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[mybike]

Have you got one of those brick ones that the on call team used to have to take home with them at weekends 20 plus years ago!

We used to have an analogue one for when we went to customers. Absolutely useless in the West End.

I love my smart phone (or what ever they are called), I'm on my second one now, this one I think I've had 3 years. Mr Summerdays offered me a new one for my birthday but I don't see the point in replacing it until it goes wrong.

The problem is that without operating system updates they become vulnerable to miscreants. And most Android phones will not be updated. Even Apple only update for a few years.

 

[Fab Foodie]

You don't see spider plants much these days, I inherited a load from my mother when she died, kept them for years. It didn't matter what I did to them they kept blumen growing. One day I got sick of the sight of them and chucked them all in the bin.

Like what you did there :-)

 

[Fab Foodie]

Any chance of sharing it here for the benefit of those that don't have InstaYouTwitFace?

This^^^^

 

[Fab Foodie]

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Rourke Audax....the bike of champions!

 

[EltonFrog]

I've got two routes that I've got to know since we've been renting a flat for Mrs R (she's been working here for 2 years) but I need to get out and find some more. Luckily it's about 2 miles before I'm out in the countryside and those 2 miles are on cycle paths. This is all so different from north London where I had a trip of 7 miles on the A1000 to beyond Potters Bar before the roads got quieter!! Luxury

I might be cycling into Oxford a bit later. Then on the other hand I might not. It's the way I roll.

 

[Fab Foodie]

I've got two routes that I've got to know since we've been renting a flat for Mrs R (she's been working here for 2 years) but I need to get out and find some more. Luckily it's about 2 miles before I'm out in the countryside and those 2 miles are on cycle paths. This is all so different from north London where I had a trip of 7 miles on the A1000 to beyond Potters Bar before the roads got quieter!! Luxury

I can link you to my routes in ridewithgps. Also I'll introduce yoi to some lovely local cyclists including Brommie riders. :-)

 

[mybike]

[QUOTE 4682464, member: 21629"]My orchid had 4 blossoms when I bought it 3 weeks ago. I was unsure if it will survive because it was kept behind Lidl's outside doors where temperature was just above zero.
It's got 12 blossoms now and 4 obvious buds. and it's getting more buds.

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Prob desperately trying to reproduce before it snuffs it.

 

[Fab Foodie]

@User14044
6 May 10am. Brompton club ride from Oxford station. Sign-up with London Brompton Club. Rob and Dina are lovely and will make you both welcome.

 

[summerdays]

The problem is that without operating system updates they become vulnerable to miscreants. And most Android phones will not be updated. Even Apple only update for a few years.

But I don't like their idea that bigger is better... or that you have to replace your phone each time a new one come out as it's a waste of resources. I've got the 5S and I don't want a bigger phone as it becomes harder to fit in your hand or pocket etc. Hopefully there will be a similar sized one when I do finally decide to get a new one though I'm envious of the better camera already.

 

[mybike]

They do! It's because in their natural environment they're stuck miles up a tree in the jungle, relying on the odd drip of rain and once-a-year diluted bird poo to live on. Most people pamper them too much (I used to have a collection of different ones, but I've moved on from that obsession now .)

FWIW I think I've discovered the secret to keeping carnivorous plants alive. In summer they sit in the water feature as deep as the pot in rainwater. In winter, on the windowsill, again immersed in rainwater. I do have a large one outside under a plastic dome that seems happy too.

 

[mybike]

Thanks!! I'm quite happy with the idea of taking more rest. It's like advising @potsy to have another kebab.

And no alcohol.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

The problem is that without operating system updates they become vulnerable to miscreants. And most Android phones will not be updated. Even Apple only update for a few years.

My android tablet has malware on it, unfortunately I can't remove it without rooting the tablet. My problem was my main computer runs a Linux system and has done for years, because of this I didn't think of firewall or antivirus when I brought the tablet and ran without either for the first few months and got it infected. I now run with both firewall and antivirus on both phone and tablet. The infected files are kept disabled, though sometimes things get out of hand and I start getting random downloads and random full screen adds again and I have sort it out again.

 

[mybike]

I can link you to my routes in ridewithgps. Also I'll introduce yoi to some lovely local cyclists including Brommie riders. :-)

For some reason I read that as ridewithwhips.

 

[mybike]

But I don't like their idea that bigger is better... or that you have to replace your phone each time a new one come out as it's a waste of resources. I've got the 5S and I don't want a bigger phone as it becomes harder to fit in your hand or pocket etc. Hopefully there will be a similar sized one when I do finally decide to get a new one though I'm envious of the better camera already.

Totally agree, and I have a 5s too.

My android tablet has malware on it, unfortunately I can't remove it without rooting the tablet. My problem was my main computer runs a Linux system and has done for years, because of this I didn't think of firewall or antivirus when I brought the tablet and ran without either for the first few months and got it infected. I now run with both firewall and antivirus on both phone and tablet. The infected files are kept disabled, though sometimes things get out of hand and I start getting random downloads and random full screen adds again and I have sort it out again.

Time to bin it, it is clearly unsafe.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

But I don't like their idea that bigger is better... or that you have to replace your phone each time a new one come out as it's a waste of resources. I've got the 5S and I don't want a bigger phone as it becomes harder to fit in your hand or pocket etc. Hopefully there will be a similar sized one when I do finally decide to get a new one though I'm envious of the better camera already.

I've been looking at getting a new phone and have found getting a small screened phone difficult.