The Welcome Lounge: introduce yourself 👋

Good day to you all. Let me introduce myself. I am Iain Reid, and live in Logierait, just South of Pitlochry. We have been here for 18 months, since retiring and moving from Alyth. It is not far as the crow flies, but a massive change in climate. I have taken a job as a Safari Ranger, which involves taking folks up the local hills / mountains in a Landrover, showing them sights and explaining what it is they are looking at.
What I find most refreshing about this forum, is the wondeful use of the English language. I have to confess, I thought it was a dying art, but my confidence has been suitably restored. I simply cannot abide the modern speak, and peoples’ inability to differentiate the various spellings of there, their, they’re etc. It is probably just me!

Hello to anyone with time to spare. I call myself DeadEyeDicky because I don’t see in 3-D sterio any more. But now I’ve had a cateract op the 1-D image that I do see means I can even read 8pt text and have once more been able to read my Which? magazine. I’m also safe behind the steering wheel again. I used to make occasional comments on the original Which members facility before it seemed to fade away and nobody passed comments in my direction.
Navigating this system seems less simple but perhaps age is creeping up on me. I actually considered re-joining to see if I’m the only one who has tried the ‘LastPass’ internet password program given the OK in the August edition of Which? Like many friends and family I have relied on just one password for quite a while because the banks that have direct control over where my meagre pension goes have more complicated (but often easier to use) ways of getting to my assets. I therefore thought this might be easier and safer to survive the internet.
Downloading LastPass was more complicated than usual and it took several tries to persuade me to click the right buttons. Initially it wanted me to run the app in Google Chrome although I clicked on the Firefox option. I don’t have Chrome so maybe the app worked this out for itself as it is now present on Firefox and also Vivaldi (but not Opera). Now that I think its installed there are no instructions on what I should do to actually make myself safer.
If there is anyone out there who knows and can say what, if anything, I should do next or can give me a link to clear instructions I would appreciate the help.

As the Care Home Conversation seem to be grinding to a halt I am looking for further my involvement in other issues , I have years of experience in the Building Industry and started my first Company in 1966 any one any ideas ?

Have been a which member for as long as ……… Age 77 manage things technical with much finger trouble. Have a smart phone , which I don’t always get right 1st time. More at home with microsoft and struggle with ipad. Get a bee in my bonnet about many things. Latest is e-ticketing and plus bus tickets. Not able to get them combined, though you can if you go and collect ticket at a main station 8 miles away. Or by post £6! Come on railways with your ticketing?

I am Eric (the Curmudgeon) Very Long in the tooth but keeping active with outdoor activities and boat modelling when the weather dictates.
I sometimes engage in Victor Meldrew mode and get on my high horse. My current beef is digital gas and electricity meters and smart readouts. I have these in my current abode, they are the series 1 types and my neighbour has them also. (Both houses built 8 years ago).
The problem is that our gas meters (Landis + Gyr Libra 310 series) are failing. The call out engineer states that they have a big problem with them, they are dying like flies. Would you believe it ? the meters in order for them to operate incorporate batteries with NO charge facility . The battery is estimated to have a 10 year life but on failing, stop working, cut the gas supply & cannot by fitted with a new battery but must be replaced . How daft is this ? the old gas meters lasted donkeys years with no attention.
Energy companies are years behind in the Governments Smart Meter programme, only just starting to get to grips with the series 2 meters and they now have to start on replacing the series 1 meters . Humph.