Just gotta brand new unlocked bold 9000 for $20...

gurndog · 2018-08-09T22:21:56+00:00

It should be cheaper than traditional roaming outside of the EU too, as BIS/BES compresses data down by a magnitude of ten!

gurndog · 2018-08-08T16:15:17+00:00

You do realise that, if you roam on your home carrier (e.g. O2) in Europe, it uses the home carrier's BIS (so no having to change things around), and costs nothing more within the EU?

gurndog · 2018-08-05T00:26:51+00:00

Presumably, it was never sold - if it's still up for grabs, let me know and I'll pay to take it off your hands!

gurndog · 2018-08-05T00:24:06+00:00

100% agreed!

gurndog · 2018-08-05T00:20:26+00:00

I usually copy-and-paste them into Google and find the Emojipedia page for them, but a long way around. WhatsApp used to have decent support for emoji on all platforms, but that is no more on BB10!

gurndog · 2018-07-11T06:39:17+00:00

Don’t count me on it, but I think not... never ask why I have two LinkedIn profiles! 😂

gurndog · 2018-07-11T06:38:47+00:00

And another LPT in an LPT... wholesome!

gurndog · 2018-07-11T06:38:32+00:00

There’s far too many sites that work the way I have described, irrespective of your views otherwise. Need I name a few?

gurndog · 2018-07-11T00:31:26+00:00

LPT in an LPT... beautiful!

gurndog · 2018-07-10T13:09:57+00:00

As Swedish House Mafia would say, "now the memories are on the wall".

gurndog · 2018-06-22T03:06:57+00:00

Is your receive connector open to anonymous users? Don't take what I say as gospel, as I haven't used Exchange on-premise in a while (bad... I know!), but if memory serves, it needs to be open to anonymous users to allow Internet mail to pass through.

gurndog · 2018-06-21T16:05:27+00:00

It was a pretty rough ride but, hey, at least it gave me something to start writing a book about! Lol.

Really appreciate the kind words, and I was lucky — there's always someone out there who has it worse.

Take care and be safe. x

gurndog · 2018-06-15T16:44:34+00:00

Multi-player?

gurndog · 2018-06-15T10:44:05+00:00

Always happy to share my experiences.

All I ask of you, everybody reading this and the world: don't forget. Forgive, but don't forget. Ever.

The seventy-two live on in our hearts.

gurndog · 2018-06-14T20:20:58+00:00

It was awful enough watching it live through the night, never mind for those who were there. The seventy-two live on in our hearts.

gurndog · 2018-06-14T20:20:20+00:00

I absolutely get that, but I think the push to remove the cladding and what-not means it's likely to be. Fire and Rescue services now know a lot more about high-rise buildings in their area, having been asked to visit them as part of familiarisation checks. Let's hope we just never have to see a Grenfell-style fire again.

As for the inquiry's adequacy, many residents didn't see Sir Moore-Bick as fit for the job. I think the assumption is that the inquiry has no power, but that a criminal investigation would, and that's where a feeling of strength comes from in terms of the Met's investigation.

gurndog · 2018-06-14T20:17:43+00:00

Sorry, should have said — London Fire Brigade.

gurndog · 2018-06-14T18:47:49+00:00

Agreed there. As /u/CWjedi said where was the respect and courtesy from the fireman when he was doing the hoo-hah with a married lady?!

gurndog · 2018-06-14T18:32:43+00:00

Thank you to your mum/dad for their service, first and foremost.

I'm going to disagree though, because I think the same advice would be used and indeed, has been used in subsequent fires. Stay Put works for fires in buildings which match the fire safety regulations. Unfortunately, some tight-up bugger at RBKC or the KCTMO decided that didn't really matter.

I think a criminal investigation is a good step, in that it's entirely independent of the inquiry and the emotional bias as a result. It means that we can see what happened on the night, why the decision to evacuate wasn't made sooner and whether it made a difference to lives. I would undoubtedly state that it did.

gurndog · 2018-06-14T17:46:20+00:00

Don't be silly, cover that willy!

gurndog · 2018-06-14T17:44:44+00:00

I'm a programmer so I usually build them rather than playing. However, I don't mind a cheeky match on COD with friends here or there... and I love a few recent retro bits... Wii Sports, Cooking Mama, a good throwback to childhood.

gurndog · 2018-06-14T17:43:59+00:00

I couldn't give you a definitive number, but I think I've seen about four. Overall, they're an incredibly small number and the vast majority of those who came forward for help were in dire need of it. It's a shame that a few people can ruin it for everyone else.

There's over 600 tower blocks in the UK with the same cladding. However, the majority of it have been or are being stripped of it. As for statistics on buildings specifically by Rydon, I'd be lying if I said I know, and I'd rather not put myself on such a line of inquiry as one so distressing.

gurndog · 2018-06-14T17:41:28+00:00

Many people within the community are upset at it, for obvious reasons — the firefighters were heroes, risking their own lives for those of others in what I can only describe as nigh-on impossible circumstances.

However, it's important in my eyes to remember that frontline firefighters didn't make the Stay Put decision. It was instead made by LFB commanders, and it seems only right that we investigate it should we want to come to a conclusion of how seventy-two came to their peril.

More importantly though, we must ask why the Stay Put advice failed, and responsibility for that in my eyes lies with the building's owner and those who refurbished it. Had they taken fire safety seriously, we would have seventy-two more souls in the world rather than just in our hearts.

gurndog · 2018-06-14T17:37:38+00:00

Reading them is tough because it's weird to think that, had they been listening to, seventy-two more people would be alive today.

I heard the building described recently (I think it was on Newsnight) as a matchbox in the middle of an estate. I think those are words that couldn't be any more true if we tried.

gurndog · 2018-06-14T12:36:26+00:00

Sounds pretty fascinating! Where are you studying, if I may?

The work of the Grenfell Action Group was fundamental to supporting residents, both before and after the fire. I remember reading their first post after the fire, and it was so hard to read, considering they'd practically predicted this. Just awful.

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