Well hello there. I must confess i wasn't sure you would take the plunge however you proved me wrong! Good for you!!!!!

I genuinely believe that you will have a blast with it. They are excellent bits of kit.

Right, enough from me as i'm typing this on a tablet and its annoying me😶

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Taaaaddddaaaaaaa..........Yep he's back!

After an enforced absence mainly due to study, marriage, workload (yep got a job) and general tardiness I thought I had better make an appearance on this most helpful of forums.

Can I just say in my defence that whilst I haven't been posting I have been a prolific 'lurker'. I still find this forum a source of huge direction, help and more often than not inspiration as to "what are we doing for dinner tonight"

Well, where to start?

The wife and I have managed to see out our first year of wedded bliss, no seriously it has been FANTASTIC. I really am the 'lucky one'. She is quite literally the best thing to have happened to me  . Neither of us can believe that our first year has come and gone with such speed. I guess it is very true that "Time waits for no man" or should that be person in this PC world? Either way you get the point.

We have been lucky in so far as I have managed to get employment in my chosen new career - no it isn't as well paid as what I could earn if I chose to don a suit and return to the city but then I wouldn't be able to play in helicopters in the most amazing part of SE Queensland - STUNNING part of the world! All said and done, we aren't doing it so tough if honest. We have a great place in a really convenient and central part of Brissy (next to the Storey Bridge) and we have a Thermomix so all things considered.....WINNING!

We have had multiple visits from friends and family. I am convinced that they come up for the weather and the great meals that the wife and I concoct from the TMX / BBQ or a combination of both - well, there are always empty plates and practically nothing left over for me to take to work the next day so it can't be that bad........right? In fact, we have been visited most recently by both sides of the family. Mine have literally just returned to the UK and we were lucky enough to have MiL up at the same time. I am incredibly lucky as I actually get on with and indeed like my MiL (rather fond of actually!!!) and it would appear as though she doesn't mind me either (pheeeewwww!!) We had a fantastic Anzac weekend whereby I managed to drag the entire tribe out to dawn service ahead of me marching through the city. I have to say you guys and girls (Aussies) certainly do Anzac day very (VERY!!!!!) well. I must admit I think it gets a better attendance / turn out than Remembrance Day (not easy for me to admit!  ).

Anyway, I digress. I guess I should post pictures like I promised.....all that time ago.

For those interested, we were incredibly fortunate in so far as MiL has a house on the NSW S Coast and we got married there. When I say it is on the beach I do mean it is on the beach......with the exception of some grass, a few trees and the obligatory sand there is NOTHING else. Very Very lucky indeed (for us).

Hope you are all well and apologies again for being so absent!

TTFN

RC (and Mrs)

Gert, enjoy your new toy.  Tell me, why do most people buy an iPad when the Samsung tablet is so much cheaper.  Does one do so much more than the other?

Hey Judydawn,

After owning both and sadly lots of both I see the pro's and cons of both. If you already have an Apple setup, ie iMac (of any sort), iPhone/ iPod/iPad and have lots of things on iTunes etc and cant or aren't interested in breaking from that formula then I would stick with Apple products. In doing so you are also (unfortunately) resigning yourself to paying incredibly over inflated prices which quite frankly are not commensurate with the quality of the product. That said, Apple do have (for the most part) a strong after sales service.

The other side of the equation is Android (lets use Samsung as an example).

They are considerably cheaper and have a considerably quicker product turnover. This is good and bad. Good in so much as they update and progress their technologies quickly. Great for a geek like me and bad for a too if you have magpie tendencies (like me) and like shiny new kit.

Android is considerably more 'open' in how it deals with media (music, pictures, films etc) thus the consumer isn't dictated to by a single company (Apple in this case) by forcing everything through iTunes.

For those technical individuals out there I am well aware that Apple products etc can be 'set free' (Jailbroken) etc but I have chose to answer Judy on a level playing field basis.

In short (if I can still claim that), its totally down to the individual but do your homework and don't buy into anybody's hype regards their product and how much better it is over the competition. For me I am very much an Apple computer person (who chooses to run Windows via a virtual machine when I need Windows), and ANDROID for everything else. That includes my telephone and multiple (ashamedly) tablet devices.

