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NormanDunbar

@NormanDunbar@mastodon.scot

He/Him. Retired Oracle DBA, Toad MVP, developer, husband, geek, not a dad, open source contributor. McLaren & Mercedes F1 fan.

I own a Huawei P20 phone with the Leica camera. I try to take at least 1 half decent photo every day if I can.

In 2020, Apress published my first book, 'Arduino Software Internals'. My second, 'Arduino Interrupts' was published in Dec 2023. I'm writing another as well as a 2nd edition of 'Internals' to document recent changes.

No longer on Twitter as https://mastodon.scot/@NormanDunbar.

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DaveMasonDotMe, to microsoft
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The deed is done. Debian is installed. Windows is gone for good.

30 years of Microsoft OS experience down the drain, because they can't not be capitalist dicks.

What a waste. 🙁

#Microsoft
#Linux

NormanDunbar,
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@DaveMasonDotMe Welcome. Have fun. Enjoy.

RickiTarr, to random
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At some point, my purse became a walking pharmacy. Stomach upset, got a headache? I have you covered. Need bug spray or sunscreen, what about some lotion or hand sanitizer? I've got a snack, and something to freshen your breath.

When I had surgery a few years ago, I had a weight limit of 10 pounds for 3 months! Hubs said he needed to weigh my purse to make sure I could safely carry it. I thought he was joking, turns out it weighed 17 pounds!

NormanDunbar,
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@WhiteCatTamer @Bette @RickiTarr Warning: a fanny in the US is not quite the same as a fanny in the UK. 😉

dgar, to random
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I read a book called swimming pool.

It gets quite deep at the end.

NormanDunbar,
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@partnumber2 @dgar I didn't misunderstand. I was playing with your words in a feeble attempts at humour!

Sorry.

NormanDunbar,
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@partnumber2 @dgar I usually only read them once too!

karencookphotos, to Birds
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Always remember to use your head! https://fineartamerica.com/featured/advice-from-a-woodpecker-karen-cook.html?newartwork=true

NormanDunbar,
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@karencookphotos Apparently, no woodpecker dies of old age, they usually die of brain damage! Even though their brains are cushioned against the hammering. 😟

futurebird, (edited ) to random
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Without looking it up what is closest to 8oz?

(Curious how well the relation between oz and metric is generally known.)

NormanDunbar,
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@futurebird I voted 250 for both US and Imperial fluid ounces. 😉

I have no idea if I'm right but it's possible that maybe, I am!

Melissabeartrix, to random
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Oat milk is gross

There I said it ... I will wait for the consequences

Hugz & xXx

NormanDunbar,
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@Melissabeartrix I don't disagree!

NormanDunbar, (edited ) to random
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Good morning fellow Mastos and hello to another bank holiday Monday. Looks like the weather is back on form for today, it's raining! No surprises there then.

Yesterday's bath leak fixing job seems to have been a success! MrsD and I shared a bath last night (TMI?) and there were no leaks during bath time or afterwards when the plug came out! 👍

Enjoy your BH Monday, or just your Monday as appropriate. Have fun, take care.

Today's photo is from yesterday. It's a Garden Snail on a wet tree stump.

NormanDunbar,
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@skyfire747 Afternoon Anthony. Glad to hear it's not raining. We might get less rain this afternoon according to the forecast, so we shall see.

Have a very pleasant afternoon and evening.

NormanDunbar,
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@Steampunk_Prof Good pun!

Enjoy your trip to Weymouth. MrsD and I went there a few years back. If I remember correctly, we had coffee and cake in an outdoor café down by the corner of the harbour/marina.

dgar, to random
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FYI: "Toe the line"

The idiom is toe the line, not tow the line.

The phrase derives from track-and-field events in which athletes are required to place a foot on a starting line and wait for the signal to go. Race officials used to shout “Toe the line!” where now they shout “On your marks!”

Since entering the language, the idiom has developed to mean do what is expected or act according to someone else’s rules or expectations.

