[18:32]  * penguin42 seems to have bought himself a Pico-W
[18:40] <zxmpi> they were all out of pizza?
[18:46] <penguin42> it crept onto the end of an order; you know, like an extra desert
[18:47] <zxmpi> happens all the time
[18:55] <penguin42> I've got enough control to avoid actually buying a full Pi, I almost went for an obscure but heavily discounted) Intel Curie/Quark board
[18:58] <zxmpi> but you could have invested in a breeding pair of rasp pi 5 and left them in a drawer alone for a few months
[18:59] <penguin42> that explains a lot
[21:17] <daftykins> :)
[21:17] <daftykins> so far i have fallen victim to a £220 shuckable 18TB WD Elements HDD from amazon and an 11th gen Lenovo Thinkpad T14 gen2 with 32GB RAM and 512 GB SSD on ebay for £380 delivered
[21:18] <penguin42> that T14 should be good
[21:20] <daftykins> yeah i lucked out, the guy had it for 450 then the listing expired and relisted for 400, so i offered under and it got instantly accepted
[21:21] <zxmpi> taking in a rescue thinkpad for crimbo keeping it in the warm :-)
[21:24] <daftykins> the 5th gen T450 can tell it stories from its' youth in the lounge, it runs Kubuntu 22.04
[21:28] <daftykins> i had it delivered to Exeter though as i'll be there soon enough, means i have to wait :)
[21:29] <daftykins> i think i was sharing the fun tale about my blocked ear in here possibly, i went in Tuesday morning for micro-suction at Specsavers locally
[21:29] <daftykins> brilliant process as they have a camera so they can directly show you what's up, saw my right was perfectly clear, left a 100% occlusion by wax covering the whole drum
[21:30] <daftykins> no luck removing as it wasn't soft enough, having a heck of a time putting oil in at the moment as it's expanding the wax and pressing on the drum, each swallow gives a bit of pain now
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[21:30] <daftykins> heh i only wish that helped
[21:31] <penguin42> interesting specsavers does that microsuction thing, I know my dad had it done at some psecialists
[21:31] <daftykins> yeah, i would have used my doctors surgery but they want north of £100 for what specsavers want £55
[21:32] <daftykins> i don't think they're fully as skilled as ones i've seen on youtube though, might just be a kind of side avenue for them
[21:32] <daftykins> amusingly though the lady is the wife of someone i used to work for - you can always rely on Guernsey's 1 degree of separation
[21:40] <zxmpi> tis a small place
[22:32] <daftykins> g'night \o