The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

Good evening all, it's damp and dismal outside.
I have a nice vegetable lasagne in the oven, and a glass of malbec on the go.
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Argentina Malbec ??
I like vegetable lasagne if it has minced beef in it

 

[welsh dragon]

Argentina Malbec ??
I like vegetable lasagne if it has minced beef in it

It's not lasagne unless it has meat in it.

 

[Tenkaykev]

I am impressed with the gps tracking on my Apple Watch. Out of interest I zoomed in and I can see where I crossed the road to the other side on the way home. Must be accurate to a few feet.


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DC Rainmaker remarked several weeks ago that Apple seem to have tweaked the algorithm they’ve been using. Previously the gps tracks would resemble the Nike “ swoosh “ when going around sharp corners because of track smoothing, and that has recently changed.

 

[ColinJ]

The 3rd one is used for noise cancellation so I suppose I will have to ask people that I speak to on the phone whether they can hear me clearly. My sister's iPhone has incredible noise cancellation; sometimes she calls me from a busy street and I can hear her clearly but barely hear the nearby traffic.

I tested the phone today on a call to my sister. She had no difficulty hearing what I was saying, though I was indoors at the time so I wasn't testing the noise reduction system.

I will phone a pal later, with music playing across the room in the background. I'll ask her to tell me how loud the music sounds relative to my voice.

I have the phone in its new case. I tested the phone on speaker, held directly against my head, and held against my head with the case closed. In all 3 tests, my voice could be heard clearly and I could clearly hear what my sister was saying.

The one slight negative on this phone is the quality of the speakers compared to the great speakers in my old phone. The speaker on the bottom of the new phone is conventional; its sound coming out of the slot that I had described in an earlier post. That is about 75% of the quality that I am used to. The earpiece speaker at the top of the phone is only about 40% of the quality though. It is an interesting design, which does not sound through a hole in the case; it actually vibrates through the screen! I'm not sure why they couldn't have replicated the bottom speaker on the top? There is no bass from it so it sounds a bit tinny. Perfectly usable audio from the phone though. If I want quality I will listen on headphones or my TV soundbar via bluetooth.

So... I have an excellent phone for about 30% of the price that they were new 18 months ago, or 55-60% of what good ones tend to go for now. I'm very pleased!

PS The case is okay, but I think I will probably end up buying a vertical flip type later. If I were travelling I would probably use the horizontal flipper so I could use it as a stand to watch videos on the phone in landscape mode. It is much easier to hold the phone with a vertical case though - the screen cover just hangs down below the phone when it is used in portrait mode. That is the type that I have on my old phone and I like that design.

 

[Dirk]

Haggis with tatties & neeps for us tonight.
@Mo1959 would be proud.

 

[classic33]

You read far too much into stuff.
There may have been the odd accident over the years but the road is not known locally as being particularly dangerous.
BTW - the pin on the map is some distance up the road from the property, so you're probably looking at the place.

Just above a tea room?
That's why I'd to zoom out. It's closer to the church and graveyard.

 

[Dirk]

Just above a tea room?
That's why I'd to zoom out. It's closer to the church and graveyard.

Does it really matter that much to you?

 

[Paulus]

Argentina Malbec ??
I like vegetable lasagne if it has minced beef in it

Argentinian of course

 

[classic33]

Does it really matter that much to you?

No.

 

[Dirk]

No.

It matters even less to me.

 

[classic33]

It matters even less to me.

Given where the map opened, I did wonder why you were looking at buying a tea room though.

 

[Dirk]

Given where the map opened, I did wonder why you were looking at buying a tea room though.

This is more my style.
https://www.wsfp.co.uk/article.cfm?...e pub for sale&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2021
Nice pub, been in there a few times.
Just been reduced to 400k.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Did the cleaning then out for a little ride. I’ve been using a Garmin Forerunner for a few years for its GPS tracking, I only recently discovered I could pair it with a ANT+ heart rate strap. I used it for the first time today, so now I’ve got a whole load more info to consume...
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There's a wealth of information and stuff that I haven't discovered yet. I have the Forerunner 245 and really rate it especially as a runners watch. I've on the DC Rainmaker site reading the latest reviews of the Fenix 7 and the new Epix. The Epix looks amazing, but given that I mailny do the " survival shuffle " nowadays, it would be really OTT for my use. Having said that, it does look nice with a fantastic OLED screen...

 

[Tenkaykev]

I had an email from Brompton with a link to purchase one of the new all Titanium versions for a mere £3,950. I know I could buy it and sell it immediately for a hefty premium but it wouldn't feel right. ( Brompton had a ballot and the people who had their names drawn out received a special link to buy the bike )

 

[classic33]

This is more my style.
https://www.wsfp.co.uk/article.cfm?...e pub for sale&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2021
Nice pub, been in there a few times.
Just been reduced to 400k.

You behind the bar?