Well, went to bed at 7pm last night & only just woken up!
It happened at my father’s work place too.
Hi wife shouted It’s 7 it’s time for work, he replied I’;ve only just gone to bed!
John
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She must be in one of the other States. Never saw it here. Hilarious. She never checked what it looked like in front of the weather map apparently. I’m not fond of the look of girls wearing gym wear as outer wear but they do here a lot. ?I often say to my husband if he rather sea his eyebrows over some outfit passing by ?“Mmmm what do we look like. Didn’t check the mirror before leaving the house” :-)
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On 19 Jun 2021, at 1:12 am, John Miller via groups.io <johnmiller051118@...> wrote:
? At 1st glance this looks wrong. Nothing wrong about it all, but not something I’d do!
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Yes indeed, I was among those who were infuriated by the lack of negative feedback and the extraordinary pension Goodwin got. ?No politician would have the cojones to deal out what that man really deserved. Best Susan Don’t have a clue Susie. Bear in mind I was stalked at my undergrad university. I believe the definition of a psychopath is someone who has no empathy for anyone else. I realise now how good the Hannibal Lecter movies where. These people don’t show malice. They just go after what they want, regardless of what effect it has on anyone else. It might be rare in terms of Dennis Nielsens & Aileen Wournos, but think of “Sir” Fred Goodwin (& many in the city like him). Sacked loads of tellers, sold subprime mortgages, got a company jet. Left the average man/woman in the street to pick up the pieces, walked away with a 6 figure pension. John
Well, many happy returns to you both, John, but how worrying that he is being harassed by his neighbours - what is the excuse for that? Are they just ageist so and sos, or what?Best Susan
Dear All, My father & I share the same birthday, I was 53 on 7th June & he was 93. After we lost our mother 2 years ago he has seemed to go downhill fast. They were together over 60 years. I got him 1st Man, Armstrong & Apollo 13, but despite closely following the space race at the time he didn’t seem to have much interest on 3rd June when I went round. It turns out his neighbours been harassing him. Council have been round and am looking into spy cam CCTV. I don’t know if this will reach you as something went wrong with key chain. John
Congrats, Chris! ?:)Best Susan On 17 Jun 2021, at 07:32, zuiko < ftog@...> wrote: Jude
99? ?That is quite amazing. ?I agree with your point – if I could be sharp and inquisitive at that age!
I’m rather set on the idea of the 11” iPad Pro. ?I know that I’d miss out on the new display with the larger one, but I’d get a MacBook Air 13” as well. ?I’m a part-time training consultant from which I might actually be about to make some money – through the sale of a training device for using night vision goggles. ?Hurrah!
Chris
Well, the MacBook Pro was practically rebuilkt. Bill says about $1300 but all we had to pay was battery and consult fee. Apple fotted the rest "under warranty". I said what Warranty ....2015 MacBook Pro !!
But not looking gift 'orse in the mouth.
Visited 99 y o friend who has new iPad Pro rang me to boast so I had to go look didn't I :-) - fab bit of gear. Very quick. Photos look lovely. Sound is great. ?I talked him into Procreate. Saw he was struggling with the basics not having had an iPad before bit like me so I went back to see him and have loaned him the book my husband bought for me when I was in hospital as he knows I don't do womens mags :-) ?My husband thought the old guy would knock me back but no he beamed, clutched it to his chest and asked how long he could borrow it for. ?I've picked up an iPad lap pillow in my travels yesterday which has a pocket on the side to fit an iPhone and I'm dropping that off this afternoon.
It will be interesting how he gets on with it, but he's absolutely thrilled with it and gave his MacBook Pro to his daughter who kindly picked it up for him across town. ?He has an iMac Pro like mine so I have talked to him about Sidecar -- new iPad to iMac Pro.
Never too old to learn apparently ?:-) ?Oh I should be that good at his age.?
Jude
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At 1st glance this looks wrong. Nothing wrong about it all, but not something I’d do! John 
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Council went round according to Police officer I spoke to. Haven’t been able to get him by ‘phone. Will have to ‘phone at his wake-up 05.30-0600. I was up at 0430 this morning. Feeling better even Thatcher didn’t subscribe to 3.5 hours sleep. Can’t be normal can it? She said on tour of Asia she was glad to be in Thailand (or similar) when it was another country altogether.
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Money? How, and for what reason? ?I hope he has spoken to the police about it, if it is so threatening.Best Susan My father thinks they maybe trying to get money from him John
Dear All,My father & I share the same birthday, I was 53 on 7th June & he was 93. After we lost our mother 2 years ago he has seemed to go downhill fast. They were together over 60 years. I got him 1st Man, Armstrong & Apollo 13, but despite closely following the space race at the time he didn’t seem to have much interest on 3rd June when I went round. It turns out his neighbours been harassing him. Council have been round and am looking into spy cam CCTV. I don’t know if this will reach you as something went wrong with key chain. John
Congrats, Chris! ?:)Best Susan On 17 Jun 2021, at 07:32, zuiko < ftog@...> wrote: Jude
99? ?That is quite amazing. ?I agree with your point – if I could be sharp and inquisitive at that age!
