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16 October 2014

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No snow here either

Well, we';ve had a few flakes, but it is so windy they aren't going to stay still, in fact, I think we are just recycling the same few flakes. But it is VERY cold on the fingers, so the greenhouse, which sheds panes of glass every time the wind blows, is just going to have to stay draughty for another day or two. If we put many more sheets of plywood in instead of glass I'll have to start calling it a shed anyway. I'm not brave enough to risk unaccompanied panes of glass on the ferry so they will have to wait until we go south for our spring fix.

It's two years since we got broadband. I remember IB was just beginning to get annoying because there were more pictures on the blogs and it was getting very slow. Then last night the d**n machine wouldn't connect at all. I was starting to get cross; I need my daily fix in the winter. How can one become so dependent on something so quickly? We tried the Royal Navy solution (sorry mjc, it is an ad on TV) and unplugged the router, plugged it back in and bingo, a working internet again. And somehow I didn't need it anymore. Later this year will be the tenth anniversary of us buying our first computer, and drastically rearranging the living room to fit it in.
Once upon a time I studied computing, but then it was all about writing programs in Algol. I preferred to use the computer as a tool and moved sideways into statistics, and learnt far more of the Greek alphabet than is useful for crosswords. I often wonder how many computer students are responsible for modern computers, rather than the electronics and physics students. At least the designers had a hand in the process.





That monitor definitely hasn't stood the test of time as well as I have. But if computers are so clever now, how come I still have to go out to work, instead of work coming to me. I just don't understand the 'work at home' revolution. What exactly can one do at home that is work?


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we've had snow Nic ... :-) Just a little smattering, but it was lovely to see the flakes drifting down in the air this morning ... Or perhaps I am just light-headed due to *two* nights now with no sleep ... Been here nine years now, and the only thing I can never sleep through is the howling gales we've been having the last two days ...

soaplady from pleased as punch ...!


About the Royal Navy solution: I remember my mum banging her electric iron on the board in quick succession when it would stop working; ditto slapping the radio with the palm of his hand to get 成人快手 going again. Bad electrical connections. No such luck these days: when the chip goes bad, it's requiem. # "What exactly can one do at home that is work?" -NiconColl. Well, Nic, I shall sit back now, shall I, relax and watch the brickbats fly!!

mjc from NM,USA


Nic, doubtless I won't be the only iblogger to wonder (the ib species being curious when it is not self-engrossed) whether you are the one not looking at the monitor on that computer.

mjc from NM,USA


If you look on the Coll mag website and like me, get wholly engrossed with turning pages, next thing you know, there's a pic of a stunning blonde netting herself a pair of tights. I vaguely remember some discussion on the subject of changing haircolour because blondes have more fun, so, putting 2+2 together and getting 5, I'd say it's a fair chance this is a somewhat younger Nic with what looks like a large unlit joint in her mouth...but I could be wrong...it's been known...

Flying Cat from Eff-Cee and The Detectives


Dolly Parton said 'dumb blonde' jokes didn't bother her, because she knew she wasn't dumb, and everybody knew she wasn't blonde! That pic was taken a few (!) years before anybody thought about smoking bans.

Nic from Coll


Nah, not to worry or bother, Nic. You came a long way when you smoked Marlboro, and how you have come much further and left it behind. # What brand is that "computer"? I suspect it's from a defunct company?

mjc from NM,USA


Pre the 1976 ban then?

Flying Cat from surely not!


I once knew a lady that worked from home

Tws from The Croft Lewis


Really Tws!! Whatever next!

Flying Cat from an old escort


Computer was a DEC 10. Lecturers were friendly, post-grads were snooty, but get on the wrong side of one of the operators and you had had it (Not that tws!!)

Nic from Coll


That just confirms anything I ever thought about computer techies!

Flying Cat from Cheshire Grin




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