@streakmachine Was good to drive in traffic as it had a slushbox, only a 3-speed, though. I prefer manual gearboxes.
The air conditioning was fuct, not worth regassing. but due to near-vertical side glass & a reasonably upright windscreen I could drive on a 39ºC day with a few windows down & not be uncomfortable. Mum's 1996 Hyundai Elantra Sportswagon, though, it was a glasshouse on wheels. Once the interior temp was much over 23º it was A/C time.
// @matigo
Well, that’s different. A friend has recently bought a used SUV, a Suzuki Grand Vitara Urban spec. The Urban is 2 wheel drive only, but in a break from its rivals, the driven wheels are the back ones. This gives it the same towing limits as its 4wd stablemate.
@streakmachine I had one 10 years ago, sort of. My sister was driving a 1985 Datsun Bluebird station wagon and upgraded to a more reliable Toyota Camry wagon when she scored a promotion that meant she had to drive a lot more.
At that time I had a Ford Cortina that was rusting out, consuming vast amounts of oil & using too much fuel.
She suggested that her "shitbox" was better than my "shitbox" & said "drive mine, paying the registration & required insurance until you can afford something better."
The pic shows a similar one, except for the tinted windows.
// @matigo
Endurance app for Apple laptops. Endurance is actually a set of different tools all bundled together in one app, which can work together or separately to help you to lower your energy usage. Prefer not to use a certain module? You can turn it off so it won't bother you. Go to https://enduranceapp.com for more info.
Available from the website as a once-off $20 payment (lifetime updates) or add it to your Setapp subscription.
Macmost.com posted a video on how to roll-your-own cheap 256 GB external SSD connecting via USB-C (3.1.) Looking at the price of such components, I decided not to go down that track, you can buy a much faster Sony, Seagate or SanDisk small-format 500 GB USB-C (3.1) for less money & they are faster-spec SSDs, too.
Physiotherapist has given me a range of exercises to alleviate the discomfort from my nerve-damaged toes, those toes don't have a huge muscle-mass operating them, unlike the rest of the toes. The exercises are aimed at increasing the bloodflow to the affected areas.
He also showed how to exercise the left rotator cuff area that's responsible for my upper arm pain.
I have added more detail to my iMac spec-boost blog post published a couple of days ago.
While the specifications of the entry-level 27-in iMac (the one that offers no path to upgrading the processor, storage or graphics card) may appear mundane, in testing it outperforms the previous year's high-end iMac!
With the nerve damage to several toes at work some 13 years ago, I’ve been finding winter especially hard. Today I observed the toes that felt both cold & numbish were whier in colour than the healthy pinkish hue of the unaffected ones. I get the affliction more often when lying down, so I need to sit & stand much more than I have been doing. 90 minutes ago I was afflicted in those four toes and had been vigorously massaging them prior to joining a Zoom meeting. I ran out of massage time & had to leave the bedroom & sit in a chair in the office. Circulation has been restored to the affected area and the toes are no longer cold, althouh they are still a bit numb.