[2019-09-08 19:37:16 CEST] * piheinz joined [2019-09-08 19:37:54 CEST] * Guest649 joined [2019-09-08 19:38:27 CEST] hello pi [2019-09-08 19:38:41 CEST] hello guest [2019-09-08 19:38:48 CEST] * Guest649 quit (CGI:IRC 0.5.12) [2019-09-08 19:39:13 CEST] * PCHEINZ joined [2019-09-08 19:56:43 CEST] * rune joined [2019-09-08 19:56:52 CEST] Hello guys. [2019-09-08 20:03:28 CEST] Hello Dave. [2019-09-08 20:03:35 CEST] Hi, [2019-09-08 20:03:38 CEST] hello dave. [2019-09-08 20:03:43 CEST] hi [2019-09-08 20:04:01 CEST] How are things in Potsdam and .... [2019-09-08 20:04:10 CEST] i like my new keyboard very much. [2019-09-08 20:04:32 CEST] Good, the keyswitches are the best [2019-09-08 20:04:37 CEST] ( am a 1kb zx81 with pizero. [2019-09-08 20:04:50 CEST] You can get a mice set of 104 keys for 8.00 from china [2019-09-08 20:05:02 CEST] the feling is perfect. [2019-09-08 20:05:15 CEST] 1K enough for pizero software? [2019-09-08 20:05:31 CEST] yes,. i am even surprised. [2019-09-08 20:05:50 CEST] Im amazed [2019-09-08 20:05:54 CEST] Some news in UK? [2019-09-08 20:06:12 CEST] Not a lot. I built a Retro Pi with my PI2B [2019-09-08 20:06:27 CEST] Good weather so out in the garden [2019-09-08 20:06:32 CEST] What is a retro Pi? [2019-09-08 20:06:38 CEST] Got the big hedge cut and cleared [2019-09-08 20:06:57 CEST] It has lots of old 8 Bit PCs emulated. [2019-09-08 20:07:19 CEST] ZX81, Spectrum, C64, Amstrad etc etc plus most of the 8bit consoles [2019-09-08 20:07:32 CEST] Also does Amiga, DOS, and loads more [2019-09-08 20:07:46 CEST] Do you have a QL? [2019-09-08 20:07:47 CEST] I left it updating in the shed with the monitor turned off [2019-09-08 20:07:51 CEST] No [2019-09-08 20:08:14 CEST] What about the UART? [2019-09-08 20:08:31 CEST] I havent done much. Just got the sockets soldered in. [2019-09-08 20:08:44 CEST] Im training a new member of staff at work [2019-09-08 20:08:54 CEST] There is time enough. [2019-09-08 20:09:08 CEST] Young guy? [2019-09-08 20:09:13 CEST] He is Brazilian of German descent. He exagerated his CV and I am stressed out [2019-09-08 20:09:21 CEST] No about 40-50 [2019-09-08 20:09:44 CEST] But I have to explain everything. Even the stuff he claimed he was an expert on [2019-09-08 20:09:55 CEST] And his written english is terrib;le [2019-09-08 20:09:59 CEST] terrible [2019-09-08 20:10:19 CEST] And the salary? [2019-09-08 20:10:27 CEST] So I just read old computer mags when I get home [2019-09-08 20:10:43 CEST] He is getting a reasobale salary - about 30K [2019-09-08 20:11:15 CEST] More than he got at the data centre where he worked [2019-09-08 20:11:52 CEST] Is he accompanies you during the week? [2019-09-08 20:11:59 CEST] I thought he had trouble reading the screen. Now I think he isnt too good at reading english [2019-09-08 20:12:21 CEST] I see. [2019-09-08 20:12:50 CEST] Is he a computer scientist? [2019-09-08 20:12:59 CEST] Yes, I train for three days. He emailed me on thursday as an engineer called him - he got the name wrong, the information wrong and Im sure it was put through google translate [2019-09-08 20:13:16 CEST] He claims to be. All education in Brasil [2019-09-08 20:13:29 CEST] But he said he was very strong on networking [2019-09-08 20:14:02 CEST] So he will be a great help for the enterprise. [2019-09-08 20:14:07 CEST] But thats definitely not the case. OK, he hasnt done