I’m rather set on the idea of the 11” iPad Pro. ?I know that I’d miss out on the new display with the larger one, but I’d get a MacBook Air 13” as well. ?I’m a part-time training consultant from which I might actually be about to make some money – through the sale of a training device for using night vision goggles. ?Hurrah!
Chris
Well, the MacBook Pro was practically rebuilkt. Bill says about $1300 but all we had to pay was battery and consult fee. Apple fotted the rest "under warranty". I said what Warranty ....2015 MacBook Pro !!
But not looking gift 'orse in the mouth.
Visited 99 y o friend who has new iPad Pro rang me to boast so I had to go look didn't I :-) - fab bit of gear. Very quick. Photos look lovely. Sound is great. ?I talked him into Procreate. Saw he was struggling with the basics not having had an iPad before bit like me so I went back to see him and have loaned him the book my husband bought for me when I was in hospital as he knows I don't do womens mags :-) ?My husband thought the old guy would knock me back but no he beamed, clutched it to his chest and asked how long he could borrow it for. ?I've picked up an iPad lap pillow in my travels yesterday which has a pocket on the side to fit an iPhone and I'm dropping that off this afternoon.
It will be interesting how he gets on with it, but he's absolutely thrilled with it and gave his MacBook Pro to his daughter who kindly picked it up for him across town. ?He has an iMac Pro like mine so I have talked to him about Sidecar -- new iPad to iMac Pro.
Never too old to learn apparently ?:-) ?Oh I should be that good at his age.?
Jude
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Money? How, and for what reason? ?I hope he has spoken to the police about it, if it is so threatening. Best Susan
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My father thinks they maybe trying to get money from him John
Dear All,My father & I share the same birthday, I was 53 on 7th June & he was 93. After we lost our mother 2 years ago he has seemed to go downhill fast. They were together over 60 years. I got him 1st Man, Armstrong & Apollo 13, but despite closely following the space race at the time he didn’t seem to have much interest on 3rd June when I went round. It turns out his neighbours been harassing him. Council have been round and am looking into spy cam CCTV. I don’t know if this will reach you as something went wrong with key chain. John
Congrats, Chris! ?:)Best Susan On 17 Jun 2021, at 07:32, zuiko < ftog@...> wrote: Jude
99? ?That is quite amazing. ?I agree with your point – if I could be sharp and inquisitive at that age!
I’m rather set on the idea of the 11” iPad Pro. ?I know that I’d miss out on the new display with the larger one, but I’d get a MacBook Air 13” as well. ?I’m a part-time training consultant from which I might actually be about to make some money – through the sale of a training device for using night vision goggles. ?Hurrah!
Chris
Well, the MacBook Pro was practically rebuilkt. Bill says about $1300 but all we had to pay was battery and consult fee. Apple fotted the rest "under warranty". I said what Warranty ....2015 MacBook Pro !!
But not looking gift 'orse in the mouth.
Visited 99 y o friend who has new iPad Pro rang me to boast so I had to go look didn't I :-) - fab bit of gear. Very quick. Photos look lovely. Sound is great. ?I talked him into Procreate. Saw he was struggling with the basics not having had an iPad before bit like me so I went back to see him and have loaned him the book my husband bought for me when I was in hospital as he knows I don't do womens mags :-) ?My husband thought the old guy would knock me back but no he beamed, clutched it to his chest and asked how long he could borrow it for. ?I've picked up an iPad lap pillow in my travels yesterday which has a pocket on the side to fit an iPhone and I'm dropping that off this afternoon.
It will be interesting how he gets on with it, but he's absolutely thrilled with it and gave his MacBook Pro to his daughter who kindly picked it up for him across town. ?He has an iMac Pro like mine so I have talked to him about Sidecar -- new iPad to iMac Pro.
Never too old to learn apparently ?:-) ?Oh I should be that good at his age.?
