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« Reply #270 on: 15:04:16, 12-03-2007 » |
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Tempting, A, but this isn't a spare bed. It's for me, my old one having developed wobbly-leg tendencies. I don't think the futon/sofa-bed/mattress on the floor option is for me, and the reason there may not be enough be enough beds for visitors is that I shall be occupying one during the awkward gap between removal of old one (not something I can do myself) and arrival of new one.
It's all very boring, and it's an irritating nuisance I could do without. RANT!
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« Reply #271 on: 15:08:02, 12-03-2007 » |
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Yes, I get your point Mary, a problem indeed. I suggest you go somewhere else though, I would suggest a 'bed dealer' rather than a department store.. you can't be the only one with this sort of problem surely!!?
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« Reply #272 on: 15:10:11, 12-03-2007 » |
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PW - it's something to do with mattresses. They aren't allowed to handle old ones and new ones at the same time, presumably because the bed bugs/fleas etc which abound in my old one (that's a joke, incidentally) could be transferred to the new one - or to the handlers - or something. That's what they told me.
You are all very nice!
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« Reply #273 on: 15:11:30, 12-03-2007 » |
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S'Wave... I am really surprised you haven't had a rant about the pickie I put on the happy thread... your favourite place !!    A |
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« Reply #274 on: 15:25:36, 12-03-2007 » |
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What ho "A". How are you, still using the "fiddle" I hope. Do not let your "fella" have all his own musical way. I did see the picture you posted of the "Hell Hole", thankyou. Generally, I am regarded as being a rather polite sort of "fella" thus, in an endeavour to retain that regard, I thought I would ignore the picture in case an uncontrolled comment should spring from my fingers onto the keyboard and annoy, not only you, but many other "Members". I take it that you wanted me to see the HH as a form of punishment for something of which I am not aware. If I have offended you in some way and caused you to respond in such a pictorial manner, please forgive me. I should not like to encounter a further depiction of the HH. With kindest regards, S'wave.  |
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« Reply #275 on: 17:32:31, 12-03-2007 » |
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Ho S'Wave  I should have known that you would not comment - ever diplomatic  !! All is great here, I am off on an adventure tonight.. joining an orchestra My feller... as you know ... is wonderful and he can have his 'musical way' with me anytime he wants!! I shall report back. What has the weather been like 'up there' today? It has been glorious wall to wall sunshine darn 'ere... which led to some gardening and an outing.. a nice combination. A |
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« Reply #276 on: 19:08:21, 12-03-2007 » |
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Ho "A". The weather up here has not been good. I went for a walk and got somewhat damp. In the last few days all the lawns have been cut lightly and don't look too bad. I found that doing them, slowly, gave rise to a longing for Malts. The resulting exhausted sleep has done me good though. Glad to learn that you are going to an orchestra. No matter how wonderful a "fella" is, ladies do occasionally need an interest on their own. Ditto "fellas". Regards to both S'wave. |
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« Reply #277 on: 23:04:49, 12-03-2007 » |
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Gargh.
Concert tonight sur le laptop (which, incidentally, is called Malcolm) and it ALL WENT WRONG.
We were performing It (Stockhausen) and I wrote the patch in a hurry (took me about an hour)...
So far, so good.
Sound check went fine.
Came to the concert and I had to get the computer to go to standby (yes, I'd forgotten the power cable and it was running out of battery) until we were playing.
Fired it up, but my Firewire connection to my audio adaptor had shut down when I put it on standby. As soon as I realised this (three minutes in to the piece) I restarted it (fine) but the programme had got itself into a right state looking for the thing...
In the end the only way I could get it to work was to continually shut the audio off and put it back on again which seemed to shock (temporarily) some life into the thing.
I could have spit, really I could. It'll teach me to leave things to the last minute, and to leave my power cable at home...
Next time it'll be better!
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« Reply #278 on: 23:27:28, 12-03-2007 » |
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hh, your story reminds me of a choir concert I directed some years ago; for some reason we were getting our notes from a little keyboard but we discovered that turning it on and off resulted in a little jingle being played...
...so we kept it on...