nay network stuff since 2004 but he just doesnt understand what he is doing [2019-09-08 20:14:16 CEST] when I tell him [2019-09-08 20:14:51 CEST] Are you kidding? He will drag it down [2019-09-08 20:14:51 CEST] * PCHEINZ quit (CGI:IRC (EOF)) [2019-09-08 20:15:21 CEST] PiHeinz, your friend has left. Was it something you said [2019-09-08 20:15:50 CEST] something went wrong. [2019-09-08 20:16:02 CEST] i will help my friend. [2019-09-08 20:16:10 CEST] What computer is ZXheinz using? [2019-09-08 20:16:30 CEST] * PCHEINZ joined [2019-09-08 20:16:54 CEST] I am back, as the terminator. [2019-09-08 20:16:58 CEST] welcome back, but buy a ZX81 - more reliable [2019-09-08 20:17:10 CEST] ;-) [2019-09-08 20:17:26 CEST] Using Skynet? [2019-09-08 20:17:31 CEST] did you spent holidays in Scotland this year again? [2019-09-08 20:17:56 CEST] No, we were going to Nerja but needed to cancel as Liz is due her operation [2019-09-08 20:18:20 CEST] She got an appointment for a pre-op assessment on 4th October [2019-09-08 20:18:22 CEST] I see. This was pitty. [2019-09-08 20:18:28 CEST] So may 2 weeks after that [2019-09-08 20:18:46 CEST] You told me that Liz has to wait a long time for the surgery. [2019-09-08 20:18:54 CEST] Better to get her hip sorted than have pain walking up/down the sierra nevada [2019-09-08 20:18:55 CEST] Is this usual in UK? [2019-09-08 20:19:34 CEST] We were told 51 weeks 6 weeks ago. Now it looks like its being brought forward so maybe 8 week wait in the end [2019-09-08 20:19:42 CEST] Yes, long waits in UK [2019-09-08 20:20:16 CEST] Now it will be end of October, right? [2019-09-08 20:20:16 CEST] But we need to wait until 4th before we know for sure [2019-09-08 20:20:46 CEST] Yes, so I'll use my holidays to look after the dog and visit hospital and be a nurse when she gets home [2019-09-08 20:20:49 CEST] I root for you. [2019-09-08 20:20:56 CEST] Dog has gone deaf now too [2019-09-08 20:21:28 CEST] How old is he? [2019-09-08 20:21:36 CEST] He can hear if I whistle loudly next to him, but sdoesnt react to speech. not even Walk, Dinner, Come here [2019-09-08 20:22:22 CEST] He is sleeping a lot too now and takes 3 times as long to go round his walk [2019-09-08 20:23:16 CEST] To get older is not easy. [2019-09-08 20:23:31 CEST] No, old age doesnt arrive alone [2019-09-08 20:24:00 CEST] When you will finish completely working? [2019-09-08 20:24:47 CEST] I hoped at the end of October, but I may stay on to complete the training. Just 2 days a week which will pay all the bills. [2019-09-08 20:25:29 CEST] We will travel to Vienna on Tuesday for some days. [2019-09-08 20:25:38 CEST] Retirement date is 2021 but some pensions kick in on 2020 [2019-09-08 20:25:53 CEST] Dont eat sandwiches or sit on steps [2019-09-08 20:25:53 CEST] And visiting relatives on the way home in Cech republic. [2019-09-08 20:26:13 CEST] Thats a long trip. Are you driving [2019-09-08 20:26:39 CEST] We both are driving. About 700 km. [2019-09-08 20:27:05 CEST] 500 miles... Not too bad if it isnt all in one journet. [2019-09-08 20:27:28 CEST] Im down in Penzance for myt daughters wedding at the end of September [2019-09-08 20:27:44 CEST] beeline onlöy 540kmä [2019-09-08 20:27:46 CEST] km [2019-09-08 20:27:47 CEST] About same distance [2019-09-08 20:28:28 CEST] Where is Penzance [2019-09-08 20:28:40 CEST] Most western point in England [2019-09-08 20:29:00 CEST] Where the "toe" points to america [2019-09-08 20:29:31 CEST] South West from where we live. We will have two days in Plymouth on the way back [2019-09-08 20:30:03 CEST] It looks quite close to Cardiff. [2019-09-08 20:30:39 CEST] Eh, what maps are you looking at? Cardiff is north of Severn. Penzance is on Channel [2019-09-08 20:31:45 CEST] You are living north of the Bristol channel? [2019-09-08 20:32:04 CEST] Yes, I go through wales on way to work and home [2019-09-08 20:32:41 CEST] I am not very good in the geography of UK. [2019-09-08 20:32:52 CEST] Thats OK, you dont live here [2019-09-08 20:33:02 CEST] Thais is because I never was really there. [2019-09-08 20:33:14 CEST] That is [2019-09-08 20:33:30 CEST] You will be OK for Dublin [2019-09-08 20:33:40 CEST] Only in London for some days and one week at Birmingham for a conference. [2019-09-08 20:34:21 CEST] What do you mean by "ou will be OK for Dublin"? [2019-09-08 20:34:38 CEST] Birmingham is fairly close, about 150km. London is about200 [2019-09-08 20:34:51 CEST] I heard you used to be in Dublin [2019-09-08 20:35:06 CEST] Drinking Guiness [2019-09-08 20:35:18 CEST] I was twice in Dublin, altogether 6 weeks. [2019-09-08 20:35:36 CEST] You will know the pubs then [2019-09-08 20:35:54 CEST] some of them. Even during halloween.- [2019-09-08 20:36:05 CEST] In 1996. [2019-09-08 20:36:23 CEST] Halloween is a big celebration. Pubs dont shut [2019-09-08 20:36:53 CEST] It starts already in the afternoon for the kids. [2019-09-08 20:37:01 CEST] I was working there and got back to pub/hotel at 2:30. Barman and everyone else was very drunk [2019-09-08 20:37:17 CEST] I was stone cold sober [2019-09-08 20:37:24 CEST] Do you celebrate halloween in UK too? [2019-09-08 20:37:44 CEST] Yes, it is getting very "American" now [2019-09-08 20:38:04 CEST] When we were kids you had to tell a story, jone or sing for the sweets/apples [2019-09-08 20:38:10 CEST] In 1996 it was not very American. [2019-09-08 20:38:17 CEST] Now the kids just turn yup and say "Trick or Treat" [2019-09-08 20:38:23 CEST] up [2019-09-08 20:38:37 CEST] Joke [2019-09-08 20:38:47 CEST] Of course. [2019-09-08 20:38:48 CEST] My keyboard is failing [2019-09-08 20:39:11 CEST] My ZX-friend is working quiete weel. [2019-09-08 20:39:12 CEST] Have you any new projecy [2019-09-08 20:39:22 CEST] No, only Viennna. [2019-09-08 20:40:03 CEST] I have just realised. Vienna is in Austria. [2019-09-08 20:40:10 CEST] I was thinking Italy [2019-09-08 20:40:19 CEST] Venice [2019-09-08 20:40:23 CEST] Ooops: [2019-09-08 20:40:27 CEST] Did you finish all ther preparations for the wedding? [2019-09-08 20:41:02 CEST] They are making their own. I will give her some money [2019-09-08 20:41:14 CEST] Improve your knowledge in geography of the continent!!! [2019-09-08 20:41:32 CEST] Yes, I think there is a geography program for the Zeddy [2019-09-08 20:41:36 CEST] 16K, [2019-09-08 20:41:58 CEST] These are good closing words. [2019-09-08 20:42:04 CEST] I think its time to stop [2019-09-08 20:42:15 CEST] Talk to you next week? [2019-09-08 20:42:25 CEST] Yes, next Sunday. [2019-09-08 20:42:31 CEST] Bye. [2019-09-08 20:42:35 CEST] Bye for now both [2019-09-08 20:42:41 CEST] * piheinz quit (bye) [2019-09-08 20:42:49 CEST] * rune quit (Leaving) [2019-09-08 20:42:49 CEST] * PCHEINZ quit (CGI:IRC 0.5.12)