[15:05] <daftykins> happy weekend to all
[15:07] <daftykins> finishing up the iMac work today
[15:07] <daftykins> https://imgur.com/a/ARaFHko
[15:07] <daftykins> before 'n' after
[15:08] <zxm-pi> say what you will about apple they do make the insides of their systems quite beautiful
[15:08] <daftykins> not that you can get to them (:
[15:09] <zxm-pi> yeah it kinda ruins the effort put in alright
[15:09] <daftykins> next up, it will be time to remove as much of the adhesive residue as possible from around the edges - you can see some of the cruft left behind along the bottom edge metal strip
[15:12] <daftykins> the winning strategy seemed to be a cloth and isopropyl alcohol last time
[15:20] <zxm-pi> and not play chess?
[16:02] <daftykins> you never know your luck!
[16:03] <daftykins> hrmm the LCD seems to be sitting high by about a millimetre on the right hand side
[17:43] <m0nkey_> yo
[17:44] <daftykins> \o
[17:44] <m0nkey_> over 24 hours later, i'm feeling fine. a little tired, mild headache. all is good.
[17:46] <daftykins> excellent!
[17:46] <m0nkey_> i shoulnd't have done it, but i did go down the pub with a couple friends last night. but i was mid-pint before somebody said anything lol
[17:50] <daftykins> heh i decided to play it safe after the first and didn't touch a drop for a fair while, though i don't tend to drink much as it is
[19:30] <zxm-pi> haven't gone to a pub/restaurant since march last year, no intention any time soon
[20:37] <penguin42> ditto; very hard to determine when I would
[20:38] <daftykins> i'm not liking all the tourists i'm seeing on the island
[20:41] <zxm-pi> if it were <100 cases a day for ireland population 5m i'd think about it. we're ~1200 a day with delta
[20:42] <zxm-pi> now most of population is vaccinated or half vaccinated so that reduces deaths but still way too high
[20:47] <penguin42> daftykins: Have you tried pitchforks and burning torches?
[20:48] <penguin42> zxm-pi: It could be worse, you could be in Manchester
[20:50] <daftykins> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lAsQyi0HyA :D
[20:50] <penguin42> or for some reason, even worse, the North East
[20:50] <zxm-pi> we look at the uk numbers and know how bad it can get with an incompetent government and ours isn't that much better
[20:51] <penguin42> zxm-pi: No one has any idea what to do with Delta
[20:51] <zxm-pi> numbers going up? yup, lets reopen indoor dining and drinking and make the locations reposnible for keeping people safe 
[20:51] <zxm-pi> and with numbers going up the next variant if brewing out there somewhere that will delta look easy to deal with
[20:52] <zxm-pi> *is brewing
[20:52] <daftykins> it's evolving alright!
[20:52] <daftykins> not truly an appropriate word but you know what i mean (:
[21:01] <penguin42> I think they're working on the basis it's going to happen so they may as well let it rip in summer rather than winter
[21:03] <zxm-pi> there' not going to be herd immunity with this one
[23:42] <m0nkey_> can report 2nd dose side-effects are subsiding. 
[23:54] <penguin42> excellent