Quote from: Newportnobby on February 15, 2025, 11:19:52 AMFinally! 22 months after one of my sisters collapsed and died at my side my remaining sister and I have concluded all the business and her house is now sold and we can move on.
She died with no will and, although we knew she had a husband at one point, she never said whether she'd had a divorce so the Grant of Probate took absolute ages to come about. My remaining sister also had to provide a marriage certificate from the 1970s to prove she had changed her name from our familial one. That raked up bad memories for her.
It's been a  couple of years as the year before that our Mum passed away in hospital a week after falling and breaking a hip

Glad that is finally sorted for you both. Rebecca and I have done our LPAs and wills, much to my 31 year-old son's apparent horror, but when we sat him down and talked it through he totally got it and is now very relieved we've done it. Poor sod is our executor, but I intend to be hanging about for at least another 30 years as it is. 

Not sure if this goes in the happy or annoyed threads

Broke a number 9 guitar string yesterday so I now have enough spare handrail wire for the next few years.

 

Decisions, decisions

It gets that way. I'll just go and check me Fender 

Quote from: EtchedPixels on July 04, 2025, 11:43:06 AMNot sure if this goes in the happy or annoyed threads

Broke a number 9 guitar string yesterday so I now have enough spare handrail wire for the next few years.

 

I had a similar issue with a G-string a few years back. I wasn't into railway modelling then though so I had no idea I could make handrails out of it.

Finally, after a couple of years putting up with slower and slower broadband, I persuaded Open Reach to investigate. Yep there was a fault. You now have 50Mbps at the property boundary.

So why was i getting 18Mbps at the computer.

Hmmm. Lets take a look, the tech man says.
I'm getting 30Mbps without the router connected and 20Mbps connected. You need a new router.
But don't worry. In a couple of years you will get Full Fibre.

Router arrived yesterday. I now have 50 Mbps and have now to spend what will feel like days setting every wireless connection to the new router code. Happy Days!

Bob

PS next up is negotiating a price drop...

Quote from: Bob G on July 12, 2025, 04:03:30 PMFinally, after a couple of years putting up with slower and slower broadband, I persuaded Open Reach to investigate. Yep there was a fault. You now have 50Mbps at the property boundary.

So why was i getting 18Mbps at the computer.

Hmmm. Lets take a look, the tech man says.
I'm getting 30Mbps without the router connected and 20Mbps connected. You need a new router.
But don't worry. In a couple of years you will get Full Fibre.

Router arrived yesterday. I now have 50 Mbps and have now to spend what will feel like days setting every wireless connection to the new router code. Happy Days!

Bob

PS next up is negotiating a price drop...

Hi

Just change the router SSID to the same as your old one was with the same password. You then won't need to update all your devices,

Personally I use a Mesh network so never use the SSID provided by the router.

Cheers

Paul

Quote from: PaulCheffus on July 12, 2025, 09:26:15 PM

Quote from: Bob G on July 12, 2025, 04:03:30 PMFinally, after a couple of years putting up with slower and slower broadband, I persuaded Open Reach to investigate. Yep there was a fault. You now have 50Mbps at the property boundary.

So why was i getting 18Mbps at the computer.

Hmmm. Lets take a look, the tech man says.
I'm getting 30Mbps without the router connected and 20Mbps connected. You need a new router.
But don't worry. In a couple of years you will get Full Fibre.

Router arrived yesterday. I now have 50 Mbps and have now to spend what will feel like days setting every wireless connection to the new router code. Happy Days!

Bob

PS next up is negotiating a price drop...

Hi

Just change the router SSID to the same as your old one was with the same password. You then won't need to update all your devices,

Personally I use a Mesh network so never use the SSID provided by the router.

Cheers

Paul

Yes I realised this about half way through the process 

Quote from: Trainfish on July 08, 2025, 01:46:58 AMI had a similar issue with a G-string a few years back.

Strangely, I'm not surprised

7 years post transplant

      

John P

Which of your posts from 7 years ago would you like the Mods to move, John?
Seriously, excellent news, especially for you

Quote from: Trainfish on July 08, 2025, 01:46:58 AMI had a similar issue with a G-string a few years back. I wasn't into railway modelling then though so I had no idea I could make handrails out of it.

Is that 'Air on a', your wifes, or the one you wear under your tutu. I'm sure we'd all appreciate a 'how to' tutorial on how to make handrails from either.
 

Quote from: jpendle on July 18, 2025, 03:14:35 PM7 years post transplant

      

John P

Great news, looking forward to seeing more of Wigan Wallgate

In the light of talk by our Government of testing eyesight of over 70s and banning them if they fail, I thought I'd carry out a pre-emptive strike and get my eyes tested (for the first time in 20 years). I do wear specs for driving but they're for the long view. I can read a number plate with no issues without them as per the Highway Code and am nowhere near the disastrous cases cited on the Beeb about folk not being able to see their steering wheel.
Lots of new fangled equipment nowadays and I was in Specsavers (when I'd found them ) for 1½ hours in total. The optometrist (used to be optician in my day) told me I was a bit of an anachronism in that my left eye suffers from astigmatism (i.e. the eyeball is slightly oval) but gives me short sight for reading, whereas my right eye is good for long sight but weak. Evidently they balance each other out such that I have 20/20 vision
I asked whether I would fail an eyesight test and she said 'No way'.
I'm going to pay for new specs anyway just to be on the safe side

Funny, I had my annual eye exam last week. Apparently my left eye is getting weaker, but my right eye is getting stronger so the brain does it's magic brain thing and splits the difference; result is I can still see pretty well without my glasses for long- and medium-range vision.

I still can't read regular-sized text without my glasses so I got a new prescription for my progressives. I picked 'em up yesterday and everything's as clear as day.