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You are up tomorrow!
Paper sizes (A4, A3, ...), Animals, Swearword substitutes, ... loads of ways you could go!
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Yep, I will probably go for the broader of the options...
So, shall I specify the theme when I post, or should I just copy in today's clue to help identify the theme?
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Not unless it involves Harry Potter ... 
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Not leaving the Harry Potter theme alone I see.
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Friends are allowed to take the mickey! 
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 - I must admit I looked it up
"We can't stop here - this is bat country" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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No, the theme is MM's favorite words. Finally, scrotum will be answer!
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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The old one just isn't up to the task anymore.
I need a new 10" tablet but there's a ton of them out there and I need some help to filter out the dross. (stupid construction, bloatware, or whatever happens to trigger you)
So please tell me, not what to get. But rather what not to get. And Why.
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It depends on your needs, if you need a good screen don't buy a cheap tablet.
Also what OS do you want, if it's IOS the choice is simple 
Here is an overview of tablets: https://www.slant.co/tags/tablets[^]
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Nah, Apple is on my what not to get list, my current tablet is one. I'm not doing that again.
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Yes, you know me well enough.
But I already have one, for work.
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Problem solved
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Yeah theoretically, but even though I'm allowed to use my work laptop privately, I don't really feel that it's a good idea.
And I want something lighter that I can also lend to my kids. So no.
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I have a Surface Pro 4 and can't recommend them them High enough
"We can't stop here - this is bat country" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Avoid the Chinese ones: they are fine to start with, but long term reliability (i.e. once the guarantee period expires) is poor. Every Chinese electronic device I've owned is dead, and while "disposable commodity" is good for manufacturers, I'm old enough to want stuff to last a while...
I have to say I'm impressed with Surface - to the point Herself is getting one for Christmas to replace her Samsung Galaxy Tab S, and that's still working perfectly ...
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That didn't leave many brands.
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The "Western designed, Chinese built" ones are generally OK - all iPhones are made in China - it's the ones designed and built by Chinese companies that you need to watch for, in my experience.
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Makes me curious actually, if you can mention any tablet designed in a western country besides Apple and Microsoft.
I'm not sure I can. (Or do Korea and Japan count as Western nowadays?)
Google designs theirs in Taiwan nowadays. Maybe Lenovo, they're Chinese, but they used to do the design in the US.
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And Samsung are Korean / Taiwan.
Good point.
I guess Korea and Japan count as "Western" ...
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Korea and Japan count as Western nowadays?
Umm, have they moved geographically eastward much? 
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Not last time I checked.
I was merely questioning their (cultural/ technological/ whatever) belonging, since most tablets I know are not western.
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FWIW I've got an 18 month old Teclast T8 tablet that's still flawless. To the extent that it might matter it was one of their notionally higher end models ($250, 8") and has a solid metal body not cheap plastic.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Honestly, I've been investigating for a new tablet more than one month now because I need one for my soccer teams - yes, all soccer results in France must be handled using an app from the FFF that only works on *some* tablets with at least 10,1" screen... Well anyway, if not Apple, then Samsung tab S or Surface. All Asus, Archos, Lenovo, and whatever other brands can be ditched : not reliable, sluggish after a few months use - they are all mid-expensive, so you get at best mid-quality.
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Herself has a Tab S, few years old now, and still as nice as the day it was bought. Only criticism for Herself is the battery life and charging time: her Jigsaw app chews the battery (why?) and it takes 7 hours to recharge. It doesn't support Qualcom, so the standard Samsung charger is about the best you can do.
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