John H @JohnH6
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Posted in: Southend
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Posted in: I.T. Non-Techie help, information and tips
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Posted in: Southend
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Posted in: Essex
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Posted in: Anything Friendly Helpful or Interesting
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Posted in: I.T. Non-Techie help, information and tips
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Posted in: Essex
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Posted in: I.T. Non-Techie help, information and tips
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Posted in: Anything Friendly Helpful or Interesting
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Posted in: Southend
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Posted in: AI ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
You will be amazed at the detailed information it provides. You can now have a conversation with it, not just ask a question and wait for an answer. You can now interrupt it as in a normal conversation. Here is an Android link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.bard&hl=en_GB -
Posted in: Essex
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Posted in: Anything Friendly Helpful or Interesting
Anything Friendly Helpful or Interesting Wimbledon ditching line judges a double fault for British tennisBy Joshua Jones - The Sun 'THE absence of line judges at Wimbledon will be a sad sight. For as long as I can remember, the men and women decked out in their Ralph Lauren outfits have been part of the furniture at the All England Club. Yes, they provided some mild entertainment on the court when one would call "fault" with plenty of extra, and unnecessary, gusto and volume that boomed around Centre Court, prompting a snigger from the fans. Then there was the ongoing game of dodgeball they had to play when a big serve nailed a mammoth ace down the line and they had to take rapid evasive action or take a whack to the top of the head. And challenges provided some audience participation, excitedly joining in the clapping countdown before the inevitable "oooh" when the graphic showed just how close the ball was to landing in or out. Purely objectively, Wimbledon's decision to replace line judges with Hawk-Eye Live makes total sense. The accuracy and consistency of calls in real-time will speed things up, save time and should mark the end of arguments over the tight incorrect calls - well, until the technology malfunctions. And Wimbledon's hand was somewhat forced to ditch tradition for their standing in tennis. The Australian Open and US Open already use electronic line calling and the ATP Tour is adopting Hawk-Eye Live across all of its tournaments from 2025. Wimbledon's refusal to comply would leave them lagging behind and exposed to the threat of needless controversy over human error. But the impact - as is so often the case in these decisions - has ramifications further down, below the surface with very little impact on Wimbledon's Championships or the players. It is on the line judges themselves. Approximately 300 officials - aged from 18 to 80 - covered more than 650 matches at Wimbledon. A fraction travel internationally with the circuit but the vast majority of those are part-time line judges based in the UK, earning up to £180 per day to work at the prestigious tournament and their chance to play their part at Wimbledon. For many, they will help out at British tournaments throughout the year, spurred on by the possibility of taking to the lawns of the All England Club. But it is understood many of those officials would be reluctant to work at the lower-level tournaments without the carrot of Wimbledon dangling in the summer. That in turn will put a major stumbling block in the pathway for British tennis umpires, who grind up through the ranks to reach the pinnacle of the sport. Like football with referees, tennis needs umpires and line judges. So the inability to call "out" at Wimbledon could prove to be a major "fault" for the future of the UK's tennis officials and therefore the state of the sport on these shores.' -
Posted in: Scooploop Workshop
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Posted in: Scooploop Workshop
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Posted in: Southend
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Posted in: Southend
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Posted in: I.T. Non-Techie help, information and tips
If you have been using Scooploop for a long time, you will be aware of how many members are no longer around. Some of these will have passed away, but others have left or given up posting due to the recent influx of racists, trolls and stalkers. This has caused much blocking, resulting in many posts/comments not being visible. We are all aware of the current position concerning staff and need for finance, and we can do our part by keeping the site active by using the available loops, some of which will avoid the aforementioned troublemakers. Don't forget to post/comment, or there will be nothing to read! -
Posted in: Scooploop Workshop
If you have been using Scooploop for a long time, you will be aware of how many members are no longer around. Some of these will have passed away, but others have left or given up posting due to the recent influx of racists, trolls and stalkers. This has caused much blocking, resulting in many posts/comments not being visible. We are all aware of the current position concerning staff and need for finance, and we can do our part by keeping the site active by using the available loops, some of which will avoid the aforementioned troublemakers. Don't forget to post/comment, or there will be nothing to read! -
Posted in: Scooploop Workshop
Members are suffering from abusive PMs/stalking/trolling/personal comments. If this is happening to you, let me know by whom, and I will post their name here. In the case of PMs forward them to me. I will not mention who reported it. In order of number of complaints: Top of the list by far is @PeterAndrews1 and alias @PeterAndrews Stalking/trolling members - @PeterAndrews1 and alias @PeterAndrews Racism - @UncleAlbert Trolling/abusive PMs - @Acute -
Posted in: Essex
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Posted in: Southend
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Posted in: Essex
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Posted in: Basildon
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Posted in: Anything Friendly Helpful or Interesting
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Posted in: Anything Friendly Helpful or Interesting
Seeing that River Island is closing some stores, reminded me of my time at a clothing company. We ordered all the components for their clothing, packed them in boxes, then transported them to be shipped to Morocco where the clothing was made. The finished items were then shipped back to our warehouse. River Island then called for the items they required. If we did not have the size they wanted for trousers, we altered them! -
