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Have done a couple of 'virtual beers' now using the free options in Skype*, one as a group of four and one as a group of eight (I think it lets you go up to fifty?). Both worked seamlessly for c.2hrs in regards to audio and video across all of us, even with a mix of phones and laptops.

It's obviously not the same as being in the same room, but it's a far better compromise than you'd think and does feel like you've had a good catch-up and as you've said it just seemed to work - as and when we're finally on the other side of this I can see this sort of thing being more popular rather than loads of little WhatsApp one-liners etc.

• Also had a catch up with my brother and parents via WhatsApp video, which is limited to just four participants but again worked seamlessly.
  

it doesn't fill me with confidence about the UK gov position to let football go ahead

The Coronavirus information for supporters that Norwich sent out last night is bonkers - 'The club have been advised that supporters and members of the public should avoid shaking hands and other physical interaction with each other, as well as with players and staff'

Great. That should be easy. It gets better: 'Anyone with flu symptoms should avoid the risk of spreading the infection by staying at home and recovering. The club are relying on everyone to play to their part and be transparent about any potential level of risk.'

I've got a feeling this'll be the last round of fixtures played in front of crowds in the Premier League, if played at all. I'm giving it a miss.

Aston Merrygold and David Norris probably the two most notable during my time there.

Wikipedia has Keith Palmer (Prodigy's Maxim Reality) as a former student, and I'm pretty confident Gizz Butt was there too.

Blimey...last 16 after that win at Burnley...I think we're on a cup run!

Bottom half is insanely tight this season.

Think you can pretty much safely call us out of it at the bottom. Just can't see how we're going to get ourselves another 26pts out of 17 games that include trips to United, Arsenal, Spurs, Chelsea, Wolves, City and visits to us from Liverpool and Leicester - even if we average a point a game out of those it means we have to get 2pts a game out of the remaining 9!

Such a shame, some sensible cash spent on a few key additions over close-season and I think we'd have given ourselves a decent chance of finishing safely...

An excellent plan/project...will definitely be keeping an eye on this thread.

Did a solo LEJOG nine(!) years ago now - still up there as one of the best twelve day 'holidays' I've had. Enjoy!

I worked out in our situation it was never worth weekly/monthly tickets, only PAYG or annual. But with annual the gain was so small that it wasn't worth the outlay, especially if you had some WFH.

Similar here, based in Dartford and commuting into Charing Cross - made myself up a spreadsheet and worked out that even just one day WFH means you can start to save on the season ticket if you pick up one Off-Peak train over the rest of it.

Time-wise, we're 1hr 15min from door to desk at best or 1hr 35min if you don't catch the 'express' ones. Wouldn't want much more than that really, especially when you think a five day commute on the faster services means being out of the house for an extra twelve hours every week!

I'm fortunate that working from home is an option at least a couple of days a week and flexible hours means I can save time as well as take advantage of the Off-Peak services at £4.40 a time instead of £7.60 on contactless and save quite a bit compared to the annual option.

Could just pick up an Everdrive to load ROMs onto?

We were awful today, almost like the players were playing in a testimonial - we’ve picked up more injuries since beating City and are crying out for a centre-half or centre-midfielder to get back off the physio’s table, but no excuse for that performance.

Nothing else to add really. Concerned our heads’ll drop after that though...

We’ve got the Yale wireless too - just the basic one though. All we wanted was something visible as a deterrent, so didn’t bother with cameras etc..

Woken up...checked the BBC Football site...it really happened!

Best game I think I’ve ever seen at Carrow Road. Despite an incredibly long injury list we beat them and did it playing football with no shithousing.

So proud of the team, and so pleased for Farke. Now for Burnley and Palace away...

My thought too, but apparently it's a no.

Can she get him along to a store to see how the iPad looks and works with a keyboard cover? It sounds like an ideal fit for the use case, and sometimes it just needs someone to see it looks like a laptop to get them off the idea of 'I don't want a tablet' - they're not stupidly cheap to purchase, but they really are a lovely size and should last for years without getting clogged up.

Would suggest somewhere like John Lewis, where it doesn't feel too 'tech-y' - we just picked one up from there as they had an offer on the keyboard cover, got the 64GB iPad Air and cover for £550.

If it really is a no, how about the MacBook Air? I'm still using my mid-2012 model for design work so even that would be over the top for email and browsing!