Jude
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Yes indeed, I was among those who were infuriated by the lack of negative feedback and the extraordinary pension Goodwin got. ?No politician would have the cojones to deal out what that man really deserved. Best Susan
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Don’t have a clue Susie. Bear in mind I was stalked at my undergrad university. I believe the definition of a psychopath is someone who has no empathy for anyone else. I realise now how good the Hannibal Lecter movies where. These people don’t show malice. They just go after what they want, regardless of what effect it has on anyone else. It might be rare in terms of Dennis Nielsens & Aileen Wournos, but think of “Sir” Fred Goodwin (& many in the city like him). Sacked loads of tellers, sold subprime mortgages, got a company jet. Left the average man/woman in the street to pick up the pieces, walked away with a 6 figure pension. John
Well, many happy returns to you both, John, but how worrying that he is being harassed by his neighbours - what is the excuse for that? Are they just ageist so and sos, or what?Best Susan
Dear All, My father & I share the same birthday, I was 53 on 7th June & he was 93. After we lost our mother 2 years ago he has seemed to go downhill fast. They were together over 60 years. I got him 1st Man, Armstrong & Apollo 13, but despite closely following the space race at the time he didn’t seem to have much interest on 3rd June when I went round. It turns out his neighbours been harassing him. Council have been round and am looking into spy cam CCTV. I don’t know if this will reach you as something went wrong with key chain. John
Congrats, Chris! ?:)Best Susan On 17 Jun 2021, at 07:32, zuiko < ftog@...> wrote: Jude
99? ?That is quite amazing. ?I agree with your point – if I could be sharp and inquisitive at that age!
I’m rather set on the idea of the 11” iPad Pro. ?I know that I’d miss out on the new display with the larger one, but I’d get a MacBook Air 13” as well. ?I’m a part-time training consultant from which I might actually be about to make some money – through the sale of a training device for using night vision goggles. ?Hurrah!
Chris
Well, the MacBook Pro was practically rebuilkt. Bill says about $1300 but all we had to pay was battery and consult fee. Apple fotted the rest "under warranty". I said what Warranty ....2015 MacBook Pro !!
But not looking gift 'orse in the mouth.
Visited 99 y o friend who has new iPad Pro rang me to boast so I had to go look didn't I :-) - fab bit of gear. Very quick. Photos look lovely. Sound is great. ?I talked him into Procreate. Saw he was struggling with the basics not having had an iPad before bit like me so I went back to see him and have loaned him the book my husband bought for me when I was in hospital as he knows I don't do womens mags :-) ?My husband thought the old guy would knock me back but no he beamed, clutched it to his chest and asked how long he could borrow it for. ?I've picked up an iPad lap pillow in my travels yesterday which has a pocket on the side to fit an iPhone and I'm dropping that off this afternoon.
It will be interesting how he gets on with it, but he's absolutely thrilled with it and gave his MacBook Pro to his daughter who kindly picked it up for him across town. ?He has an iMac Pro like mine so I have talked to him about Sidecar -- new iPad to iMac Pro.
Never too old to learn apparently ?:-) ?Oh I should be that good at his age.?
Jude
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Dear All,My father & I share the same birthday, I was 53 on 7th June & he was 93. After we lost our mother 2 years ago he has seemed to go downhill fast. They were together over 60 years. I got him 1st Man, Armstrong & Apollo 13, but despite closely following the space race at the time he didn’t seem to have much interest on 3rd June when I went round. It turns out his neighbours been harassing him. Council have been round and am looking into spy cam CCTV. I don’t know if this will reach you as something went wrong with key chain. John
Congrats, Chris! ?:)Best Susan On 17 Jun 2021, at 07:32, zuiko < ftog@...> wrote: Jude
99? ?That is quite amazing. ?I agree with your point – if I could be sharp and inquisitive at that age!
I’m rather set on the idea of the 11” iPad Pro. ?I know that I’d miss out on the new display with the larger one, but I’d get a MacBook Air 13” as well. ?I’m a part-time training consultant from which I might actually be about to make some money – through the sale of a training device for using night vision goggles. ?Hurrah!
Chris
Well, the MacBook Pro was practically rebuilkt. Bill says about $1300 but all we had to pay was battery and consult fee. Apple fotted the rest "under warranty". I said what Warranty ....2015 MacBook Pro !!
But not looking gift 'orse in the mouth.
Visited 99 y o friend who has new iPad Pro rang me to boast so I had to go look didn't I :-) - fab bit of gear. Very quick. Photos look lovely. Sound is great. ?I talked him into Procreate. Saw he was struggling with the basics not having had an iPad before bit like me so I went back to see him and have loaned him the book my husband bought for me when I was in hospital as he knows I don't do womens mags :-) ?My husband thought the old guy would knock me back but no he beamed, clutched it to his chest and asked how long he could borrow it for. ?I've picked up an iPad lap pillow in my travels yesterday which has a pocket on the side to fit an iPhone and I'm dropping that off this afternoon.
It will be interesting how he gets on with it, but he's absolutely thrilled with it and gave his MacBook Pro to his daughter who kindly picked it up for him across town. ?He has an iMac Pro like mine so I have talked to him about Sidecar -- new iPad to iMac Pro.
Never too old to learn apparently ?:-) ?Oh I should be that good at his age.?
