gintonic
50 shades of grey pussy cats
we know someone who sends out their washing to be ironed!! Including all their undergarments - i mean who wears undergarments in this day and ago - let along having them ironed....
Technology you thought you didn't need
- Thread starter Joe Hutch
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we know someone who sends out their washing to be ironed!! Including all their undergarments - i mean who wears undergarments in this day and ago - let along having them ironed....
Marchbanks
Hat and Beard member
I gave up on that after setting it on a quiet motorway, sitting back and listening to the music. After around fifteen minutes I realised progress was a little slow, then saw I was tootling along at 60 because the ACC was tracking the car about 100m in front - the only other car in sight.
Brown Bottle
UTB
Amen to adaptive cruise control and an autobox. I'm never having another manual car, unless it's a Caterham or Lotus for the weekends, so doubtful. I changed company recently and went from a Skoda Superb Estate to an Audi A4 Estate. The Audi is slightly smaller but is nicer to drive and a bit nicer inside, but only has traditional cruise control. If someone offered a swap back to the Superb I might well do it for the adaptive cruise control. Nearly 4 months in and I still miss it everday on my drive in to London.
I tend not to be an early adopter and research things for a while. I recently got a Raspberry Pi to enable hi-rez streaming, boy I should have done that long ago. The rest of the family have had active ear buds for ages, I got some yesterday, they are a revelation.
Cheers BB
Bob McC
Living the life of Riley
Give it all to Oxfam instead then buy it back a week later washed and ironed.
Much cheaper…
chartz
If it’s broke fix it!
Cool. Pity Apple haven’t implemented that.
You also need two separate wireless charging pads.
paulbysea
pfm Member
Digital cameras. I stuck with film for a few years but now my film cameras are long gone. With a decent printer and lightroom or another processing package, you can get excellent quality prints. Though to be honest, much of my output remains online only.
Another slow to adopt a streamer. Now rip all my CDs or buy downloads from Bandcamp and listen to music this way all controlled by the Naim App. Still play vinyl but the Martantz CD10 is sat in the box waiting to be sold, once I get around to it.
Another slow to adopt a streamer. Now rip all my CDs or buy downloads from Bandcamp and listen to music this way all controlled by the Naim App. Still play vinyl but the Martantz CD10 is sat in the box waiting to be sold, once I get around to it.
Hook
Blackbeard's former bo'sun.
Here’s one that I did not know we needed, that is until we really needed it: robotic surgery.
It has been a scary few months for us. Mrs. Hook was diagnosed with uterine cancer. Fortunately, her surgery last week was a complete success, and just moments ago, we received the wonderful news that her pathology was negative (i.e., the cancer had not spread). This is now officially the best day of our lives!
Anyway, if this had been 10-15 years ago, Mrs. Hook would have no alternative other than abdominal surgery. That’s a week in the hospital and six months of hard, grinding recovery. Instead, thanks to a rock star surgeon using Mr. Robot’s console, we were home same day! Six days on from surgery, Mrs. Hook’s biggest caution right now is not overdoing it and ripping a suture.
Scary looking thing, no?
https://www.davincisurgery.com/proc...oWHZvW6giVO_wS0shQuI1syK1DxwNODsaApDeEALw_wcB
It has been a scary few months for us. Mrs. Hook was diagnosed with uterine cancer. Fortunately, her surgery last week was a complete success, and just moments ago, we received the wonderful news that her pathology was negative (i.e., the cancer had not spread). This is now officially the best day of our lives!
Anyway, if this had been 10-15 years ago, Mrs. Hook would have no alternative other than abdominal surgery. That’s a week in the hospital and six months of hard, grinding recovery. Instead, thanks to a rock star surgeon using Mr. Robot’s console, we were home same day! Six days on from surgery, Mrs. Hook’s biggest caution right now is not overdoing it and ripping a suture.
Scary looking thing, no?
https://www.davincisurgery.com/proc...oWHZvW6giVO_wS0shQuI1syK1DxwNODsaApDeEALw_wcB
James
Lord of the Erg\o/s
I had a rental once with adaptive cruise. I suppose it's fine if you're a lazy driver and cannot be bothered to read traffic conditions. I prefer regular cruise control.
It's 50/50 for me. I like rowing my own gears and feeling like I have control over how my car drives. But in heavy traffic, it's a royal PITA. Thankfully, 99.9% of the time I don't have that problem.
That being said, my next car is more likely to be automatic. They don't make EVs with manual transmissions, do they?
Aethelist
pfm Member
Technology you thought you didn't need?
Had a big box full of old PC floppy disc based games and gave them away to the local charity shop years ago.
Who'd've thunk?
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Had a big box full of old PC floppy disc based games and gave them away to the local charity shop years ago.
Who'd've thunk?
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Rug Doc
pfm Member
Another yes to adaptive cruise control here.. I have a big Crafter Van with an auto box and a three hour drive is bliss.
just set the speed and steer. It’s fabulous being auto - no changing gear and it works until you stop, taking you from 0-70 safely.
The only thing I wish it would do is change lanes to maintain the speed rather than slow down to the car in front - but that’s autonomous driving I suppose, but it can’t come soon enough. I would like ACC to be compulsory on the motorway and the speed set at the max for all cars.. would be safe and increase journey times a lot.
It’s amazing on a smart motorway being surrounded by a lot of modern cars… it’s obvious they are all using ACC as they’re all coasting along at 50 in a 50, 40 in a 40 etc… it works.
just set the speed and steer. It’s fabulous being auto - no changing gear and it works until you stop, taking you from 0-70 safely.
The only thing I wish it would do is change lanes to maintain the speed rather than slow down to the car in front - but that’s autonomous driving I suppose, but it can’t come soon enough. I would like ACC to be compulsory on the motorway and the speed set at the max for all cars.. would be safe and increase journey times a lot.
It’s amazing on a smart motorway being surrounded by a lot of modern cars… it’s obvious they are all using ACC as they’re all coasting along at 50 in a 50, 40 in a 40 etc… it works.
Mike Reed
pfm Member
Expensive NICAM stereo decoder for TV in the late nineties, c/with the longest Ron Smith aerial and Fringe Electronics mast amplifier. Still got it all in my loft. Can't remember what happened to transmissions but this gear was effectively rendered bypassed by technology not long after.
Bought car in Sept. 2009. Have yet to try a CD on the CD/radio. Not technology; just me. I keep thinking to try it but immediately forget.
Bought car in Sept. 2009. Have yet to try a CD on the CD/radio. Not technology; just me. I keep thinking to try it but immediately forget.
MUTTY1
Waste of bandwidth
I’ve stuck to manual but going from five to six gears is taking some adapting to. Manuals cost hundreds to fix, autos, thousands. If the right car had been auto I suspect I would have succumbed. Yet to try the adaptive CC: it’s plenty hilly and twisty here with little dual carriageway.
mansr
Objectionist
For shaving, electric is more convenient (if you've remembered to charge the thing), but the result isn't as good as with a straight razor. It's all about priorities. Or you can just grow a beard.