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The Common Room / Re: Legitimising a child in the modern day
« on: Thursday 01 September 22 17:21 BST (UK)  »
My daughter had her first child in 2011. Both parents were named on the cert and the child took her father's surname. The parents married in 2012 and had to re-register the child (or go through some such official process) so that she would no longer be illegitimate. I suppose it's to do with inheritances etc. I was surprised when they told me.


Pat

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Technical Help / Re: Small laptop
« on: Tuesday 17 May 22 08:48 BST (UK)  »
I've just been given a smallish Lenovo laptop bought from Currys a couple of years ago. Our main laptop is Lenovo & excellent. This 'new' one is VERY  slow, freezes, I've given up using it. It had all been cleared by an IT professional before I got it. Then I saw it has a Celeron processor and only 4GB Ram. No wonder.....  :-\


Pat

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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 8TH MAY
« on: Wednesday 04 May 22 23:52 BST (UK)  »
Re: removing sticky label/sellotape residue. A tip I read years ago is use plain Vaseline with a soft dry cloth, rub gently. Not sure why it works but it always has for me.


Pat

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Technical Help / Re: Printer Ink - HP Instant Ink
« on: Wednesday 27 April 22 20:10 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: wyndham on Wednesday 27 April 22 19:46 BST (UK)
I bought an HP Series 6000  printer a few months ago.  I am totally unimpressed with it.  It's wi-fi connected and initially it worked well.  Recently it started showing it was off-line despite the wi-fi blue light showing.  I had a technician in and he was able to get it to function but unfortunately it is now showing off-line again.  I think I will connect it with a usb cable and see if there is any improvement.  If not I will definitely buy another manufacturer's product.


We bought an HP printer during lockdown to replace our previous old but excellent and reliable HP printer.


It works OK - when it's not 'offline'. We have it as close to the router and computer as possible (within about 2 metres either way). I've lost count of the times I've used it successfully, left it for half an hour then it's failed to print because it's 'offline'- or worse, the amount of time I've wasted switching the printer and/or laptop on and off hoping they will talk to each other.


Our old printer was in a completely different room from the WiFi router and worked perfectly. Never again  :-\

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: 1950's-60's Girl's Signature from B&W Photo
« on: Tuesday 19 April 22 16:54 BST (UK)  »
Pritchett? Pratchett?

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The Lighter Side / Re: Impossible births
« on: Thursday 24 March 22 08:30 GMT (UK)  »
It's the labourers and washer women who cross the world to give birth several times yet spend the rest of their lives rooted in one place that get me.....

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: French Baptism Translation
« on: Friday 18 March 22 08:35 GMT (UK)  »
Agree with Shanreagh

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The Stay Safe Board / Re: "Long COVID" 2 years on
« on: Thursday 17 March 22 08:35 GMT (UK)  »
My daughter has ME and we are all hoping the research into Long Covid will bring this awful condition into the limelight and bring some hope of a cure.


Pat

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The Stay Safe Board / Re: 2nd Booster
« on: Wednesday 09 March 22 21:45 GMT (UK)  »
My husband aged 75 with some health issues (but was not on the original vulnerable list) received an NHS letter inviting him to get his 2nd  booster. He did a walk-in (no appointment needed apparently) at a nearby 'cottage hospital' last Friday afternoon, was the only one there, job done. They suggested Moderna as his other 3 were Pfizer & they said a different one could provide added protection. No after-effects.


Pat

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