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by Bad Wombat
Thu Jun 11, 2015 1:36 pm
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Financial investment
Replies: 25
Views: 5923

Re: Financial investment

couple of caveats to the ftse, you have to be constantly on top of your shares and react quickly Actually you can get the return of the FTSE100 (plus dividends) by just throwing the money in there and leaving it. Agree with your other comments though - there certainly is risk. But food can be lost ...
by Bad Wombat
Thu Jun 11, 2015 8:40 am
Forum: Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
Topic: Financial investment
Replies: 25
Views: 5923

Re: Financial investment

On the other hand - Food Inflation in the United Kingdom averaged 2.87% from 1989 until 2015. In comparison, from Jan 1989 to Jan 2015 the FTSE100 has increased 266%. This excludes dividend returns which is currently an additional 3.49% per year.
by Bad Wombat
Tue May 26, 2015 10:59 am
Forum: EDCs, BOBs, GHBs
Topic: Pen drive for EDC
Replies: 17
Views: 5228

Re: Pen drive for EDC

Most people could get away with using truecrypt I used to use truecrypt, and quite liked it, but sadly it's no longer supported. The current truecrypt page ( here ) tells you to use bitlocker. If you want a really quick and dirty solution you could always use an encrypted zip file. 7-zip is free, o...
by Bad Wombat
Tue May 26, 2015 8:30 am
Forum: EDCs, BOBs, GHBs
Topic: Pen drive for EDC
Replies: 17
Views: 5228

Re: Pen drive for EDC

... Ironkey. They use hardware encryption rather than software. A great product - yes, but you will still need to run their Unlocker software to access the device. See details here . This will be most likely be blocked on a public computer. Bitlocker is build into Windows (Vista and above). It's th...
by Bad Wombat
Mon May 25, 2015 8:37 pm
Forum: EDCs, BOBs, GHBs
Topic: Pen drive for EDC
Replies: 17
Views: 5228

Re: Pen drive for EDC

I DO NOT ENCRYPT or password protect files as these would require an executable file to run to unlock If you encrypt your USB stick with bitlocker then it will be accessible on any normal Windows PC running Vista upwards. No need for any 3rd party executables. Haven't tried it in my local library y...
by Bad Wombat
Mon May 18, 2015 2:34 pm
Forum: Equipment
Topic: ALDI Heads up thursday
Replies: 19
Views: 3680

Re: ALDI Heads up thursday

With a 3 year warranty that backpacking tent is tempting. I read somewhere else that they were on last year as well. Has anyone tried one?
by Bad Wombat
Tue May 12, 2015 9:31 pm
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: Re: new member
Replies: 9
Views: 1764

Re: new member

Hi rolowe.
rolowe wrote: ... the coming pole shift ...
Is that a ZetaTalk thing?
by Bad Wombat
Fri May 08, 2015 9:02 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: The Duvet Burrito!!
Replies: 9
Views: 3275

Re: The Duvet Burrito!!

Decaff wrote:
Bad Wombat wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okrhaW5PuAU my brain just exploded.
Hopefully in a good way?! :?
It's dark magic I tell you!
by Bad Wombat
Fri May 08, 2015 7:05 pm
Forum: Homes and Retreats
Topic: The Duvet Burrito!!
Replies: 9
Views: 3275

Re: The Duvet Burrito!!

by Bad Wombat
Thu May 07, 2015 8:07 am
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: Ctrl+Alt+Del
Replies: 20
Views: 4456

Re: Ctrl+Alt+Del

You're not a postal worker are you?