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Yes, 256Gb is way too small. ?I have a 3Tb Fusion drive in my 2019 27” iMac so that I can keep my photo files onboard. ?I bought the iMac before they changed away from the Fusion drives. ?If I had only 1Tb on my iMac I’d have to use an external drive, which sort of defeats the point of having a neat and self-contained computer. ?But, I suppose my backup drives already do that . . .?
Thanks. ?And well done to you and Pete. ?Dinosaur is good :-)
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My very favourite Mac qualified tech is hardly being enthusiastic on the new 24 inch iMac because it only comes with 256 HD which in his opinion is too small. and that appears to be all thats being delivered outright around the place. If you want 512 you have to order and that is more than a months wait. ?I think the 256 is ok for someone who just browses the web and does a few emails and the odd docs. (my husband is in that category). I on the other hand have half filled my 1TB.
I had to wait a month for my M1 iPad Pro… I have always thought them in terms of being a toy and frankly not really changed my mind at the moment. It seems to sit somewhere between the iPhone and the Mac…. mine has sat for more than a day shut down next to my bed at the present. But I am progressing the drawing packages and I have installed Libby with a library card so I can download magazines and books and found two Mac mags I have read.?
My fav tech tells me people are instead going for second hand 27 inch Intel at the present if any come in - he gives them thorough testing before they are let out and often they get a new and bigger SSD. He had two 2019 iMac come in in the past couple of weeks and I forwarded to him customers for two of them for him.
Of course at the moment with the Covid situation and working from home the i-appliances sales have gone totally mad — people buying whatever they can to be able to work from home.?
We are allowed out for a date night at the moment :-) You have a way to catch up to our anniversary numbers. ?But well done you two. ?I keep getting told Pete and I are dinosaurs and considering the other 6 half siblings are on seconds and thirds I think we have done rather well.?
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Thanks, Susan.
We live in West Dorset now, so Totnes is not far from us (we’re north of Beaminster). ?I didn’t know that there was an air display at Sidmouth! ?I might see if I can sneak down . . .
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Congratulations on the anniversary, Chris! ?Give us a wave as you pass us on your way to Totnes! ?We used to go there every so often, when we lived in Hittisleigh I think it was. ?The last time we set out to go, from Clyst St Mary, we lost our enthusiasm after a while and went somewhere else instead.
We are taking a couple of nights in a hotel in Sidmouth, to cover the Air Show on the Friday (27th). ?Yes, we could go down on the bus as we always have done before but we wanted to spoil ourselves! Best Susan
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That’s interesting about the new pastel-shade 24in iMacs which do *look* very toothsome. So 27in Intel are in demand? ?Well I’m not parting with mine, I love it but it must be 9 years old or getting on that way. Size matters and I’m still loving my 16in MBPro! Best Susan
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My very favourite Mac qualified tech is hardly being enthusiastic on the new 24 inch iMac because it only comes with 256 HD which in his opinion is too small. and that appears to be all thats being delivered outright around the place. If you want 512 you have to order and that is more than a months wait. ?I think the 256 is ok for someone who just browses the web and does a few emails and the odd docs. (my husband is in that category). I on the other hand have half filled my 1TB.
I had to wait a month for my M1 iPad Pro… I have always thought them in terms of being a toy and frankly not really changed my mind at the moment. It seems to sit somewhere between the iPhone and the Mac…. mine has sat for more than a day shut down next to my bed at the present. But I am progressing the drawing packages and I have installed Libby with a library card so I can download magazines and books and found two Mac mags I have read.?
My fav tech tells me people are instead going for second hand 27 inch Intel at the present if any come in - he gives them thorough testing before they are let out and often they get a new and bigger SSD. He had two 2019 iMac come in in the past couple of weeks and I forwarded to him customers for two of them for him.
Of course at the moment with the Covid situation and working from home the i-appliances sales have gone totally mad — people buying whatever they can to be able to work from home.?