Jude
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Don’t have a clue Susie. Bear in mind I was stalked at my undergrad university. I believe the definition of a psychopath is someone who has no empathy for anyone else. I realise now how good the Hannibal Lecter movies where. These people don’t show malice. They just go after what they want, regardless of what effect it has on anyone else. It might be rare in terms of Dennis Nielsens & Aileen Wournos, but think of “Sir” Fred Goodwin (& many in the city like him). Sacked loads of tellers, sold subprime mortgages, got a company jet. Left the average man/woman in the street to pick up the pieces, walked away with a 6 figure pension.
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Well, many happy returns to you both, John, but how worrying that he is being harassed by his neighbours - what is the excuse for that? Are they just ageist so and sos, or what?Best Susan
Dear All, My father & I share the same birthday, I was 53 on 7th June & he was 93. After we lost our mother 2 years ago he has seemed to go downhill fast. They were together over 60 years. I got him 1st Man, Armstrong & Apollo 13, but despite closely following the space race at the time he didn’t seem to have much interest on 3rd June when I went round. It turns out his neighbours been harassing him. Council have been round and am looking into spy cam CCTV. I don’t know if this will reach you as something went wrong with key chain. John
Congrats, Chris! ?:)Best Susan On 17 Jun 2021, at 07:32, zuiko < ftog@...> wrote: Jude
99? ?That is quite amazing. ?I agree with your point – if I could be sharp and inquisitive at that age!
I’m rather set on the idea of the 11” iPad Pro. ?I know that I’d miss out on the new display with the larger one, but I’d get a MacBook Air 13” as well. ?I’m a part-time training consultant from which I might actually be about to make some money – through the sale of a training device for using night vision goggles. ?Hurrah!
Chris
Well, the MacBook Pro was practically rebuilkt. Bill says about $1300 but all we had to pay was battery and consult fee. Apple fotted the rest "under warranty". I said what Warranty ....2015 MacBook Pro !!
But not looking gift 'orse in the mouth.
Visited 99 y o friend who has new iPad Pro rang me to boast so I had to go look didn't I :-) - fab bit of gear. Very quick. Photos look lovely. Sound is great. ?I talked him into Procreate. Saw he was struggling with the basics not having had an iPad before bit like me so I went back to see him and have loaned him the book my husband bought for me when I was in hospital as he knows I don't do womens mags :-) ?My husband thought the old guy would knock me back but no he beamed, clutched it to his chest and asked how long he could borrow it for. ?I've picked up an iPad lap pillow in my travels yesterday which has a pocket on the side to fit an iPhone and I'm dropping that off this afternoon.
It will be interesting how he gets on with it, but he's absolutely thrilled with it and gave his MacBook Pro to his daughter who kindly picked it up for him across town. ?He has an iMac Pro like mine so I have talked to him about Sidecar -- new iPad to iMac Pro.
Never too old to learn apparently ?:-) ?Oh I should be that good at his age.?
Jude
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Well, many happy returns to you both, John, but how worrying that he is being harassed by his neighbours - what is the excuse for that? Are they just ageist so and sos, or what? Best Susan
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Dear All, My father & I share the same birthday, I was 53 on 7th June & he was 93. After we lost our mother 2 years ago he has seemed to go downhill fast. They were together over 60 years. I got him 1st Man, Armstrong & Apollo 13, but despite closely following the space race at the time he didn’t seem to have much interest on 3rd June when I went round. It turns out his neighbours been harassing him. Council have been round and am looking into spy cam CCTV. I don’t know if this will reach you as something went wrong with key chain. John
Congrats, Chris! ?:)Best Susan On 17 Jun 2021, at 07:32, zuiko < ftog@...> wrote: Jude
99? ?That is quite amazing. ?I agree with your point – if I could be sharp and inquisitive at that age!
I’m rather set on the idea of the 11” iPad Pro. ?I know that I’d miss out on the new display with the larger one, but I’d get a MacBook Air 13” as well. ?I’m a part-time training consultant from which I might actually be about to make some money – through the sale of a training device for using night vision goggles. ?Hurrah!
Chris
Well, the MacBook Pro was practically rebuilkt. Bill says about $1300 but all we had to pay was battery and consult fee. Apple fotted the rest "under warranty". I said what Warranty ....2015 MacBook Pro !!
But not looking gift 'orse in the mouth.
Visited 99 y o friend who has new iPad Pro rang me to boast so I had to go look didn't I :-) - fab bit of gear. Very quick. Photos look lovely. Sound is great. ?I talked him into Procreate. Saw he was struggling with the basics not having had an iPad before bit like me so I went back to see him and have loaned him the book my husband bought for me when I was in hospital as he knows I don't do womens mags :-) ?My husband thought the old guy would knock me back but no he beamed, clutched it to his chest and asked how long he could borrow it for. ?I've picked up an iPad lap pillow in my travels yesterday which has a pocket on the side to fit an iPhone and I'm dropping that off this afternoon.
It will be interesting how he gets on with it, but he's absolutely thrilled with it and gave his MacBook Pro to his daughter who kindly picked it up for him across town. ?He has an iMac Pro like mine so I have talked to him about Sidecar -- new iPad to iMac Pro.
