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Time's up...
and I know at least three people know the solution but for various reasons didn't want to post.
BEELINES + XT => EXTENSIBLE
And yes, inspired by a headbanging session dealing with some horribly (dis)organised XML.
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I didn't get XT, which made the anagram impossible ... 
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I was going to say to another Peter that I didn't mention the brand name because it would have given things away too easily. But to my mind IBM pretty much "owned" the term PC in those days.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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It seems you are too early for that reference... 
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
modified 2-Sep-21 8:47am.
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I have two reasons not to post (and nothing personal)
1. I'm awful at setting them
2. Tomorrow is weekend and I have neither time nor will to set it
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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OK, it's not bad, but it has a few flaws.
The "speeding" indicator is visual, not audio - which is a pain. In Here WeGo, you can set how much over the limit you will allow, and when you reach it, it gives you three "bongs" to let you know. In traffic, that means you don't have to keep one eye on speed limits, one on the speedo, and open your third eye for monitoring traffic; you can just watch the cars and keep up with them, hearing a "slow down" warning instead. You get used to it really fast, and it's a big help.
The voice directions are clear, as are the displayed ones - but the voice is a little "muddy" and if you select the "Loud" option all that appears to happen is she develops a serious lisp making it much harder to hear.
The HUD mode is nice to see, and probably works well at night - but it doesn't work even when overcast in my car - there is nowhere I can put the phone and angle it for the reflection is clearly visible.
The traffic / holdup support looks pretty good!
It doesn't appear to support What Three Words, which is a pain, but not a deal breaker (Maps does, Here WeGo doesn't seem to)
Do I like it? A qualified yes. A bit of work on the voice, and adding audio to the speed warnings and it would be a "YES!"
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OriginalGriff wrote: The voice directions are clear, as are the displayed ones - but the voice is a little "muddy" and if you select the "Loud" option all that appears to happen is she develops a serious lisp making it much harder to hear.
Is there an option to change the voice in which directions are given? Waze does, for example, and my wife & I have different settings on our phones.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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Beelines around an early PC can be stretched. (10)
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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But as I'm just going out I cheated and used an anagram solver, so I don't think my answer should count.
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It's an easy anagram which I'm sure you could of have worked out yourself  - I'm having a break from setting anymore this week
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
modified 2-Sep-21 7:37am.
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pkfox wrote: you could of
tsk, tsk, tsk!
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Eh ?
Edit
Oh you mean my appalling grammar ? that's ow we talk in Addlestone no wot eye meen ?
"I didn't mention the bats - he'd see them soon enough" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Well up here in posho land we say "could have". 
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Surely that's "One could have"? 
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Listen Taffy ...
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Woking ? posh ? you're having a laugh ( unless you're in the Hook Heath area )
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Maybury - good enough?
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Oh yes - there used to be a good pub there The Maybury Arms?
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When we first moved here The Maybury was a dump, ruled over by a miserable little weasel of a publican and his cronies. I think the brewery eventually got fed up with his lack of profit and kicked him out. Various people then tried their hand but never quite managed to get it going. Then some years ago it was bought by Mitchell & Butlers (AFAIR), rebuilt, renamed The Inn at Maybury Pub & Restaurant in Woking, Surrey[^], turned into a gastropub, and is doing quite well. A two minute walk from home.
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Oh I must have hit it lucky - was there a Mayford Arms ? I could be mixing them up. the pub I remember wasn't big enough to serve food
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I like that 'early PC' but it is not entirely true if PC is plain personal computer and not the branded version...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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No but good enough for a bit of fun
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Sky Broadband is down round here (and across much of the UK, it seems) which is annoying the heck out of Herself, who uses an online jigsaw puzzle to swear at pass the time
Anyone else got the same?
Thankfully, my phone has a portable hotspot, so she has internet back (and clearly, so do I). I'll just have to remember to disconnect it later or it'll cost me money
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