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michaelbarb wrote: Don't laugh.
I'm not laughing at all.
I've created some Excel reports these last few years and users love them and they're easy for me to make and change.
Between Excel and the PDF library (both free libraries to boot), I've covered all my reporting needs 
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More than once I have had peers that sneered when I suggested it.
One went so far to ask if I needed my diaper changed. But then in the next round of layoffs he was let go and I stayed. My customers kept asking for more Excel spread sheets.
So many years of programming I have forgotten more languages than I know.
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Owing endless share term (8)
"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
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Owing endless share term (8)
Owing endless: duty
share: ration
term: duration
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Almost the same reasoning
Owing endless = Due
But the correct answer which is what's important YAUT
"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
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... when I tried to report my lateral flow test result.*
The damn QR code just wouldn't scan - until I realized I was scanning the timer, not the test strip. 
* Herself works in an Old Folks Home, and they insist on daily tests for all staff - so I do one as well to make sure she isn't going to catch it from me and take it in there. Hits my "gag reflex" every time.
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I have found that the latest batch we have will not scan. The early ones (mid 2021) all scanned perfectly. I suspect poor print quality on the test strip.
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I have no problem with them - when I scan the right item, that is - scanning them on my desktop webcam (Logitech 920) but Herself can get grief with her tablet (Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e). I suspect the focus doesn't like getting "that close" rather than the print quality, or possibly the background - If I hold the strip to my webcam, it has difficulty picking it out, but if I lay it on the desk and hold the camera over it, it's pretty much instant every time.
Maybe it depends what you are scanning with and how?
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Yes, I hold it in my hand in front of the camera on my laptop. So it could well be my shaky hand, although as I say, it did work last year.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: it did work last year
Getting old, eh? 
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Yes, very. 
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That's better than the alternative!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Just so long as my body and mind keep a semblance of order.
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Why are you testing ?
"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
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Herself works in an old folks home, and they are insisting on daily testing to try and keep it out of the home. Since I go different places, if I test daily as well it reduces the chances that she'll accidently take it in on her clothes, shoes, hair ... - even if she passes that morning.
"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
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I see - my mother is in a home and they also insist on visitors taking a lateral flow test and waiting 20 minutes for the result.
"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
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My mom's in an old folks home, and they apparently had 3 staff members and a resident catch Covid (despite all staff and residents having both shots + their booster).
What I don't understand is, if they knew this, why did they allow my dad to go visit my mom despite knowing they had this small outbreak - meaning, my dad subsequently had to go on quarantine as a result. And because of that, he was refused the booster shot he was scheduled to take the next day.
Pardon me for looking at this situation and questioning the effectiveness of either shots or boosters.
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As you know, I've had Covid - but you may not know how I got it.
I got it from Herself, who got it at the old folks home, from patients that were forcibly relocated there from the local hospital (as in the home manager being told that if she didn't take them the police would be involved) and who despite assurances that they were Covid free weren't, and in fact hadn't been tested. Since all testing was reserved for NHS use the home couldn't test them.
Stringent rules were put in place in case they did have covid, but with dementia patients rules don't always work, and Herself and a few others were infected - plus PPE was made of unobtainium at the time (reserved for NHS again, thanks Boris).
Most homes do try, but ... residents don't always help and sometimes the rules are just plain wrong.
The home where Herself works has had a few outbreaks since and that has delayed Herself's jabs a couple of times but despite that neither of us has caught it for long enough to show up on a LFT done twice weekly.
I'd say the shots and boosters do help - if only to mitigate the severity of the disease when you do catch it (and I think the way Omicron is going, it's a case of "when" not "if" now - the last R number I heard was estimated to be over 5!).
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While I agree with your regular testing, I'm not convinced there's much point reporting to BigBrother any more.
Over Christmas week I know 4 people who caught Covid, all with symptoms, all confirmed with lateral flow tests. Not one reported their positive result, let alone their previous negatives. Over New Year, another 4 relatives caught it; 3 with symptoms, confirmed with lateral flow, one with no symptoms, tested positive at school on a PCR (first day back). Again none of the four reported to gov. Everyone seems to be saying "what's the point?"
The point is that, while the experts are still warning caution over Omicron being less severe, if (say) only 10% of people with it are reporting, then we have a drastically wrong view of how prevalent it is. Moreover if only a small proportion report it, then maybe 1% of people reported "positive" end up in hospital, while the true case is nearer 0.1%. So the dangers are over-stated, fear is spread, restrictions are enforced etc.. etc.. But it seems scanning a barcode is too much effort for people, especially when they're self-isolating with nothing to do for a week...
If 90% of the population aren't reporting even when they're positive, the gathered data is such poor quality as to be pretty-much meaningless.
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Previous to last night my only experience of an earthquake was a very minor shoogle while I was offshore Qatar, and thought it was just the crane driver being rough with a load landing.
Last night however! Was woken up at 3.07am local, with everything moving randomly, cupboard doors rattling etc. real WTF moment
Turns out there was a Magnitude 6.6, 48km WNW of Polis, off the west coast of Cyprus.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000gaqu/executive
I guess once the weather clears and I get the observatory open again, I'll need to recheck the polar alignment on the scope!
Thankfully all good, no damage here, but quite exciting at the time!
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I experienced several 6-7.0+ earthquakes and many subsequent aftershocks while living in southern California in the late 80's early 90's. Exciting and scary all at the same time, for sure.
Brick buildings can be beautiful, but they are no match for a good earthquake. Many historical buildings were damaged and/or destroyed during that time period.
Glad you had no damage.
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Lots of complaints here in the Netherlands from people living in the North in the province of Groningen.
Although earthquakes are a rarity over here, due to gas exploitation things are not stable anymore and lots of houses are damaged.
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RickZeeland wrote: due to gas exploitation things are not stable anymore and lots of houses are damaged
That's nuts. I hope said gas exploitation companies are paying for the repairs?
I live in an area with a lot of nearby housing development going on. They're doing a lot of work involving dynamite. It's my understanding that the developer was required to take picture of neighboring houses (specifically, foundations) so if any cracks appear as a result of their work, they're on the hook.
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Paying for the repairs proved to be very problematic, despite promises from the government people are waiting for years now. The government also just broke their promise not to extract gas anymore, needless to say that the "Groningers" are not amused 
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I had the pleasure to visit PTT office in Groningen in the 90s. Most secure building I ever visited.
It was surrounded by a moat with a guarded bridge.
My host lived out in a small town on the “new” ground in a house that was built around the founding of United States.
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