Random Irritations

[Arthur Wedge]

It’s totally predictable, it won’t end not without the Israeli forces leaving and I don’t think even then Israel will feel safe

It won’t end until Israel allow Palestine to be self governing in peace and they leave the West Bank

And someone - ie the big old western powers need to step and force Israel to do it

Unfortunately some prefer to side with Israel

 

[IanM]

It won’t end until Israel allow Palestine to be self governing in peace and they leave the West Bank

And someone - ie the big old western powers need to step and force Israel to do it

Unfortunately some prefer to side with Israel

How many times has the Palestinian Authority rejected the two state solution?

 

[Arthur Wedge]

How many times has the Palestinian Authority rejected the two state solution?

Prob going down the political line now but it’s supported by all now bar Israel

 

[Voyager EMH]

Two states seems appropriate, but it will not be a "solution".
Hostilities would continue due to the deep hatred on both sides.

A solution exists when the social constructs of race and religion are seen as the history of an unenlightened time.
Not in my lifetime, I fear.
Not even this century, perhaps.

Us-and-them brings destruction and grief.
Turning us-and-them into "we" brings peace and joy. This should be the ambition of all mankind.

 

[Slab]

Getting used to a new mouse for my laptop. I swear its easier to change your irons or driver

 

[cliveb]

Was at a friendly golf match yesterday and one of the dessert options for the after match meal was apple crumble. Yum, I love apple crumble.
And when it came, they'd put oats in the crumble

CRUMBLE SHOULDN'T HAVE OATS!!!!

 

[Orikoru]

Annoying tickly cough and sore throat. Brought to us by my kind daughter.

 

[BrianM]

Back to work today

 

[Crazyface]

Thesaurus! Lets have them all burnt. A word should have only one meaning!!!!!! Bluddy Arrowords.

 

[Crazyface]

Been wondering about joining the local tennis club. Grandson of 23 years joined so I did, today. Can we get a court of Thursday night, when we wanted to play? Can we heckers like! Money well spent, I don't think!!!!

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Out of the blue my Sky Q mini box - which has been working great for a good 2-3yrs, has starting glitching…to the extent that programmes are unwatchable…and not just recorded…any programme.

Not happening for Apps on the box such as Netflix and YouTube…they are running fine.

Tried doing a network reset for the mini box…but to no avail - though as part of the reset the box flagged up that the network signal was strong - so don’t see that it can be that.

Such a pain. Don’t know of a fix but will do more research…

 

[GB72]

Out of the blue my Sky Q mini box - which has been working great for a good 2-3yrs, has starting glitching…to the extent that programmes are unwatchable…and not just recorded…any programme.

Not happening for Apps on the box such as Netflix and YouTube…they are running fine.

Tried doing a network reset for the mini box…but to no avail - though as part of the reset the box flagged up that the network signal was strong - so don’t see that it can be that.

Such a pain. Don’t know of a fix but will do more research…

Replacements are not that expensive, I think £50. I was looking into it as I found out that my payment for multi room covered as many mini boxes as I liked not just one like it was in the old days

 

[Fade and Die]

Out of the blue my Sky Q mini box - which has been working great for a good 2-3yrs, has starting glitching…to the extent that programmes are unwatchable…and not just recorded…any programme.

Not happening for Apps on the box such as Netflix and YouTube…they are running fine.

Tried doing a network reset for the mini box…but to no avail - though as part of the reset the box flagged up that the network signal was strong - so don’t see that it can be that.

Such a pain. Don’t know of a fix but will do more research…

Try doing a reset of the main box. Unplug it, wait a minute then power it back up. Our mini box gets glitchy sometimes and this sometimes sorts it out.

 

[RichA]

I had to download and start a new audiobook yesterday. I thought a bestseller described as a "British Reacher" might be decent.
It's really dreadful; like it's written by an enthusiastic teenager who's done zero research into the military and law enforcement that he's writing about.
I gave up after 2 hours when the narrator's awful accents and mispronunciations got the better of me. The straw that broke the camel's back was prodigy pronounced as "proGiDy".
I thought maybe the narrator was young and inexperienced but he's done hundreds of books over 4 decades and owns his own voiceover studio.

 

[GreiginFife]

I had to download and start a new audiobook yesterday. I thought a bestseller described as a "British Reacher" might be decent.
It's really dreadful; like it's written by an enthusiastic teenager who's done zero research into the military and law enforcement that he's writing about.
I gave up after 2 hours when the narrator's awful accents and mispronunciations got the better of me. The straw that broke the camel's back was prodigy pronounced as "proGiDy".
I thought maybe the narrator was young and inexperienced but he's done hundreds of books over 4 decades and owns his own voiceover studio.

Sounds like they may have resorted to AI. Voice clone, don’t have to do any work but still get paid.

The mispronunciation is classic AI voice.

 

[RichA]

Sounds like they may have resorted to AI. Voice clone, don’t have to do any work but still get paid.

The mispronunciation is classic AI voice.

I was thinking AI up to the point of the mispronunciation, which I assumed a computer wouldn't have butchered.
The whole book is read with the intonation of a newsreader announcing the headlines, so you could be right.

 

[Fade and Die]

I had to download and start a new audiobook yesterday. I thought a bestseller described as a "British Reacher" might be decent.
It's really dreadful; like it's written by an enthusiastic teenager who's done zero research into the military and law enforcement that he's writing about.
I gave up after 2 hours when the narrator's awful accents and mispronunciations got the better of me. The straw that broke the camel's back was prodigy pronounced as "proGiDy".
I thought maybe the narrator was young and inexperienced but he's done hundreds of books over 4 decades and owns his own voiceover studio.

I think I have seen this tag on Facebook for a book, (might have been a series even) tbh when I read the non Amazon reviews it sounded pretty bad!

 

[Neilds]

I think I have seen this tag on Facebook for a book, (might have been a series even) tbh when I read the non Amazon reviews it sounded pretty bad!

Most books nowadays seem to be tagged as the new Reacher when they are miles off the mark.

 

[patricks148]

weather in Inverness, weeks of nice sunshine, but had a chest infection finally got rid of it, get to June freezing cold raining and blowing a gale. was out on my bike the weekend and Tuesday Wednesday, got soaked every time.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

As they sound shared are you sure going private was the correct action rather than contacting the water company?

Returning to this. Your correct Thames waters responsibility. Which I'll know for future ..

Monday they had reblocked between my first manhole and second so I rodded them .. fine

Tuesday man hole 2 was full again so I rodded mine and next door. I also had brought jetwash attachment to go 15m down the pipes to jet them. Spent 2 hours doing mine and next doors from either end

Today neighbour called his blocked. Sure enough mine was so went to his with rods .. 2 mins 3 rod length and out it went

So contacted Thames water .. they just left. Put a camera down the pipes all clear for at least 25 meters (mine to neighbours man hole is 16)

They will monitor them

But I'm glad I did the private guy first as he got rid of a lot of limescale, where as when he went down past my neighbours it was a lot of limescale

It seems first time it was the cleared out the houses .. then each time I cleaned it just went that bit further but today got it fully. Confirmed by camera now

Hopefully all done