Hello, I would like to participate this year after a few years absence.

Very very sad news. He was very much a central character of the board and I had a number of pleasant interactions on here with him though never met him; probably because he never came to my house and knocked the door as I was/am unlikely to make any sort of effort to meet anyone! Marvellous achievem...

Still around and just as anti-social as ever. The procrastination is getting ever more difficult with so much time available. Still, I am confident I can avoid actually being productive for some time yet. In England today it becomes a legal requirement to wear face masks in shops so happy Shoplifter...

It is an interesting experience when all around you look at the latest death stats for the words " old/elderly with underlying health problems/issues" and, when found, breathe a huge sigh of relief. I tend to point to myself and say, hang on they are ME. ..Age 63 with heart disease... but ...

I kinda lost the inclination to come here to read and sometimes join in when Ioa changed the format, probably quite a while ago, I lose track. I was never a big contributor so nobody would have ever missed me. After the change, it didn't then and doesn't now seem like a community any more, more a pl...

"What's your use case? Do you take it hiking, or just between your house and the local coffee shop?" That is a good point, especially when maybe the question arises to avoid actually writing..."I can't write as it may be lost if my ipad explodes or Thor smashes it with his hammer. Hmm...

Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruis Zafon.

I hope she is just busy writing a Hanson Drake sequel (or a prequel even).

"Okay, what is this discussion supposed to be about as the originator stated that he was being satirical (comical, maybe)? Nothing? Wonderful. I just wasted a part of my life reading all this."

Oooh a writer objecting to an excuse for procrastination. Who'd a thunk it?

Jaysen wrote:

pigfender wrote:Although I tried it and the hollandaise was f*#king disgusting.

you owe me a keyboard and monitor

Or an abacus and a Black & White TV.

Hi I have just paid £15 for the IOS app and I am not happy. I have never figured out how to save files on my mac or my ipad properly or how either of them works. I have never tried to use Dropbox before or any other cloud system and now I have downlaoded it I can't be bothered to figure out how it w...

Hi Pigfender

Sorry but I am going to have to pull out of NIAD this year- something has cropped up on the day.

(Nothing to do with domestic violence jokes, I hasten to add...)

Jaysen wrote:Piggy clearly meant "when all the hands point straight up".

Ahh, but, are all the hands pointing straight up on Friday or on Saturday?

But if you do it in counting terms it goes 58, 59, 60 with 60 being Midnight (Friday). The next unit (Saturday) starts at 1 then 2 etc. (regardless of whether you are counting in minutes or seconds or micro seconds or nano seconds. ie. Friday doesn't stop at 59 and Saturday doesn't start at 60. Or s...

starts at midnight on Saturday UK time. So, in the US, that means it'll actually kick off Friday afternoon (the exact time depending on your timezone). Without wishing to appear argumentative...which is correcter? Midnight on Saturday or Midnight on Friday. On the basis that at 11.59, ie one minute...