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Post by naughtyfox on Oct 23, 2020 14:08:16 GMT
I miss the days of the 9 pin dot matrix printers with the cheap as chips ribbons.. Love the zubb zubb noise like a bee flying backwards
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Post by naughtyfox on Oct 23, 2020 14:15:34 GMT
I miss the days of the 9 pin dot matrix printers with the cheap as chips ribbons.. Love the zubb zubb noise like a bee flying backwards My dad had, from his workplace, brought home an electric typewriter, I enjoyed writing accounts of our day-trips to London on that. Had a ball, like the one here: 0:11 - 0:16 & 0:31 - 0:34 & 0:39 - 0:43 & 0:53 - 0:55 & 01:02 - 01:05
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Post by naughtyfox on Oct 23, 2020 14:26:01 GMT
I do this but feel bad about it. What else can you do when a printer is cheaper than replacing the cartridge(s)? At one time HP were even cunningly making black with two colour cartridges instead of a black one, I think we know why! It doesn't even matter that printers come equipped with low capacity cartridges because they still gum up before they're used up. Who regularly prints things these days? the other side of the coin is that these days there is less and less need for printed documents to be produced in business, so for many folk the cartridges will last longer. Not in the business world where I live. Our boss has a massive printer and it's constantly churning stuff out - and in colour, too - none of this black & white nonsense. Maps and timetables and daily instructions, charter drive details... shift lists... we can also look up our shifts on an 'app', which is handy, but is set to the basic pattern, and things can change daily. The Witch and I print out train tickets and plane tickets - yes, I know you can get Q-codes on your phone, but a 'hard copy' is good for when you are in the cellar at Manchester Airport (full of shouty, aggressive Pakistanis) and there's no cellphone signal to get that fancy code on your phone screen (taking a screen shot before you go down into the security basement is one trick to override this problem).
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Post by bodger on Oct 23, 2020 15:22:30 GMT
I bought a monochrome laser printer for fifty squids in a sale. Much better than a BJ..
what is the current average price for a BJ ?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2020 15:25:34 GMT
I did wonder who would be first. Congrats, you get a biscuit.
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Post by naughtyfox on Oct 23, 2020 15:25:47 GMT
I bought a monochrome laser printer for fifty squids in a sale. Much better than a BJ..
what is the current average price for a BJ ?
Oh Gawd... another one who's woken up at 6pm. BJ:
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Post by bodger on Oct 23, 2020 15:38:15 GMT
I did wonder who would be first. Congrats, you get a biscuit. only as long as it's grain-free.
chocolate will do nicely.
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Post by metanoia on Oct 23, 2020 16:02:59 GMT
You spoke to me a week or so ago, why don't I remember that? .... sexy, lithe, internationally-travelled type... Sorry - didn't realise we've met, Ross .... ....though I do have a vague recollection of a wonky stuffed toy propped up in your cratch as I passed ....
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2020 16:04:44 GMT
I did wonder who would be first. Congrats, you get a biscuit. only as long as it's grain-free.
chocolate will do nicely.
Sorry, only have some out-of-date 'Bonio' here.
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Post by naughtyfox on Oct 23, 2020 17:25:55 GMT
.... sexy, lithe, internationally-travelled type... Sorry - didn't realise we've met, Ross .... ....though I do have a vague recollection of a wonky stuffed toy propped up in your cratch as I passed .... The teddy bear - rescued from Leamington Spa Council Dump! I was referring to ricco as the lithe sex-machine - I am far too old and fat nowadays to even consider entertaining thoughts of naughtiness in the boudoir. Those days are over, and it's pipe and slippers ahead, with thoughts on how to go about walking the Pennine Way and other long distance footpaths. First, though, as we have this boat, I 'spose we'd better get some boating in. (ps - I used to eat Bonios as a child - we had a dog (actually, several one at a time) - I still remember how they tasted. We didn't have much money, and other favourites of mine were toothpaste sandwiches (Aquafresh - minty!) and sugar lump and Branston Pickle sandwiches.)
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Post by Clinton Cool on Oct 23, 2020 18:59:48 GMT
Bit of lateral thinking and opportunism sorted this. Took my boat to Midway boats today to get a valuation. Nice chap looking at my boat remarked on how much he loved a painting I had on the wall. I hate this painting, I've been meaning to tip it for several years, but never got round to it. So, I took the painting off the wall and gave it to him. He was almost beside himself with joy. Seizing the opportunity, I explained my predicament. He fixed me up with the boat engineers on the site, used their computers and printer foc and one of the lads witnessed the deed. Even gave me a stamp.
Sorted!
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Post by Clinton Cool on Oct 23, 2020 21:10:36 GMT
You spoke to me a week or so ago, why don't I remember that? In her dreams.... sexy, lithe, internationally-travelled type... you do have your own image as your avatar to entice the daft old bats chicks! It's kind of you to describe me that way Foxy, you have a good memory. As for the daft old bats there's a saying: 'Many a fine tune played on an old fiddle'. Another one is worth remembering: 'the bigger the cushion, the better the pushin''
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2020 21:15:09 GMT
That last bit is out of a spinal tap song. I was listening to that just yesterday. I'm a huge spinal tap fan.
It was in the song "big bottom".
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