Chris Vernell
45.29 N, 75.75 W
Felonious trainingWhat are you out there for?
How to change the Flag
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G Scale Model Trains, 1:1 Sugar Cane Trains
The sunny winter weather, beer, and a relaxed lifestyle.What are you out there for?
I ceased to be regarded as a "British Subject" on 22 Nov 1984.
I have just cancelled my UK tour (first time I would have ever set foot in the country) due to Flu and am now going to Van Diemen's Land (aka Tasmania) instead, been to Norfolk Island so its another step on my journey of British penal colonies.
I was due to travel to the UK May 2020 but that got cancelled because of the ban on leaving Australia. I've given up going to the UK for the foreseeable future and am getting my money back from Qantas. The upside is the wife wants to go on the Indian Pacific and the Ghan so going to book that up for July/ August.
Geoff
Geoff
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Better in quick as all the train tours are filling fast.
We cancelled our UK trip in 2020 and transferred it to this year and that has been cancelled we were going to do the inland/gulf of carpentaria rail trips but they are full till next year.
Evidently Queensland rail has reduced train capacity by 50% to enable social distancing in its trains, stupid thing is I and SWMBO are not allowed to sit together on a train.
GAP
G Scale Model Trains, 1:1 Sugar Cane Trains
Honest Guvnor, I have no idea how that loaf of bread came into my possession, I was framed I tells ya!!
justme igor
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Always fun with flags
rentren
LGB - Viafier Retica Wälderbähnle Rheinbähnle
Odd.
For weeks I logged in from Canada and the US flag was shown. This morning using another browser I log in from Canada and the Swiss flag is shown.
?!?
VPN? - I'm not aware to have called up a VPN, I am using Brave Browser and that thing may affect things. Somehow. Puzzled anyway.
Chris Vernell
45.29 N, 75.75 W
The US has a history of trying to take us over, but I was unaware of Swiss ambitions in that direction. Mind you, we'd have no trouble adapting to a cantonal style of government.
rentren
LGB - Viafier Retica Wälderbähnle Rheinbähnle
Well, I've long ago taken pushed the properly spoken Anglish Languewhich aside with my delivery of the last surviving speaker of Alpine English. (Except that in Flu-19 times I get to hear an MD Jüni on CBC and he beats me with his broadest possible Bernese-English :-])
rentren
LGB - Viafier Retica Wälderbähnle Rheinbähnle
Anyway, still puzzled how the Swiss flag shows up and I do connect from 'Columbia Basin', BC (connecting the local KiN-provider with the space out there). It doesn't matter whether Brave Browser or another browser is used, today I am apparently back there where I hail from and yet I am here. Here? Well, this gets outrightly dangerous.
Greg Elmassian
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Rentren, your browser uses a form of VPN, if you went to the Brave Browser site, you could read this:
Other browsers claim to have a “private mode,” but this only hides your history from others using your browser. Brave lets you use Tor right in a tab. Tor not only hides your history, it masks your location from the sites you visit by routing your browsing through several servers before it reaches your destination. These connections are encrypted to increase anonymity.
*Available on desktop, coming soon to mobile.
Real Privacy
Browse much more privately with Tor*
Other browsers claim to have a “private mode,” but this only hides your history from others using your browser. Brave lets you use Tor right in a tab. Tor not only hides your history, it masks your location from the sites you visit by routing your browsing through several servers before it reaches your destination. These connections are encrypted to increase anonymity.
*Available on desktop, coming soon to mobile.
rentren
LGB - Viafier Retica Wälderbähnle Rheinbähnle
Yes, I suspected Brave Browser may do such. But then why Switzerland? Moreover, I tried Fire Fox and Safari and both did so as well. After I send this reply, I will restart the machinery and then use FF of Safari first, might even try s.t. else and watch that flag. And btw, I did not expressly use Tor, BB tho' may do so on its own. Gotta read more wrt that browser. So, TNX for the pointer!
Greg Elmassian
Guest
Random sites.... maybe Switzerland has fewer laws? Most people that want to hide their location have something to hide... who knows...
Anyway, many companies offer this type of browsing... simple redirection through another location...
Anyway, many companies offer this type of browsing... simple redirection through another location...
rentren
LGB - Viafier Retica Wälderbähnle Rheinbähnle
Well, dunno about fewer laws in Schweiz but fairly strong data security.
However, the Brave Browser clips a lot of ads which I like, other browsers need more fiddling to give a reasonably add-free experience. And when my posts show the Swiss cross, not a bad guess in some ways but currently not the case, the maple leaf would be correct. Will see what happens next week
Greg Elmassian
Guest
Yes, was not demeaning your choice of browser, just that it was probably what might change the IP address that THIS site sees when you connect. In any case, you should be able to override it as mentioned earlier.
Greg
Greg
rentren
LGB - Viafier Retica Wälderbähnle Rheinbähnle
Oh, quite alright to get into the beneath of a Browser, Greg, no problem.
And no problem with that 'first aid' flag either
…I'm endlessly amused at the inverted 'Red Cross' flags on first aid kits showing actually the Swiss flag, white cross on red, instead of Henry Dunant's inversion of red cross on white.
Chris Vernell
45.29 N, 75.75 W
I suspect they may be trying to avoid infringing any Red Cross copyright
rentren
LGB - Viafier Retica Wälderbähnle Rheinbähnle
Aren't they afraid of the Swiss Army?
Only if they are carrying one of those fiendish knives!