old computers

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In all civilised countries, pensions and unemployment insurance are NOT 'benefits'. it's a right earned by deductions from income over a working life.
that's one of the main issues in this country.
Some kind of puritan god bothering hangover from the middle ages....

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yeh, if you're not a rabid Tory, you're economically illiterate.
feck me, and i've been successfully freelance for <>50 years too.
who knew???...

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you were in Thatchers cabinet then??...

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making Tory cronies richer....

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is this all the same 1st of april?? ...

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you're all DOOMED! - DOOMED i tell ye!

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yes, i could chuck them in a skip*, but i'd rather they were reused usefully.

*council dump.

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anyone know how to dispose of old machines responsibly?
like recycling/repurposing/donating to education, that sort of thing.
1xdesktop 3xlaptops.
not win11 compatible but all will run Linux, obviously..

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the midwitch cuckoo's by any chance? ...

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hardly surprising, really.
replying to yourself now ffs....

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perhaps you'll get a call when the 'all new' programme gets started....

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...

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'spraying the roof'? is this a new AC cooling attempt?

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I've never had a problem re formal education.
but then, i'm NOT a code monkey like it seems most are here.
those who aren't Powerpoint Monkeys, that is.
Degrees in computer science didn't exist when i started in IT, so it would have been VERY difficult to obtain one.
Still in...

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morning

light cloud and 22C here.
pleasantly cooler today by the north sea.

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one of these

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since i had

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a while

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its been