly ways they have stumbled into?!

Welcome back, Mar!

[I wish you could have heard my family assumptions when they saw my muddy hands. Started with a headcount, then speculated on who I'd buried. I started "logan" and they doubletook as they've a scout pal call Logan. Once that died down, I was able to finish the word "-Berry, Tayberry & the Jostaberry cutting's gone in At Last!"]

maryb

OOh watch out, Mar's back!:rotfl::rotfl:

jk0

jk0 wrote: »

Anyone ever had the cmos battery go flat in your PC? The one in the Windows 95 pc I do my books on failed recently. Unbelievably the battery is built into a chip, so cannot be replaced.


The old hard drive will not talk to a modern pc, so in order to get back my programs & data, I have had to buy a reconditioned 2004 pc and swap out the hard drive.


I'm not sure how I could have prepared for this problem short of having a spare pc on the shelf. Any thoughts?

Ahhhh!


I'm getting so frustrated with this. The old disk did not work in the new computer, so I put one of my backup tapes in my Windows 98SE machine, and restored the Windows 95 system onto the disk that came in the new machine.


Still, wouldn't boot!


I get the impression they updated the file arrangement on hard disks between 95 and 98.


I'm now out of ideas, and I think I will have to say goodbye to my old landlord software that only runs on 95.

DigForVictory

Anyone we know in Tokyo for the rugby or F1? as I think this weekend could be a bit educational. At least there's a national handbook, with an English translation here (I know, I have mentioned it before but I am deeply impressed.)

D&DD

I wish I could help jK but I can just about post here and email and that's about it regards to tech knowledge sorry!


I've had a few really hectic days and more to come but I just sat to read the news..I wish I hadn't!


There's so much carp going on atm everywhere it seems according to which paper you read etc I think I'll have to stop reading them again!


Good news is my Lakeland Xmas Catalogue arrived today whoohoo


Need to finish rearranging the freezers again but I don't think I'm going to make much more space it's more like wishful thinking!!