It is doing my head in
I have a new suspect in the case though. My USB hub. If that little fucker is the cause of all this I am going to smash it into bits
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 20 May 2011, 10:39, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Depending on the power supply in the laptop, those hubs can fuck your shit right up and you'd hardly even know it.
Happened with my desktop - the overall supply was borderline perfect for everything I had on there, plugged the hub in, then some peripherals and my hard drives started failing.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 20 May 2011, 10:43, Reply)

It is a powered hub.
I've taken it off the dock, stopped using the USB drives and the hub and all is OK.
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 20 May 2011, 10:44, Reply)

I actually ment forgetting your lunch

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 20 May 2011, 10:46, Reply)

Annoyingly this is only the second time I've done it I think
Butty run happening now though so bacon, egg and mushroom stottie will be arriving shortly
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 20 May 2011, 10:47, Reply)

Also, by the looks of things, missing one lunch is unlikely to result in you "starving".

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 20 May 2011, 10:48, Reply)

Haha!
True
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 20 May 2011, 10:49, Reply)

Stottie? What is this curious Northern delicasy?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 20 May 2011, 10:48, Reply)

A big flat bun
Perfect for filling with foodstuffs
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 20 May 2011, 10:49, Reply)

The ones I had at Teeside were almost 1ft across.
Filled with roast beef and gravy.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 20 May 2011, 10:51, Reply)

That is a proper stottie
They can resist gravy for long periods (unlike me)
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 20 May 2011, 10:53, Reply)

They needed to be,
We were working at Seal Sands gas terminal, and the wind would have blown anything less substantial away.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 20 May 2011, 10:56, Reply)

What's wrong with a sweet chilli, crayfish and mango wrap
with a nice low fat yogurt for pudding?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 20 May 2011, 10:58, Reply)

Southern poofter
I was t'honarary northerner, while working up there.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 20 May 2011, 11:03, Reply)