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@the-gravedigger said
My sister and her husband go there every year. But they hire a barge.
Good thread by the way.
dont ever remember any barges on the broads, I hire a motor sailer and dinghy every couple of years.



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lucky for me we never met



I can touch things under the bonnet of a car other than the yellow coloured windscreen washer filler lid


@pieceout said
I can touch things under the bonnet of a car other than the yellow coloured windscreen washer filler lid
Is that a 1957 Austin Healy?


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Nah everyone I met on the broads were human.


@mike69 said
Is that a 1957 Austin Healy?
No, I mean that the new cars are colour coded and some models encourage you to not even touch the oil or coolant because insted a light will notify you, leaving the only thing the manual actually allows you to touch: the windscreen washer filler.
Good for convenience I suppose but sad that we live in an age where one just runs the car like a refrigerator and throws it away when it’s done.
I wish it was a 57 Healy, beautiful car


@badradger said
I once soled and heeled a pair of boots.
I used to do a yoga headstand.

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I used to troubleshoot electronic weather equipment to the component level: The most complex being a weather radar with multiple CRTs for indicating cloud height, distance and density.
It didn't matter that the set was obsolete before I was born: It worked and I learned a useful skill.

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I learned computer programing with IBM punch cards.

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@badradger said
I once soled and heeled a pair of boots.
i picked up a book and opened it
careful not to crack the spine
i absorbed all the fanciful notions inside
and admired the author's prose sublime

i tried to do the same with a kindle
i read the same novel online
the pixels were lacking what the ink could convey
but i respect the computer's crime


@moonbus said
I learned computer programing with IBM punch cards.
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Punch cards and JCL (Job Control Language).

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