Never too old to learn apparently ?:-) ?Oh I should be that good at his age.?
Jude
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Dear All, My father & I share the same birthday, I was 53 on 7th June & he was 93. After we lost our mother 2 years ago he has seemed to go downhill fast. They were together over 60 years. I got him 1st Man, Armstrong & Apollo 13, but despite closely following the space race at the time he didn’t seem to have much interest on 3rd June when I went round. It turns out his neighbours been harassing him. Council have been round and am looking into spy cam CCTV. I don’t know if this will reach you as something went wrong with key chain.
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Congrats, Chris! ?:)Best Susan On 17 Jun 2021, at 07:32, zuiko < ftog@...> wrote: Jude
99? ?That is quite amazing. ?I agree with your point – if I could be sharp and inquisitive at that age!
I’m rather set on the idea of the 11” iPad Pro. ?I know that I’d miss out on the new display with the larger one, but I’d get a MacBook Air 13” as well. ?I’m a part-time training consultant from which I might actually be about to make some money – through the sale of a training device for using night vision goggles. ?Hurrah!
Chris
Well, the MacBook Pro was practically rebuilkt. Bill says about $1300 but all we had to pay was battery and consult fee. Apple fotted the rest "under warranty". I said what Warranty ....2015 MacBook Pro !!
But not looking gift 'orse in the mouth.
Visited 99 y o friend who has new iPad Pro rang me to boast so I had to go look didn't I :-) - fab bit of gear. Very quick. Photos look lovely. Sound is great. ?I talked him into Procreate. Saw he was struggling with the basics not having had an iPad before bit like me so I went back to see him and have loaned him the book my husband bought for me when I was in hospital as he knows I don't do womens mags :-) ?My husband thought the old guy would knock me back but no he beamed, clutched it to his chest and asked how long he could borrow it for. ?I've picked up an iPad lap pillow in my travels yesterday which has a pocket on the side to fit an iPhone and I'm dropping that off this afternoon.
It will be interesting how he gets on with it, but he's absolutely thrilled with it and gave his MacBook Pro to his daughter who kindly picked it up for him across town. ?He has an iMac Pro like mine so I have talked to him about Sidecar -- new iPad to iMac Pro.
Never too old to learn apparently ?:-) ?Oh I should be that good at his age.?
Jude
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? Congrats, Chris! ?:) Best Susan On 17 Jun 2021, at 07:32, zuiko < ftog@...> wrote: Jude
99? ?That is quite amazing. ?I agree with your point – if I could be sharp and inquisitive at that age!
I’m rather set on the idea of the 11” iPad Pro. ?I know that I’d miss out on the new display with the larger one, but I’d get a MacBook Air 13” as well. ?I’m a part-time training consultant from which I might actually be about to make some money – through the sale of a training device for using night vision goggles. ?Hurrah!
Chris
Well, the MacBook Pro was practically rebuilkt. Bill says about $1300 but all we had to pay was battery and consult fee. Apple fotted the rest "under warranty". I said what Warranty ....2015 MacBook Pro !!
But not looking gift 'orse in the mouth.
Visited 99 y o friend who has new iPad Pro rang me to boast so I had to go look didn't I :-) - fab bit of gear. Very quick. Photos look lovely. Sound is great. ?I talked him into Procreate. Saw he was struggling with the basics not having had an iPad before bit like me so I went back to see him and have loaned him the book my husband bought for me when I was in hospital as he knows I don't do womens mags :-) ?My husband thought the old guy would knock me back but no he beamed, clutched it to his chest and asked how long he could borrow it for. ?I've picked up an iPad lap pillow in my travels yesterday which has a pocket on the side to fit an iPhone and I'm dropping that off this afternoon.
It will be interesting how he gets on with it, but he's absolutely thrilled with it and gave his MacBook Pro to his daughter who kindly picked it up for him across town. ?He has an iMac Pro like mine so I have talked to him about Sidecar -- new iPad to iMac Pro.
Never too old to learn apparently ?:-) ?Oh I should be that good at his age.?
Jude
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My friend Sam has iMac Pro — and gave away MacBook Pro — has iPhone iWatch all latest, and his new hearing aids which are bluetooth enabled of course hook up to his iPhone iWatch TV etc. ?He has one of those microphone gizmos ?so at meetings I snatch that and put it on the speaker and he gets it straight to the ears. He’s very switched o We’re quite retired now though I do stuff for people here and there. But I feel I need to do something for me at the moment hence I am contemplating the iPad Pro — like you say which one. ?I came across a course on Procreate but it did state in plain terms requirements were 12,9 iPad Pro and the program loaded - probably because it is the nearest to an A4 for art work. ?I must say having seen the display on the M1 12.9 I’m tempted just to go that way.?
