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  1. Smudger

    Christmas greetings 2021

    Keep it up Bob ( the good health i mean )
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    Birmingham Christmas of the past

    Father Christmas on November 5th.? I wonder if he would make a good Guy for the bonfire. Next thing you know they`ll be selling Easter eggs in January !
  3. Smudger

    Birmingham Christmas of the past

    There are at least two things posties hate, nasty dogs & stupid doors with the letterbox on the bottom of the door.
  4. Smudger

    Picture re-touch

    Nice job jukebox, she looks a kindly soul.
  5. Smudger

    Birmingham Christmas of the past

    The problem with giving the postal person a christmas box is we rarely have the same one two days running. We have at least three & one of them (a male ) won`t deliver if our ferocious westie is in the garden.
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    Birmingham Christmas of the past

    Christmas day deliveries wow. I think at one time there was more than one delivery possibly three. Remember when you would always tip the service people, postman, milkman, coalman etc. The milkman, coalman, have all but disappeared. !
  7. Smudger

    Birmingham Christmas of the past

    Interesting contents, what was "Tinned heat" a soldiers cooker?
  8. Smudger

    Birmingham Christmas of the past

    For a couple of days at least, it was the good old days. How( mostly )lucky we are these days.
  9. Smudger

    Birmingham Christmas of the past

    Muscatel wine (my favourite ) for 1&8 pence abottle. Wish i had a time machine !
  10. Smudger

    CHRISTMAS SONGS AND VIDEOS

    I watched a very raunchy Christmas film yesterday, " Love Actually " Hugh Grant, Bill Nighy, & very naughty Martin Freeman (Hobbit) & Joanna Page (Gavin & Stacey) It was so naughty i had to force myself to watch it ! I wonder if they made a sequel.
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    Windows 10

    Floppy drive, now that`s a blast from the past. !
  12. Smudger

    Windows 10

    Pete, i`m as poor as a church mouse, that`s why i buy my pc`s off ebay. Find a decent ebayer & you`ll get a bargain.
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    Windows 10

    You can load the iso onto a usb just as easy. I`ve got a windows disc image on one of my usb`s. I presume it would work if my pc crashes, but then i would just buy a refurb computer from ebay. This pc i`ve had for 2/3 years got good specs & bought from a reputable ebayer. £115. ( There are some...
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    Windows 10

    You can copy films music & just about everything onto a usb stick. My music in the car is all via songs copied to usb. The films i download onto usb & then watch them on my tv. I can`t remember the last time i used my dvd drive, in fact i`ve never used it.
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    Windows 10

    USB 3 is so much faster & is distinguishable by some blue colour & the symbol ss. There are now usb 3.1 & usb 3.2. I don`t know much about them. I can`t think why anyone would need a cd/dvd drive anymore?
  16. Smudger

    Windows 10

    They look like usb 2 ports Pete, a bit slow?
  17. Smudger

    75th Anniversary of the D Day landings

    A question for WW2 buffs. When there are a thousand planes in the sky loaded with paras`. When the paras` jump how do they not get tangled up with all those other planes? Must be amazing choreography !
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    National Service

    Most N/S blokes said they hated it at the time, but i reckon most of them enjoyed the experience. I was a Regular & at the beginning i hated it & consequently paid many a visit to the guardroom, but after a while i began to enjoy it. I was in Germany the same time as your brother early 60`s & it...
  19. Smudger

    CHRISTMAS SONGS AND VIDEOS

    You got to love that cellist !
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