We are allowed out for a date night at the moment :-) You have a way to catch up to our anniversary numbers. ?But well done you two. ?I keep getting told Pete and I are dinosaurs and considering the other 6 half siblings are on seconds and thirds I think we have done rather well.?
Jude
On 11 Aug 2021, at 1:57 am, zuiko < ftog@...> wrote: Hi Jude
Yes, we have been a bit quiet, but I was thinking about you and your iPad Pro yesterday, wondering how things were going.
I hope that your relative is OK. ?COVID remains a problem . . .
The iPad is a conundrum: it’s really powerful and fast, but there are things that you can’t do with it. ?Do you have the magic keyboard? ?I tend to take both iPad (Air 3rd gen) and MacBook (2017 12” Retina) because the latter has the filing system that works with my photo programme (Capture One Pro) and my photo filing. ?It’s not as fast as my iPad or my iMac (2019) but it does the job while on holiday. ?And we’re heading off to Devon, near Totnes, on Thursday for six nights. ?We’ll have electric power but nothing else at the site.
When my training contract pays up I’ll get myself the latest iPad Air, and perhaps buy my wife a new iMac (if she’ll let me) to replace the 2011 20”.
It was our 41st wedding anniversary yesterday and we have a “date night” to night at the local pub; it’s owned by Mark Hix, a pretty well-known chef for seafood. ?I’m not keen on seafood but there will be red meat as well.
Cheers
Chris
Hope you're all ok up there. ?I took delivery of my iPad -- been experimenting with it. Flash as it is I keep retreating to my Mac....love my Mac. But I will probably find uses for the iPad as I go along. So far I am thinking it is the toy I always thought it was. ?But something to fiddle with while we have been in 5 day lockdown - a chance to teach myself new things . Borders between Qld and NSW look to be closed past Christmas at this point. No one going anywhere down here.
I had a DNA connection come up on Ancestry who is a son of my late mother's only brother late Jun. I sent him some info he replied he had Covid and I haven't heard from him since that email 30th June. ?:-(?
Jude
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Congratulations on the anniversary, Chris! ?Give us a wave as you pass us on your way to Totnes! ?We used to go there every so often, when we lived in Hittisleigh I think it was. ?The last time we set out to go, from Clyst St Mary, we lost our enthusiasm after a while and went somewhere else instead.
We are taking a couple of nights in a hotel in Sidmouth, to cover the Air Show on the Friday (27th). ?Yes, we could go down on the bus as we always have done before but we wanted to spoil ourselves! Best Susan
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On 10 Aug 2021, at 16:57, zuiko < ftog@...> wrote: Hi Jude
Yes, we have been a bit quiet, but I was thinking about you and your iPad Pro yesterday, wondering how things were going.
I hope that your relative is OK. ?COVID remains a problem . . .
The iPad is a conundrum: it’s really powerful and fast, but there are things that you can’t do with it. ?Do you have the magic keyboard? ?I tend to take both iPad (Air 3rd gen) and MacBook (2017 12” Retina) because the latter has the filing system that works with my photo programme (Capture One Pro) and my photo filing. ?It’s not as fast as my iPad or my iMac (2019) but it does the job while on holiday. ?And we’re heading off to Devon, near Totnes, on Thursday for six nights. ?We’ll have electric power but nothing else at the site.
When my training contract pays up I’ll get myself the latest iPad Air, and perhaps buy my wife a new iMac (if she’ll let me) to replace the 2011 20”.
It was our 41st wedding anniversary yesterday and we have a “date night” to night at the local pub; it’s owned by Mark Hix, a pretty well-known chef for seafood. ?I’m not keen on seafood but there will be red meat as well.
Cheers
Chris
Hope you're all ok up there. ?I took delivery of my iPad -- been experimenting with it. Flash as it is I keep retreating to my Mac....love my Mac. But I will probably find uses for the iPad as I go along. So far I am thinking it is the toy I always thought it was. ?But something to fiddle with while we have been in 5 day lockdown - a chance to teach myself new things . Borders between Qld and NSW look to be closed past Christmas at this point. No one going anywhere down here.
