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    A momentous occasion: I'm going to disconnect the Internet while I move some shelves across the room

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      Internet moving completed

      This also involved moving all other network-related stuff - Apple Extreme wifi router, networked drives, and so forth - across there, along with the standalone shelving unit on which they live. Untangling cables, coiling and cable-tying the extra-long coax attached to the Internet inlet, and so forth all turned out to be a bit more time-consuming than I'd anticipated.

      But it's all done, the Internet still gets in, the disks still contain bits, and I have a nice bit of space by the door that I didn't previously have

      And I no longer risk sending many terabytes flying by accidentally knocking against the shelves as I come in and out of the room, which has nearly happened several times

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            Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
            They've nicked your idea!
            Ah, but theirs is oak, whereas mine is painted pine.

            I'm sure we had to pay 3/6d or somesuch to actually buy it before bringing it home.

            3/6d was the price of a paperback book at the time.

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              Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
              A momentous occasion: I'm going to disconnect the Internet while I move some shelves across the room
              We'll keep our fingers & claws crossed that it'll come back on successfully.

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                Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
                Internet moving completed

                This also involved moving all other network-related stuff - Apple Extreme wifi router, networked drives, and so forth - across there, along with the standalone shelving unit on which they live. Untangling cables, coiling and cable-tying the extra-long coax attached to the Internet inlet, and so forth all turned out to be a bit more time-consuming than I'd anticipated.

                But it's all done, the Internet still gets in, the disks still contain bits, and I have a nice bit of space by the door that I didn't previously have

                And I no longer risk sending many terabytes flying by accidentally knocking against the shelves as I come in and out of the room, which has nearly happened several times


                There are few things worse than a bouncing terabyte.

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                  Following the scrambled eggs for lunch, tea was kedgeree.

                  I went overboard on the chilli again, so the bogroll is in the fridge ready for tomorrow morning.

                  It was reasonably nice, though I should have boiled the eggs a bit longer.

                  I'm most impressed with the dye job I did on the towels this morning.

                  Oranges might not be the only fruit, but by damn, it does a good job on changing the colour of towelling.

                  I suspect the ZeitUnderpants have gone a fetching shade of bluish white from being washed with a pair of jeans.

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                    In addition, I mowed the lawns again this afternoon while the washing machine was doing its thing.

                    By the end of it I was nearly on my knees and not in a good way.

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                      The chap 3 doors down was up on the roof repointing his chimney pots from a roof ladder.

                      Rather him than me.

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