Laptops
keep you busy. Once you have worked out the ins and outs you then
have to work out the programmes you place upon it. WORD has been
bothering me. Microsoft have updated this one, the system I used
before was simple enough and worked well, so naturally now all goes
via the ‘One Drive’ and is no longer what I was happily used to. So,
a search for an alternative began.I
tried ‘Apache Open Office,’ an ‘Open Source’ system I used
years ago which is good but I could not get the text to remain as I
wished. Also ‘Free Office’ from ‘SoftMaker’ which did not
word wrap the page and had no spellchecker, which in my ignorance I
require. There are others, each with good and bad points, like WORD
itself, and for the moment I am using ‘Libre’ which spellchecks,
look at all the red bits, and the page is better. This also does not
require the entire Browser and is therefore more suitable for me
keeping pages on the Desktop, ready for use. This
appeals to me at the moment so I am left wondering what will go wrong
next.
The
laptop works fine but gave Beeps when switching on. 3 beeps, four
times, was worrying. I followed the lead and yesterday ran the
Diagnostic. This ran from 7:30 to 8:30, offered me more test that
‘May take 30 minutes,’ and so I ran them. 3 and a bit hours
later the machine told me all was well, nothing to worry about, all
tests were passed.
As
I switched on today I got 5 beeps!
That
can be fixed tomorrow.
I
also had to move everything to allow the plumber in. The handyman,
John, working on the empty flat below, told me he was coming even
though they had not warned me. So, all was moved to give him space.
When
he arrived he was wanted the flat next door.
However,
moving things indicated it was time to make use of the expensive
Meile vacuum and move the dust thickening the carpets.
So
ends another day of excitement in this house.
I
keep reading of people breaking down under ‘Lock Down’ and find
myself unsurprised. Those who have no person to discuss things with
must be under a real strain. I would think lonely old women, unable
to get to coffee mornings and the like may be the most likely to
suffer, bar those with real mental stress.
My
own stress will be great tonight as no football can be found. Having
watched it hourly since Friday I may have overdosed. So many games,
most forgettable, and I can no longer remember who played who. With
changes of shirts to avoid clashing it is not always possible to
recognise who is who and which team is which these days. Consider
also, ‘old’ and ‘veteran’ players are in their mid thirties!
Possibly this is why the co-commentator spent last nights game, who
was playing again? Calling almost every player ‘youngster.’ I
could not decide if he was condescending or jealous. He was
certainly irritation. I have just remembered, it was Iceland and
Belgium. All the Icelanders names ended in ‘...sson’ and
considering what the Belgians under thon King of theirs did to the
‘Belgian Congo’ in days past it was surprising to see so many
players of African decent lining up for what is without a shadow of
doubt the best team in the world just now.
In other news Donald Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize! How do you spell ‘Gasp!’
No
gasp is required when you hear a government minister informing the
House the government will ‘Break the Law!’ No gasp either when
Boris tries to kill devolution by stealth. Fascism is with us once
again. No press scrutiny, no investigation anywhere except by the
small ‘Bylines’ operation, and a crowd of lackey MPs who vote
with the government, even against policies that were intended to
prevent another tower block catching fire. The local world is heading for a fall, don't say I did not warn you...