I had a DNA connection come up on Ancestry who is a son of my late mother's only brother late Jun. I sent him some info he replied he had Covid and I haven't heard from him since that email 30th June. ?:-(?
Jude
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My very favourite Mac qualified tech is hardly being enthusiastic on the new 24 inch iMac because it only comes with 256 HD which in his opinion is too small. and that appears to be all thats being delivered outright around the place. If you want 512 you have to order and that is more than a months wait. ?I think the 256 is ok for someone who just browses the web and does a few emails and the odd docs. (my husband is in that category). I on the other hand have half filled my 1TB.
I had to wait a month for my M1 iPad Pro… I have always thought them in terms of being a toy and frankly not really changed my mind at the moment. It seems to sit somewhere between the iPhone and the Mac…. mine has sat for more than a day shut down next to my bed at the present. But I am progressing the drawing packages and I have installed Libby with a library card so I can download magazines and books and found two Mac mags I have read.?
My fav tech tells me people are instead going for second hand 27 inch Intel at the present if any come in - he gives them thorough testing before they are let out and often they get a new and bigger SSD. He had two 2019 iMac come in in the past couple of weeks and I forwarded to him customers for two of them for him.
Of course at the moment with the Covid situation and working from home the i-appliances sales have gone totally mad — people buying whatever they can to be able to work from home.?
We are allowed out for a date night at the moment :-) You have a way to catch up to our anniversary numbers. ?But well done you two. ?I keep getting told Pete and I are dinosaurs and considering the other 6 half siblings are on seconds and thirds I think we have done rather well.?
Jude
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On 11 Aug 2021, at 1:57 am, zuiko < ftog@...> wrote: Hi Jude
Yes, we have been a bit quiet, but I was thinking about you and your iPad Pro yesterday, wondering how things were going.
I hope that your relative is OK. ?COVID remains a problem . . .
The iPad is a conundrum: it’s really powerful and fast, but there are things that you can’t do with it. ?Do you have the magic keyboard? ?I tend to take both iPad (Air 3rd gen) and MacBook (2017 12” Retina) because the latter has the filing system that works with my photo programme (Capture One Pro) and my photo filing. ?It’s not as fast as my iPad or my iMac (2019) but it does the job while on holiday. ?And we’re heading off to Devon, near Totnes, on Thursday for six nights. ?We’ll have electric power but nothing else at the site.
When my training contract pays up I’ll get myself the latest iPad Air, and perhaps buy my wife a new iMac (if she’ll let me) to replace the 2011 20”.
It was our 41st wedding anniversary yesterday and we have a “date night” to night at the local pub; it’s owned by Mark Hix, a pretty well-known chef for seafood. ?I’m not keen on seafood but there will be red meat as well.
Cheers
Chris
Hope you're all ok up there. ?I took delivery of my iPad -- been experimenting with it. Flash as it is I keep retreating to my Mac....love my Mac. But I will probably find uses for the iPad as I go along. So far I am thinking it is the toy I always thought it was. ?But something to fiddle with while we have been in 5 day lockdown - a chance to teach myself new things . Borders between Qld and NSW look to be closed past Christmas at this point. No one going anywhere down here.
I had a DNA connection come up on Ancestry who is a son of my late mother's only brother late Jun. I sent him some info he replied he had Covid and I haven't heard from him since that email 30th June. ?:-(?
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Hi Jude
Yes, we have been a bit quiet, but I was thinking about you and your iPad Pro yesterday, wondering how things were going.
I hope that your relative is OK. ?COVID remains a problem . . .
The iPad is a conundrum: it’s really powerful and fast, but there are things that you can’t do with it. ?Do you have the magic keyboard? ?I tend to take both iPad (Air 3rd gen) and MacBook (2017 12” Retina) because the latter has the filing system that works with my photo programme (Capture One Pro) and my photo filing. ?It’s not as fast as my iPad or my iMac (2019) but it does the job while on holiday. ?And we’re heading off to Devon, near Totnes, on Thursday for six nights. ?We’ll have electric power but nothing else at the site.
