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Yesterday, 12:45 PM

piroska replied to a thread Why drop the "ing"? in PC World Chat

English as it was and is now: 1. Pretty This word is from Old English prættig, "cunning", from præt "trick" – unrelated to prat "idiot", which...

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Yesterday, 08:20 AM

piroska replied to a thread Omron Blood Pressure Monitor -- Chemist Warehouse. in PC World Chat

Quite a few NZ companies do behave exactly the same way when you try to get a refund you know. PBTech for one. NL for another. CW at least...

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Yesterday, 08:19 AM

piroska replied to a thread "Farewell" in PC World Chat

Their public face and private face are 2 different things, except for the likes of Philip and perhaps Andrew....

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Yesterday, 08:17 AM

piroska replied to a thread Advice please for missing optical drive from PC in PressF1

It's dead. Get a new one.

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10-04-2021, 01:04 PM

piroska replied to a thread Challenges in PC World Chat

There are some things happening that I won't think about. I choose to think about the day as it happens, planted some new shrubs this morning, had a...

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10-04-2021, 08:16 AM

piroska replied to a thread Omron Blood Pressure Monitor -- Chemist Warehouse. in PC World Chat

File with Disputes. Notify Commerce Commission.

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09-04-2021, 07:41 PM

piroska replied to a thread Challenges in PC World Chat

By not dwelling on them. And concentrating on the good parts of life instead. So many people look at the issues, husband has got good at...

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09-04-2021, 07:32 PM

piroska replied to a thread Today's Joke in PC World Chat

What a bunch of nasty people you are. So he cares about screens with his kid. Good on him. I have met gay peole with kids you know, the kids were...

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09-04-2021, 07:31 PM

piroska replied to a thread Omron Blood Pressure Monitor -- Chemist Warehouse. in PC World Chat

I have used Chemist Warehouse - online as there isn't one here yet. Sadly......... They have been the cause of the $0 prescriptions - elsewhere, not...

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09-04-2021, 08:10 AM

piroska replied to a thread Features for Features sake? in PC World Chat

I'm a fan of KISS. I didn't get a smartphone for ages because I didn't want 90% of the crap they put on them, no need to internet 24/7 or walk...

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09-04-2021, 08:07 AM

piroska replied to a thread Why drop the "ing"? in PC World Chat

https://www.lexico.com/definition/camp I always went to a camping ground to camp. verb 1Live for a time in a tent, especially while...

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09-04-2021, 08:04 AM

piroska replied to a thread HDD drop outs in PressF1

I've done it before.....just a long time since I used any non Linux stuff....lost track of whats best. Used to be Ghost.

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08-04-2021, 04:00 PM

piroska replied to a thread HDD drop outs in PressF1

Thanks

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08-04-2021, 08:06 AM

piroska replied to a thread There's nothing worth watching on the TV these days in PC World Chat

Yes books, I read all the time......... But I like some of the docos on Sky. Watched Motorway Patrol on TVNZ last night, rather amusing, OMG and...

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08-04-2021, 08:03 AM

piroska replied to a thread HDD drop outs in PressF1

There is no power management on anything, it's all off. He may have cured it...it didn't crash after his chkdsk...not yet anyway....so we'll see....

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07-04-2021, 06:58 PM

piroska replied to a thread HDD drop outs in PressF1

Best free cloning software? One that will clone smaller to bigger without losing the room?

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07-04-2021, 04:04 PM

piroska replied to a thread One For You Geriatrics in PC World Chat

Who are you? Husband would like to know, we know who shorts guy is..he wasn't fond of him...

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07-04-2021, 04:03 PM

piroska replied to a thread HDD drop outs in PressF1

Thanks. he's changing the cable tonight.

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07-04-2021, 11:49 AM

piroska replied to a thread HDD drop outs in PressF1

WD Blue, internal. D: - there is no optical drive, just HDDs....SDD = c: then D: and E: being WD Blue satas...

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07-04-2021, 08:12 AM

piroska started a thread HDD drop outs in PressF1

Son is losing D: intermittently. It's a WD 1TB, he's not sure which he has 2 the same (as well as an SSD) - that's hard to explain to him how to...

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07-04-2021, 07:59 AM

piroska replied to a thread One For You Geriatrics in PC World Chat

No. Yuk. But shorts and socks, yes a bit of thing back then.... 2nd from left at front. (Maybe that makes it 3rd from left?) With the fringe...

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07-04-2021, 07:57 AM

piroska replied to a thread Was pretty happy to use Microsoft Edge until today ........ in PressF1

Firefox, Chrome or Edge....up to you. Are you using NOD32? I would, it was very good at warning you about dodgy websites...... I did try once I...

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06-04-2021, 07:52 PM

piroska replied to a thread One For You Geriatrics in PC World Chat

One of these is husband:

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06-04-2021, 11:37 AM

piroska replied to a thread A good dishwasher repairman - recommendations please in PC World Chat

The widget that controls temp....low, 2, 3, 4, hi etc ...signs of a dead simmerstat is element has 2 speeds- off and fully hot... Looks kind of like...

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06-04-2021, 08:39 AM

piroska replied to a thread A good dishwasher repairman - recommendations please in PC World Chat

Case in point. My mums oven was a nightmare. Old, yellowed and the seals were gone. It had rust on the bottom of oven, in warmer. Then a couple of...

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06-04-2021, 08:33 AM

piroska replied to a thread Happy Easter. Don't forget the reason for the season. in PC World Chat

Humans, a rather dim, arrogant animal that overrates it's own intelligence tells themselves all sorts of rubbish and believes it with a vengeance....

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