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   Jami on 28 December 2025 at 13:55

   I’m so sad I missed it 🥹 I hope you can all forgive me. Christmas socialising and all that 😂

   I only vaguely remember Windows Media Centre when I got my first laptop (which had Vista on it), and don’t remember using it either.

   My friend is here listening to the replay too, and he also agreed about the not-so-scenic Stoke 😂

   I’d have also have done what Madame did and give the older machine so I could have the newer one 😆 though it seems TT now has the flashier, newer Studio with his M3 Ultra 😏

   I got used to hearing recordings of my own voice when I had to listen back to calls when I was a complaints handler 😂 I got used to it but I still squirm a little bit when I hear myself.

   I remember my first iPad was the 3rd one – silver with 32GB. I’d wanted one so badly so I could start doing digital art. Bought it in 2012 with my only bonus from the above job 😂

   That’s so funny 😆 Meyer sounds like me as a child with greens. Saffy and Ellie inhale anything and love greens. The 10p dog food wouldn’t last irrespective of the quality 😂 my beagle especially lives to eat.

   I actually quite enjoy the dentist. I relax in the chair and just leave them to it. Thankfully so far I’ve not had any major issues with my adult teeth TOUCH WOOD!

   I did indeed get the £19 cleaning cloth for free with my nano textured ornamental M4 iPad Pro 😂 well remembered. But it’s actually something I’d not have forked out dollar for normally. I was amazed they included it for free.

   My highlight of MB … finding an Affinity tutorial by complete accident and bingeing the content on YouTube. I’ve never left 😂 my favourite YouTube channel to this day.

   Ribbed and sensitive 😂 my friend just let out an almighty howl. And then again at TT pleasuring Jeremy Clarkson 😂

   A wonderful show as always. A real two-hour treat 😁 looking forward to the next 200 shows.

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   Tracey Baucells on 14 January 2026 at 14:19

   Listening to this, I was struck by one thing: The day of the year Elaine’s mum died was the day we had a flight to the UK to spend Christmas with my Nan. The only thing was, she had died 3 days beforehand.
   Like Elaine’s mum, I have this feeling that my Nan chose to depart this world on that date so that A) She wouldn’t die on Christmas Day, like her gran had and B) so that I wouldn’t have to see her so badly ill and have that as my abiding memory of her.

   36 years later, to the day, one of my most valued friends died. She was like a second mum to me.

   So we share sad anniversaries in the few days before Christmas.

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