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@users 5,000 Plus already.

QOTO, congratulations! Welcome to our new users.

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@_lunawinters what temp? aroudn zero celsius here, light snow dusting.

@Rod It's a good way to look at it.

Think Globally, act locally.

One's life is best place to start.

@freemo @Rod Welcome to Qoto, Rod. 😉

Relax and enjoy. The coffee pot is on, there in the back corner.

@atet " Bristol 400 1947
Origin UK
Engine 1,971 cc, straight-six

Top speed 94 mph (152 km/h) Bristol Aeroplanes entered the car market with a repackaged prewar BMW design, brought back to the UK as “war reparations.” The efficient engine design gave it good
performance and Bristol’s standards of construction—based on aircraft engineering practice—were second to none."

That is a wonderful car, had not heard about it or seen the photos, lovely.

Reminds me of a Bugatti, although smaller and more affordable.

Thanks for the post!

@_lunawinters Sorry to hear that. But maybe it's time to look for a replacement?

11 years in terms of computer tech is 4 generations at least. 2008 vintage. Although there are still some good machines from the era, certainly.

The hard part is how software keeps getting heavier and heavier, as features are added, and everyone wants the newest bells and whistles.

I love vintage computers, do collect examples of quality design and well built hardware -- IBM ThinkPad laptops, HP workstations, some HP laptops too.

Don't have any Apple made computers, but am surprised at the HIGH asking prices for them in the local classifieds market. A 2010 vintage Mac Book Pro still commands hundreds of dollars in there.

Suggestion, Aaditi - look for a replacement from a reseller that specializes in Business class machines, and resells off-lease models.

Here we can get top quality gear from them, usually 3 years old, sometimes more. At affordable prices, and quality levels you will NOT find in consumer grade electronics.

An example of a Canadian reseller like that - they have wonderful stuff including Workstation class desktops, laptops and full servers.

https://www.wintroniccomputers.com/471-0/refurbished

@freemo Yes, I am very fond of silver coinage. Having grown up in a country with constant inflation, rising prices and devaluated currency, the local coinage was quickly overwhelmed by raising prices.

Authorities issued the lowest possible coins, as they would soon be irrelevant anyways. It got so bad as to have aluminum coins, which were ugly, soft, not lasting.

Many years later, living in the northern countries, I am fascinated to know that regular coinage in day to day use here was, until about 1965, minted in silver. US coins used 90% pure silver, and have a very pretty colour, crystalline sound when you jingle a hand full in your pocket. Canadian coins of the same era used 80% silver, and have a bit of yellow tinge as a result, but are still precious.

Real money - no matter what value is stamped on them, silver coins do have an intrinsic value -- their weight in silver never changes.

Gold ones are equally solid, precious metals have been accpted as currency for maybe 5,000 years or more.

I love that. 😄

@freemo Those two are really nice!

I love Silver, and the patina on the Greek Drachm is exquisite. So pretty!

Don't have anything that ancient and precious, myself, just more recent silver coinage for bullion hoarding purposes.

I love the Spanish silver Reales pieces from the Colonial period. The famous Piece of 8, a solid chunk of silver, almost a Troy ounce weight.

Got to be very careful with the historical, high value coinage, as they are tempting targets for fakery.

https://www.ngccoin.com/boards/topic/333821-the-ugly-truth-about-8-reales/

Here are a couple nice examples. They usually have the two pillar designs. I have a reproduction in slightly smaller size and weight, made so as to not be perceived as an original.

@shibaprasad Wonderful, if you liked the Classic version, you will love Current.

You CAN keep the two at the same time -- they install in separate folders by default, and don't interfere with each other. You need to reinstall Add-ons on the second version, then it's ready for use.

If you use the Synch option and login with a Firefox account, your bookmarks, settings, will be updated and can be accessed from any other Firefox installation; desktop or mobile.

It's a great feature.

@susi123

But everything is always changing - that's one of the few things we can take for granted.

An enlightened Philosopher once said that you couldn't cross the same river twice in your lifetime.

For no matter when you return, the river has changed. And so have you.

I found this profound, and assumed it was from the Buddha, but no, it's from greek Philosopher Heraclitus.

@Manikandan1994

@freemo
Oh, thank you. No rush, whenever you feel is the right time. I will be glad to help.

Love this place. TY...

@realcaseyrollins

@freemo No, thank you, it's just me getting tired of seeing a certain user's posts.

For now, I can use the button, and just like on a TV Remote, it's a delight indeed. 😜

But thank you for offering!

@freemo I love them too. So much fun, and to think how long they have been around, what transactions they facilitated.

The pretty silver coin in the photo, the one in bottom right corner, I imagine it's an Arabic, a Dirham perhaps?

The script is so pretty.

@shibaprasad Hello, and thank you -- just starting the day and I am happy you enjoyed it.

The "Current" version of Waterfox is super fast for me too - and it's not a Google property (with all consequential surveillance on you at all times).

I use it on Android phone as well, although right now the app is not showing in the Play Store.

The android one also supports add-ons, and I have the same ones I use in Windows installed on it too.

- uBlock Origin

- a password manager

- and Bypass Paywalls (to read online news that normally lock you out after a few articles read.)

Bypass Firewalls is NOT listed on the FF Add-ons directory, as the Media companies would have a fit. Get it here: https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox

Very easy, one click install.

And Waterfox -- the home is at https://www.waterfox.net/releases/

Get your choice of :

* 'Classic' (the default, if you use the Download button at front of the site);

* "Current"-- this is the faster version, released once a month. Currently, October release, based on FF 68.0a2

Windows 64 Current, Direct link: https://storage-waterfox.netdna-ssl.com/releases/win64/installer/Waterfox%20Current%202019.10%20Setup.exe

@Carlosh
Hello Carlosh, and welcome to Qoto.

Enjoy the network and all it has to offer. If you are new to using Mastodon, there's a good guide here: https://lifehacker.com/a-beginner-s-guide-to-mastodon-1828503235

Have a good day!

@realcaseyrollins