Computers, their problems, and a 60th birthday

Well, Doreen is a sparkling young 60 today, keeps herself fit and trim by ice skating, a close friend of John and Shinaid from Livingston , who are our top skating team at the moment. Unfortunately due to communication problems, plus the fact she did not want a fuss - her day passed uneventfully. Picture is off a photo so not so good as to do her full justice.

Off air yesterday as I am having router and signal problems at home - and not sure how to get the thing up and running again.

Thursday I did have a day away from the pub , even so , still up at 6.45 and dashing about like a maniac, watching the snow falling hard outside.

10.30 a.m. off to collect the holiday money - only five more sleeps left. Then off to the bush which was like a skating rink, however only a short stay there and off to Bonnyrigg via Loanhead where again the main roads were treacherous.
Chat to Grant who messed about with the computers to make sure they were working fine, and showed me how to transfer photos etc , so I lose nothing while I am away.

Back to base via the big shops where I managed to get a 8GB memory stick for photos and films.

Really frustrating evening trying to get on line with next to no luck - I managed to get one 'e@ mail out , but for once it would have been "quicker by post".

Did a bit of communicating by phone instead, two calls to Durham where they still have lots of snow, over five feet in one part of the County . My friend was saying that his pal works in Dubai and they have been badly hit by the recession , cancelling thousands of temporary work permits and sending the workers home on charted planes.

Very noisy here this morning as the Tramworks people wind down for the weekend with a frenetic flourish of activity - the holes in the road are getting deeper and bigger.

Quite a tragedy with the American Airlines plane crashing in Buffalo, New York State, one of the customers was a bit worried that Jeremy might be near there - as he about " one inch away on the map" !!!!! But , at least he cares.

Came in and found electricians rewiring the kitchen , on a Friday morning !! They were certainly not out to make friends and influence people - as they say.

Soon to be busy , so that's enough, will have to try the wi fi at home later. But might get peace with Mrs. B out on a girls night at a friends house - they all have to tell scary stories !!! or perhaps they will just look into the mirror and frighten themselves!

Until I get things fixed there may well be a delay in posts.