my computer is a small tablet which is now over six years old, which may not be that old under normal conditions but the tropical humidity is hard on electronics and optical instruments :-( .in case of my tablet this means black horizontal lines started to appear on both top and bottom a few months ago and they're getting more and wider, after a few minutes vertical lines with the colours playing up start to appear as well which makes for an increasingly lousy picture quality :-( :-( i'm afraid that's beyond repair...I had the same problem late last year, a 7 year old laptop, now glitching and very slow. So, I backed up all my data files, bought a new SSD drive and a new Windows 10 license, and hey-presto for less than £150 a new faster laptop
What did you buy today?
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Bought a Rab Arc eco waterproof jacket as my old faithful has finally give up the ghost.( see if this one lasts as long)?
The lanshan tent turned up today from Aliexpress..just under two weeks from china. Had no idea what it was until I opened it, wow it packs small & is really light at 950 grams.. Can’t wait to use it.
A an O.S map of the Gower peninsula, Wales.
Sent the Ecco shoes back & swapped for a pair off Merrell Moab GTX goretex ones(there like slippers).
OEX Vello 50-60 ruck sack & liner for my daughter.
The lanshan tent turned up today from Aliexpress..just under two weeks from china. Had no idea what it was until I opened it, wow it packs small & is really light at 950 grams.. Can’t wait to use it.
A an O.S map of the Gower peninsula, Wales.
Sent the Ecco shoes back & swapped for a pair off Merrell Moab GTX goretex ones(there like slippers).
OEX Vello 50-60 ruck sack & liner for my daughter.
Should keep me occupied for a day or two
I am always surprised, well, recently so, say the past five years, how affordably things can be repaired in those little corner shops. Don't know if its the same for you where you are, but here you can get things fixed without crying. Depends on the issue obviously. Water is catastrophic.
A suprise present from the wife that just arrived in Amazon, a French made One Egg Wonder mini frying pan after she'd seen several vids on You tube of them modified to have folding handles for carrying inside camping pots and knowing of my love for fried egg banjos.
I'd be grateful to see how folk here have modified theirs.
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I'd be grateful to see how folk here have modified theirs.
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Uninspired. Jan.05, I became home to a middle-aged and badly frost-bitten stray cat. She has healed up well and opened up a little. Today, I bought a couple of big bags (again) of cat box litter. She (Rumpuss) eats, drinks and shits a lot.
The single egg pan is 165g and the plastic handleis moulded on. I've seena nice simple tutorial for putting a wire handle on which reduce the bulk no end. Pics when its done
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Knew the term, obvs, but didn't know this about it
"Within the military, it is widely known as an ‘egg banjo’ because when it is eaten, egg yolk usually squirts onto the eater's shirt/jacket, typically resulting in the person raising their sandwich out of the way, to approximately ear height, while they attempt to ‘strum’ the yolk mess from their shirt with their free hand."
Butter knife
Mortuary Swords gained their namesake after the death of King Charles I, when basket-hilted swords were made which depicted the face or death mask of the "martyred" king on the hilt. This version is based on a classic mortuary sword which was used after 1625 by cavalry during the English Civil War. This (usually) two-edged sword sported a half-basket hilt with a straight blade some 90–105 cm long. These hilts were often of very intricate sculpting and design. This sword was Oliver Cromwell's weapon of choice; the one he owned is now held by the Royal Armouries, and displayed at the Tower of London.
Mortuary Swords gained their namesake after the death of King Charles I, when basket-hilted swords were made which depicted the face or death mask of the "martyred" king on the hilt. This version is based on a classic mortuary sword which was used after 1625 by cavalry during the English Civil War. This (usually) two-edged sword sported a half-basket hilt with a straight blade some 90–105 cm long. These hilts were often of very intricate sculpting and design. This sword was Oliver Cromwell's weapon of choice; the one he owned is now held by the Royal Armouries, and displayed at the Tower of London.
That's why kebabs are known as the midnight banjoKnew the term, obvs, but didn't know this about it
"Within the military, it is widely known as an ‘egg banjo’ because when it is eaten, egg yolk usually squirts onto the eater's shirt/jacket, typically resulting in the person raising their sandwich out of the way, to approximately ear height, while they attempt to ‘strum’ the yolk mess from their shirt with their free hand."
