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  • #8042
    Mam of 4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,965 ✭✭✭✭Mam of 4


    Grandeeod wrote: »
    Boards needs more lap tops, like the old days! Am I the only one here!:D

    I miss my old desk top pc , I've nowhere to set it up here . I miss posting gifs :pac:

    https://forumofgames.com/



  • #8043
    thomil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,326 ✭✭✭thomil


    Grandeeod wrote: »
    Boards needs more lap tops, like the old days! Am I the only one here!:D

    Nope, laptop user two checking in :D

    blog side, trying to finish an article I want to publish tomorrow. Problem is I've barely started... :pac:

    Good luck trying to figure me out. I haven't managed that myself yet!



  • #8044
    thomil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,326 ✭✭✭thomil


    Mam of 4 wrote: »
    I miss my old desk top pc , I've nowhere to set it up here . I miss posting gifs :pac:

    Maybe get a cheap laptop or a Chromebook? If you're mostly surfing the web, that should be more than sufficient, and the entry level devices aren't really that expensive either.

    Good luck trying to figure me out. I haven't managed that myself yet!



  • #8045
    3d4life
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 949 ✭✭✭3d4life


    thomil wrote: »
    Nope, laptop user two checking in :D.... :pac:
    Me2:)


  • #8046
    3d4life
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 949 ✭✭✭3d4life


    thomil wrote: »
    Maybe get a cheap laptop ....


    For basic stuff these guys in NI might do


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  • #8047
    Mam of 4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,965 ✭✭✭✭Mam of 4


    thomil wrote: »
    Maybe get a cheap laptop or a Chromebook? If you're mostly surfing the web, that should be more than sufficient, and the entry level devices aren't really that expensive either.

    Think Sil might have an old laptop , will look into that , thank you :)

    https://forumofgames.com/



  • #8048
    JupiterKid
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 13,852 Mod ✭✭✭✭JupiterKid


    Upset after a row with my OH. :(

    He is bipolar and goes through episodes of depression - he is in one of these episodes right now. He lacks motivation generally and I myself was feeling tetchy and resentful after a long day working very hard, coming home from my errands knackered and then expected to cook dinner, which I did grudgingly.

    I mentioned to him (had to get him out of bed where he basically lives when in a low mood) that it might be nice to come home to a nice hot dinner made for me from time to time - and then instantly regretted it as, predictably, he being the hyper-sensitive type took that remark as a major slight and retorted that I needn’t have bothered with that sort of attitude. He went back to bed and told me to leave him alone for the rest of the evening...

    At times I feel I’m between a rock and a hard place with him. He never gave up on me when I was at my lowest ebb with my alcoholism - when many others had walked away - and I will be eternally grateful to him for that, but now as my life is getting back on track I feel unsupported and this does create some resentment on my side. He knows he needs professional help - as he has done in the past - but does not want to go and actively seek it.


  • #8049
    Grandeeod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Grandeeod


    thomil wrote: »
    Maybe get a cheap laptop or a Chromebook? If you're mostly surfing the web, that should be more than sufficient, and the entry level devices aren't really that expensive either.

    A Chromebook may deliver the same glitches as they are Android OS. A cheap lap top with Windows may be the way to go. I never have issues here on Windows 10 or even Windows Vista.:eek: On my phone you can forget about it when things get bad. Just shows how many access Boards these days via phones.


  • #8050
    thomil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,326 ✭✭✭thomil


    Grandeeod wrote: »
    A Chromebook may deliver the same glitches as they are Android OS. A cheap lap top with Windows may be the way to go. I never have issues here on Windows 10 or even Windows Vista.:eek: On my phone you can forget about it when things get bad. Just shows how many access Boards these days via phones.

    I don't think so. From what I know, ChromeOS is closer to a pure Linux OS than it is to Android, despite the cross-loading ability on some Chromebooks. I think the main culprit here is the browser, more precisely when Safari, Chrome, WebKit, whatever sends a mobile browser ID. Apple for example switched Safari on iPad to operate as a "desktop" browser as part of last year's software update, and I personally haven't had any glitches on my iPad since that switch was made.

    Good luck trying to figure me out. I haven't managed that myself yet!