When my training contract pays up I’ll get myself the latest iPad Air, and perhaps buy my wife a new iMac (if she’ll let me) to replace the 2011 20”.
It was our 41st wedding anniversary yesterday and we have a “date night” to night at the local pub; it’s owned by Mark Hix, a pretty well-known chef for seafood. ?I’m not keen on seafood but there will be red meat as well.
Cheers
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Hope you're all ok up there. ?I took delivery of my iPad -- been experimenting with it. Flash as it is I keep retreating to my Mac....love my Mac. But I will probably find uses for the iPad as I go along. So far I am thinking it is the toy I always thought it was. ?But something to fiddle with while we have been in 5 day lockdown - a chance to teach myself new things . Borders between Qld and NSW look to be closed past Christmas at this point. No one going anywhere down here.
I had a DNA connection come up on Ancestry who is a son of my late mother's only brother late Jun. I sent him some info he replied he had Covid and I haven't heard from him since that email 30th June. ?:-(?
Jude
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Hope you're all ok up there. ?I took delivery of my iPad -- been experimenting with it. Flash as it is I keep retreating to my Mac....love my Mac. But I will probably find uses for the iPad as I go along. So far I am thinking it is the toy I always thought it was. ?But something to fiddle with while we have been in 5 day lockdown - a chance to teach myself new things . Borders between Qld and NSW look to be closed past Christmas at this point. No one going anywhere down here.
I had a DNA connection come up on Ancestry who is a son of my late mother's only brother late Jun. I sent him some info he replied he had Covid and I haven't heard from him since that email 30th June. ?:-(?
Jude
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Yes….so did my 99 year old (soon to be 100) friend. He has his risque moments.
Jude
What a lovely picture, Jude! ?I must admit, I always think that name, ProCreate, sounds vaguely rude! ?:D Best Susan Masked up did a grab and run at Apple Chermside late yesterday. Not too many people about. ?Staff did offer to set up and I just wanted to make visit short.?
Unboxed this morning and set up. All very easy though slight learning curve as never had one before. Feeling my way anyway.?
Walked outside in high wind to take quick photo to try it out ?- husband busy slashing grass - I did say it was starting to look like suburbia and he replied Windsor Great Park was what he was aiming for :-)?
I thought woah I can see every blade of grass!?
Downloaded ProCreate - bit of a puzzlement where the iPad puts things.?
Jude
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? It’s today, isn’t it? ? C M I Barker | Corscombe | Dorset
?I don't know if my phone calls to Apple about progress on my order which was more than a month ago has paid off .....not only has online morphed to shipping to the store (along with Apple Asia docket in email) ....but its now morphed from 27th to 20th !! So I might be picking up my new iPad Pro on Monday. I shall have to get husband to check if they have zapped the money out of the Visa account.?
Exciting. Ooooh I have an unboxing come up. Won't smell like a new Mac though. Love the smell of unboxing a new Mac.
:-) ?Happy Jude
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Yes….so did my 99 year old (soon to be 100) friend. He has his risque moments.
Jude
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What a lovely picture, Jude! ?I must admit, I always think that name, ProCreate, sounds vaguely rude! ?:D Best Susan Masked up did a grab and run at Apple Chermside late yesterday. Not too many people about. ?Staff did offer to set up and I just wanted to make visit short.?
Unboxed this morning and set up. All very easy though slight learning curve as never had one before. Feeling my way anyway.?
Walked outside in high wind to take quick photo to try it out ?- husband busy slashing grass - I did say it was starting to look like suburbia and he replied Windsor Great Park was what he was aiming for :-)?
I thought woah I can see every blade of grass!?
Downloaded ProCreate - bit of a puzzlement where the iPad puts things.?
