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The bad news: an email from China (at long last after the Chinese New Year shutdown) to say they won't be delivering my new dual boot tablet after all ... did I want a refund? Sod it - nearly a month I've been waiting now.
The good news: a friend found out my Nexus 7 had died, and to say did I want his since he hasn't used it since he got his iPad? If so, let your self in and it's on the side under teh stairs, charged and ready to go - no, no money, it's all yours!
So I've had to find a new supplier for the 12" Win10 / android tab - done, and in stock - and I can stop using the gawd-awful Amazon Fire I got to tide me over. Yay! Heap of elephanting sunshine, that thing... 
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OriginalGriff wrote: an email from China (at long last after the Chinese New Year shutdown) to say they won't be delivering my new dual boot tablet after all
Did "China" mention why they won't be delivering your tablet? (ie. going out of business, quality recall, new model on the way, etc...). 
OriginalGriff wrote: did I want his since he hasn't used it since he got his iPad?
Not exactly a great testimonial for the Nexus 7... 
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. ~ Ronald Reagan
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Mike Mullikin wrote: Not exactly a great testimonial for the Nexus 7
For what it's worth, I love mine. I use it mainly for portable media - music at work, Netflix at home.
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Mike Mullikin wrote: Did "China" mention why they won't be delivering your tablet?
No just "this item is no longer available and has been discontinued", but I asked the question ... doubt I'll get an honest reply. 
Mike Mullikin wrote: Not exactly a great testimonial for the Nexus 7
More a reflection on him than anything else. I got a Nexus, so he got a Nexus. His wife's mate got an iPad, she got an iPad. So he got an iPad. So she got an iPhone as her mate had one. So he replaces his Android phone with an iPhone... you know the type.
That he has no idea what to do with any of them (and needed my help to plug his headphones into his laptop on one occasion) doesn't seem to be relevant to his purchasing decisions. 
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OriginalGriff wrote: doubt I'll get any honest reply.
FTFY
OriginalGriff wrote: you know the type. That he has no idea what to do with any of them... doesn't seem to be relevant to his purchasing decisions.
Definitely know the type. I try not to talk tech with them let alone suggest kit or offer advise. As a younger man it took me a few years to learn but now I try to stay under the radar from a home IT POV. My FIL is the lone exception... 
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. ~ Ronald Reagan
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Support your local dealer
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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I've gotten a few items sent to me directly from China - I regretted all of them.
That's why it's going to remain "a few".
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Seems you've implemented your own ban. Hypocrite! 
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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No - I just let them go through some Extreme Vetting, which translates to having someone to blame. In this case, it's the vendor who spewed the stuff.
Bans: Food of any sort from China (toxic) and Japan (Fukishima waste); from Europe, I keep away from dairy (per Chernobyl - not enough Sr90 half-lives have passed); These have been in place for some time. Mad as hell at Chevrolet (they wouldn't remove On-Star); Also, who makes aluminum foil in small sheets so hat-making takes extra foil.
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LMAO! 
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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wow.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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You taught a sheep to wear fashionable clothes? Well done – I'm Prada Ewe!
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You have to ram home your lifestyle!
veni bibi saltavi
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But do they give a FCUK?
Sin tack ear lol
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I loved the movie - Gene Hackman in one of his best roles!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Nobody can Ivanka Trump that pun!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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I'm shorn I've heard this before.
/ravi
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This is the worsted pun ever; alpaca your coat for you, angora far, far away!
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Baah! The choice with warm fashionable close: eider down or wool? Let's not nit-pick for the shear sake of it.
With that, I'll take it on the lamb.
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Yes, but those leg-of-mutton sleeves  ...
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Am I allowed to tell about a programmer job at a hi-tech company in Finland, or is it against the policy of this forum?
Are here anyone who would be interested? Decent salary and a somewhat exotic country...
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Job ads are off topic. Sorry.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
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Ok. 
modified 12-Feb-22 21:01pm.
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May I apply for the job using this forum or is against its policy?
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