jim lyon

I know only too ell what you mean, esp. as Google - gmail are so paranoid about security they all too frequently (for my taste !) demand I make up a new one & I'm now beginning to run out of easy ideas to create them. However, I do tend to save them on my memory stick - though that needs re-organising far too often - sigh - HTH?

From my "surfing the net" it now seems that both in America (where it seems to have started?) & here, any sex talks given to young kids @ school are heavily biased towards converting them to being VERY woke! - So, it seems the "wokists" want to gain power by brain washing young kids when they are still vulnerable & thus making the next generation as "neurotic" as they are?

Hi, I'm aware that, since 2008 & the World Bank Crisis followed by the re-introduction of so called "austerity" that the banks have gone downhill, but the past few years they seem to have got a LOT worse! To the stage that I feel the need to get a different set of credit-debit cards. The main cause for my present problem is Visa card who seem determined to punish me for breaking rules I was NEVER informed of, by blocking my cards. So, as seems the norm for our present version of "THE MATRIX" I'm trapped in a deliberately created "information vacuum" ( though they are probably unaware of that), & now I've worked that much out, there seems little point in complaining (@ this level) as it just gets ignored! So, @ this stage I'll back off that as getting a usable set of credit-debit cards is MUCH more important @ this point ! As a result of this problem, I've been trawling Google & in particular Trustpilot ( though they seem a bit shy of dealing with obviously bogus "5 star" reviews that appear to have been created by the staff of bogus/incompetent companies, scammers etc . So, in trying to obtain the truth, it seems best to pay more attention to the one star reviews (which are far more numerous than the five star reviews) While online banking might have some benefits, it seems from the complaints on Trustpilot, if you're complaining via phone or email & therefore @ some distance, its the ideal environment for bank staff to jerk you about & give you the "run around". So, as long as a transaction can be kept simple & superficial, there's the hope that dealing directly with a local branch might be less painful? Ideally, I'd prefer a branch, with external ATM in Shiregreen, central Sheffield, or anywhere between, preferably on the # 75/76/88 bus routes & who will issue me with a current account (as it's been so long, remind me of how much I might need to put in, in order to open a new current account) & MASTER CARD & AMERICAN EXPRESS credit & debit cards. - While I'm not optimistic about finding a good bank, perhaps a "least worse" one might be an improvement over the kr@p I'm going through just now. - TIA Cheers, Jim

A reasonable basic starting point is that our species is TECHNICALLY ADVANCED & SOCIALLY PRIMITIVE ! Put it another way, given that 90% of our species are dysfunctional as despite being born Democratic & sociable (Kurt Lewin), by age 2 most have been screwed up by abusive parents who then for no valid reason blame the kids by labelling it "The terrible 2s" This is an inter generational curse as each generation never learns to del with their problems & screws up the next generation! Basically, the longer you live in this dystopic species, the more you'll be screwed up by it! A good primer is PT.1 of the sci fi film series MATRIX - Should you wish to work out our present version of our MATRIX, it's my view that they are formed from CORRUPT POLITICIANS/GIANT CORPORATIONS /PSYCHOPATHIC OLIGARCHIES ( e g World Economic Forum) For an excellent explanation of MATRIX, go to @YOU TUBE@ & look up @EINZEL GANGER@ Also, one of the VERY few good psychologists on this subject is ALICE MILLER - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! And for those yet to work it out, our corrupt politicians, ETC have deliberately rigged the conventional education system so as to have us "dumbed down" by not teaching us PROBLEM SOLVING / CRITICAL THINKING - RIGOUR/LOGIC* - CAUSALITY TRAINS (in order to work out ORIGINAL CAUSE ) The reason for this is that our corrupt politicians do NOT want to be constantly challenged by an intelligent population! ( From my research this seems to be a GLOBAL problem! *Not being formally taught logic, we're forced to fall back on the Aristotelian logic still in common usage. Beig rubbish, forget about it & stRT USING non Newtonian multi causal holistic logic - FAR SUPERIOR! Cheers, Jim

