Monthly Archives: February 2016

Dusty – farrier appointment

Posted on 29/02/2016 by AlanM52

Had to go out today past Pakenham to Nar Nar Goon to pick up our younger daughter Natalie who’s car is in for service and then back to Cranbourne for a farrier appointment. This gave us the opportunity to see … Continue reading →

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Computers

Posted on 27/02/2016 by AlanM52

Mulling over getting a new i7 tower to replace the Balcony PC which is a Scorptec E5200/G31M-SL2/4GB/GT210 about 8 years old. Meanwhile…we could jazz up the current one so ordered a Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 2.8 GHz 3 MB … Continue reading →

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Computers continued

Posted on 27/02/2016 by AlanM52

Meanwhile in the workshop we are reviving a couple of Dell towers. One of them is a beautiful (but aging) Precision 670 workstation with dual Xeon processors but only 1GB RAM. Browsing eBay I can get typically get 4GB of … Continue reading →

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Chooks on park bench

Posted on 27/02/2016 by AlanM52

Hope the chooks don’t poop on the new park bench.

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ALDI – Mini Plunge Saw

Posted on 27/02/2016 by AlanM52

Power tools on sale this week so off this morning to grab the mini plunge saw for $99.  

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Upgrade Win7/32 to Win10/64

Posted on 26/02/2016 by AlanM52

Can I Upgrade To Windows 10 64-bit From Windows 7/8.1 32-bit

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Untripable

Posted on 24/02/2016 by AlanM52

Clumsy old man.

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ALDI – Home Security System

Posted on 22/02/2016 by AlanM52

This one came around again last year (special-buys-sat-12-dec), didn’t take much notice because we already have one that’s been running well for a few years now. Noticed last week that one reappeared in the glass cabinet marked down from $199 … Continue reading →

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Holly–grooming session

Posted on 22/02/2016 by AlanM52

That particular comb with alternating short and long teeth really does work well to remove loose or dead hair.

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ALDI – night lights

Posted on 14/02/2016 by AlanM52

Already have a couple of the one on the right @ $9.99 each so this time around didn’t notice there was a second choice until browsing today – so got one to try. Note that the price has gone up … Continue reading →

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