Jude
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Congrats, Chris! ?:) Best Susan On 17 Jun 2021, at 07:32, zuiko < ftog@...> wrote: Jude
99? ?That is quite amazing. ?I agree with your point – if I could be sharp and inquisitive at that age!
I’m rather set on the idea of the 11” iPad Pro. ?I know that I’d miss out on the new display with the larger one, but I’d get a MacBook Air 13” as well. ?I’m a part-time training consultant from which I might actually be about to make some money – through the sale of a training device for using night vision goggles. ?Hurrah!
Chris
Well, the MacBook Pro was practically rebuilkt. Bill says about $1300 but all we had to pay was battery and consult fee. Apple fotted the rest "under warranty". I said what Warranty ....2015 MacBook Pro !!
But not looking gift 'orse in the mouth.
Visited 99 y o friend who has new iPad Pro rang me to boast so I had to go look didn't I :-) - fab bit of gear. Very quick. Photos look lovely. Sound is great. ?I talked him into Procreate. Saw he was struggling with the basics not having had an iPad before bit like me so I went back to see him and have loaned him the book my husband bought for me when I was in hospital as he knows I don't do womens mags :-) ?My husband thought the old guy would knock me back but no he beamed, clutched it to his chest and asked how long he could borrow it for. ?I've picked up an iPad lap pillow in my travels yesterday which has a pocket on the side to fit an iPhone and I'm dropping that off this afternoon.
It will be interesting how he gets on with it, but he's absolutely thrilled with it and gave his MacBook Pro to his daughter who kindly picked it up for him across town. ?He has an iMac Pro like mine so I have talked to him about Sidecar -- new iPad to iMac Pro.
Never too old to learn apparently ?:-) ?Oh I should be that good at his age.?
Jude
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Congrats, Chris! ?:) Best Susan
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99? ?That is quite amazing. ?I agree with your point – if I could be sharp and inquisitive at that age!
I’m rather set on the idea of the 11” iPad Pro. ?I know that I’d miss out on the new display with the larger one, but I’d get a MacBook Air 13” as well. ?I’m a part-time training consultant from which I might actually be about to make some money – through the sale of a training device for using night vision goggles. ?Hurrah!
Chris
Well, the MacBook Pro was practically rebuilkt. Bill says about $1300 but all we had to pay was battery and consult fee. Apple fotted the rest "under warranty". I said what Warranty ....2015 MacBook Pro !!
But not looking gift 'orse in the mouth.
Visited 99 y o friend who has new iPad Pro rang me to boast so I had to go look didn't I :-) - fab bit of gear. Very quick. Photos look lovely. Sound is great. ?I talked him into Procreate. Saw he was struggling with the basics not having had an iPad before bit like me so I went back to see him and have loaned him the book my husband bought for me when I was in hospital as he knows I don't do womens mags :-) ?My husband thought the old guy would knock me back but no he beamed, clutched it to his chest and asked how long he could borrow it for. ?I've picked up an iPad lap pillow in my travels yesterday which has a pocket on the side to fit an iPhone and I'm dropping that off this afternoon.
It will be interesting how he gets on with it, but he's absolutely thrilled with it and gave his MacBook Pro to his daughter who kindly picked it up for him across town. ?He has an iMac Pro like mine so I have talked to him about Sidecar -- new iPad to iMac Pro.
Never too old to learn apparently ?:-) ?Oh I should be that good at his age.?
Jude
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Oh, that is brilliant and very hopeful! Nice story and I hope it continues apace! Best Susan
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Well, the MacBook Pro was practically rebuilkt. Bill says about $1300 but all we had to pay was battery and consult fee. Apple fotted the rest "under warranty". I said what Warranty ....2015 MacBook Pro !!
But not looking gift 'orse in the mouth.
Visited 99 y o friend who has new iPad Pro rang me to boast so I had to go look didn't I :-) - fab bit of gear. Very quick. Photos look lovely. Sound is great. ?I talked him into Procreate. Saw he was struggling with the basics not having had an iPad before bit like me so I went back to see him and have loaned him the book my husband bought for me when I was in hospital as he knows I don't do womens mags :-) ?My husband thought the old guy would knock me back but no he beamed, clutched it to his chest and asked how long he could borrow it for. ?I've picked up an iPad lap pillow in my travels yesterday which has a pocket on the side to fit an iPhone and I'm dropping that off this afternoon.
It will be interesting how he gets on with it, but he's absolutely thrilled with it and gave his MacBook Pro to his daughter who kindly picked it up for him across town. ?He has an iMac Pro like mine so I have talked to him about Sidecar -- new iPad to iMac Pro.
Never too old to learn apparently ?:-) ?Oh I should be that good at his age.?
Jude
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99? ?That is quite amazing. ?I agree with your point – if I could be sharp and inquisitive at that age!
