Cor blimey! Look at the dust in here! Best send Wifey in with the duster if I’m thinking of settling back in. What? No really, she needs the exercise, trust me! ;O)
It’s a year to the day since my last entry so I thought I’d poke my head in the door and look the place over. It has that neglected look about it of course and even the dust has dust on it but, other than that, it’s pretty much as I left it. I’m not sure why I felt the need to ease off but I think it was the right decision as I haven’t written anything of substance since my last entry. And it’s not just my journal that’s suffered. My family magazine has been equally neglected and I’ve only just completed the first edition in more than a year. Whether this was some kind of writer’s block or just an after effect of all the medication I was on I don’t know but the creative juices have certainly not been flowing for some time. Hopefully though, with this entry things will change and I’ll get back to writing on a more regular basis very soon.
So, what’s been going on in the year that I’ve been away? Well, to tell the truth, not much has changed in my life. I’m still awaiting early retirement, we still haven’t got a dog and Reet is still out of work. I still enjoy a brandy and I go out for breakfast most Sundays. My new knee is working well although the other one is still a pain, but you can’t have everything can you. And that’s me up to date with the news already. You can see why I stopped the writing can’t you?
Just before Christmas I ‘won’ two laptops. I’ve been looking for a dirt cheap laptop for ages. I didn’t need anything hi spec, just something that could handle Windows and Word. Well, one of the guys I work with said that his wife’s company were auctioning off their old pcs and plasma screens as they make way for more modern ones. I put a bid in for two of the laptops figuring I wasn’t likely to win either of them. I was wrong and ended up paying fifty quid for one of them and thirty for the other. Not bad for a laptop eh?
Once I’d installed all the necessary software the thirty quid one worked okay except for a sticky mouse. Every now and then, for no apparent reason, the curser makes its way to the top right hand corner of the screen and the only way to shift it is to tap the mouse pad firmly a couple of times. Irritating, yes, but a minor problem for the price, I think. The fifty quid one proved more of a challenge as the screen went blank whenever the machine had been on for ten minutes or so. I did complain to the people who sold me it, after all, I know fifty quid is cheap but I at least expected the thing to work.
Well, the short of it is they refused to refund my money as they claimed the payment had already been passed along to charity. Now, the guy who instigated the sale started feeling a bit guilty about it all, even though I didn’t hold him responsible, but he took up the reins and, with his help, we managed to buy a new screen from ebay and get the thing working properly. The laptop ended up costing around £100 by the time we’d finished. Still cheap for a laptop I know, but much more than I had intended to pay. Mind you, now that I’ve got it home and loaded all my software on it I think I prefer it to the other one so maybe I’ll keep it. I’ll sell the other, cheaper one off and get back the money we spent and all will be well again.
I’ve also bought a wireless printer which is great as it means I can have it on the other side of the room, cluttering up Reet’s desk instead of mine. As well as a wireless printer I’ve also got a wireless router now. I can’t tell you the headaches I had trying to sort all this out. I’m not the most technical minded person in the land and by the time I’d finished dabbling with it I had six wireless networks on my computer and none of them worked! In the end I paid someone to come and iron out the mess I’d made and set things right. Money well spent as far as I’m concerned.
All this tech talk has turned this into rather a dull entry I’m afraid but as it’s gone midnight I need to sign off, especially as I’ve still got to remember how to upload this to my journal before I hit the hay.
I promise not to leave it another year before writing and in the meantime I’ll try to catch up with some blog reading of my own.
Cheerie – bye.
B. x
It’s a year to the day since my last entry so I thought I’d poke my head in the door and look the place over. It has that neglected look about it of course and even the dust has dust on it but, other than that, it’s pretty much as I left it. I’m not sure why I felt the need to ease off but I think it was the right decision as I haven’t written anything of substance since my last entry. And it’s not just my journal that’s suffered. My family magazine has been equally neglected and I’ve only just completed the first edition in more than a year. Whether this was some kind of writer’s block or just an after effect of all the medication I was on I don’t know but the creative juices have certainly not been flowing for some time. Hopefully though, with this entry things will change and I’ll get back to writing on a more regular basis very soon.
So, what’s been going on in the year that I’ve been away? Well, to tell the truth, not much has changed in my life. I’m still awaiting early retirement, we still haven’t got a dog and Reet is still out of work. I still enjoy a brandy and I go out for breakfast most Sundays. My new knee is working well although the other one is still a pain, but you can’t have everything can you. And that’s me up to date with the news already. You can see why I stopped the writing can’t you?
Just before Christmas I ‘won’ two laptops. I’ve been looking for a dirt cheap laptop for ages. I didn’t need anything hi spec, just something that could handle Windows and Word. Well, one of the guys I work with said that his wife’s company were auctioning off their old pcs and plasma screens as they make way for more modern ones. I put a bid in for two of the laptops figuring I wasn’t likely to win either of them. I was wrong and ended up paying fifty quid for one of them and thirty for the other. Not bad for a laptop eh?
Once I’d installed all the necessary software the thirty quid one worked okay except for a sticky mouse. Every now and then, for no apparent reason, the curser makes its way to the top right hand corner of the screen and the only way to shift it is to tap the mouse pad firmly a couple of times. Irritating, yes, but a minor problem for the price, I think. The fifty quid one proved more of a challenge as the screen went blank whenever the machine had been on for ten minutes or so. I did complain to the people who sold me it, after all, I know fifty quid is cheap but I at least expected the thing to work.
Well, the short of it is they refused to refund my money as they claimed the payment had already been passed along to charity. Now, the guy who instigated the sale started feeling a bit guilty about it all, even though I didn’t hold him responsible, but he took up the reins and, with his help, we managed to buy a new screen from ebay and get the thing working properly. The laptop ended up costing around £100 by the time we’d finished. Still cheap for a laptop I know, but much more than I had intended to pay. Mind you, now that I’ve got it home and loaded all my software on it I think I prefer it to the other one so maybe I’ll keep it. I’ll sell the other, cheaper one off and get back the money we spent and all will be well again.
I’ve also bought a wireless printer which is great as it means I can have it on the other side of the room, cluttering up Reet’s desk instead of mine. As well as a wireless printer I’ve also got a wireless router now. I can’t tell you the headaches I had trying to sort all this out. I’m not the most technical minded person in the land and by the time I’d finished dabbling with it I had six wireless networks on my computer and none of them worked! In the end I paid someone to come and iron out the mess I’d made and set things right. Money well spent as far as I’m concerned.
All this tech talk has turned this into rather a dull entry I’m afraid but as it’s gone midnight I need to sign off, especially as I’ve still got to remember how to upload this to my journal before I hit the hay.
I promise not to leave it another year before writing and in the meantime I’ll try to catch up with some blog reading of my own.
Cheerie – bye.
B. x
7 comments:
Yay, well if its not my old friend nobbly knees making an entry. I HAVE SOOOOO MISSED YOU. Glad you are back, and already i am looking forward to your next installment. Welcome Home.
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Welcome back! Have missed your entries. 2009 was rather a traumatic year for me so its good to see you back
Glad the knee is cooperating, and sounds like a steal for the laptop.
WELL WELL WELL LOOK WHAT THE CAT DRAGGED IN!!ALWAYS GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR...lol!!
Hello :o) Good to see you here after so long! This blogging lark keeps pulling us back in doesn't it. A good thing I think, for those of us that like to ramble, and read others rambles :o)
You mean that previous post I commented on was from last year??? Well, now I feel like an idiot! lol Welcome back, anyway!
Gosh Barry it is so good to see you back ~ Hope Reet's dusted and cleaned for you and you intend to take up permanent residence again ~ Ally x
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