Posted in: Southend
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Posted in: Arts & Creativity
Plans for a life-size skeleton sculpture of a T-Rex dinosaur in the garden of an Essex home have been approved. Braintree District Council has given the green light for the structure to be built and installed in Halstead. Planning documents state the sculpture of the Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur, which went extinct around 65 million years ago, would be at a property on Sloe Hill in the Essex town. It will be installed near to a lake around 45 metres away from the house. The sculpture would have a length of 11.8 metres, a width of 2.5 metres and a height of 5.1 metres. The sculpture is constructed with an anti-rust steel frame and fibre glass, with a steel base encased in concrete that would be buried below ground. The Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the fiercest predators of its time. They were able to grow up to 12m long and 6m tall and could run at speeds of up to 20 km/h (around 12mph). Braintree District Council received no comments from Halstead Town Council, environmental health or Greenstead Green and Halstead Rural Parish Council. The proposal received mixed views from locals though. A resident on Colchester Road commented: "I think this is a great idea. I wish I had the space to build a life sized dinosaur skeleton on my land. I see no reason why the council should not grant this." ":I can't believe that anyone could argue that this proposed monstrosity is in keeping with the Essex countryside," a resident of Wendell Crescent told the council. The proposal was approved by Braintree District Council on the condition it is built within three years. No external lighting shall be installed or operated in connection with the sculpture at any time to protect the dark skies of the surrounding countryside. -
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'Life-size T-Rex skeleton' approved to be built in Essex garden Plans for a life-size skeleton sculpture of a T-Rex dinosaur in the garden of an Essex home have been approved. Braintree District Council has given the green light for the structure to be built and installed in Halstead. Planning documents state the sculpture of the Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur, which went extinct around 65 million years ago, would be at a property on Sloe Hill in the Essex town. It will be installed near to a lake around 45 metres away from the house. The sculpture would have a length of 11.8 metres, a width of 2.5 metres and a height of 5.1 metres. The sculpture is constructed with an anti-rust steel frame and fibre glass, with a steel base encased in concrete that would be buried below ground. The Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the fiercest predators of its time. They were able to grow up to 12m long and 6m tall and could run at speeds of up to 20 km/h (around 12mph). Braintree District Council received no comments from Halstead Town Council, environmental health or Greenstead Green and Halstead Rural Parish Council. The proposal received mixed views from locals though. A resident on Colchester Road commented: "I think this is a great idea. I wish I had the space to build a life sized dinosaur skeleton on my land. I see no reason why the council should not grant this." ":I can't believe that anyone could argue that this proposed monstrosity is in keeping with the Essex countryside," a resident of Wendell Crescent told the council. The proposal was approved by Braintree District Council on the condition it is built within three years. No external lighting shall be installed or operated in connection with the sculpture at any time to protect the dark skies of the surrounding countryside. -
Posted in: Southend
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Posted in: Health & Wellness
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Posted in: Primrose Hill
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Posted in: Upper Tooting
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Posted in: Essex
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Posted in: Arts & Creativity
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Posted in: Arts & Creativity
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Posted in: Anything Friendly Helpful or Interesting
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Posted in: Essex
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Posted in: Anything Friendly Helpful or Interesting
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Posted in: Anything Friendly Helpful or Interesting
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Posted in: Southend
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Posted in: What's Cooking
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Posted in: What's Cooking
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Posted in: Health & Wellness
https://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/health-and-wellbeing/pack-your-diet-with-pulses?utm_source=newsletter4&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NL291&ctiq=46913465&persid=200050124292&scid=eml-n|pub|brand|PUBNL0291%20Publishing%20June%20wk2-%20Test%20A%2010062025%20Non-subscriber|ContentMarketing|Control||pulses|button&dcid=DM311884&bid=1432202280 -
Posted in: Anything Friendly Helpful or Interesting
How many forum members does it take to change a lightbulb? 1 to change the light bulb and 1 to post that the light bulb has been changed 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently 7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs 27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs 53 to flame the spell checkers 41 to correct spelling/grammar flames 6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ... another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive 2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp" 15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "light bulb" is perfectly correct 156 to email the participant's ISPs complaining that they are in violation of their "acceptable use policy" 109 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb forum 203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, and lightbulb forum about changing light bulbs be stopped 111 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum 306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique and what brands are faulty 27 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs 14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL's 3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group 33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too" 12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy 19 to quote the "Me too's" to say "Me three" 4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ 44 to ask what is a "FAQ" 4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?" 143 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs" 1 new forum member to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again. -
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