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Re: I may be moving on from .NET altogether

13-Dec-20 7:08

Not the way I would look at it but to each their own. Laugh | :laugh:

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User 1493685313-Dec-20 7:32

User 14936853

13-Dec-20 7:32

Wow... I wonder how people manage to go up to that level of promgramming. I barely understand what you are talking about Laugh | :laugh:

I read little about templates but still black hole in the head when it comes to it Laugh | :laugh:

From my standpoint of a noob I can only say that I like the idea of c++ interface and operator overloading. I didn't use it yet but it's cool that I can do it if I want. But for today.... bye bye c++ Cry | :((

You taught me a lot. Back to my Java Swing Comboboxes and JFrames Sigh | :sigh:

lol

Meanwhile, somewhere in the USA: "JSON, pullparser, Arduino, ported something to something..." Laugh | :laugh:

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Worst website design of 2020 competition ...

OriginalGriff13-Dec-20 0:17

13-Dec-20 0:17

... doesn't exist, but my word! This is in the top ten, surely: Help and Support - Personal Customers | Royal Mail Group Ltd[^] (View it in Chrome - the world most used browser.)

Colour choice: Red and black writing on very dark grey, with a yellow band with res, black and light grey writing. Except for the red bit on the white background that is cut off, and the button which is white on red.
Oh, and the bit that looks like a link?

Still need help? Click here to get in touch

It isn't.

Actual useful content: nill.
Dead | X|

All I'm trying to do if find out what Avery labels I need in order to print my own postage at home ... why is it so difficult to find out?

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Here's a picture of what it looks like for me: Codeproject Uploads: RoyalMail.png[^]
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honey the codewitch13-Dec-20 0:21

13-Dec-20 0:21

But why does it hurt? Frown | :(

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OriginalGriff13-Dec-20 0:23

13-Dec-20 0:23

Because the UK mail delivery service still thinks it's 1940 ... Sigh | :sigh:

Daniel Pfeffer13-Dec-20 0:33

Daniel Pfeffer

13-Dec-20 0:33

OriginalGriff wrote:
UK mail delivery service still thinks it's 1940

In the 1940s and -50s, they still had two postal deliveries a day, down from four in the early 1900s. Now, you're lucky to get two deliveries a week! Sigh | :sigh:

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OriginalGriff13-Dec-20 0:48

13-Dec-20 0:48

Daniel Pfeffer wrote:
Now, you're lucky to get two deliveries a week!

And most of that is adverts the postie stuffs through your letterbox ... Sigh | :sigh:

honey the codewitch13-Dec-20 2:16

13-Dec-20 2:16

OriginalGriff wrote:
And most of that is adverts the postie stuffs through your letterbox

I love the way you folks talk. Laugh | :laugh:

Translated to AVE "And most of it is ads the mailman stuffs into the mailbox"

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OriginalGriff13-Dec-20 2:29

13-Dec-20 2:29

That's one of the weird things about 'murica: you stick your mail in a box on a stick by the road!
So anyone who feels like a quick browse through it, or to take the good bits can just stroll along and help himself ... very odd.

Throughout Europe the letterbox is almost universally on the front door so the post is keep safer and more private. (There is even a European standard height-from-the-ground regulation ...)

theoldfool13-Dec-20 3:39

theoldfool

13-Dec-20 3:39

Ours is a slot in the garage door, with mail falling into a custom designed Amazon cardboard box. A trash can is close by.
I would hate for someone to read the posts offering me prearranged funeral services. Smile | :)

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Greg Utas13-Dec-20 3:53

Greg Utas

13-Dec-20 3:53

The box on a stick by the road is also used in Canada. But in both places, this is for rural areas, or areas that used to be rural and still have long driveways. The mail is delivered by a vehicle with a "wrong side" drive so the mailman can just lean out and stuff the mail into the box. It's efficient for countries that aren't the size of a postage stamp. Big Grin | :-D

In large part, Canada doesn't even have urban mail delivery anymore. For over 20 years, new urban developments have "group mailbox" installations located in outdoor shelters. Ours is a 5-minute walk away and contains over 100 mailboxes. Even though we have a separate mailing address, we still have to regularly clean out all the junk that accumulates in it.

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DerekT-P14-Dec-20 12:17

DerekT-P

14-Dec-20 12:17

It's odd that so many Americans "love the way we Brits talk", but never do anything about it - i.e. learning to speak English properly.. Laugh | :laugh:

honey the codewitch14-Dec-20 15:14

14-Dec-20 15:14

I speak quite a bit of the queen's english because I keep odd hours so I wind up talking to a lot of you folks in the wee hours. You're almost intelligible. Laugh | :laugh:

I don't flaunt it though.

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Richard MacCutchan13-Dec-20 1:23

Richard MacCutchan

13-Dec-20 1:23

Hmm, I must be seeing something different as it looks quite acceptable to me.

OriginalGriff wrote:
find out what Avery labels I need

Ha, ha, you have a treat coming. The 'labels' are full size and designed only for parcels. I created a couple for our overseas cards and had to mess about reducing them to fit on a reasonable size envelope.

OriginalGriff13-Dec-20 1:34

13-Dec-20 1:34

In Edge, it works ... in Chrome, for me it definitely doesn't.

Mind you in Edge, it's still useless, just you can see it ... Laugh | :laugh:

Rich Leyshon13-Dec-20 22:44

Rich Leyshon

13-Dec-20 22:44

Have you got some weird setting for Chrome as for me, both look exactly the same and are both very easy to read!

Obviously, that doesn't mean it actually works but after all, this is a large UK company formerly publicly owned, so we shouldn't expect too much.

OriginalGriff13-Dec-20 22:59

13-Dec-20 22:59

Not as far as I know, it's pretty much standard with a couple of extensions.
I added a screenshot to the original post.

Rich Leyshon13-Dec-20 23:01

Rich Leyshon

13-Dec-20 23:01

Maybe it's a monitor thing as the screenshot looks fine to me with the Royal Mail logo the only slightly difficult bit to read.

OriginalGriff13-Dec-20 23:17

13-Dec-20 23:17

You need to get your eyes tested! Laugh | :laugh:

RickZeeland13-Dec-20 1:30

RickZeeland

13-Dec-20 1:30

I would like to propose Database .NET - An Intuitive Multiple Database Manager[^]
It is really a pity that the website gives such a bad impression of an otherwise impressive product.

dandy7218-Dec-20 10:26

dandy72

18-Dec-20 10:26

RickZeeland wrote:
I would like to propose Database .NET - An Intuitive Multiple Database Manager[^]
It is really a pity that the website gives such a bad impression of an otherwise impressive product.

...but it's intuitive...says so right in the name...