BigStar

'A' German, well done. Exceptions can of course exist. I've lived in a large condo building for decades with other co-owners of various nationalities, but mainly Brits and Germans, so I'm quite familiar with the clannishness and rivalry between the two. It's "Krauts" vs "Monkeys." Many of the Germans, often better educated, can speak English, but not all. None of the Brits can speak German or of course "posh." Brits socializing with Germans at a German resto or Germans coming in to join a group of Brits in a faux-Brit pub--you think you're really seeing that? Nah. So Russians--oh, SHOCK.

Unwelcome before their perception of any attitude on my part. It's merely the accent, to start off with. My attitude was, believe it or not, naively favorable before I came to Thailand. Reading the forum also clarified the situation quite well.

There's a LOT you can do, and your old mates didn't do it.

And exercise.

"Married" is irrelevant to "no more." And he wasn't "most."

But you'd been paying in, so you're just collecting the benefit. I've had success in reducing my risk of BPH symptoms in the first place. Exercise is a big preventative, so this problem, among others, calls into question your belief in the "best to do nothing" strategy. How to Prevent BPH: 5 Strategies to Reduce Your Risk

Funny the pretense, or the blindness, that suddenly the Russians have brought all this uniqueness. Nothing new, actually, except poster hypocrisy. Germans have never gone around with a stupid sloppy smile on their faces, greeting strangers, but nobody's ever said a word about it. Who does, BTW? Germans living here long term keep company with other Germans. No, they don't socialize with their Brit neighbors, and their Brit neighbors don't socialize with them. That isn't slinking around, just your bigoted fantasy. Brits keep company with other Brits or members of the Commonwealth. Never with Germans or, mostly, with other nationalities. As an American, I've never felt welcome among any group of Brits in a Brit pub, for example. Would a Russian? Of course not.

Now you've reminded her of how much she misses it already. What's she doing with you?

Good she spoke out. Holly Madison et al. really trashed Hef on their way to the bank, now that he's dead. 'Course, now, he wasn't perfect. ????

In fact he was a rather introverted, socially awkward man. That's the point under consideration here.

Oh, just save your Word page as html and upload to free webspace or past in a free Wordpress blog. It's a myth that sites need much layout or graphical imagery. Get into Brutalism. In fact, a respectable site getting more than 500,000 views/mo has always looked about like a two-column exported Word page. Just depends on whether you've got anything interesting to say. If you don't, we got enough useless sites already. https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/

Yeah, forms are all typed in neatly on the computer already, trivial just to change the dates, run off a set, affix photo, and sign. Takes about 20 min. Immigration office, choose a time less busy, could take as little as 15 min, but maybe 30-45 at most. Never any problems, always smooth. Can't imagine a need for an agent, waste of money and very weak.

Now you've gone and caused our Brits and Ozzies to be soiling their knickers. I think the admins must prompt members to post these topics for clickbait.

Whoops. https://www.outsideonline.com/health/wellness/sunscreen-sun-exposure-skin-cancer-science/

Utterly clueless. "download from your SSD" ???? "Processed" by what? Enough with the imaginary BIOS loading BIOS times and "processed" BIOS. Learn the most elementary principles of how a computer boots, what gets loaded, and what the boot time (as opposed to Windows bootup time) actually means. Who knows, someday you may (cough) need to add or remove a boot entry from the Windows boot menu or know how repair the bootloader, other than to stick in your installation "disk" and run Startup Repair.???? It's amazing how often Startup Repair tells you "Startup Repair couldn't repair this computer automatically." And that's when you say, D**n you, Bill Gates! Oh, Google, google . . . . OK, maybe time we see what some knowledgeable techs say about Win 10 vs Win 11 speeds according to standard benchmarks. If your Win 11 boots up faster, that's probably due to a fresh installation and better hardware. Otherwise, all else equal, it may be slightly slower. Some will want a real-world informed view of the downsides of Win 11 external to the vague self-satisfied chortles of our local cutting edge, hi-tech fanbois on the forum. Or M'soft propaganda duly parroted by the legacy computer sites in their own financial interests. First, Windows 10 vs 11 bootup times: Windows 10 vs. Windows 11 - Boot Time Comparison How to get a more precise estimate of bootup times, if that's somehow important to you: Free software to measure Boot or Startup Time in Windows 11/10 Speed in general: Windows 10 vs 11 | Speed Test Windows 11 vs Windows 10 22H2 Speed Test & Gaming! 'Course, these tests don't take into account the extra clicks and inconvenience you suffer to do stuff in Win 11--part of the dumbing-down. And of course we (esp. if you ain't yet gone and done it) need the Win 11 sucks section, hee. 11 Things I Hate About Windows 11 What Sucks in Windows 11 The latter neckbeard also has a video pointing out more favorable aspects. What you can do to speedup your Win 11 (some tips apply to Win 10 as well--'course, if you'd already optimized your Win 10, now you gotta do it again for Win 11.????) Some don't mind bloat, if it's M'soft approved bloat, but I rid of as much as possible. How Make Windows 11 Faster | 200% Faster Windows 11 MEGA OPTIMIZATION Guide - Tips and tricks to speed up your PC! Windows 11 Settings You Should Change NOW! The taskbar has had some improvements, though not enough. Subject for another thread. At least Open-Shell now works on Win 11, if you prefer the old Win 7 style Start menu: https://www.makeuseof.com/open-shell-in-windows-11/ Lot of these guides out there. Enjoy!

