Some summer in Melbourne, 29mm overnight, was hoping to get in the garden today, but I don't have any chance. Also thought I might get the afternoon in the garage watching the test, and testing / playing with some trains. Someone let me down there.
But at least the Grand Prix is on, and it never rains in Vegas does it   

Quote from: Newportnobby on November 22, 2025, 08:51:55 PM

Quote from: thebrighton on November 22, 2025, 07:36:44 PMI don't know if it was poor batting, good bowling or a dodgy pitch but no test should be over in 2 days with both sides batting twice. Seemed all it took was one batsman to have a swing and that decided the match.

And that was with an under par Aussie side. It's summer down under so England can't expect to have the overcast conditions their bowlers function best in. It was a very flat wicket in Perth and, of course, had been prepared with the home team in mind.

Summer down under? Not where I live, it ain't! Poured down all night and it's raining now 

Quote from: thebrighton on November 22, 2025, 07:36:44 PMI don't know if it was poor batting, good bowling or a dodgy pitch but no test should be over in 2 days with both sides batting twice. Seemed all it took was one batsman to have a swing and that decided the match.

And that was with an under par Aussie side. It's summer down under so England can't expect to have the overcast conditions their bowlers function best in. It was a very flat wicket in Perth and, of course, had been prepared with the home team in mind.

I don't know if it was poor batting, good bowling or a dodgy pitch but no test should be over in 2 days with both sides batting twice. Seemed all it took was one batsman to have a swing and that decided the match.

I have tickets for the Pakistan test at Headingley next summer. Sure glad they are day 1, might just see some cricket providing it's not raining

Quote from: Bealman on November 21, 2025, 09:14:27 PMOnly 4G? At the end of last year they closed down 3G here,

3G in the UK has already mostly been turned off, but older phones fall back to the 2G network which is around until 2029 (in part because it's got much better coverage). 4G is all over the place because the UK banned Huawei equipment, mostly to placate the Americans. 4G is supposed to go away in the 2030s but the telcos are angling to get rid of it as soon as viable. Unfortunately all our electric and gas smart meters in the south of the UK still depend upon 4G networks in a brilliant piece of forward planning.

That's supposed to get fixed so it can use your home wifi in about last year but they move at a blue badge eligible snails place with metering standards.

Quote from: kusojiji on November 21, 2025, 11:33:28 AMIf I can find their CEO/President/Head Honcho's contact info, I'll send them the entire thread and history and let that person know that their employees don't know, don't care, or what ever, and that their actions is severely marring the company's reputation.

Subject access request for all material relating to this incident (and IP addresses count as personal data), so you can ask for all the logs, all the internal bug tracker and email discussion related to your incident. This escalates it through the idiot filter to people who actually are paid enough to do the job and often actually have the ability to make stuff happen.

Quote from: Newportnobby on September 20, 2025, 09:47:39 PMPhone call from spinal consultant never happened. Snotty letter fired off resulted in an apology and rebooked for 7th October. In the meantime I applied for a Blue Badge just to be able to park nearer buildings I want to get to. Posted a letter to my GP requesting an appointment so I could gauge how up to date he was on my issues. Basically all I got was tea and sympathy only without the tea, as he shared my frustration with the NHS Got home to an e mail turning down my request for a Blue Badge as I didn't meet the following criteria of the DfT:-

Walking does not psychologically damage me
I'm not a danger to myself
I'm no danger to others

For crying out loud, if I was any of those 3 they'd probably ban me from driving as well

Always appeal, always drive them up the wall. The English process (Wales & Scotland differ a bit but still suck) is to refuse everything and hope nobody drags them through all the appeals and dispute processes, files complaints about their behaviour etc and politely queries their qualifications and suggests they might be inadequately trained (ie negligent)

It's a stupid game.

Quote from: Newportnobby on November 22, 2025, 01:04:26 PMIt's a money spinner for everyone except Joe Public, it strikes me

Windows 10 anyone?

I gave my Windows 10 machine to my IT manager who has gone AWOL with it. I think he's either totally lost it or he's got a new career adding RAM to obsolete machines and bringing them back to life. Who knows?

Quote from: Bealman on November 21, 2025, 09:14:27 PMOnly 4G? At the end of last year they closed down 3G here, and I was forced to throw a perfectly good phone away. Except it wasn't perfectly good, was it, as it wouldn't work on 5G, which is what Vodafone said, and what we're on now.

Anyway I bit the bullet and bought the last Motorola in the shop (they were the cheapest and had been snapped up by other people in the same situation).

It's a bit of a rort, but it's been 12 months now and I'm actually pleased it happened. New speed and phone features great.

Same here. Perfectly serviceable and satisfactory Galaxy A12 but then told they're turning off 3G so I'd need a new phone if I didn't want snap, crackle & pop with my calls.
It's a money spinner for everyone except Joe Public, it strikes me