Jude
<image.jpg>On 20 Jul 2021, at 9:51 pm, zuiko <ftog@...> wrote:
? It’s today, isn’t it? ? C M I Barker | Corscombe | Dorset
?I don't know if my phone calls to Apple about progress on my order which was more than a month ago has paid off .....not only has online morphed to shipping to the store (along with Apple Asia docket in email) ....but its now morphed from 27th to 20th !! So I might be picking up my new iPad Pro on Monday. I shall have to get husband to check if they have zapped the money out of the Visa account.?
Exciting. Ooooh I have an unboxing come up. Won't smell like a new Mac though. Love the smell of unboxing a new Mac.
:-) ?Happy Jude
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What a lovely picture, Jude! ?I must admit, I always think that name, ProCreate, sounds vaguely rude! ?:D Best Susan
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Masked up did a grab and run at Apple Chermside late yesterday. Not too many people about. ?Staff did offer to set up and I just wanted to make visit short.?
Unboxed this morning and set up. All very easy though slight learning curve as never had one before. Feeling my way anyway.?
Walked outside in high wind to take quick photo to try it out ?- husband busy slashing grass - I did say it was starting to look like suburbia and he replied Windsor Great Park was what he was aiming for :-)?
I thought woah I can see every blade of grass!?
Downloaded ProCreate - bit of a puzzlement where the iPad puts things.?
Jude
<image.jpg>On 20 Jul 2021, at 9:51 pm, zuiko <ftog@...> wrote:
? It’s today, isn’t it? ? C M I Barker | Corscombe | Dorset
?I don't know if my phone calls to Apple about progress on my order which was more than a month ago has paid off .....not only has online morphed to shipping to the store (along with Apple Asia docket in email) ....but its now morphed from 27th to 20th !! So I might be picking up my new iPad Pro on Monday. I shall have to get husband to check if they have zapped the money out of the Visa account.?
Exciting. Ooooh I have an unboxing come up. Won't smell like a new Mac though. Love the smell of unboxing a new Mac.
:-) ?Happy Jude
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I have never used cloud except for Find Me. I turned it on on the new iPad but it annoyed the hell out of me and tossed it off again. I have usually backed up iPhone to my Mac.?
The handoff thing is working well between iMac Pro and iPhone and new iPad. Not tried Sidecar yet. Downloaded ProCreate started learning that.?
I see they offer moves and games free for 12 months - might try it ??♀??
Not happy with iPad cover I was gifted might look for something else-it wants to slide off my desk and the bit that’s supposed to slide up containing the pen falls off.
I am going to phone Apple - the charger thing for the new iPad is awful hard to plug into wall socket or a power board - and getting it out ! Well it’s a two handed brace yourself against the wall effort! That can’t be right :-)?
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On 21 Jul 2021, at 2:18 am, zuiko <ftog@...> wrote:
? Congratulations, Jude!
And that landscape looks delightful, whatever took the shot.
I use Files on iPad, because I have everything on iCloud with my Macs so it’s simple to access documents, whichever device I’m using. ?I’ve subscribed to the 2TB iCloud for a couple of years now.
Chris
Masked up did a grab and run at Apple Chermside late yesterday. Not too many people about. ?Staff did offer to set up and I just wanted to make visit short.?
Unboxed this morning and set up. All very easy though slight learning curve as never had one before. Feeling my way anyway.?
Walked outside in high wind to take quick photo to try it out ?- husband busy slashing grass - I did say it was starting to look like suburbia and he replied Windsor Great Park was what he was aiming for :-)?
I thought woah I can see every blade of grass!?
Downloaded ProCreate - bit of a puzzlement where the iPad puts things.?