No, farang idiots, premature ejaculators, usually start it on the 11th in the bar areas. It does completely stop on the 20th, contrary to the usual smug "predictions" here. The aftermath and cleanup effort is worth a look.

WOT??? It's supposed to be the Russians all overstaying, not the quality Golden Egg Layers!

I wonder then what would be your expert appraised value of these bikes. Many years ago I had a 4130 Chromoly frame that was fairly light and gave a smooth ride. Custom-made, or rather, had had so many parts replaced it had become custom, lol. I think of it fondly as my "outlaw" bike. I hope it's still on the roads somewhere.

I'm always reading on https://reddit.com/r/linuxmasterrace/ about somebody's grandmom using Linux after it's put on her old machine and configured. Some versions and DEs are friendlier to noobs than others. As I noted earlier, I may eventually switch to OpenSUSE TW. Loving it on my spare computer. Rolling release, lots of updates, at your convenience, with no demands to reboot. Snapshots. KDE beautifully integrated. Very fast & resource-friendly. I haven't tried to print anything on my old printer, however. Flaky Linux drivers for that Canon model.

You said, "Bye." No more time-wasting on trollish nonsense, sorry.

Yeah, been real impressed. ???? When could feel impressed with one's ability to have installed Win 11 and on the cutting edge? Excellent, indisputable point. We have reached a bridge too far. Unless one lacks that need and possibly common sense. Now in everyday life we might often hear something like "this present car is perfectly serviceable," esp. when the Thai wife wants the latest model to impress the neighbors. Or, "why does she (a villager) always need the latest iPhone?" Unnecessary expense or bother may commonly come into play. Some may have time or money to waste, so buying or doing something gives life meaning, I suppose. ???? As an aside, for tinkerers, there's a certain amount of challenge and fun involved in keeping an old machine running or fixing up an old appliance like new again. Or an old wife, but that's rather more difficult. There's a reddit group of hobbyists keeping Win98 going and updated, sort of. I enjoy building sleeper computers when I have the chance. Love to take, for example, an old Compaq case from the 90s, gut it and install modern parts. Would love to see the tech's face at some shop in the future opening it up for a repair.

I'm happy to have contributed, after much tediousness, to this remarkable breakthrough in your understanding. It turns out that I know what I use my PC for! ('Course, now, that may be for more tasks than you use yours for, but who cares?) We've come full circle.

Irrelevant, actually. But since you know all the features, you can stop ignoring my question (a usual tactic): What feature of Win 11 do I need that would make the bother of upgrading worthwhile? and let me know what I need. But of course I've read the detailed reviews of Win 11, just as I did for Vista and Win 10; and I keep up with recent developments on several technical sites I read daily. I see nothing I'd find useful enough to warrant upgrading. I do see new annoyances I'd want to deal with. I never find any version of Windows great out of the box. They all need a lot of optimization. Naive users, of course, just take what they're given. If they got the latest version, they got the best. ???? In the case of Win 7 and 10, 10 finally became better enough to warrant an upgrade after it had finally stabilized. 11 hasn't yet, for my needs. I can probably stay with my 10 until extended support ends in 2032. I could also change to Linux, really liking OpenSUSE TW. Now, if I felt my Win 10 lacked a feature I needed, I'd search to see if Win 11 had it. Or of course I could take advantage of your expertise. But it's likely I could simply download a third-party utility to supply it instead, and probably better. As one of our verifiably computer-literate members says, quite rationally,

What feature of Win 11 do I need that would make the bother of upgrading worthwhile? No, you would never downgrade; laughable bait. And why I should bother wasting time trying Win 11 when I'm perfectly happy with Win 10? It's tuned, tweaked, slim, beautiful, totally reliable, and very private. I know what I'm doing.

Because Win 10 is better. Win 8.1 is pretty good, though. I remember well our ace cutting-edge hi-tech gurus sneering why I stayed with Win 7 instead of following their lead to--Vista!???? I love this forum.