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Good morning - Woke up and very alert and heard an alarm clock somewhere, so I thought it was time to get up. Only a hot cuppa to keep me warm and keep me company!
 

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AI though will be our masters one day and not our servants:(

Have you watched the film called Terminator? It's worrying that it might turn out like that.

:eek: The television is watching me. It did ask permission first. :cautious: But, it also told me that if I did not accept... it would not allow me to use certain features of the television. It's a Samsung Smart TV, and I hate it. (n)

I hate it. :mad:












Damn thing won't even make coffee. :(
 

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Be careful of what you say to Samsung as it can be hacked.. In this country, there are quite a few people whose accounts got plundered because of text messages embedded in the proprietary text message channel and now the bank says NO to refund. Poor sods. One has lost more than £30,000 of savings. :eek::cry::cry::cry: even though it's not my money. Sad that crooks could do this to their "brothers" or "sisters". When it comes to money, people lose their sense. Some anyway.
 

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I went back to bed as I was shivering after a cuppa. Got up 7..40 and scarified the rest of my lawn whilst my lovely son (sometimes) sorted out the tiny front lawn in 20 minutes.
 

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@alp, we talked about turning on the voice commands, because it sounds really cool to be able to tell the TV what to do...but that means it has to listen to us. :eek: No, no, no... Voice recognition - Off !!!

Supposedly, they are doing it to customize the commercials to things that you might be interested in. I haven't noticed that happening. o_O And there are commercials that I really can't stand listening to - I don't like being shouted into buying something. Just don't even try to bully me into buying your wares... :rolleyes: I switch them as soon as they come on, and still, they come on. (n)
 

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Yes, we have Cortana, Alexa .. Siris and what not. You often wonder if there is a person in Apple customising your request. Search engines are so important. I stick to Chrome as it loads information quickly, and the searching engine is not so stupid as Bing. When I key in Halifax, Bing will always bring up History of Halifax in the UK. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr .. It's like the encyclopedia pay Bing commission.

We have to realise that search engines are always controlled by moneyed people. 5 years ago, whenever I searched a products, Amazon and ebay products always come up. Search engines can make or break businesses. I feel sorry for the children growing up now. Too much, too fast. If the governments can't catch up with the effects of internet craze, how can children cope?

@MaryMary Talking about commercials. I don't mind them, but too long is the problems and we do have a lot of phony American and French accent adverts barking at us.
 

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Just got my delivery from Kelways.. Too dear! FASTING starts NOW!
 

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Internet played up a bit and thank heavens it's working fine now. Or i will have to seek advice from @Logan 's hubby!:eek::D

Good morning - all dark a bit.. Another day of stripping - the adhesive this time..
 

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Whatever it was, I could do without the nightmare! :eek::D Don't really want to test your hubby's ability! Lol!

Internet playing up is a major nightmare.. Now that it's back, the world seems to be back ON!

Will repot all the new plants and make sure all my plants will have a drink, especially the newly planted ones. 10am stripping again.. How I hate it!
 

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Yes i know:)He's very good, but i don't think that he could do much, except give you advice. I had trouble with my phone the other day, it was the modem rebooting. It was alright when he did something. I'm hopless, when i go the the Dr, and have to sign in, on that thing that's on the wall. I can never do it, have to go to the desk and tell the receptionist, she books me in.:eek::D
 

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Some of my holiday snaps for Powys Castle, a most beautiful castle with exquisite parterre and statuettes..

A most impressive red brick castle perched on the top of a hill .
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More to come ...
 

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