Jude
<image.jpg>On 20 Jul 2021, at 9:51 pm, zuiko <ftog@...> wrote:
? It’s today, isn’t it? ? C M I Barker | Corscombe | Dorset
?I don't know if my phone calls to Apple about progress on my order which was more than a month ago has paid off .....not only has online morphed to shipping to the store (along with Apple Asia docket in email) ....but its now morphed from 27th to 20th !! So I might be picking up my new iPad Pro on Monday. I shall have to get husband to check if they have zapped the money out of the Visa account.?
Exciting. Ooooh I have an unboxing come up. Won't smell like a new Mac though. Love the smell of unboxing a new Mac.
:-) ?Happy Jude
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Congratulations, Jude!
And that landscape looks delightful, whatever took the shot.
I use Files on iPad, because I have everything on iCloud with my Macs so it’s simple to access documents, whichever device I’m using. ?I’ve subscribed to the 2TB iCloud for a couple of years now.
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Masked up did a grab and run at Apple Chermside late yesterday. Not too many people about. ?Staff did offer to set up and I just wanted to make visit short.?
Unboxed this morning and set up. All very easy though slight learning curve as never had one before. Feeling my way anyway.?
Walked outside in high wind to take quick photo to try it out ?- husband busy slashing grass - I did say it was starting to look like suburbia and he replied Windsor Great Park was what he was aiming for :-)?
I thought woah I can see every blade of grass!?
Downloaded ProCreate - bit of a puzzlement where the iPad puts things.?
Jude
<image.jpg>On 20 Jul 2021, at 9:51 pm, zuiko <ftog@...> wrote:
? It’s today, isn’t it? ? C M I Barker | Corscombe | Dorset
?I don't know if my phone calls to Apple about progress on my order which was more than a month ago has paid off .....not only has online morphed to shipping to the store (along with Apple Asia docket in email) ....but its now morphed from 27th to 20th !! So I might be picking up my new iPad Pro on Monday. I shall have to get husband to check if they have zapped the money out of the Visa account.?
Exciting. Ooooh I have an unboxing come up. Won't smell like a new Mac though. Love the smell of unboxing a new Mac.
:-) ?Happy Jude
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Masked up did a grab and run at Apple Chermside late yesterday. Not too many people about. ?Staff did offer to set up and I just wanted to make visit short.?
Unboxed this morning and set up. All very easy though slight learning curve as never had one before. Feeling my way anyway.?
Walked outside in high wind to take quick photo to try it out ?- husband busy slashing grass - I did say it was starting to look like suburbia and he replied Windsor Great Park was what he was aiming for :-)?
I thought woah I can see every blade of grass!?
Downloaded ProCreate - bit of a puzzlement where the iPad puts things.?
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? It’s today, isn’t it? ? C M I Barker | Corscombe | Dorset
On 18 Jul 2021, at 05:49, Judith Hall <glenidol@...> wrote:
?I don't know if my phone calls to Apple about progress on my order which was more than a month ago has paid off .....not only has online morphed to shipping to the store (along with Apple Asia docket in email) ....but its now morphed from 27th to 20th !! So I might be picking up my new iPad Pro on Monday. I shall have to get husband to check if they have zapped the money out of the Visa account.?
Exciting. Ooooh I have an unboxing come up. Won't smell like a new Mac though. Love the smell of unboxing a new Mac.
:-) ?Happy Jude
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It’s today, isn’t it? ? C M I Barker | Corscombe | Dorset
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On 18 Jul 2021, at 05:49, Judith Hall <glenidol@...> wrote:
?I don't know if my phone calls to Apple about progress on my order which was more than a month ago has paid off .....not only has online morphed to shipping to the store (along with Apple Asia docket in email) ....but its now morphed from 27th to 20th !! So I might be picking up my new iPad Pro on Monday. I shall have to get husband to check if they have zapped the money out of the Visa account.?
Exciting. Ooooh I have an unboxing come up. Won't smell like a new Mac though. Love the smell of unboxing a new Mac.