I’m rather set on the idea of the 11” iPad Pro. ?I know that I’d miss out on the new display with the larger one, but I’d get a MacBook Air 13” as well. ?I’m a part-time training consultant from which I might actually be about to make some money – through the sale of a training device for using night vision goggles. ?Hurrah!
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Well, the MacBook Pro was practically rebuilkt. Bill says about $1300 but all we had to pay was battery and consult fee. Apple fotted the rest "under warranty". I said what Warranty ....2015 MacBook Pro !!
But not looking gift 'orse in the mouth.
Visited 99 y o friend who has new iPad Pro rang me to boast so I had to go look didn't I :-) - fab bit of gear. Very quick. Photos look lovely. Sound is great. ?I talked him into Procreate. Saw he was struggling with the basics not having had an iPad before bit like me so I went back to see him and have loaned him the book my husband bought for me when I was in hospital as he knows I don't do womens mags :-) ?My husband thought the old guy would knock me back but no he beamed, clutched it to his chest and asked how long he could borrow it for. ?I've picked up an iPad lap pillow in my travels yesterday which has a pocket on the side to fit an iPhone and I'm dropping that off this afternoon.
It will be interesting how he gets on with it, but he's absolutely thrilled with it and gave his MacBook Pro to his daughter who kindly picked it up for him across town. ?He has an iMac Pro like mine so I have talked to him about Sidecar -- new iPad to iMac Pro.
Never too old to learn apparently ?:-) ?Oh I should be that good at his age.?
Jude
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Well, the MacBook Pro was practically rebuilkt. Bill says about $1300 but all we had to pay was battery and consult fee. Apple fotted the rest "under warranty". I said what Warranty ....2015 MacBook Pro !!
But not looking gift 'orse in the mouth.
Visited 99 y o friend who has new iPad Pro rang me to boast so I had to go look didn't I :-) - fab bit of gear. Very quick. Photos look lovely. Sound is great. ?I talked him into Procreate. Saw he was struggling with the basics not having had an iPad before bit like me so I went back to see him and have loaned him the book my husband bought for me when I was in hospital as he knows I don't do womens mags :-) ?My husband thought the old guy would knock me back but no he beamed, clutched it to his chest and asked how long he could borrow it for. ?I've picked up an iPad lap pillow in my travels yesterday which has a pocket on the side to fit an iPhone and I'm dropping that off this afternoon.
It will be interesting how he gets on with it, but he's absolutely thrilled with it and gave his MacBook Pro to his daughter who kindly picked it up for him across town. ?He has an iMac Pro like mine so I have talked to him about Sidecar -- new iPad to iMac Pro.
Never too old to learn apparently ?:-) ?Oh I should be that good at his age.?
Jude
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I do like doing layout and a bit of the creative end of things. After all it’s the fun bit.?
I’ve done layouts for submissions for grants for local groups as my social effort and my winning tally is a bit over $100,000. It’s a giggle.?
I did one where I took digital photos and did layout and handed it over for presentation next day. Never heard anything by 7pm so phoned to ask what happened. Got told there were several submissions in but meeting was told one was so outstanding they held it over while everybody brought theirs up to the same. I immediately said right how can I sort that for you and was told no you don’t understand it’s ours was the one the others had to match. But they got the money in the end and I didn’t have to re draft:-)
Today when I hadn’t heard anything by midday I rang to enquire re husband’s Mac and as I suspected was more than the battery. Problem with display. ?But tech has sent for a part which apparently is covered ?and Wong be costing us anything extra. I suspect my suspicion about a frayed cable in the hinges might be right.?
Hopefully it will be ready tomorrow. My husband is missing it :-)?
Jude
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On 10 Jun 2021, at 7:30 pm, Purler <susan.platter@...> wrote:
? My word, Jude, that is very impressive! ?I have never actually done work on a Mac at all; the nearest I got was making compliment slips for each of us while we were running our company. Harvey always took his latest Mac laptop with him to the sites at which he worked and, where he was allowed a secure login, its capabilities would often surprise and impress. Nowadays, he just uses it to keep track of our tax bills and to do odd (sometimes very odd!) things for the Parish Council. Best Susan My husband tells me I am not normal. He says "you do realise not everyone just loads software and just gets on with it”…. and I reply when in doubt look at the manual :-) But in the next breath he will criticise me for the research I do before I actually buy anything.? I do point out my skills at just grasping things has earned us a lot of money. Years back I started a ten week course on Pagemaker. First night I got home 10pm at night and he opened the door before I could get to the handle…. handed me some A4s and said " I’ve made you a pot of tea see what you can do with this”.
I said something like “Fair go. I’ve only just learned how to cut ?up text.” But I did it.?