Well at least I can say I’ve been to Crawley, another ground ticked and one more to come on Saturday at West Ham - haven’t done two ticks in a week for years!

Garmin are running a ‘coffee and cake’ promotion...buy a 530 or 830 and you can claim a £50 pre-paid card thirty days after purchase.

List of participating retailers here: https://www.garminrewards.co.uk/retailers

...it will be bare wires...

Read a tip somewhere (may have been AV Forums) that suggested avoiding this where possible when routing cables and using conduits all the way as all it takes is an inquisitive rat/mouse/creature and you have to do it all again.

Thanks both. May turn the power off and take a look before committing myself fully! House was built in 2007 and only had a few owners so I'd hope not too much has been meddled with...

Light switches and plug sockets...to change them it's a case of turning power off, taking old ones away from the wall and noting which wires go where, switch to new ones with wires in corresponding places, putting them back in the wall and turning the power back on...right?

I should be able to do this all myself, yes? It's not something that needs a qualified electrician?

Treated myself to a 2018 MacBook Air to replace my mid-2012 version...went for refurbished again as it’s a nice and easy way to save some cash, c.15% in this case which makes AppleCare+ effectively free.

It arrived eleven days ago. Trying to log into a website today and it’s not working. Took a while to work out what was happening...the bloody keyboard is failing!

Booked into the Apple Store tomorrow, but have a feeling I’ll be simply returning it for a refund and hope they fix it with the rumoured refresh later this year.

So disappointed!

One of the nicest men at football, but I have honestly never enjoyed going to football at Carrow Road less than the last year he had with us - week after week of hearing how the opposition (anyone) had players who could hurt us and then watch us line up for a draw or nick a 1-0 win at best...and that was the home games!

If he does end up at The Hawthorns I’m sure he’ll get promotion, but be ready to explain to people* that don’t watch full matches why you’re not happy with what you’ve got going.

• Lineker after we sacked him...’what do they expect down there?!’ - sod off!
  

Championes!

Fair play to Villa, guard of honour post match along with letting us enjoy the celebrations.

‘Norwich could be alright next season, or at least put up a fight’

I’m hoping so...we’re a totally different side to the one that got relegated last time under Hughton (was dreadful to watch!), and Farke’s assembled a side that’s more enjoyable to watch than Lambert’s back-to-back promotion winning one was.

We’ve got a fluidity now, you can see us work through the gears with every player good on the ball - we all wondered how we’d replace Maddison, but we have...and on the cheap too, as well as bringing through youngsters like Lewis, Godfrey and Aarons from the academy (all could/will play for much bigger sides in the future).

I’m excited to see who we end up bringing in to help this current squad evolve, but mainly chuffed that Farke gets to have a shot at the top flight...have a feeling we’ll become the Premier League’s hipster club of choice!

Thought we'd made life incredibly difficult for ourselves with the result at Stoke. Enjoyed watching Brentford, now it's just a point required against Blackburn at home next week...

Would be absolute jokes if Ipswich did us a hand earlier in the day against Sheffield United too!

Starting to look like we may (surprisingly) make it over the line this year, and we’re doing it playing some lovely stuff. I’ve never seen a side of ours that’s so comfortable on the ball through the whole team.

Could do with another Leeds or Sheffield United wobble in the next two rounds of games though to ease the nerves a bit...

Weighing up wether to do the same and hope the keyboard isn’t a flaky (or broken!) one or wait until later this year in case a new model is released...

Would get AppleCare+, but would also like it to not be out of action as it’s repaired (or fail after 3yrs and 1day!).

Deliberating options as got an itch for a new laptop...currently using a MacBook Air (13 inch, mid 2012) w/2GHz i7, 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD mainly for InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator with a bit of Premiere Pro thrown in (short 2-3min pieces to camera with titles etc.) along with generic Office stuff. Would quite like to start dabbling in After Effects this year, so wondering if it's worth switching over to the MacBook Pro?

Weighing up either the 13 inch MBA w/1.6GHz Dual-Core i5 or the 13 inch MBP w/2.3GHz Quad-Core i5 (both with 16GB RAM and 512SSD, which seem sensible spec. bumps) - I'm assuming the new Air would be fine for what I'm intending to use it for, but for the sake of £300 over the lifetime of the thing will I regret not going for the Pro in a few years?