[17:03] <daftykins> ooh dear, went into the ISP high-street shop to request upgrading a client's broadband, i got the trainee kid that probably screwed up my other client's one a bit ago xD
[17:04] <daftykins> had to correct him with Megabits versus Megabytes pretty early on in the exchange! tut tut ;)
[17:06] <zxm-pi> you don't have glove puppets to explain the technical details in face to face meetings? :-P
[17:07] <daftykins> hmm, no grandmothers left to create 'em now!
[17:07] <daftykins> "oh no, here comes the unskilled electrician to undo all of our good work!"
[17:07] <daftykins> "here's the telco engineer to save the day! but wait, they'll only speak to the bill payer!"
[17:09] <daftykins> in other entertaining news, i popped in a historic library here on the island which catalogues a lot of ye olde maps and photography of the place, i was searching for some snaps of my house to try and see what the front window might have looked like originally - on entering the place i set off the alarm
[17:09] <zxm-pi> sparky the smouldering engineering puppet and eyebrow the monobrow developer :-P
[17:10] <daftykins> hehe
[17:10] <zxm-pi> wasn't there a service online that could find images based on location based on dates so you coud see locations through time?
[17:11] <daftykins> pass!
[17:12] <daftykins> i found a 1975 snap centred exactly on my place though :D kinda funny i had to pay £5 to have a copy sent to me by email, but eh - kinda helps support the place i suppose
[17:17] <zxm-pi> https://www.pinterest.ie/jdebertrand/old-guernsey/
[17:29] <daftykins> think that's the fella that digs 'em out and puts them in the paper regularly
[17:41] <zxm-pi> local historian puts out a twice year booklet here filled with pics, documents and history items. 
[17:42] <daftykins> neat
[17:46] <daftykins> Jersey appears to have trouble: https://www.bailiwickexpress.com/jsy/news/three-hospital-covid-cases-pass-600/
[17:46] <zxm-pi> yeah, delta seems to have changed the rules for places that managed to get to zero covid
[17:47] <zxm-pi> taiwan, australia are having cases again. here in ireland it's most cases now. numbers are starting to creep up. we're expecting a high by late july
[21:10] <diddledan> despite my better judgement I'm watching some balls sporting
[21:34] <daftykins> oh dear
[21:34] <daftykins> i'll know if you come smash my window after
[21:36] <diddledan> through to the final
[21:36] <daftykins> drat
[21:37] <diddledan> 2-1 to ingerland
[21:39] <daftykins> who's the opposition?
[21:39] <diddledan> in the final it'll be italy
[21:39] <diddledan> today was denmark
[22:10] <m0nkey_> football's coming home?
[22:11] <m0nkey_> first time since 1966, eh?
[22:12] <diddledan> I guess?
[22:12] <diddledan> how does that work for you foreigners?
[22:12] <daftykins> there's this sports club locally, beside a cricket ground... fans trashed a brand new deck setup they had, they've already repaired it and have invited the public back xD 
[22:12] <daftykins> such madness
[22:12] <m0nkey_> well, we got a hockey team in the playoff finals
[22:13] <m0nkey_> and now i got england in the euro final
[22:13] <daftykins> you personally? :D
[22:14] <m0nkey_> The NHL team from Montreal is playing against Florida. So it's basically down to Canada v USA
[22:14] <m0nkey_> My mother is probably pissed because she's gotta put up with another footy match
[22:19] <daftykins> your Dad a big fan?
[22:25] <m0nkey_> He just likes watching the footy