...partway through the last and most austere of Victoria's Tenebrae Responsories (in a silence, just as the stone to the sepulchre was being rolled away) the battery gave up the ghost (so to speak). It was then that we discovered that there was a special jingle - a sort of cheery death rattle, louder than the other jingles - that the beastly machine gave out to warn of impending battery demise...
...how they kept a straight face I do not know.
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« Reply #279 on: 23:44:17, 12-03-2007 » |
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My sympathies h-h. In fact I'm going to join you in a pc grump too. I finally got round to upgrading to broadband the other day (yes, I know, but I always like being at least three unnecessary new-fangled consumer items behind everyone else; I'm very proud of not having a microwave yet ). The magic white box with my BT 'HomeHub' (yuk) arrived this morning and I've been crawling about in confined spaces with wires all evening. The 'HomeHub' flashed lots of green lights in a reassuring ET sort of way. BUT I discovered about an hour ago that the other end of the USB cable (is that the right term?) from the 'Hub' DOESN'T FIT INTO THE SOCKET IN MY LAPTOP and so I can't even connect the ruddy (well greenish actually) thing. I don't suppose anyone knows whether this means my laptop is irredeemably old fashioned and there is no health in either it or me? Or whether there is likely to be some magic cable which will connect the two after all? I have decided to be stoic on the grounds that this is not actually life-threatening. But nonetheless, Grrrrrrr, sob etc. I bet Jane Austen never had these problems. |
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« Reply #280 on: 23:56:32, 12-03-2007 » |
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I finally got broadband today - with BT option 2. I installed it first of all on my Apple Mac with an ethernet cable and it works perfectly well but I do have wires trailing all over the place. I need the hub near to a phone socket and a power supply and yet close to my computer - so it's all a compromise at the moment but I'll have to come up with a tidier solution.
Then I conneceted it to my Windows computer using a wireless connection and I get all this Yahoo tacky stuff with it. Also, the wireless connection is noticeably slower.
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« Reply #281 on: 04:17:49, 13-03-2007 » |
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I have a rant about John Lewis. I am trying to buy a bed, not nearly as simple as one might think. It's got to fit. It's got to go up the (very awkwardly shaped) stairs. I have to get rid of the old one before I get the new one. I have to have enough beds at any given time for visiting "children" etc to sleep in.
Mary, from experience here, you're much better going to a bed specialist shop. The one in this area is only very small, but they gave great service - took my old one away as well. They brought my old bed downstairs and propped it outside - took the new one out of the van (they're securely wrapped in polythene anyway) and up the stairs and then loaded my old one onto the van and took it away. I had negotiated them taking my old one away as part of the deal re. my buying a new one. All the same, I'd have expected better service from John Lewis. |
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« Reply #282 on: 09:08:24, 13-03-2007 » |
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I like to stay behind with all new consumer gadgets. Now I have Dell and broadband because friend told me it is good. I think the best thing to pay and ask someone to come and fix it. I get so nervious and I don't understand what is wrong when it doesn't work. It is much better for my nerves if somebody fixes it for me, though it is not good for the wallet.
We have wires from the ground floor going up to so call my office. There are so many wires attaching computer or different parts of it.
In my experience computers always break in the most unappropriate moment, either batteries or something else (the broadband is not connected) and there is no way one can prepare for it.
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« Reply #283 on: 09:12:30, 13-03-2007 » |
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I spoke too soon about my new broadband connection. With the Mac it works perfectly well but it doesn't seem to like Windows XP. After each time I switch the computer off, it then fails to recognize the connection and the only thing I can do is reisntall it all over again. Then it works until I switch the computer off again. Please don't tell me to leave the computer on all the time. This is one for the BT helpline, I think, albeit at premium rate. Grrrr.  |
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« Reply #284 on: 09:42:29, 13-03-2007 » |
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All the same, I'd have expected better service from John Lewis.
So would I, Milly. Perhaps I'd better change my deeply ingrained belief that John Lewis is the place to go for all house-connected things. There aren't any small firms selling beds round here. There used to be one (called Bedside Manor!!!), but no longer. It's John Lewis or huge pile-'em high, sell 'em cheap chains, where the service is even worse. So I don't have a lot of choice. |
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