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Good one 
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Are semi-portable propane ovens not common in your area?
Here, you can buy an oven for roughly 100 Euro/USD, providing 4-5 kW of heat, for 10-11 kg propane bottles. (There are smaller models for 5 kg bottles as well.) Refilling the bottle comes currently at 19 cents/kWh, which used to be significantly above Norwegian electricity prices, but this winter, electricity prices have been crazy, jumping up and down, mostly between 30 and 90 cents/kWh (when you add taxes and the kWh-fee to the line company).
Being high power, these ovens can heat up a moderately sized room quite rapidly. Being portable, they can be moved around to the room you need to heat.
I've been an evangelist for this kind of ovens for several years, and this winter, people have understood that I am right . They are sold by the thousands.
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I didn't realize it's summer in Canada 
Glad to see the power's back on 
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Sander Rossel wrote: it's summer in Canada
In winter, Canadians hibernate. Waking a Canadian in winter is extremely dangerous; they may even snap at you!
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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If nobody noticed, it was a pointless meeting anyway.
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Not necessarily. Some meetings include agenda items that are only of interest to a subset of attendees, and others go down rat holes that should be handled offline. It's good to have something productive to work on during such times.
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I did it this morning, with the bonus that I muted Teams audio from the sound mixer and listened to music in the meantime.
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Contraption that will banish evil? (6)
[nonclue]Had to pinch one - out of time. Heading to Melbourne in the morning.[/nonclue]
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I like the way you devised your clue.
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Oh very good - but I've already done one this week
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
modified 20-Dec-22 6:20am.
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OK, I'll take it: DEVICE
Contraption DEVICE
that will banish evil? DE-VICE It deserved that question mark! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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YAUT!
Pinched from a British "How to do cryptics" book. Many of the clues there are pretty tortured.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Eurropean Unnion at its best.
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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So true. It is even more annoying that there is no standard dialog so you can just click Reject straight off. The number of times I have almost clicked "Accept all" because of the way this layout is similar to the previous one I saw.
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Or those ones that insist that you visit a dozen ad companies to individually tell them to go away (or accept the lot).
I either go elsewhere, or "Inspect...delete element" and continue.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OriginalGriff wrote: go elsewhere
Same here; unless it is something I really need to read I don't hang about.
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OriginalGriff wrote: I either go elsewhere, or "Inspect...delete element" and continue.
I tend to close the tab, return to where you found the link, and 'open in private window'. Then you can ignore client side cookies, but I'm not certain about how effective (if at all) it is with server side cookies.
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I don't care about cookies.
It's a plugin that I use, gets rid of most @#$€!! cookie popups.
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I'm looking to backup my DVD collection while I still have a DVD player.
I've been trialling WinX DVD Ripper Platinum from Digiarty Software. The trial version gives a 5 minute sample and the output seems to be reasonable. I had my son's sharper eyes/ears have look and he thought it was Ok too.
The software is easy enough for my simple brain to use as there aren't too many options (but lots of presets).
I don't think there are any free products out there, so $60 is not a show stopper.
Online reviews seem to be pretty positive (there's always one person who is unhappy).
Has anyone used this product & what did you think of it?
// TODO: Insert something here Top ten reasons why I'm lazy
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I have used it to copy old and new DVDs and never had a problem. It does what it says on the tin.
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Thanks, good to hear. 
// TODO: Insert something here Top ten reasons why I'm lazy
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Before you start paying for software, why not try VLC[^]? It's free, and will let you rip a DVD to an MP4 file fairly easily.
Media ⇒ Convert/Save... ⇒ Disc
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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