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SplitInfinitive

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  1. Every year I try to buy a gift card for a young niece in Australia, usually Coles-Myer, fill in the pages of paperwork then get knocked back.

    This year it would not even open the payment page.

    I end up sending money by Western Union which is a bit impersonal.

     

    Anyone here had a similar problem and fixed it?

     

     

     

  2. I'm in my mid 70s and I've worn glasses for reading for about 30 years and for TV/driving for about 10.

    My sight has been the same since I got the driving glasses but I've had issues this year, I did an online test ad it showed that one eye has become considerably worse than the other.

    I'm pretty sure that I haven't had a stroke, I get regular checkups for other health issues.

     

    Would an optician be able to pick up a health issue or just give me a new prescription for glasses?

     

  3. 4 hours ago, Photoguy21 said:

    Just out of interest what are your requirements?

    I want some reasonable gaming chops, nothing too dramatic with an SSD drive plus a decent size HDD for internal storage.  I have a price in mind as well but I need to discuss that with the shop. 

  4. 4 hours ago, stat said:

    Try invadeit in Hua Hin... Highly recommended I bought 2 Pcs with them. Not sure if I am allowed to post the link. They are mainly mail order so they will send the PC.

    This is certainly the type of place that I'm looking for but I really want it to be within easy reach in case something goes wrong, which with me it inevitably will. 

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  5. Thanks, I've been playing the AOE games since they came out, not a big fan of 3 though.

    I was hoping for a similar game to AOK with new Civs and Campaigns. 

    I'll take a look at Game Pass. 

  6. Thanks to all respondents here.

     

    I know about the battery widget and the battery settings, it showed 1% on both the graph and the widget for quite a long time.

    This is the graph from last night, I've used it for reading and other stuff for about another 4 hours and it continued on at 1% until it just shut down now.

    I'll charge for about 3-4 hours as advised by woody. 

     

    Thanks again. It's an interesting phenomenon. 

     

     

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  7. I recently bought a second hand iPhone 11, the battery health was poor so I got a guy with a stall at the local mall to replace it.

    I saw it was running down to about 10% in a couple of hours so decided to cut my losses and a find a genuine Apple dealer for another battery. 

    A friend suggested I run the battery flat to see if it was giving a true reading, it ran down to 1% in about 3 hours and has been sitting there for about another 3 hours.

    It's been active because I use the phone for reading.

     

    So the battery's working, I'm just never going to know when it needs charging until it turns itself off. 

    Any suggestions?

     

     

  8. I've jumped through all the vax hoops and printed off my certificate today to see my name is spelled wrong and I'm now of a similar sounding nationality to my correct one.

     

    I think this will work for local travel etc, it's similar enough to the correct data for a cursory glance but may cause problems should I decide to travel overseas. 

     

    Any suggestions where I can get it corrected?

     

  9. Thank you for the responses.

     

    I doubt they would postpone it, it's about a serious condition that may reoccur. 

    I attend a private hospital and the tests are fairly quick but I then have to wait for a couple of hours for the results and to see the doctor so we usually go for lunch.  

     

    I suppose ringing the hospital for advice a few days before would be a logical step.... :smile:

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  10. I have a 4 monthly checkup in a few weeks and was wondering what circumstance were like due to the current health emergency. 

    Plenty of hand sanitizer around I suppose but I'll take my own anyway.

    Is the 2 meter separation being observed?

    Masks mandatory?

     

     

  11. I quite like it, as a history buff I support the theory it was brought east from the Crusades many centuries ago where the term "Frank" was used by Saracen fighters to describe the Crusaders... French, German and English alike. 

    It was corrupted into terms like Feringee and farang. 

     

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