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Stoneyowl here: The latest Chrome browser does not show a login/password text box, so I had to login using my Facebook account (which I almost forgot I had).
Regardless, to comment on OG's IoT item: Working remote from home, and living in south Florida, I have not worn socks in over 2 years (except when my wife requires it) - flip flops are my foot apparel of choice
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Tom Hill wrote: flip flops are my foot apparel of choice
You're in luck! Useless IoT item of the weekend[^]
BTW: I just checked the login, and it works fine for me: I signed out, then signed back in via the email/password combo with no problems, and that is using Chrome Version 72.0.3626.96 (Official Build) (64-bit)
If you have a problem with sign in, you need to raise it here: Bugs and Suggestions[^] preferably with a screen shot (WIN+SHIFT+S is good)
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Turned off AdBlock for this site, login works now. I would swear (&&%^#) that I had AdBlock on the previous machine Chrome browser, but I may have been running an older version 
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I run uBlock, but have CP in the Whitelist - that may explain why I don't see a problem.
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OriginalGriff wrote: you can ask your socks when you last washed them
Meanwhile, in the land where you don't fork out £16 per pair of socks, it's possible to have enough socks that you can wear a different pair each day, and put them in the wash when you've worn them once, rather than scrabbling around to find a pair that are "clean enough" like you're still in University. 
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Throw them all at the wall and wear the ones that don't stick: I remember those days like it it was yesterday.
Hang on, it was yesterday! 
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who needs an app... I have a big Excel spreadsheet where I record the order, despatch and receipt date of all my socks, the dates on which I wore them (and with which shoes, including a link to the shoe sheet), the wash dates (and which socks were washed together, plus washing machine settings), plus of course a count of wearings and the date at which holes were first detected and eventually deemed "end-of-life".
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Fifty years ago today, The Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet flew for the first time.
So ... if you were born after 1969, the plane you flit around the world in is an older design than you are ...
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and it was about 5 years later when the first one crashed (excluding hijacks) and even that was put down to crew missing / misreading a warning light. Barely any issue can be attributed to equipment failure (almost none if you disclude sub-par maintenance & repairs), and of those equipment failures most are engine issues.
These days we know better: modern testing measures, test to point of failure, automated testing, pre-release test audits/checklists/signoff etc etc etc and ...
...they not only knew how to build properly back then, but how to test too.
50 years on and still safer to fly in a 747 than cross a road.
(50 years ago cars' brakes were not as good as today, but OTOH back then we were smart enough not to bury our faces in them stoopid smart phones.)
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Lopatir wrote: 50 years ago cars' brakes were not as good as today
The brakes on my car are so "good" that if I try and brake in snow they are as good as useless and just cause the car to judder and skate across the road as the "AI" ABS system kicks in 
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I remember what Ford Cortina brakes were like: they were very unlikely to lock up (no ABS, remember) even on flat ice, lt alone on nice grippy snow!
Trust me, modern brakes that stop the car are definitely preferable. Mine even has EBA which "takes over" when I try to do an emergency stop and stops a lot shorter than I do! I've used it twice and it's extremely good, to the point of leaving seat belt bruises. 
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I find ABS terribly frustrating. When someone cuts me off I used to accelerate up behind them and slam on the brakes to get a very satisfying screech out of the tyres, now the ABS cuts in and the perp gets away in silence.
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Brilliant . . . ?
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Quote: Want to feel old?
...birthday approaching... 
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Another couple of weeks, thankfully.
But it's a phenomenal plane, and that goes back to the design which was definitely "right first time". Think about how much it has changed in 50 years, and compare that to the cars of the era. :shudder:
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He posted about buying his own present a couple of days ago... 
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Yeah, but that was an EARLY purchase. 
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After the birthday would still be early for the next one, don't you think? 
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That would be E A R L Y.
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EARL greY ? yes... I think it is a good tee, too
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I like it ("My least-hated, most favourite tea would be Earl Grey").
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I believe my first flight was in a 727.
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so modern! my first was in a Fokker Friendship.
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Really showing my age now. My first was a DC3 
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RossMW wrote: My first was a DC3
Mine was a DC-10...right after that spate of engines falling off. 
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