LOOKING FOR SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON BUYING COOKING UTENSILS ( ALL UN-COATED STAINLESS STEEL) - & I prefer to avoid Pro cook, as not only are they pricey, but have a limited choice! ONE AIR FRYER ( My understanding is that AIR Fryers don't mix well with liquids such as sauces, etc., thus the need for pots,etc.[ Also, can anbody recommend value for money Air FRYER books for vegetarians? ] ) To this also ONE SMALL(6.6"/6.5 cms) pot ONE MEDIUM 7.4"/185 cms) pot ONE UNCOATED STAINLESS STEEL WOK @ ( 11.2"/280cms) While I've looked round the obvious places in Sheffield, they seem too often to be NINE piece sets which I prefer to avoid, so I can keep the cost down! Despite that, reasonably matching style would be ideal :) Cheers, Jim

Hi, Thanks for the interest about the Pulsar, self winding watch Would you be good enough to give me some more details as to how to locate Atkinson's? Also, some idea of what your service cost you would also help. Cheers, Jim

Hi, I'm still running on a steep learning curve on computers-internet. The basic system I've got is a Dell that I bought as a complete kit around 2004 with a Windows 7 tower, which now has a basic upgrade of a Windows 10 tower I bought off my oldest son as he was wanting to upgrade to a more games oriented set up. I've been using it for sometime now & it's been basically OK until a while back when I was using a multi/(4) port USB digital connector by "UGREEN" which appeared to burn itself out. However, unplugging it from the rest of the circuit & carrying on using it without the multi USB port, the system seemed to be working OK. Since then, the present problem is that I've lost my internet connection. This wasn't part way through me using it. But rather a question of it being OK one day, & the next day that I switched on & booted up, couldn't get an internet connection, & unable to, ever since. My initial suspicion fell on my router cable where there are two overlapping plastic "spade" style clips where compresssing the outer black one, in order to push the male plug into the female socket in the hole in the rear of the tower also compresses the two red coloured ( the outer are black in colour) inner plastic "spade" connectors thus locking the overall spade connectors in place, normally!-However, with the end of the cable router, with one red spade connector broken off, this allows the whole male plug to back off just over 1 m.m. backwards. - I've also been over all the other cable connectots & can't find any loose ones. However, I arranged a visit from my oldest son who brought over a few of his bits that were compatible & exchanged them over, so as to see if that made any difference to how well the computer worked. We swopped over the Windows 7 tower ( & both monitor to tower cables), the "router" cable, Keyboard & mouse, & none of them seemed to make any difference! Though I don't know any details, there is some talk on my street ( Wheatfield Crescent, S5) of poor connections & the fact that "Out Reach" who have a government mandate for some years for BT have a poor reputation, but I know of no specific problems that would also directly affect me. For a while I've been using my memory stick to transfer messages to & from beteeen my home computer & the public library. In the last week or so, when "booting up" the Windows 10 @ home I notice that the tower has got mechanically noisy, but when it has booted up, then that stops!( At which stage I fit my memory stick. - so whether it sorts itself out, by itself, or under the influence of the memory stick, i'm not sure? ) Unless somebody else on this forum has any better ideas, I've run out. That's pretty much as far as I can work out things @ my level, & should it be a problem with either of the towers, it's beyond me. With regards to taking it to a computer shop & getting bits checked out, I did once take it to a nearby one just off to one side of the Firth Park Library ( going down Sicey Avenue to the Firth Park roundabout-library, on the same side as the library, but off to the right hand side of the library by a few shops. He seemed entirely reasonable, but seems to have now moved on, either to retirement, or elsewhere, I don't know? The bus routes I mainly use are #s 75/76/88 & @ the traffic lights & cross roads @ main entrance to the Northern General Hospital, diagonally opposite is another computer shop - "Fir Vale Tech" Returning from city centre & passing under the "Wicker Arches", going up Spital Hill & passing the main Tesco supermarket, on the right, on the T junction on the left is a small blue shop on the corner, called "Suda Tech". ( I'm unsure of his opening hours, but certainly after returning late after an afternoon;s shopping it usually seems closed! I also note a computer shop diagonally opposite the cross roads-traffic lights @ the main entrance of the Northern General Hospital - called "Fir Vale Tech" Ideally, i'm looking for a reliable shop that gives value for money! Can anybody recommend either of those, or indeed anywhere else? - Presumably to get either - or even both towers checked out?And if I had to make a choice between which tower to get checked out, which should I go for first, the Windows 7 or Windows 10 ( the noisy one )? - And in an ideal world, I'd be looking for a shop that gives value for money! Cheers, Jim Lyon

