[08:00] any americans or russia [08:02] mornin' [08:04] YO [08:48] morning boys and girls. === lan3y is now known as Laney [09:10] morning brobostigon [09:12] morning Gargoyle [12:48] Daftykins, well done in getting your game gear sorted out ! [13:56] Good morning peeps :) [13:57] * penguin42 yaaawwwwnnns at bigcalm [15:50] WiFi isn't consistent at this Turkish holiday resort [15:52] perhaps it needs basting? [15:54] It was 28°C for most of the 10 days here. Flying back to Blighty is going to be a shock to the system [15:55] * bigcalm checks the weather report [15:57] 14°C and wet :( [15:57] yeh it's getting colder, hasn't got wet here, but it's thinking about it [16:09] bigcalm: as long as there isn't any cooing until after you get back! (couping?) [16:09] sorry, I shouldn't sow the seed of doubt [16:09] Back, don't. My parents were somewhat concerned about us coming here [16:10] s/Back/Ack [16:10] :-) it'll be fine :-) [16:10] I know... [16:10] if not, I'll sit on someone as punishment [16:11] <-- big fella [16:11] Ha [16:11] At this all inclusive resort, I've been going that way muskeg [16:12] Myself [16:12] good fooding there? [16:21] as someone in ireland, i'll just warn you the rain is on the way, repeat, the rain is on the way... [16:23] dear lord! [16:23] * diddledan finds the nearest fallout shelter [16:24] it was only code yellow rain so probably heavy showers by time it gets there... [16:24] zmoylan-pi: Well, if you take all the rain that'll be good; just dont leave any for us [16:24] and underground fallout shelters would be last place i'd head for :-) [16:25] a rnli lifeboat would be optimal [16:25] a lighthouse? [16:26] most lighthouses are now automatic and have no living quarters anymore [16:27] they're the first to rise-up when the machine rebellion begins [16:27] nowhere even for an engineer to camp out ? [16:28] the living quarters if not maintained would be fairly bad after even a mere decade of non maintenance [16:28] * diddledan bursts into a rendition of "Transformers, Robots in these guys" [16:28] what do you mean I did it wrong?! [17:04] diddledan: ;) hows the fruity patient? [17:04] gone off to their repair centre now [17:04] be back in about a week mayhaps [17:04] ah they can't even do stuff in house? shocking [17:11] thy don't have the necessary holy tools? [17:18] must be a reseller only :D [17:21] tis an official apple store :-p [17:21] *gasp* [17:21] i see our local reseller shop (one of them) has now moved into fancy larger premises - shows they're making a few quid [17:21] rent on the high-street here is probably £60,000+ per year [17:22] ...or the closure of most of the other shops as retail moves online has left the retail market a lot of empty locations they're desperate to fill [17:24] i've seen a few shops around my local town move to new premises after decades in old locations [17:35] yeh quite a lot of shuffling going on in Manchester [17:38] ours just charge so much rent that companies start, fail and fold up within weeks [17:39] same problem here... worked with a guy who sold restaurant equipment. he reckoned most restaurants started in the failed remains of previous restaurant or at least their equipment [17:40] Manchester seems to have had problems with losing some businesses due to ever-continuing building due to trying to expand the tram network, just leaving shops half-cut off for ages [17:41] dublin is currently ripping up centre of city to reinstall tram tracks ripped out in 1960s [17:42] when i learned to cycle in late 70s there were still roads around my house that had the tracks laid down. [17:43] yeh, Manc has had them for ages but they keep adding more [17:43] :) seems loads of places are bringing them back [17:43] i suspect leccy buses will eliminate their advantage soon enough so they'll end up ripping them out all over again [17:43] had one such road with the rails still in, in Portsmouth [17:43] we've had them for ~20 years [17:44] zmoylan-pi: http://new.abb.com/smartcities/transport/electric-buses/flash-charging is a scary solution to that [17:44] instead of needing tracks + overhead lines a leccy bus with kinetic or capictor storage could eliminate need for tracks or as much overhead [17:45] zmoylan-pi: We've got a 'guided busway' (there's also one in Cambridge) [17:45] a bus could top up at every bus stop and route around accidents unlike trams which have to wait for tracks to be cleared [17:46] yeh [22:49] i'm off to bed, have a good week all \o [22:51] sleep well o/