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Google cloud is having issues in London impacting HSBC, Lloyds & Bank Of Scotland in UK - May impact your ability to pay with a card

https://www.theregister.com/paas-and-iaas/2026/10/20/google-...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c58jd2kjp93xt

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In this case, I couldn't see how to get at the bulb without either losing lots of skin or dismantling half the front end of the car - so I was happy to pay the half hour rate they charged. I believe they went in from below the car with something to reach it and mirrors.

I had a 2004 Citroen, which needed the front sidelight bulb replacing, after investigating for 20 minutes, decided to ask the garage how much it would cost next time it was in.

I didn't think TextPad was included in Windows as it not a Microsoft product or free.

If you mean WordPad, which was on Windows - that is a simple Word Processor , so not suitable for writing code in.

Not sure how he will get along with all the stuff MS is adding to I'd suggest getting to look at NotePad++. On Linux Mint Xed behaves similar to Notepad

I'm only a decade younger - I write .Net (C#) professionally - work it is Windows & Visual Studio (there is no way I'd want to mange any project that size without an IDE, tbh I much prefer using a IDE since I first got one in early 90s)

But at home - I use Jet Brains Rider (free non commercial) for C# .Net projects on Linux machines (Debian + KDE or Mint depending on machine)

I wonder if you mean Notepad++ not Notepad - I find KATE on KDE is good enough, when I just want to edit a file, but I've run Notepad++ under wine before.