14th June 2018 - On desktop machines and Garden Lighting

Thought for the day :"Want some sound advice? Listening to loud music is bad for the ears"

So my desktop machine is back in one piece and working. It seems that I have mismatched memory - or at least the computer does and that can occasionally cause some problems - I thought I had checked that before adding it but must be wrong...

Also a glitch with windows but that self corrected apparently.

And now I have a decision - having used office 365 for a week do I stick with it?
Word and Powerpoint all work much faster in 2003 - but I can at least access files and calendars from the phone with 365. The rules and sorting does not seem to work in the same way in 365 - but that is probably because I have not found the right way to do stuff yet ....

I think all in all I shall stick with the new system - though if I can keep my 2003 word and powerpoint and exel I would be happy ....

Also bought a garden umbrella for the garden seat by the pond and have some new solar lights. Also found some replacement batteries for the first time ever in B & M Stores so I may be able to get some of the old lights working again. We shall see.

First day for a while without having to learn something - so a bit of a hiatus for me today - though I seem to have another task ahead of me with the DWP and my father in law. The good news this week was that the overpayment that we mistakenly received since last May - some £2,400 will be repaid at the rate of £3.57 a week from his wife's pension. That was a relief as I was having problems seeing where I could find the money from.

Maybe tomorrow !!!

So - let's have a look at this software then ....
Cheers!

13th June 2018 - Secret Monitor and Swords and Scabbards

Thought for the day:"Jokes about sugar are rare. Jokes about brown sugar - demerara!"
So, almost there with the learning of the Prince's Ritual for the Order of the Secret Monitor.

Which reminds me that the Provincial Sword has a beautiful scabbard by a good LARP friend and leather worker Kerys Lee Knight  (and what do you know - her chosen Facebook link name is "Semper Fidelis" - Ever Faithful - the motto of the Order)

Working as Totally Leathered she works wonders - and then when I asked her to make it a bit more colourful ...

Wonderful work

Cheers
Better get back to the book

12th June 2018 - Learning again

Thought for the day :"What’s an Acorn? Well in a nutshell it is an Oak!"

Thought I had to go to Flint today - 5 hours each way but was let off at the last moment due to cancellations and apologies. Allows me to try to finish learning the Secret Monitor Prince's Order - I am in the Chair again for that tomorrow

Garden is looking good though and an ideal place to learn ..

Best get back to the book then ..
Cheers!

11th June 2018 - Trumped up Charges ?

Thought for the day:"2,000 mocking birds = 2 kilomockingbird"
And as the G7 summit falls about in disarray - the photo merchants are having a field day - these are two of my favourites..

Show me on the teddy bear where Mr Putin touched you...

No need for a caption on this one 

In other news ...

Seems like Karma!
Cheers

10th June 2018 - Sunday - that's all !

Thought for the day:"Cassettes had side A and side B - so it's kind of logical the successor would be CD"

A warm Sunday ...  Another trip to the warehouse to collect a strimmer and some hoes as the garden is turning into ta bit of a jungle - not that I am likely to do a lot in the garden.  It is a hobby for some and a bind for others. I fall into the latter category....

Also popped up to Farm Foods to get some more Diet Coke. Still seems to be the cheapest in the area - though the prices are once more creeping up. Was not so long ago that 3 3ltr bottles cost £5 a decent price when Tesco and Asda have all gone to 1.75 litre bottles for the same price that they used to sell the 2ltr. Farm Foods are now charging 2.25 for one 3 litre bottle ...

Tesco seem to have gone back to 2 litre today on line - with 2 for £3
It all gets too complicated for me - so I stuck with the Farm Foods for the moment ....

Birthday Cards are done up to 27th June - so am a little ahead of myself there - but have to get the book out for the Secret Monitor Meeting on Wesdnesday - especially as I have to go up to Flint on Tuesday !!! for Athelstan ... Ho Hum

Will have to put it onto a tape so I can listen as I drive....

In other news - my desktop is still in the workshop - so keeping fingers crossed - but I have managed to link the lap top to the big screen and have a blue tooth keyboard and mouse so feeling a lot more like the original set up....

Experiment today to see if I can load the old PST files on to Office  365 - wish me luck ...

In other - other news - with Brexit saga still rambling on - I saw this cartoon from MATT this morning - chuckled a bit

Cheers !

9th June 2018 - Athelstan and Not much Else

Thought for the day:"Going to a deodorant party tomorrow. Roll on Sunday."
Swansea early call this morning to attend Sweyn's Eye Court in Athelstan.   Happy to stand in as Eminent Prior and add the explanation of the signs for the meeting which included as Instruction Ceremony.

Seems that the day has run away with me - nothing to do with the after ceremony traditional meeting at the Brunswick - honest .... Evening may have drifted a little - but catching up ...

Happy Saturday.
Cheers 

8th June 2018 - Hair today - Gone tomorrow

Thought for the day:"The hardest part of making skimmed milk is throwing the cow across the lake"

I am being constantly reminded that I should have my hair trimmed to make it stronger - a concept that I find very difficult to undserstand - not really believing that cutting the dead part at the end makes the live stuff at the head grow any quicker....

But on the other hand I see how much comes out when I brush my hard and realise that it must still be growing.... 

I have a friend, or at least a colleague mason from the South Wales area who has a more impressive head of hair than mine will ever be. Sadly due to cancer treatment which is forthcoming I suppose that he anticipates that he will lose it ...  In either case he decided to have it cut to provide hair for those who need it and also to raise money for the local hospital.  I am impressed.... So will let these pictures sit here on the blog as a memorial to his gift.  His name is Rob Hughes... He has raised £1,400 so far on a target of £1,000.
Congratulations to him ..

 and in other news...
Cheers