Hi, I've got a "Pulsar" self- winding watch that seems in need of a service, in that it stops overnight when I'm sleeping & even during day, time is starting to run slow. Can anyone recommend a "value for money" watch maker - jeweler where I can get that done. I live in Shiregreen S5, & the local buses are #'s 75/76/88. So anywhere between there & city centre would be most convenient. - T.I.A. Cheers, Jim

JL - I went from Wi Fi 2 broadband, Having now completed my contract with BT - now up 2 £38 per month I need somewhere more like around £25 per month

Regardless of what they might like to claim, "Wokists" give the impression most of them are extremely immature ( to the point of being very childish), emotionally unstable & only too happy to be extremely manipulative by deliberately engaging in emotional warfare, ETC. But then when corrupt politicians deliberately set up the conventional education system in order to have us "dumbed down", as the last thing they want is to be continually challenged by an intelligent population! What else do you expect? For those who have yet to work it out, this is a main weapon of our present version of the MATRIX ( from Pt. 1 of the sci fi film series of that name ) - The other weapon they use is when THE child psychologist ALICE MILLER wrote to all heads of state in the world, explaining the reason as to why the human condition is so TOXIC i.e. (because kids are born to be DEMOCRATIC, but over controlling parents would rather abuse them! - Which is why 90% of us are dysfunctional ! ) They all ( e g Tony Blair , George Bush & including the Pope ) chose to ignore her. Clearly the reason for that is because they all benefited from maintaining the status quo @ our expense !

Hi, I'm still on a steep learning curve, regarding home computers & the internet.- A while back, in order to upgrade from Wi Fi & its attendant problems, I set up a contract with BT, as they are the only ones that would connect me up to THEIR phone lines. That contract has now run its course, & I feel I can now get better value for money elsewhere. Currently in my area, Shiregreen, S5 I have both Virgin Media & Talk Talk canvassing for customers. Whilst I know little of them, I do know that STILL suffering divorce induced poverty, any contract would have to be run on a shoe string e.g. NO bundles - I'm perfectly happy with basic broad band for about 25 GBP per month & for the little I use my mobile, I'm perfectly happy on O2 P.A.Y.G. Any reasonable suggestions will be welcomed. Cheers, Jim

Hi, All I want to do is to inhibit a couple of engines & having started off with some cheap 20W/50 I prefer to stick to that grade. But now that I'm looking for another gallon to see me through, suddenly it seems to becoming rather scarce! e.g. Wicks/ Screwfix no longer do it & would rather sell me some expensive synthetic oil. - Which is a non starter for me. So, if anybody can recommend a suitable place preferably around city centre, & cheap & easily available, please let me know. If no 20W/50 is easily available, then I'll accept something reasonably similar. Failing that, any online recommendations? - TIA ! Cheers, Jim

JL - I'm on BT because I needed their telephone line to get broadband. But @ £35+ per month for just the basics they are about £10 "too rich for my blood"

It tastes a LOT better, doesn't go off so easily & most of all, it's NON processed. If you start to look @ the processed junk food we are palmed off with, it's actually quite poisonous - especially sugar as that can cause - cancer/diabetes & is THE biggest cause of tooth decay! - The sugar mixes with your mouth saliva, to form acid which rots your teeth ! That could have been a 4 hour conversation, butI'm in the library ^ about to be timed out!