<h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2>
<p>Hosts:</p>
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<li><a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents/0201.html">MrX</a></li>
<li><a href="https://hackerpublicradio.org/correspondents/0225.html">Dave Morriss</a></li>
</ul>
<p>We recorded this on Sunday March 6<sup>th</sup> 2022. The last time we set up a chat like this was back in March 2021, almost exactly a year ago surprisingly!</p>
<p><small>Note on the title: we spoke a little on the subject of the Scots language in the show - when speaking of the current census - so the title uses a Scots term.</small></p>
<h2 id="topics-discussed">Topics discussed</h2>
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<li>COVID:
<ul>
<li>Losing track of time</li>
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</ul>
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<li>Christmas:
<ul>
<li>A quiet time for both of the hosts, with some family time</li>
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</ul>
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<li>Dave’s family matters:
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<li>Son graduated after doing an MSc and got a job quite quickly last year</li>
<li>Daughter had graduated from an MSc the year before and also got a job this year.</li>
<li>Dave had a bout of <em>shingles</em> in early January, which lasted about 6-7 weeks overall. If you can get a shingles vaccination as you age, get one!</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
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<li>UK heating, boilers, etc.
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<li>MrX’s in-laws had a boiler failure during the cold weather, and a gas leak!</li>
<li>Dave had a leak in his cold water tank in the attic which flooded the room below. He decided to completely upgrade the heating system, remove all tanks and put in a new pressurised condensing gas boiler. See the Wikipedia page for an overview of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_heating" title="Central heating">central heating systems</a>.</li>
<li>Old-style plumbing; coal fires, back boilers and dampers.</li>
<li>The era of coal:
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<li><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gas_poker" title="Gas poker">Gas poker</a> used for starting domestic (usually coal) fires</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_gas" title="Coal gas">Coal gas</a> made from coal, superseded by natural gas</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_holder" title="Gasometer or Gas holder">Gasometer</a> storage device for coal gas</li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
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<li>Internet connectivity:
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<li>Dave has transitioned from ADSL to fibre since the last show
<ul>
<li><em>Fibre to the Premises</em>, with up to 1 Gbit/s if desired</li>
<li>New router using <em>Wireless 6</em></li>
</ul></li>
<li>MrX has <em>Fibre to the Cabinet</em></li>
<li>Dave’s new router doesn’t allow the Pi-hole to work at the moment</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
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<li>Chromebook:
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<li>MrX has acquired a Chromebook since our last show
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<li>It is convenient to use. Made answering the online Scottish Census quite straightforward.</li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
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<li>Census and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_language" title="Scots Language">Scots Language</a>:
<ul>
<li>The Census asks about the Scots Language, whether the person can speak and understand it.</li>
<li>Dave follows <a href="https://twitter.com/Lenniesaurus" title="@lenniesaurus on Twitter"><code>@lenniesaurus</code> on Twitter</a> who introduces a daily Scots word.</li>
<li>According to Wikipedia:</li>
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<blockquote>
<p><em>Scots is recognised as an indigenous language of Scotland, a regional or minority language of Europe, and a vulnerable language by UNESCO. In the 2011 Scottish Census, over 1.5 million people in Scotland reported being able to speak Scots.</em></p>
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<h2 id="links">Links</h2>
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<li>Scots words:
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_language">Scots Language</a></li>
<li><a href="">The online Scots dictionary (English to Scots)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/Lenniesaurus"><code>@lenniesaurus</code> on Twitter</a> - poet and Scots language enthusiast</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Plumbing, heating:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_heating">Central Heating</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_water_storage_tank">Hot water tank</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_heating#Immersion_heater">Immersion heater</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gas_poker">Gas poker</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_gas">Coal gas</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_holder">Gas holder/gasometer</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
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<li>Internet connection:
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<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymmetric_digital_subscriber_line">ADSL - Asymmetric digital subscriber line</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber_to_the_x"><em>Fibre to the X</em> - different types of fibre connection</a></li>
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