French Crossings
We spent last Sunday with the in-laws. I was surprised how little my brother-in-law knew about computers. After watching the Ryder Cup he asked me about upgrading his laptop and improving security. Two hours later he had found the memory he needed at much less than he was being quoted locally and we’d installed some anti-spy ware programs.Driving back the wife and I agreed there was a strange quietness about the in-laws. Hard to say why, they just seemed subdued.
I’ve spent most of this week in France so nothing has happened on the school letter front. It’s fading away with no real outcome or big row, see Events.
In the hotel, I managed to trip the circuit to the plugs in my room. I told the receptionist in the morning. It hadn’t been fixed in the evening so I asked again and they fixed it. As a result they let me off a night’s stay. Irony is the Company will be paying so it makes no difference to me.
On the English Channel crossings I took SeaFrance ferries because the timings suited me and the ticket conditions were easy to understand. I needed some flexibilty to change my crossing times.
On the way out I had one of the worst meals I’ve ever had. It was an English breakfast that was barely edible. The eggs seemed like they were made of plastic and the Hash Browns were actually brown! They gave me a small carafe of orange juice that I kept swirlling around thinking most of the juice was on the bottom. It wasn't, it was just diluted beyond any flavour.
On the way back I thought I’d steer clear and go for a roll or sandwich. I spent parts of last night dashing in and out of the bathroom.
Events
My daughter was on MSN chatting to a school friend. They told her that the an art teacher, the Head of the Art Department, had called her a “fat sl*g” behind her back. Naturally, she was very upset. Wife and daughter now wait for my verdict on what we should do.
It seems to me no matter what I am going to end up in an almighty row at the school.
Skype
I ordered a pair of phones that came this week and last night I installed the software. I hadn't read it all so was struggling for a user name, not expecting to have to find one.
They give you a few minutes free credit and I was able to call the wife and we a conversation on the phone and VOIP phone barely 15 feet from each other. I pronounced it a great success and went to bed happy. See my other blog Techincal Manual Manual
I now need to install the software on my laptop and next time I am away I can call home free.
I went for the hand sets because someone told me the headsets messed up your hair. Proud to still have enough hair to mess up I thought I’d show off by having the handsets for that reason. Listening to the radio, I’ve been forced into a re-think. Someone described being bald as having a solar panel on a sex machine.
House
The wife measured the size of glass needed to replace the broken window but since then nothing has happened. I suspect they are going for the let it fade away option.
A trickle of tomatoes continue to ripen.
posted by 21stCenturySocks @ 11:12 AM
3 Comments:
Saw your post you Skype/Tesco. You seem to be good with intallation packages. See my post on do-it-yourself stuff (post titled "clear your cache!"), you might find it amusing.
I also see you have ad-sense switched on, so here's a challenge; not using html can you find a way to switch it off?
I found the post and you are lucky if your wife is prepared to tackle the installation of any software. Very lucky!!
The biggest drawback to VOIP is that if there is a problem by definition I will away somewhere and the wife will just give it up. Another one of my crazy ideas.
ad-sense, html it's all new to me but wouldn't deleting everything get rid of it....you didn't ask for a subtle solution :-)
adsense, deleting the template should work. but deleting or commenting a portion of the code is the only way (i could find) to get rid of ansense. thought it was a sneaky trick on Google's part - letting you install it easily, but giving you no way out.
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