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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 26, 2024 17:37:52 GMT
Awwwww! Two really, really wonderful people found each other! Hugs & best wishes to you, dear Mick, & to the ever lovely Mrs. Cactus.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 26, 2024 19:05:30 GMT
I’m sure I told you we only found each other because she had a short skirt and my Dad had a sports car.
Lust and avarice.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 26, 2024 19:56:05 GMT
Awww ~ kinda makes my heart go pitty-pat.. ![](https://s20.postimg.cc/rwnwcelil/grin.gif)
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Post by onlyMark on Jun 26, 2024 20:08:18 GMT
I've misremembered it then because I was sure it was you who had the short skirt.
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Post by Kimby on Jun 29, 2024 16:14:18 GMT
On this date in 1613, London’s original Globe Theatre, where many of Shakespeare’s plays were performed, was destroyed by a fire sparked by a cannon shot during a performance of “Henry VII”.
I don’t suppose the patrons got their money back…
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 1, 2024 20:08:33 GMT
Happy Canada Day to all concerned parties.
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Post by whatagain on Jul 14, 2024 15:08:30 GMT
Today is the 11th birthday of my dog, Birdie.
I wanted to call her Fet-Nat.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 14, 2024 16:17:08 GMT
But that's not for another week yet in Belgium.
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Post by whatagain on Jul 15, 2024 4:02:44 GMT
My calendar is French. My dog is Czech.
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Post by onlyMark on Jul 19, 2024 8:09:28 GMT
We have glimpsed the future. We have peeked through the curtain of disaster. We have begun to understand the ramifications of relying on a mega-company (Microsoft) (and their outsourcing (Crowdstrike)). We have suffered the first (as far as I remember) worldwide computer/programme IT outage. We are doomed............
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Post by mickthecactus on Jul 19, 2024 8:41:22 GMT
Something like that went through my mind I must say. Is there no backup?
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Post by onlyMark on Jul 19, 2024 9:49:52 GMT
The back up appears to be humans.
I feel sorry for the guy at Delhi Airport who is frantically writing, rewriting and updating Gate numbers on a white board.
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Post by patricklondon on Jul 19, 2024 11:32:59 GMT
We have glimpsed the future. We have peeked through the curtain of disaster. We have begun to understand the ramifications of relying on a mega-company (Microsoft) (and their outsourcing (Crowdstrike)). We have suffered the first (as far as I remember) worldwide computer/programme IT outage. We are doomed............ You're not wrong. When I went to do my big shop this morning they were announcing they couldn't accept cards - in WAITROSE. Clearly a portent of the Apocalypse. Except that (having dutifully found a working cash machine) by the time I got to the check out it was back to normal.
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Post by onlyMark on Jul 19, 2024 11:39:42 GMT
My god, it must have have been traumatic for some.
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Post by bjd on Jul 19, 2024 13:45:56 GMT
I went to Lidl about an hour ago to buy two small items. There were massive lines everywhere because people couldn't pay just with "no contact" or by phone. There were some Dutch campers with 4 giant buggies worth of stuff who let me in but it was a "no cash" line so I had to pay with my card for 4€. And the computer connection was slow.
Given that it's hot today and high tourist season, I can imagine all the people taking local buses to get to beaches and other towns and who are used to paying by phone.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 19, 2024 14:52:33 GMT
Yikes! I knew nothing of this until I saw all of your posts. Since my time zone is so many hours behind yours, I slept peacefully through all of it. Now it's morning & I'm eaten alive with paranoia.
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Post by fumobici on Jul 19, 2024 20:51:38 GMT
We have glimpsed the future. We have peeked through the curtain of disaster. We have begun to understand the ramifications of relying on a mega-company (Microsoft) (and their outsourcing (Crowdstrike)). We have suffered the first (as far as I remember) worldwide computer/programme IT outage. We are doomed............ Hasn't affected us in the slightest today, everything working as normal. I'm on a PC now too.
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Post by onlyMark on Jul 20, 2024 7:05:00 GMT
Because you don't run CrowdStrike Falcon on your PC. It's for large commercial users.
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Post by whatagain on Jul 28, 2024 10:09:40 GMT
Happy birthday to you, Bixa ! 🥰
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 28, 2024 14:07:42 GMT
Ditto!
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 28, 2024 16:43:56 GMT
Thanks, guys! ![](https://s20.postimg.cc/soqkblppp/kiss.gif)
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Post by htmb on Jul 28, 2024 17:03:16 GMT
Hope you’re having a nice day, Bixa.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 28, 2024 20:13:08 GMT
Thank you, Htmb. I just found a corner store that carries packing tape, so my life is okay.
(can you tell I'm focused on one thing only?)
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Post by htmb on Jul 28, 2024 20:29:16 GMT
I don’t blame you. A good move sounds like a wonderful gift to give yourself.
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Post by whatagain on Jul 31, 2024 18:47:49 GMT
Today 31 years ago our king Baudouin passed away.
And we got married.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 31, 2024 19:03:34 GMT
Condolences for the king but not for the marriage.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 31, 2024 19:07:04 GMT
Belated thanks to Htmb for her message above. I was still all charged up when she wrote it, but I definitely need the encouragement today.
Congratulations to the Whatagains!
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Post by Kimby on Aug 4, 2024 19:24:08 GMT
We have glimpsed the future. We have peeked through the curtain of disaster. We have begun to understand the ramifications of relying on a mega-company (Microsoft) (and their outsourcing (Crowdstrike)). We have suffered the first (as far as I remember) worldwide computer/programme IT outage. We are doomed............ I had a ticket to fly to Chicago on Friday the 20th. My flight on American Airlines was the only one to get out of Missoula that day. Small miracle! My normal carrier, Delta, had stranded passengers waiting four DAYS to catch a flight! I would have missed my family reunion for sure, and may have decided to scrap the whole trip which included time with my sister and a class reunion to celebrate the year we all turn 70. Instead I had a really fun week in Madison (WI), and returned home glowing. This whole CrowdStrike debacle is what the Y2K Millenium Glitch was supposed to be but wasn’t.
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Post by Kimby on Aug 4, 2024 19:25:27 GMT
Forty years ago, we made it legal. ![](https://i.ibb.co/xzz0r8m/B585854-A-1343-481-D-A3-BC-3-E60027-FB9-CD.jpg)
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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 4, 2024 19:37:22 GMT
Great picture! Congratulations!
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