you promised not to tell…
Vodka beer and quarantine I have failed
Does this work for marriages as well?
If you want to mute a thread scroll to the bottom of the thread and tap the Tracking button, it’s all self explanatory from there…
I am not touching that one with a ten foot pole
You called?
Meanwhile. Pleasure. 1st “salon” haircut yesterday since February.
Annoyance. Challenged by my cousin to “do a full set for Movember”.
Damn, it itches like hell.
Oddly enough, that’s what she used to say.
Done … Very quiet now !
…I note that Phil is formulating a response
I have just explained superstition to Mrs P_F’s BFF.
And pointed out that I can only shave off the beard, when Southampton next lose a football match.
In May.
Tbh I dream of being out & about selling ANYTHING!
F*&!×+ING Lockdown
Do they have the big issue in Poland?
Lazy but lovely hacks.
I’ve been working on a drop in replacement for a label generator. It’s four times faster than the thing it’s replacing and produces a sharper image.
In practice, the sharper image is fainter when printed on the label, a worry when the print heads start to reach end of life.
I speak to the vendor that sold us the new version of the label software, and they say nothing can be done. They too have changed their component, it’s a black box. That’s just the way it is.
Red rag to this bull. I don’t like being told something is impossible. If possible, I want those labels looking as close to the present ones as possible.
I enlist the help of my better-sighted colleagues. We spend an afternoon looking for slightly thicker fonts. We do find a couple of candidates, but none are quite right. None are the same.
Last night, a solution dawned on me. I contacted my #2 and said “I think I’ve just solved this, and you’ll never believe how”. Two minutes later, she’s on the phone.
“How?”
“I made a new fucking font”. I just had. I’d downloaded a piece of software called FontForge, which allowed me to create a slightly thicker version of the existing font. Works like a fucking champ.
A life lesson to be had there. Once you’ve identified what you can’t change, change what you can
All powered by “beer”™️
A L C _ H _ L
… is sometimes the answer.
Christmas Dinner?