  • #8051
    Grandeeod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Grandeeod


    thomil wrote: »
    I don't think so. From what I know, ChromeOS is closer to a pure Linux OS than it is to Android, despite the cross-loading ability on some Chromebooks. I think the main culprit here is the browser, more precisely when Safari, Chrome, WebKit, whatever sends a mobile browser ID. Apple for example switched Safari on iPad to operate as a "desktop" browser as part of last year's software update, and I personally haven't had any glitches on my iPad since that switch was made.

    I agree Thomil that anything sending a mobile browser ID is a problem. But My daughters Chromebook get's bogged down during Boards issues. Now she doesn't use Boards, but I've borrowed it just to check. Nice to chat to someone in the know. For me the Windows 10 and even Windows Vista machines never have a problem. My iMac doesn't even have an internet connection.:D


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  • #8052
    s1ippy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,980 ✭✭✭s1ippy


    https://twitter.com/newscientist/status/1313561400552370176?s=20
    Scientists discover Offaly


  • #8053
    3d4life
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 949 ✭✭✭3d4life


    Deja Boo wrote: »
    My chromebook gets bogged down by google updates or audiofiles or more than 1 tab open or [insert any number of things here]... The entire thing is very limiting, and utterly useless without an internet connection.

    :mad: Nothing puts me into Meldrew mode quicker than talk of Chromebooks :mad:

    I consider them a scam :(

    Better off with a old refurbed lappy


  • #8054
    thomil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,326 ✭✭✭thomil


    Ooops, looks like I accidentally found another C word that shouldn't be mentioned in this thread...

    Good luck trying to figure me out. I haven't managed that myself yet!



  • #8055
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,040 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Laptopside here :) MacBook, overpriced yup for sure but nice screen, range of browsers to choose from, doesn't crash or overheat or insist on rebooting/upgrading every 10 minutes and is rose-gold-pink and shiney. Yer only man.

    Had the worst day, family drama & nastiness, not directed at me but horrible and unpleasant to witness, blah blah blah but - just when I was feeling very sad and sorry for myself and had tried to internet shop my way out of it an old friend called just 'cos "I was just thinking of ya like and it's been forever" One hour of nonsense chat later the world is a friendlier place again. And now there's new stuff on it's way too :pac:
    There's also Green & Black's chocolate...


  • #8056
    3d4life
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 949 ✭✭✭3d4life


    Boo, Use a dormant email account & load up Firefox ?

    They are hateful things, android phones not much better :mad:


  • #8057
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 81,185 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Cali_girl wrote: »
    There's also Green & Black's chocolate...


    tenor.gif


    :pac:


  • #8058
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,040 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Sephiroth_dude wrote: »
    tenor.gif


    :pac:

    Awww, like clockwork :)
    G'wan. Enjoy! It's the good rich milk chocolate kind. My favourite.


  • #8059
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 81,185 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Cali_girl wrote: »
    Awww, like clockwork :)
    G'wan. Enjoy! It's the good rich milk chocolate kind. My favourite.

    Like clockwork? You'd swear I did this all the time or something.........



    :pac:



    gracias senorita!


  • #8060
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    My cat Oscar is obsessed with food. He comes running as soon as he hears the fridge being opened or a bag being rustled. We had to put a child lock on the press we keep the pet food in because he could pull it open and would throw all the food out and him and Khali (the dog) would devour as much as they could before they'd get caught.

    I think Seph is the human version of Oscar. Racing down the hallway when he hears someone in here open a bag of crisps or just the clink of a plate being moved.


  • #8061
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,040 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    It's like a matrix thing no? Someone in the system starts chowing down and Seph starts twitching. :pac::pac::pac:

    De nada señor :)


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  • #8062
    thomil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,326 ✭✭✭thomil


    Cali_girl wrote: »
    It's like a matrix thing no? Someone in the system starts chowing down and Seph starts twitching. :pac::pac::pac:

    Probably has an alert set up that sends a notification whenever certain key words are mentioned in certain threads :pac:

    Either that, or he has a very well trained nose :D

    Good luck trying to figure me out. I haven't managed that myself yet!



  • #8063
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 81,185 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Deleted User wrote: »
    and Khali (the dog) would devour as much as they could before they'd get caught.

