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BBP
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I'm here, with all the cables!
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aquagoat
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good!
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Didn't even know my laptop had troubles, but apparently it missed an update that speeds up the Windows Update process tremendously. Apparently 50% of
the CPU cycles were unavailable because it was too busy trying to update.
BF fixed that. Never even noticed anything was wrong!
He's awesome!
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Hahah, good. Yeah, boyfriends are awesome, most of the time.
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Windows users: install the latest update ASAP, it contains important vulnerability fixes!
Apparently it's so bad they even made one for XP!
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aquagoat
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Apparently it got updated this morning.
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BBP
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Good!
THe University of London was just victim to ransomware, possibly a new virus.
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Will start working again tomorrow...
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Primus played Tilburg yesterday, but I had to give them a miss for feduciary reasons.
I hate that.
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Quote: Originally posted by BBP  | Or Eindhoven...
My old bosses from the newspaper round had had enough on their plate last year - husband Henk suffers diabetes and had a long list of problems with
his eyes, feet and kidneys - as he was brought home from dialysis, the taxidriver helping him let him slip and Henk stubbed his toe on the taxi porch.
Harmless for most, but because of his diabetes and ill foot health, it meant he had to amputate two toes. In the hospital the wound got infected and
he gradually lost more and more, then the infection spread to his other leg - now both legs are amputated.
Henk and Nel were hoping for a quiet year after all that happened - but yesterday they were pulled out of their house at 1AM by the fire brigade.
Something burning had landed on the balcony above them and set fire to the entire block. Their flat is now uninhabitable. Lines of inquiry are into an
aimed attack.
[url]http://www.ed.nl/eindhoven/appartementen-gladiolusstraat-eindhoven-verwoest-door-uitslaande-brand-bewoners-opgevangen-in-wijkcentrum~a169ecd8/
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Today I caught Nel as she was leaving the apartment block. Had a good chat.
She told me:
The night of the fire, around 1:30 AM, Henk woke up from the sound of stones and people shouting "brand" - Henk misunderstood and thought they said
Frans, a name. When the noise continued he woke Nel up and asked her to call the police. They assumed there was some sort of pub brawl. As Nel reached
for the phone, she noticed the heat, the smoke and the many people outside - she dialled the emergency number, did her story and then called her
sister who lives nearby. Nel and her sister tried to get Henk out of bed, but they couldn't. Then sister ran next-door to rouse the woman there, an
87-year-old who can't walk either, it took ten minutes before that lady managed to get out of her house.
Meanwhile a policeman had arrived to try and lift Henk. On his own he couldn't. Then another cop came, they managed to lift him together and walk out.
They're on the first floor (2nd to Americans) and of course the elevators can't be used.
All the flat's inhabitants are safe and sound, no serious injuries.
Henk and Nel were temporarily placed in a motel, but that was not ideal for blind and legless Henk so they were moved to a nursing home. Nel doesn't
like it one bit though - although there live 300 people she hardly ever sees people there, people are almost forced to catch up in the restaurant,
which will cost them money... not to mention the place has a view on the graveyard. Henk mentioned the windows don't open and the airco isn't too
effective, which with yesterday's unprecedented heat (body temp) makes for an evil combination.
Luckily their house was mostly spared - the balcony is pretty much gone but the fire started higher up and was about to travel down, but it was put
out in time. They can move back in on Monday. Also they both realize how lucky they were - the news of London was more than enough evidence of that.
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Damn, yes, they're lucky, it could have been way worse than that.
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Absolutely!
Went to the 2nd birthday party of BFs nephew yesterday, so up north again, 4 hour trip...
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BBP
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Lost my phone... 
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I've been away for a while sorting my head out. I've decided physics masters was not for me and I've withdrawn. I'm back working on my physics book
and also helping one of my ex lecturers with his book. I'm also finding more time for my music again.
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Cool, thanks to the wind, the window of my kitchen has just shattered. It gives me some more air. Isn't it great? Fortunately, no-oone was under the
window when it happened.
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Ha,
sorry abaut that, Bonny.
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BBP
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Whoa Aqua! How does that happen?
Sorry to hear about your masters, Poly... hope you'll feel better soon!
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Well, all my windows were opened, then it started raining and there was a lot of wind and before I could close the windows, a draught decided to
violently shut the one in the kitchen. The left glass is completely destroyed. I live on the first floor, so I'm lucky no-one was walking underneath
that window, cause 140 cm of glass broken in long sharp pieces can do a lot of damage on somebody's head. And fortunately it's summer, so I don't
really mind having a window half opened all the time. Now I'm waiting for the assurance company to react. And i've contacted a few glaziers to get the
job done. Unless I can do it myself, it musn't be more complicated than making a roof.
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aquagoat
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| Quote: Originally posted by polydigm | | I've been away for a while sorting my head out. I've decided physics masters was not for me and I've withdrawn. I'm back working on my physics book
and also helping one of my ex lecturers with his book. I'm also finding more time for my music again. |
Ha,
sorry about that, man.
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BBP
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| Quote: Originally posted by aquagoat | | Well, all my windows were opened, then it started raining and there was a lot of wind and before I could close the windows, a draught decided to
violently shut the one in the kitchen. The left glass is completely destroyed. I live on the first floor, so I'm lucky no-one was walking underneath
that window, cause 140 cm of glass broken in long sharp pieces can do a lot of damage on somebody's head. And fortunately it's summer, so I don't
really mind having a window half opened all the time. Now I'm waiting for the assurance company to react. And i've contacted a few glaziers to get the
job done. Unless I can do it myself, it musn't be more complicated than making a roof. |
Okay, I get it! It used to happen to us all the time in our old house, there was a door between the kitchen and the hall. If both the front door and
the back door were open, it could slam shut. I think the glass window in it broke about 7 times.
That was a single-sheet of window in an indoor setting, and Dad usually fixed it himself. Installing double glass that also needs to be a waterproof
fit is a lot more work.
And my BF (whose father is a builder with his own business) has often told me about how glass easily cuts you if it only slides a bit on your hand, so
wear tough gloves.
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