Monday 27 November 2023

Monday Moan

 

I took this poor picture on Sunday morning as I limped down the road.  The sun was shining, the sky blue, and so were the faces of all who passed by as the wind blew cold from the north.  This morning, as is weather round here, the rain has not stopped.  
Typical innit?


Typical also is the web!
My best looking and most highly intelligent niece sent me a link to obtain a toy lorry for her sons Christmas.  This I obediently followed, only to be told to 'sign in,' 'register,' 'select a name,' 'Not that one, nor that one, nor that one... until I eventually got it in.
Then came the paying.  This involved a phone number, 'Not accepted,' other number, 'Not accepted,' several versions of both later, through gritted teeth, I ignored it, paid, and it went through!
A day or two later an acknowledgement that the goods have been sent tells me 'Evri' have the goods at their Hub.  This may take some time!
Add to this the way my machine blanks when I have more than one browser up.  That is I begin to write this on 'Edge,' because it has a much needed spellchecker, but when I search for something on Firefox the screen goes blank.  I was going to change to one of those high speed Fibre brands but the paperwork confused me so I did not bother.  maybe I ought to look again, but the problems will return.


5 comments:

the fly in the web said...

My all in one computer keeps reverting to some advert the shop put on it. Cannot get rid of the thing. So one minute I am listening to a Test Match Special podcast and the next I am subjected to rap music. Can't leave the thing alone for a minute.

Adullamite said...

Fly, I wonder if installing 'AdBlockPro' or 'AdBlockPlus' would stop that?

the fly in the web said...

I'll try that! Thank you.

the fly in the web said...

Did not work! This thing is cunning...

Adullamite said...

Fly, Drat! The shop must be the only people to end it. Unfortunately you need a geek to deal with that.