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Neal wrote: ↑Thu Jan 18, 2024 6:52 pm He also mentioned that the have ‘heating’ posts for ICE cars in car parks as the temperatures can get really low, plug your car in to pre warm the engine.

That's essentially what we were doing in Newfoundland back in the day. ICE vehicles need fluids to be fluids to operate.

Cyclist had jumped a red light then had a near miss with the pedestrian on a zebra crossing, after which the cyclist confronted and headbutts the guy... Police are looking for him...

It's not like it hasn't been known for decades that pretty much every battery technology has issues with low temperatures as most rely on some form of chemical reaction and we all know, or at least those of us who did A Level chemistry do, that as the temperature falls, the kinetic energy of the mol...

Chargers or batteries....


https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/16/ ... op-article

Wasn't that painful in the end (*)...

Trip to London to the Portuguese Consulate, couple of hours in there, back to Bank for lunch with #2 son (he paid) and then home to Kent.

Should get the passport in 2 weeks.

(*) Snigger - just add a "?" and the whole meaning changes...

steve s wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2024 8:52 am Slightly off the subject.. but I met Pete millet in November, really nice guy, and quite a whisky connoisseur.
He's a good friend of Morgan Jones.

Not met him but have had a number of email discussions with him and he's always been very helpful.

I did a forum search for 'Millet' and this thread came up, hope it's OK with our-Ed if I hijack it for a bit. Testing, I'm clearing a stack of projects and 'stuff' I've been meaning to do for years that have piled up on my bench. I've found my old Pete Millet Soundcard interface box and M-Audio Tra...

^^^ my chum Antonio (a Portugeezer) had the same experience you had NickJack. I've been trying for over two years to sort this out... one of the crazy things is that you'd send them an email (you can't do this over the phone), and hear absolutely nothing for months. You CANNOT send a follow-up emai...

Trying to sort my new Portuguese Passport.

They have an "interesting" way of allocating bookings at the consulate (you have to book a slot to go in person to get a new passport).

I might just have to go outside and scream a bit...

My daughter gave birth to baby girl Evie last night.11;55 pm, 7lb 15oz. I'm a grandad again. :D Super ! Congratulations! Great name too! Granddaughters are cool! We got our second granddaughter (Lily) mid December from our daughter and twin girls due end April from our daughter in law. All girls!

SWMBO had it last year - awful.

I got the jab this year, so pheumonia, flu, COVID booster and shingles in November.

Felt like a pin cushion.

Network config stuff makes me nervous, it seems like it could be very easy to do something inappropriate or even dangerous through lack of knowledge. Are there any simple solutions that are a bit more "plug and play" that don't need you to be a Comp Sci person? Very good point. IPFire on ...

There are some rpi etc options too.

Although Defender is pretty good, I actually use AVG behind a very good firewall Could you give us any quick tips on what to look for in a home firewall solution? Should I be looking at a hardware device behind my ISP box? Generally, its the quality of your router/main firewall that counts. I cheat...