NormanDunbar,
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@econads @dalehandyman True! I worked in München for a while at BMW Bank. My German speaking is, sadly, abysmal. Everyone spoke better English than I did and insisted on speaking it to me. Most polite.

I can, however, ask taxi drivers for a receipt! 😉

NormanDunbar,
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@dgar @riggbeck Posh people do actually say "ears" when they want to say "yes". You didn't mishear! 😉

NormanDunbar,
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@dalehandyman One tooth, two teeth.
One booth, two booths.

And while we are on the subject of "oo":

Blood is blud.
Flood is flud.
Floor is flore.
Door is dore.

And it always makes me laugh when the racists want to "keep the English pure". Give where the English come from, plus "pure" is actually the white dog poo you almost never see these days. Great for tanning leather! 😁

NormanDunbar,
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@capnthommo @dgar

Church is Church.
Chemist is kemist.

😳

spytfyre, to instagramreality
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From now until the , I'm playing the Benny Hill theme tune at full volume and adopting a Kenneth Williams "oooh matron" voice, because it's now the only way to keep a grip on

This video for the latest fishing hook () helps too

https://youtu.be/u7T-SHu5wi8?si=-bFVY-h1s3HlHbw1

NormanDunbar,
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@Thebratdragon
I was in Dyce, near Aberdeen, on the North Sea rigs flightpath for the choppers. I woke one night with choppers everywhere. That was the night Piper Alpha went "phut" and I lost two friends. 😢

I also lost a college friend when the final Chinook went in, that was when they were banned for North Sea operation.

@PaulNickson @BashStKid @TCMuffin @spytfyre @Man

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@isotope239
MrsD and I were in Buckpool last week! We walked into Portgordon every evening to watch the seals on the beach.

We were also in the café at the end of the runway in Lossiemouth when four took off in succession on full afterburner. That's definitely loud!

@PaulNickson @TCMuffin @Thebratdragon @BashStKid @spytfyre @Man

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@yacc143
Sort of agree. My chest X ray was excellent they said. They objected to the tablets I was on for the hay fever. I did point out that I wouldn't need them underwater, but it was still a "no". 😟

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NormanDunbar,
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@PaulNickson
Just as well it wasn't one of them new fangled Typhoon jobbies that they have up in Lossiemouth. Now they really know how to make a noise! Louder than a Vulcan but without the lovely Vulcan Howl!

@TCMuffin @Thebratdragon @BashStKid @spytfyre @Man

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@isotope239
Apparently, the lady who lives in the big black house between Buckpool and Portgordon, hates being home alone when it's stormy!

Also, the lady who lives in the long white house, closer to Buckpool, gives away rather nice, home grown rhubarb. We took a couple of sticks home to Leeds and it was excellent. MrsD even manged to find, and thank, the lady in question, on Facebook!

@PaulNickson @TCMuffin @Thebratdragon @BashStKid @spytfyre @Man

NormanDunbar,
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@isotope239
It sure is. And it's a rocky kind of beach too, which is far more interesting than sand!

@PaulNickson @TCMuffin @Thebratdragon @BashStKid @spytfyre @Man

NormanDunbar, to random
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Good morning fellow Mastos and hello Tuesday which, due to the bank holiday, is currently acting as a Monday, being the first working day of the week. And it's still raining, even though the bank holiday is over.

Have a grand day regardless. Make sure you have fun and don't forget to laugh a lot. Take care.

Today's random photo is from 22nd February 2012. It's a female Common Frog heading through the garden to meet up with the boys in the pond. 😉

NormanDunbar,
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@Steampunk_Prof Today's tasks is housework! At least it's not sunny. That would be a waste. 😉

NormanDunbar, to random
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Alexa: what's Welsh for hundred?😳
😁😁😁

NormanDunbar,
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@Steampunk_Prof A boss from a past life, who was Welsh, taught me that one!

NormanDunbar,
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@Steampunk_Prof Nah. The Alexa answer is useful, an MP, not so much!

NormanDunbar, to random
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Me: Alexa, Open the pod bay doors.
Alexa: I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that! I'm not HAL and we are not in space!

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

😁😁😁

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