That first layout in Pagemaker got him a $30,000 job. I was told the person who received the proposal asked how it was done and he replied “ On a Mac”…..not exactly a lie. ?Next layout I did got a $170,000 contract for him and a colleague paid out in $10,000 increments. Sort of rather set us up really at the time…. and all done on a second hand Mac
Jude
You remind me of the way Harvey talks to be about computer stuff - remember that exchange in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Arthur Dent: “I wish I’d listened to the things my mother used to tell me.” ?Ford Prefect: “What did she tell you?” ?Arthur: “I don’t know, I didn’t listen!” Best Susan It has good connect-ability so worth doing - besides which he doesn’t do all the things I do with mine - new technology frankly wasted on him :-) and he gets nagged about taking care of it when it gets carted all over the house.?
I do say you’ll ruin that thing and you’ll be sorry (doesn’t quite have the reverence I do) ?… and I can see he’ll be looking to use my Mac while it’s gone :-)?
If it’s a bigger problem then yes would have to do replacement.
?Just spent $10,000 on his new blue tooth capable rechargeable hearing aids … which sort of need a smart phone to go with them that he doesn’t have and has resisted up to now. That price makes Mac spending look skimpy :-)
Jude?
On 7 Jun 2021, at 1:34 am, zuiko <ftog@...> wrote:
? I’m impressed, Jude, that you’re going for repair rather than replacement. ?I always intend to go for replacement but then get seduced by new tech . . .
But my current MacBook 12” Retina, bought in 2017, has had two replacement keyboards and the battery’s capacity is still around 85% so I’m planning to keep it. ?They don’t make a small computer like that any longer, having started the MacBook Air line again, but with a 13” screen.
Chris
I did check in on Apple website about recalls etc re this MacBook 2015 vintage and it bobbed up and said it had already had repairs...... and jogging our combined memories it did have a battery replaced under a previous Apple recall.?
So looks like we are up for diagnosis to see if it's a frayed cable and possible battery. Battery would be easy solution, if it was to be motherboard might not be in the running for repair. Thanks for the reminder ?:-)?
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My word, Jude, that is very impressive! ?I have never actually done work on a Mac at all; the nearest I got was making compliment slips for each of us while we were running our company. Harvey always took his latest Mac laptop with him to the sites at which he worked and, where he was allowed a secure login, its capabilities would often surprise and impress. Nowadays, he just uses it to keep track of our tax bills and to do odd (sometimes very odd!) things for the Parish Council. Best
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My husband tells me I am not normal. He says "you do realise not everyone just loads software and just gets on with it”…. and I reply when in doubt look at the manual :-) But in the next breath he will criticise me for the research I do before I actually buy anything.? I do point out my skills at just grasping things has earned us a lot of money. Years back I started a ten week course on Pagemaker. First night I got home 10pm at night and he opened the door before I could get to the handle…. handed me some A4s and said " I’ve made you a pot of tea see what you can do with this”.
I said something like “Fair go. I’ve only just learned how to cut ?up text.” But I did it.?
That first layout in Pagemaker got him a $30,000 job. I was told the person who received the proposal asked how it was done and he replied “ On a Mac”…..not exactly a lie. ?Next layout I did got a $170,000 contract for him and a colleague paid out in $10,000 increments. Sort of rather set us up really at the time…. and all done on a second hand Mac
Jude
You remind me of the way Harvey talks to be about computer stuff - remember that exchange in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: Arthur Dent: “I wish I’d listened to the things my mother used to tell me.” ?Ford Prefect: “What did she tell you?” ?Arthur: “I don’t know, I didn’t listen!” Best Susan It has good connect-ability so worth doing - besides which he doesn’t do all the things I do with mine - new technology frankly wasted on him :-) and he gets nagged about taking care of it when it gets carted all over the house.?
I do say you’ll ruin that thing and you’ll be sorry (doesn’t quite have the reverence I do) ?… and I can see he’ll be looking to use my Mac while it’s gone :-)?
If it’s a bigger problem then yes would have to do replacement.
?Just spent $10,000 on his new blue tooth capable rechargeable hearing aids … which sort of need a smart phone to go with them that he doesn’t have and has resisted up to now. That price makes Mac spending look skimpy :-)
Jude?
On 7 Jun 2021, at 1:34 am, zuiko <ftog@...> wrote:
? I’m impressed, Jude, that you’re going for repair rather than replacement. ?I always intend to go for replacement but then get seduced by new tech . . .
But my current MacBook 12” Retina, bought in 2017, has had two replacement keyboards and the battery’s capacity is still around 85% so I’m planning to keep it. ?They don’t make a small computer like that any longer, having started the MacBook Air line again, but with a 13” screen.
Chris
I did check in on Apple website about recalls etc re this MacBook 2015 vintage and it bobbed up and said it had already had repairs...... and jogging our combined memories it did have a battery replaced under a previous Apple recall.?
So looks like we are up for diagnosis to see if it's a frayed cable and possible battery. Battery would be easy solution, if it was to be motherboard might not be in the running for repair. Thanks for the reminder ?:-)?
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