:-) ?Happy Jude
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Dear Mr Noah, ?Do you, Ham, Shem and Japhet have any leftover timber? ?:DBest Susan On 16 Jul 2021, at 07:38, zuiko < ftog@...> wrote: Yes, we feel very fortunate to have found this place. ?My wife’s father was born and brought up in the town of Beaminster, a few miles south, as was his father before him. ?There’s a hill, Beaminster Down between Corscombe and Beaminster, which divides the weather many times in year, it appears. ?We’ve been here only since March, but apparently the village is quite frequently snowbound; I have a 4x4 (well, a BMW X3 ;-)) so we should be OK, even though the lanes to the south are quite steep. Our house is on the hillside so there’s a downslope to negotiate as well in slippery weather, at the bottom of which is the local pub (The Fox, owned by celeb chef Mark Hix), but then it’s level ground to Yeovil in the north. ?We’re not out in the bundu as you are, but it’s very pleasantly secluded.
We feel for those poor people in the Eifel and Rhineland of Germany. ?It can’t have been many years ago that much of central Europe was under water; we’re going to have to be ready for these extreme weather events.
Chris
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Hello Happy Jude! Hoorah!! Do people still do that Mac-unwrapping ceremony? I love the smell too but my iMac is nearly nine years old now; it does what I want, so what the heck? :D
Best
Susan
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Dear Mr Noah, ?Do you, Ham, Shem and Japhet have any leftover timber? ?:D Best Susan
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On 16 Jul 2021, at 07:38, zuiko < ftog@...> wrote: Yes, we feel very fortunate to have found this place. ?My wife’s father was born and brought up in the town of Beaminster, a few miles south, as was his father before him. ?There’s a hill, Beaminster Down between Corscombe and Beaminster, which divides the weather many times in year, it appears. ?We’ve been here only since March, but apparently the village is quite frequently snowbound; I have a 4x4 (well, a BMW X3 ;-)) so we should be OK, even though the lanes to the south are quite steep. Our house is on the hillside so there’s a downslope to negotiate as well in slippery weather, at the bottom of which is the local pub (The Fox, owned by celeb chef Mark Hix), but then it’s level ground to Yeovil in the north. ?We’re not out in the bundu as you are, but it’s very pleasantly secluded.
We feel for those poor people in the Eifel and Rhineland of Germany. ?It can’t have been many years ago that much of central Europe was under water; we’re going to have to be ready for these extreme weather events.
Chris
Lovely view. Does the soul good doesn't it. ?I like an outlook myself which is why the search for a place to move to has been never ending and difficult because I am used to 360deg view and lots of trees and scenery and wildlife. How did you fare in winter as regards snow etc. Were roads trafficable in bad weather. ?We get cut off when our bridges go under at creek crossing occasionally but those of us who have lived here a while always have a plan B and provisions.?
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Ooh, lovely! ?We would get a splendid view of the motorway, if we went dronewards! ?There is also a flood plain, which I hope will fulfil its duty if called upon. Best Susan
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On 15 Jul 2021, at 15:15, zuiko < ftog@...> wrote: Yes, people in the UK, particularly down south, have been desperate to buy and some are sight unseen as well. ?We paid over the odds for this house, but we weren’t going to find anywhere at a reasonable price in the frantic rush for houses – the Stamp Duty “holiday” had a lot to do with it as well.
In fact we had only two twenty-minute visits, in the evening and the morning, when it wasn’t fully light, before we had to head home. ?So when we arrived to move in it was a real pleasure to see the views: we can see all the way to the Mendips from this location in West Dorset.
Here’s a view towards our village at sunrise, looking from Beaminster Down:??— click on the small thumbnail lower down. ?My car is halfway up the lane while I flew a drone for the view.
The photo attached is the view north towards Yeovil and the Mendips further north.
Chris
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It is very beautiful here but the mountains work against us an difficult terrain. The joke up here was roads just wound round trees and cart tracks.?
