Jessica π€
.Honorary Aussie! π
That's the one! It has a heater on it, the type that blows out warm air, but I only use it for the coal effect log burner.
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Twiggy has my vote too as a huge patriot above all else. Same as our Gina. Dick Smith was another.
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Jessica π€
.Honorary Aussie! π
The only Twiggy I know is the character played by Geoff Hughes in the Royle Family!
That is the guy in Keeping Up Appearances too from memory.The only Twiggy I know is the character played by Geoff Hughes in the Royle Family!
Not sure where Andrew Forrest got his Twiggie nickname from. You know Terry both being West Aussies?
Grier
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A Forest has Twigs I suspect Craig. 
My new Samsung Android tablet is brilliant but it has been a little onerous getting up to speed with it. Like, what's new and what can it do. A few hurdles to jump. It's got a special stylus that does all sorts of things, even without quite touching the screen. BC doesn't like my gifs but I can talk to it and it types what I say.
Transferring my data from the old tablet was okay. I was able to do a lot of it by Bluetooth. This old fellow can still learn a few new tricks. β('ο½`)β
My new Samsung Android tablet is brilliant but it has been a little onerous getting up to speed with it. Like, what's new and what can it do. A few hurdles to jump. It's got a special stylus that does all sorts of things, even without quite touching the screen. BC doesn't like my gifs but I can talk to it and it types what I say.
Transferring my data from the old tablet was okay. I was able to do a lot of it by Bluetooth. This old fellow can still learn a few new tricks. β('ο½`)β
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You need my brilliant son Terry. Built my Windows 10 from scratch. Always wanted a tablet. How much are they mate.
Kram81
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He's a phoney, and his main interest is just himself.
Kram81
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Totally ruthless businesswoman is our Gina but can't help admire her success at the same time.
Also a cat lover.
Was well tutored by her ruthless father.
Cant agree with that. If the case he'd not had a philanthropic arm outside of his main businesses. Buying such iconic Aussie companies such as Bega Cheese, RM Williams, Akubra was to save them falling into foreign hands. Not the sign of a greedy man but more a patriotic one.
looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
I bought myself one recently. A Samsung Galaxy A9+ costing 190β¬, that's AUD308.
Grier
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I checked out the Samsung Galaxy A9+ after reading your above post Thomas.
My local shops are selling them about the same price as yours cost you but with a good variation in prices.., if one can get one cheaper.
That's a good price for a good solid tablet. Did you get a SD storage chip with it. They're cheap as chips! And even a basic 32gb chip can hold a life time of photos, letters, ... It'd take the pressure off your internal drive with its operating system.
Also, I've just discovered with my new S6 tablet that I can install simple apps, like puzzle games, and move them to the external sd chip. Nice, and love a clean machine.
Then, speaking to a mate this morning he said he was looking at buying a Samsung Galaxy A9+ himself and did I know about them? What a coincidence and I rattled off the prices and specs I'd just seen. He was impressed but I told him why I knew what I knew. He and I saw one for $254 at one end and one at $449! Maybe it had more storage and memory. I didn't check.
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looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
That's an amazing coincidence, Terry. Glad you like it. I'd bought the same for my wife and my 94yo MiL who uses it for Whatsapp as smartphones are too small for her. I've looked up the specs and they are 64GB memory and 4GB RAM, which is enough for my needs. Could be extended, as you say. I bought all three tablets from Amazon after having read product tests and I'm satisfied with the performance and the value for money. I treated myself to a ProCase cover for little money because it can provide a nice stand for watching vids if you fold it like this. No, they came with no extra SD chip.
The S6 lite is more expensive (AUD660) but there's also one for AUD412 with the same specs? No idea why. It's to do with the processor. Didn't go into detail. Have fun with your new tablet.
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Jessica π€
.Honorary Aussie! π
Just busy getting some overtime in before Christmas.
So you can buy more Chrissie presents.Just busy getting some overtime in before Christmas.
Of course it does. Well deducted.A Forest has Twigs I suspect Craig.
Grier
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That's a nice case Thomas. I'm half tempted but I prefer watching TV on my TV.That's an amazing coincidence, Terry. Glad you like it. I'd bought the same for my wife and my 94yo MiL who uses it for Whatsapp as smartphones are too small for her. I've looked up the specs and they are 64GB memory and 4GB RAM, which is enough for my needs. Could be extended, as you say. I bought all three tablets from Amazon after having read product tests and I'm satisfied with the performance and the value for money. I treated myself to a ProCase cover for little money because it can provide a nice stand for watching vids if you fold it like this. No, they came with no extra SD chip.
The S6 lite is more expensive (AUD660) but there's also one for AUD412 with the same specs? No idea why. It's to do with the processor. Didn't go into detail. Have fun with your new tablet.
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I spent extra on my S6 to get a 128gb main storage which here was ~$650 but I grabbed mine on the early black Friday sales for $450. It was too good a bargain to ignore. I also put in a 128gb SD secondary storage chip which I was amazed to get for only $15! A Samsung chip too. Normally > $100. The assistant pointed it out to me saying it was a Black Friday thing. Luck of the Irish! It works great!
I've downloaded a stack of puzzle games like Mahjong to keep my grey matter sharp. They're mostly fun but I'm culling the banal ones and the ones with too many Ads. All free, but with in App purchases which I ignore nowadays. I got sucked into spending $$$'s that way about 4 years ago. Silly me salivating like Pavlov's dog.
looker-on
aka Thomas the Kraut
Have you? Why don't we play some nice online games together and share results? I like those below.
Richie
I know you were hesitant but why not make a fresh attempt?Waffle - https://wafflegame.net/daily
Phrazle - Guess the Phrase | Solitaired.com - https://solitaired.com/phrazle
Blossom, a daily word game - https://www.merriam-webster.com/games/blossom-word-game
Wordle - A daily word game - https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html
I play those on a daily basis, not each of them every day but depending on the time I have.
As you said they activate grey matter and are a must for me.