It's been a bit of a strange day!
First I found a hat full of money.
Then I was chased by an angry man with a guitar…
Texting for seniors.
BFF: BEST FRIEND FELL.
BTW: BRING THE WHEELCHAIR.
TTYL: TALK TO YOU LOUDER.
BYOT: BRING YOUR OWN TEETH.
LMDO: LAUGHING MY DENTURES OUT.
FWIW: FORGOT WHERE I WAS.
IMHAO: IS MY HEARING AID ON?
OMMR: ON MY MASSAGE RECLINER.
ROFLACGU: ROLLING ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING AND CAN'T GET UP.
@matigo Edward Carrington Mack (20 December 1933 – 6 November 2018) was an architect and Australian politician. He is the only person ever to have been elected and re-elected as an independent to local, state, and federal government in Australia, and is often referred to as the "father of the independents.” He chose to serve for only two terms in both the New South Wales state seat of North Shore and the federal seat of North Sydney to avoid receiving a parliamentary pension.
// @sumudu @whoisashygirl
@matigo Fun in Australia at the moment is wondering what the federal government is going to fuck up next and vehemently deny they ever said some relevant thing that’s in the public record.
// @whoisashygirl
@whoisashygirl Good to hear from you! I’ve had my third vax shot although technically it wasn’t a booster shot. My GP described it as a supplemental one instead, intended to bring my immune-compromised system up to the level most folk achieve with two shots.
Eight days ago a significant rain event shorted out the mains-powered igniter for my externally mounted instantaneous tankless gas hot water system. Rainwater got into a join between a previously-covered extension cord & the unit’s power cord that was too short to reach the external power outlet.
I replaced the cable & fitted a weatherproof junction cover & after resetting the circuit breaker observed an audible wooof sound as the gas standby section ignited.
Today I inexplicably had no hot water. I checked the new connections & it seems either there’s something wonky with the power outlet or the new extension lead. I deduced this by temporarily connecting a very heavy-duty 30 metre long extension lead coming from a power outlet in the bathroom. This worked fine & hot water was restored.
The weekend project will be to see if the heavy-duty cable works in the external outlet. If not, I’ll buy a heavy-duty 5 metre cable and run it out through the bathroom window.
I had purchased that K760 keyboard in 2013 for AU$89 at the same time a contact in UK had bought an identical one for £93. Very confusing as the currency conversion rates at the time had the GB pound not far short of AU$2. By his logic I should have been paying closer to $140.
Lately I’ve found my 2013 Logitech K760 solar keyboard suddenly disconnecting from the iMac for no obvious reason. One thing lacking in this keyboard is any battery level indicator. The keyboard has some nice features in addition to the solar-charged internal battery: three separate Bluetooth channels for instant connection to three distinct devices; Home button for use with iPad/iPhone and the ability to go for three months on a single battery charge.
This tendency to suddenly disconnect from the iMac started soon after I bought the M1 MacBook Air. Quite simply, the iMac often went for a week without use, with the computer & keyboard in a darkened room.
The poor keyboard just wasn’t given the chance to get recharged.
For iPadOS 15 & iOS 15 iPads & iPhones, here’s how to automatically start low power mode & how to stop it when the battery level has increased again.
Spent three hours today in the shade of a big oak tree in a picturesque park some 75 minutes from home. There was live music from a few soloists grouped together & from a properly-established local 3-piece band. The latter has an average age of almost 82. It was a gathering of Men’s Shed groups from all over the area, the 2nd time this informal event was held. I’d gone hoping to hear the 86-yr-old saxophonist, he was in splendid form this time too.