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In 2000 I started international work. Italy was my main destination. We used the Frejus Tunnel from France into Italy, because the Mont Blanc Tunnel was still closed after that big fire. This meant using the ASTM (AutoStrada Turin Milan) which passes Novara, where there was a big service station...

Ah, yes. The P&O Zeebrugge ferries are no more. They were due to be retired, but El Pandemico expedited that event. They were built in 1987 and very tired boats. Then emmissions rules for the North Sea were being updated, and those 2 ferries were not going to be able to meet the new rules. It...

😆 😆 While that is true, I get to see it with my own eyes instead of someone elses camera lense. And, have you ever tried mingling with a 40 tonne truck at speed? It usually doesn't end well.

That's interesting stuff.

Ah, but I get to travel all over Europe, and I get paid to do it 😊

It depends on which country I'm working that week. UK work is Monday to Friday, sometimes I have to start Sunday afternoon, to get to a delivery that would be impossible from a Monday start. EU work is Sunday to Thursday, which often runs into Friday morning. Minimum is 45 hours off for a...

I've got the perfect job for an introvert. Go to A, collect this load, take it to B. Distance from A to B is 2,000 km. At a maximum speed of 90 kmh, that takes 2+ days. 2 days, on my own, in a truck cab, driving, sleeping, not at the same time hopefully. When I get to A, and B, I report in, am...

That sounds good. I have a friend in Ukraine. They can't use many apps, like Messenger or Whatsapp. Government restrictions I think, but I'll look into that. Signal might be just the thing. It might also be blocked as well though. I'll have to find out. Then I'll have to learn to speak...

I've never even heard of Signal. After a quick look at the site, it looks interesting. Is it any good? I don't have any Smart Speaker, nor do I want one. They have to be listening to you at all times, otherwise how are they going to hear you say "Smart Speaker, what time is it?". And if they...

Its opposite number in the top also looks larger than the other 2 🤔

Starting at 7 is a long lay in 😊 I started at 5 today, that is 5 am for clarity, there are definitely two 5 o'clocks in a day :oops: But I don't work a fixed number of hours. I start when I need to and finish once the work is done. That was 4 30, pm, today :unsure:

Oh good, I haven't totally forgotten all that stuff they jammed into my skull way back in the day 😂 So essentially we'll all be driving nuclear powered cars and lorries. Hopefully with the reactor in a totally indestructable cell of its own. I'll never be driving one, I expect, but my daughter...

As far as I'm aware, we get hydrogen (and oxygen) from water by electrolysis. And it takes 2 units of electrical power to get 1 unit of hydrogen power, roughly. This is from memory of basic O and A level physics, 40+ years ago, so have I just plain got that completely wrong? So, does this race...

I live in the Golf area. I've been to The Far North and the Pirates, and everywhere in between 😊

I didn't get home till late yesterday, so only found the Steam sale just now. However, I spotted one game in particular which might be perfect for Accidental Denz 😇 https://store.steampowered.com/app/2670630/Supermarket_Simulator/?snr=1_4_600__651

I think it's the 'how do I do that?', which the OP is after.

😲 Phew! Aye, that would give anyone nightmares.

So now I've had some spare time, I thought I'd do a run of 3D Mark Benchmark tests. This is the updated Ulfheanor, with AMD R7 7700X and ASUS AMD RX 7900 RX. It's just as I'm using it now, nothing adjusted. Exactly as it has been being used to run games, the usual kind of programmes for a home...

Ah, OK I'll try that. Ahaa! It worked 😊 It was the actual emoticon it didn't like. Just using the old keyboard smilie input put it back :LOL:

As per the title. A few months ago, I updated my GPU to an ASUS AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT. As I have my computer spec' in my sig', I tried to update it to reflect the upgrade. I've tried several times since. Every time I try, on clicking 'save', I get this message > Oops! We ran into some problems...