Breaking Through, Travelling On

ZTD

carbootcrazy wrote: »

Have a look on YouTube, KC, to see someone doing whatever it is you need help with. Just type in whatever you're looking for in the search box and dozens of possible ways to do it will come up. It's often difficult to sort the wheat from the chaff as I know to my own cost after the hours wasted on there:rotfl:

Yes, but even if they set them stuff on fire, it's amusing...

gallygirl

KC, saw this in Madrid and thought of you

Karmacat

So my laptop is going to get a new lease of life :j I'll wait to study up on that till after I retire, cos its fine for now, but I really appreciate all the feedback - this is a resource for Goldie too

I've tried to upgrade previous laptops, but when I've taken them into a local "proper" place, they've just laughed at me ... now I know what's possible though, I'm going to go for it

Gally! :j:j:j you star! Thank you for the pic!

I have a couple of hours work at lunchtime, and an email to answer, so although I'm going to do the odd piece of gardening for my sanity, today is going to be a writing day other than the therapy work :j I've had a blip this last 4 weeks when I got over-tired - I want to write again now!

Goldiegirl

Well, I never even knew there was a flap on the underside of my lap top - you live and learn!

Karmacat

It's fascinating, isn't it!

Very tired today - I have to accept I can't write on a day when I have to clean the place and then work, it can't be done. But I did a stint on the laurel, and then *another* stint when I saw the news about Victoria Wood, that spooked me. Not that I even particularly like her brand of comedy, I don't - she's just so near to me in age. So I'm very pleased at how I kept to my arrangement to have these next few days as time off from work, to focus on what *I* want to do.

Second cuppa tea, and writing, is what I want to do. More later



ETA just checking on whether Amazon might have paid me already (no they haven't ) and found a very helpful little link from my bank to an HMRC website, about claiming back tax paid on savings for the tax year just finished. Since I was *way* under for the year before, I'll fill this in once I've got the figures to hand - hope others can use it too http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/tools/r85/r85-2015.htm

Karmacat

I've been chasing permission all day to use a painting on the cat blog from a local museum. Finally got to speak to the bloke I needed, who was very sweet, instantaneous permission, and another cat story - about a cat buried under the floorboards of the local workhouse, found during renovations 10 years ago! The universe plays fair (except for the cat!) instant karma rules ok

Karmacat

Dear me, things are a bit different in the house this morning! I was looking at the free kindle book of the American girl's au pairing experiences in France in the 1970s (comme moi, vous savez , tout le monde ) so I peeped into the understairs cupboard to see if I could find my diaries. My photos are scanned into the laptop, but in the days of film cameras, nobody I knew took very many, so its not like it would be today.

Anyway, the main thing is what was *in* the understairs ... omigod. Mostly mould, and mouldy cardboard boxes, containing some mouldy things :eek: I now fully understand the Kon Mari term "died in storage". Thats what this stuff has done :eek:

There was mould all over one particular photo frame, but I managed to save the photo one of me sandwiched between Christopher Judge and Michael Shanks, and signed by both of them :j plus the Monopoly set from my childhood (box has died, contents are fine, including the knitting needles I'd forgotten I had ) and a Zimbabwean "harp" made from old cans, which is actually rather lovely.

So today is posting bloggits, and clearing mould. Thats it! Plus my yougov total is now just over 2000

Watty1

Eeek ...good luck with the cleaning.

rtandon27

Karmacat wrote: »

So today is posting bloggits, and clearing mould. Thats it! Plus my yougov total is now just over 2000

ewww to the mould!!!:eek: - just hate the stuff - I'm so thankful we bought a dehumidifier a couple of years ago as in this old house it takes out 16L every 24 hours - and that is on days that there is no laundry hanging up!

Is that your second time round on the yougov earnings? - 2000 already - wow - I'm on the first go and just under 2000!

elantan

please be careful of breathing anything in, the last thing you need is an infection xxx

should really go check my cupboards as well ...