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Toodledoo worked very well for me. Even had annual reminders for car tax & insurance etc.

Maybe they could try being less shit on the stuff that really matters then. Just a thought.

I'm sure this would be very much appreciated, but on the grand scheme of things, shouldn't our government have far more pressing things to concern itself with right now?

I hate to say it but maybe Kier should learn from the headlights and try dazzling us with his performance.

Loved my psion5 if I could get it talking to modern windows or Linux I'd probably still use it. Awesome little machine.

Yeah, I don't understand why we keep pushing for foreign investment, it's a bit of free cash today for us to be thoroughly shafted every day thereafter.

well I do understand, the piggies need their noses in the trough.

Looking at the streaks around el28, could the large blue electrolytic have failed?

How does Aukus, the UK, US, Australia submarine deal work then? This politics stuff is confusing!

They don't want to sting you.

Pick the fruit up in the earlyish morning when it's cool. Do it carefully so you're not squashing any wasps that are about and you should be fine.

Move slowly and don't 'flap'.

Unless you have health problems a couple of stings are painful, but not that bad.

Not long ago I had a Queen wasp fall into my T-shirt resulting in five stings on my back. I dosed up on antihistamines and was OK in an hour or so. - yes, the wasp was captured and safely released.

I'm guessing that you're in the US and have strange rules about eliminating nature from your gardens... I'd just leave them to it. Wasps actually do a really important job and most of the time they just go about their own business. This time of year is hard for them as their preferred food has gone so they seek sugar, any sugar to survive, but the windfalls won't last forever and then the wasps themselves will also be gone until the spring.

The only time I'd deal with wasps is if there was a nest either in my house or shed, or by a door that I need to use. They're fascinating creatures when you get a chance to watch them.

Enjoy the nature, there's not much of it around nowadays.

The smell of people in general. Not sweat as such, just that 'human' aroma. - hate it. Public transport is awful. Funnily enough, I can't differentiate between people, they all smell the same.

It's a very large glitch in the matrix

And that's the point, a password vault is literally all your eggs in one basket. It only gives security if you are secure across the board.

I won't say which manager I use, but I used a 'tool' on it which cracked my access password in very little time revealing all my passwords. - a bit worrying.

Do I still use that manager? Yes, it's convenient and fits my risk profile.

Have I upgraded my master password? Yes. Less convenient, but is all a trade off.

If I was a higher profile target, my assessment may be different.

Size: height depth width.... Can be easy to miss one dimension. Energy rating - obvious reasons Noise depending on the room it's in Ergonomics - can you reach all the bits you need to... Imagine filling it with your weekly shop. - better energy rating=more insulation=less space. Doors can generally be reversed, but check. Some FFs have two compressor circuits, others only one. Can be important if keeping it in a garage. Do you need a water cooler/ice maker thing? More to clean, more to go wrong. YOUR FRIDGE DOES NOT NEED AN INTERNET CONNECTION Nor does it need funky windows & stuff Self defrost is a must. We spent ages discussing colour, now you can barely see it behind pictures & papers etc.

Think " is this a useful feature for me, or is it marketing fluff? "

Finally, while a fridge should be a long term purchase, is just a box that gets cold. Don't lose sleep over it.

"And nothing was ever heard from him again, except for the sound of Tubular Bells."

That when I grew up I'd know what I was doing and my body would work.

Physically? Knees, even though they are the victims of bad feet.

After much thought I feel ID cards have their place, we kind of have them now as places expect you to have a drivers licence or passport to prove ID or age. My problem with digital is that it isn't necessarily secure and by the time it's been done it'll be significantly over budget.

What about people without smartphones? - they do exist, and this scheme will risk marginalising some of them.

I think the scheme needs careful thought. One ID which the different organisations can scan to get data relevant to their needs only. NHS, tax, proof of age, proof of address, national insurance etc. If the card was sufficiently smart it could hold emergency data, allergies/ health issues, next of kin etc.

I'm comfortably into my second half century. In time I'll give up on passports and driving licences. I'll probably give up on smartphones as well (the screen's too small to see easily already). What then? I won't be able to prove my existence via the accepted means. I worry that the digital destitution will lead to physical destitution and isn't something I look forward to.

Digital isn't a panacea.

A physical ID card backed up with appropriately integrated government services rolling out over time would get my vote, but I'm confident it won't happen.