?Down the road right opposite the Telstra rim cabinet one family there get a download speed of 2…. I’m a couple of klms further and I get 15 or even a tick better if I’m lucky. I have the reputation of being “you know that woman with the marvellous speeds on Cedar Ck Rd” :-)
When we came here there was a box on the wall and we turned a handle and someone answered up at the exchange on Telegraph Hill as the locals call it - and we had two digit oh numbers. Internet was non existant back then.?
But you’re right these days it’s becoming a question you have to ask if it’s important to you. Newer residents obviously never asked or were promised something that never happened. Unfortunately in covid people are buying out in these areas even sight unseen. ??♀??
Jude
<image.jpg>On 15 Jul 2021, at 10:09 pm, zuiko <ftog@...> wrote:
?Not good! ?One of our criteria when we were looking for houses in Dorset last autumn and winter was good Internet. ?The house that we’ve bought has the fibre cabinet about 30m away, so my Internet is as fast as it can get in most parts of the UK – 73 Mbps download, 20Mbps upload.
But that looks like a beautiful part of the world.
Chris
Tonight Current Affair ?Chnl 9 program featured locals talking about our struggles re phone and internet in our area...... it gives you a look at the sort of area we live in.
I had a part as rent a crowd last week on another channel and got spotted and one of our local club members tracked me down via good old white pages to ask me some Mac questions he wanted sorted :-)?
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Re: The struggle is real :-)
Yes, there is a flight to what we call “the country” here too, with prices in our area, or indeed anywhere rural enough to boast a sizeable garden, going silly. ?We have a garden, which is quite big enough for us non-gardeners, and receives the occasional hedgehog visitation, so that’s nice. Best Susan
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It is very beautiful here but the mountains work against us an difficult terrain. The j oke up here was roads just wound round trees and cart track
?Down the road right opposite the Telstra rim cabinet one family there get a download speed of 2…. I’m a couple of klms further and I get 15 or even a tick better if I’m lucky. I have the reputation of being “you know that woman with the marvellous speeds on Cedar Ck Rd” :-)
When we came here there was a box on the wall and we turned a handle and someone answered up at the exchange on Telegraph Hill as the locals call it - and we had two digit oh numbers. Internet was non existant back then.?
But you’re right these days it’s becoming a question you have to ask if it’s important to you. Newer residents obviously never asked or were promised something that never happened. Unfortunately in covid people are buying out in these areas even sight unseen. ??♀??
Jude
<image.jpg>On 15 Jul 2021, at 10:09 pm, zuiko <ftog@...> wrote:
? Not good! ?One of our criteria when we were looking for houses in Dorset last autumn and winter was good Internet. ?The house that we’ve bought has the fibre cabinet about 30m away, so my Internet is as fast as it can get in most parts of the UK – 73 Mbps download, 20Mbps upload.
But that looks like a beautiful part of the world.
Chris
Tonight Current Affair ?Chnl 9 program featured locals talking about our struggles re phone and internet in our area...... it gives you a look at the sort of area we live in.
I had a part as rent a crowd last week on another channel and got spotted and one of our local club members tracked me down via good old white pages to ask me some Mac questions he wanted sorted :-)?
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Oh you will (I hope) love it all the more when it comes, Jude! ?Don’t give up! ?:) Best Susan
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My husband was urging me to cancel — and the girl at Apple said she realised how long I had been waiting — but I think I will stick it out — but beyond the 27th ?? ?Thinking about it.?
Jude On 15 Jul 2021, at 4:39 pm, zuiko < ftog@...> wrote: It’s not like Apple to over-promise and under-deliver. I hope that it comes soon, Jude.?
Chris C M I Barker |?Corscombe | GB
?Month has passed since I ordered iPad. Rang Apple this morning checking on how things were going as theres no progress beyond "processing" on the Apple site and my husband was saying perhaps I should vancel the order....but then I'd be on the end of the queue again. :-) ?But girl assures me it is on track -- and remarked I had ordered the most popular model the iPad Pro.
So we wait ..... they haven't taken the money out anyway....that'll be a clue if the money suddenly zaps out of the account :-)?
Jude
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