Ray Proudfoot

For those of you who use Pollypot software Steve has announced his return after 7 month’s absence. No reason has been given but the important thing is he’s back and raring to go with new projects. Support forum is here. https://www.pollypotsoftware.org.uk/support/forum.html

Pity the game played yesterday couldn’t be today’s final. Not impressed with either the football or this half-time circus. 🤨

I would expect there to be charter flights to the many locations in the path of totality. Even a day trip is not beyond the possibilities.

I lived in Norwich at the time and saw an advert for a 16 day Solar Eclipse cruise leaving Liverpool on 22 June with stops in Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Nouadhibou, Mauritania. The latter was post-eclipse and was a memorable event. I needed a Yellow Fever jab for just a few hours ashore. Safe then, less so now. Patrick Moore was on the cruise with the Sky At Night team. It cost me £139 together with £30 spending money. 😁 Have you any plans to get to the eclipse path? Maybe Tunisia?

Not for Britain sadly but the Med is ideal. Location of maximum eclipse is Luxor, Egypt with 6m 21s. Lucky sods! Won’t be less than 40°C there though.

91% eclipsed in my location. I’ve ordered a solar filter to attach to my 200-500mm Nikon lens so I can get good closeups. I’ll be driving a couple of miles to a country lane where the WNW horizon is excellent. In the event of cloud I have another plan. Measure exposure before the eclipse starts (125th @f8 for example) and use the same settings throughout the eclipse. That will show how much the light fades. It’s a very eerie light. Those who have witnessed one will know what I mean. The last big one in England was March 2015 with 95% eclipsed. Back in June 1973 I witnessed a total solar eclipse off the coast of Mauritania. 6 minutes of totality. Fantastic experience.

Perhaps it has on your side of the pond but Britain has the most expensive electricity prices in Europe. I’m spared to a degree by having solar panels and with this hot sunny weather we’re having I only start paying close to sunset. You’ll see from my signature it dropped to 57°F last night. More than cool enough for a decent night’s sleep. We’ve had fires on the Moors to the east of Manchester this week but there’s only been a slight smell of smoke in my area. I hope they’re soon extinguished in Canada. Enjoy your holiday. We’re having some of the warmest, sunniest weather for around 8 years. Dry settled weather is forecast for the next 10 days. 👍😎 Most decent hotels will have AC. 👍

Now that I’ve calmed down here’s my analysis. The changes Tuchel made were catastrophic. Both Argentina CBs were on yellows plus their right and left backs would be tiring. That was the time to bring on fresh attacking legs for us like Saka and Rashford. With Argentina needing to score that would have left them more open. It was a golden opportunity to get a second. But even if England had conceded one with that attitude we would have had more of the ball and Argentina would have had to sit deeper. By parking the bus England invited pressure and with the likes of Messi able to cross so accurately the result was inevitable. Tuchel’s tactics gave been questioned by senior players. How on earth does he convince them to trust his tactical acumen?

Corrected, thanks. 👍

@Dazkent , this is the instruction given to me by @virtuali robocopy "C:\Source\Folder_Path" "D:\Destination\Backup_Path" /E /MIR Source folder is C:\Program Files(x86)\AddonManager.

Well you certainly did that! 🤣

@Cap737Delta , why have you reported your own post?

That’s alright Luis. I’ll still speak to you whatever the result. 😉 Likewise too I’m sure.

I take it you’re speaking with your Argentinian hat on. 🤣 I can’t remember the last time England got thrashed. Worst result was 2-0 up against WG in 1970 only to lose 3-2 in extra time. Most painful result of my life.

The anticipation in England ahead of tonight’s semi-final against Argentina is considerable. Much is being made of previous encounters such as the infamous Hand Of God in 1986 and Beckham’s red card in 1998. It’s the first time Messi will have played against England which seems remarkable. There are several Argentina players who possess the dark arts as they’re known. They’ll target Bellingham certainly. I’m sure Tuchel will have given him strict instructions not to react. And he’s sensible enough to keep his emotions in check. It’s an intriguing fixture. My prediction? England to win in 90 minutes.

@riccardo74 , Umberto hasn’t been present on the forum since 28 June. Probably on holiday. He is the only person providing support.

Washington Post investigations led to the resignation of a US President. Again, you denigrate these organisations without giving examples. I’m inclined to ignore your comments.

Care to give an example of offending by the BBC? Please tell us which news sources you trust.

It may for you Luke but it never did for me. v1.7.1 does. @riccardo74 , probably best posting on the FSDT GSX forum. https://www.fsdreamteam.com/forum/index.php?board=50.0

I would have thought CBS and NBC would be reasonably trustworthy. Likewise for respected newspapers like NY Times or Washington Post. Definitely not Fox News and perhaps CNN. 😉

I didn’t see a single reference to Instagram in that 14 year-old post. What’s your point? Don’t bother. It’s nothing to do with the WC.

Agreed. I’m not a fan of WCs being played in hot countries. It’s frustrating that England has only hosted it once, sixty years ago. We have a reasonable climate, decent infrastructure and excellent stadiums. What’s not to like? Probably because we don’t offer big enough bribes to the FIFA committee. 🤨

No, the stadium is air conditioned.

Whilst some are reporting issues not all are and any should have been reported on the official forum. I’m two updates behind as everything I need works. You’ve paid for it. Give it another shot. The default pushback is grim.

You’re not specific about the problems you’ve had. I’ve had GSX L2 for years and whilst there have been issues virtuali has always resolved them. Given we’ve had years of free enhancements I don’t know how anyone can complain. It integrates perfectly with the most sophisticated of aircraft - Concorde. I hold back from running the latest updates until issues have been fixed. I also make a backup of the entire AddonManager folder before updating so I can revert if necessary.