As I have offered before, if I can help anyone with IT questions / troubles then by all means drop me a pm.

TTFN

RC

ps - Gert, don't think your Samsung purchase passed without me seeing it.........Good to see you are turning to the 'light side of the force' 

Hey everyone,

For what it is worth;

The original iPad (yep all those tablet years ago....! (2010)) will probably be showing its age now in terms of battery life. I owned one but got incredibly annoyed when Apple stopped supporting it with new iOS upgrades after only 18months! One of the best ways to ensure that your battery is giving you maximum charge is to ensure things like bluetooth, wifi, and data connections (3G) are only switched on when you are actually using them and need them. The other big drain on battery is what Apple refer to a 'location services' - this basically allows the internal GPS to share your location with lots of other applications for exactly that 'location based services'. Great for navigation and things and also pretty good for shopping deals etc but a bit heavy on the battery.

Gert is 100% correct about clearing things down from the 'active apps'. I found the best way to do this was to literally restart the whole thing every night. That also acts as a bit of a force for things to update too.

As I may have mentioned before once or twice. If you can make the transition from Apple to Android there are some other VERY good options out there for the tablet users. Some of the new tablets from other manufacturers have screens that are better than that of the apple even the retina ones.

Netflix - I personally think SUITS is fantastic! We don't watch TV but the Mrs didn't thank me one bit for getting her hooked on SUITS.

TTFN

RC

Well hello one and all,

It's been a while since I last posted and much has been going on! Which is actually the reason why I stopped posting much of anything!

Since my last post which if memory serves correctly was back in January 2015 after stepping off of a plane and onto what felt like a frozen tundra it has been nonstop!

As some of you know there was a very significant other in my life for whom I actually purchased the Thermomix in the first place (well, she thinks that's the case anyway  ) who went by the forum name of MrsRC2B. Well, alas she is no more. Yep, that is the end of that relationship and indeed name. She has as of 8/4/15 become MrsRC! 

After lots of planning, calling, emailing, and fretting our wedding went off about as smoothly as anybody could hope for with the exception of the weather but then what can one expect when they book a beach wedding on the NSW South Coast in April. Last minute plans enacted without panic or fluster ensured that the whole day indeed couple of days went off very very well. The catering company were exceptional (I wont name drop on this forum but if you are interested or in need of catering in the NSW South Coast region  let me know and I will share - you wont be disappointed!)

I have been separated from the culinary machine of awesomeness for a while as I have been back in the UK however last night saw a successful(ish) reintroduction if only for me trying to remember what the heck I was doing!

Ultimately however the Thai mussels were a success and the wife (great sounding word!) has another kg of them to eat tonight otherwise they will go to waste.

I wasn't really sure what to do with them or indeed how to 'do with them' in the Thermie so sort of fumbled my way through and made a complete pigs ear of sequencing and adding ingredients etc. So if anyone was curious as to what or indeed how I made dinner last night you are out of luck as I have NO IDEA. The good news and indeed bad news however is the Mrs is seemingly expecting something of equal quality tonight - GOOD LUCK!

Right - I should get on with some study (only 1 more topic and 2 exams to go and I will have my Commercial Pilots exams complete in what has been a busy 6 months then I can start flying again), assuming of course I ever get my visa for migration................ 

Oh - Great work on the new look / feel forum by the way (whoever was responsible). I think it looks incredibly 'fresh' and very slick. It may take a bit of getting used to but I for 1 think its great.

Anyway - TTFN

RC

Good morning one and all from Singapore. Just leaning into the cornerstone of every nutritious breakfast...... Laksa.

I love airports too, and on the whole I thoroughly enjoy every experience however I was being somewhat mardy last night. And to top things off...... I have left the thermi with MrsRC2B.... Oh dear lord what will I do.

Have a good one everybody.

8th April @ 1130. See..... Us blokes do pay attention. )

Rib eye fillet (very rare), massive Australian prawns cooked off in butter and masses of garlic &  mushrooms alongside EDC coleslaw. Oh yeah..... An easy surf and turf. MrsRC2B (the carnivore) didn't say a word all meal but the steak didn't seem to touch the sides