    Aha! see! it was dogs that led poor Oscar astray last week with the bread, see I told ya it wasn't his fault 😸😸🤣
    thomil wrote: »
    Probably has an alert set up that sends a notification whenever certain key words are mentioned in certain threads :pac:

    Its actually a script I wrote that monitors keystrokes and then it sends the alert
    :-P


  • #8064
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,040 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Deleted User wrote: »
    My cat Oscar is obsessed with food. He comes running as soon as he hears the fridge being opened or a bag being rustled. We had to put a child lock on the press we keep the pet food in because he could pull it open and would throw all the food out and him and Khali (the dog) would devour as much as they could before they'd get caught.

    Your two reminded me of someone BB - years and years back (late '90's Boston :eek:) my then boyfriend had a Dobie. She was absolutely gorgeous and sooo smart, but unusually for the breed was obsessed with certain foods (bacon, steak, chicken, all the good stuff basically). She learnt to wait, play asleep/dead until I had fixed my weekend bacon-cream cheese bagel and then dive bomb/assault me outside the kitchen as soon as I tried to sneak it back to the bedroom :pac: Got me so many times :D I always thought, if that Biat*h managed to develop opposable thumbs we'd all be screwed! But I won't tell Khali...

    *still vaguely suspicious re ex/as to where she learnt said stealth skills... :pac:


  • #8065
    Samsgirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,214 ✭✭✭Samsgirl


    smurfjed wrote: »
    Different nurses have different touches, my favorite seems to barely touch the inside of the nostril so it’s painless. #33 tomorrow :):)

    Jaysus, the lady who did mine was definitely mining for brain matter.


  • #8066
    The Crazy Cat Lady
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,996 ✭✭✭The Crazy Cat Lady


    couchside, back in my folk's house for the night (it's rare that I'm staying a week-night). My sis is moving to a different country, she's down here sorting out her stuff, will be a while before I see her again :(

    I use my laptop too when on boards, but most of the time I use my phone :)


  • #8067
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Cali_girl wrote: »
    Your two reminded me of someone BB - years and years back (late '90's Boston :eek:) my then boyfriend had a Dobie. She was absolutely gorgeous and sooo smart, but unusually for the breed was obsessed with certain foods (bacon, steak, chicken, all the good stuff basically). She learnt to wait, play asleep/dead until I had fixed my weekend bacon-cream cheese bagel and then dive bomb/assault me outside the kitchen as soon as I tried to sneak it back to the bedroom :pac: Got me so many times :D I always thought, if that Biat*h managed to develop opposable thumbs we'd all be screwed! But I won't tell Khali...

    *still vaguely suspicious re ex/as to where she learnt said stealth skills... :pac:

    Hahaha! Well Khali would never. Despite what Seph would like us to believe, she just lets the cat be bold and steal food and then she steals from him, rather than stealing directly from the humans. Pretty clever I think you'll agree. Most of the food, none of the blame! Now if Oscar realized he could trip us up and make us drop our food, no doubt he'd be undertaking stealthy tactics of his own!


  • #8068
    SnowyMay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 544 ✭✭✭SnowyMay


    Sephiroth_dude wrote: »
    Hmm plate stealer I see 🀔...... You don't buy any chance also like stealing bowls do you? In particular ones with cat diagrams on the sides of them :3

    I’m quite partial to stealing bowls with a cat diagram, and not giving them back for a while. :)

    Got any food to slide over Seph?


  • #8069
    Ted_YNWA
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,799 ✭✭✭✭Ted_YNWA


    Bedside.

    Distinct lack of plate sliding in this direction.


  • #8070
    x Purple Pawprints x
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,401 ✭✭✭✭x Purple Pawprints x


    Gremlinertia wrote: »
    Oh Paws :( have you got yourself into the health system over there? Pain is horrible to live with

    Sorry for disappearing. Busy busy.

    I ended up going to the doctor last week, I'm being sent for physio and I was given some exercises.

    Couch side with breakfast


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  • #8071
    Notwhosheseems
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39 ✭Notwhosheseems


    On the subject of clever animals and food, my cat could unscrew milk bottles and knock the bottles over to get the milk.

    Kitchen side just waiting for everything to open and I’ll do a few things. Enjoying the early morning.


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