Had you forgotten your Caligula? Or your Nero?
Or your Cosa Nostra?

Have had a few myself every 2-3 years, also due to issues. Not fun. Mucho sympatico or something like that. ATB.

Are these to be mere toys to play with distros or OSs? Or do I want to do serious work on them?

The answer is: I shall not be giving up Windows anytime soon: too many essential tools there that don't have alternatives on 'nix/BSD et al.

So these PCs will be playgounds just for the fun of it.

Perhaps we should have called him Cap'n Mike.

We've had the science for 30 years. This is just a review.

If you think this is fun try returning something to China.

I have a parcel that's been stuck in Shanghai Customs for the last 5 months. Vendor can't get it and Customs won't forward it.

I rather prefer the Roger McGough version. Same metre.

net.lib.byu.edu/english/wwi/...

NB: my [limited] understanding of UK defamation law suggests that any case Dear Donny might bring would fail on the basis that the claimant doesn't have a reputation to lose.

Well perhaps the BBC can joion forces with that nice Mr Murdoch in a countersuit for intimidation and harrassment and for misconduct in public office.

Wall Street Journal & BBC v Donald Drumpf Esq.

Would make for a very nice headline in most journals round the world.

Is there anything Fowidge _doesn't_ exagerate to try and fit in with or appeal to the oiks?

Much sympathy: am about to go for a cataract inspection end of this week so understand entirely. Simon B had his done a few weeks back and seems to be much better for it.

Also understand the ire and irritation.

High temp surgical grade incineration?

Don't forget Aaron Banks, Michelle Mone and many many others of their ilk.
Eat the rich might not be politically correct but it's sufficient for a first approximation.

recall your work on smartphone for older people; similar needs here. As a portable aide memoire, as a dictation tool, just general memoriser etc etc. We still haven't caught up with Lotus Magellan from 30+ years ago.
If minitiarised, as a 'smart' watch or similar, then even better.

Has been my notion for a few months now. As I age and also as illness gradually takes its slow toll I carry less and less with me. Something the size of a decent smartphone with a bluetooth headset would work well here. I've tried adding s/w to smartphones and it just doesn't cut it - Yet!

Writiers decks are too big and clunky in most cases to carry around for my all too frequent hospital visits. A dictaphone [with hush mic function] and with transcribe function is what I need.
And not needing to spend weeks training it to transcribe accurately.

Nice one.
Strangely, there's another part of this I've considered documenting: one might even call it the dictation deck.

There are many times when I want something no larger than a smartphone which I can simply dictate to and have it transcribed **accurately** into digital text.