Belated Christmas Greetings...
Why?
Well, the laptop is really knackered. Can't remember what I said earlier but in short I did manage to get it switched on again(in a fashion)and take off a lot of the stuff on its hard drive but at present I cannot get at the bookmarks and fear a lot of favourites will be lost/forgotten. If I can gain access over this weekend I will.
The repairman was coming on Tuesday but even he admitted that it was a good idea to get stuff off the laptop before he took it.
Now I will have to decide is it worth repairing(depending on how the repair may increase as he looks at it)and with a small amount of spare cash through being frugal whether I should buy a new one but by then I may have missed any bargains offered in the pre/post sales around Christmas.
I have lots of lovely food in and I have lots of meals and snacks planned certainly up to New Year.
I had Christmas lunch with the invite of someone and received a few presents including a new mobile phone. Its basic and yet has more features than the one I misplaced in my home and I have put £10 on it which should last me ages. I don't have anyone to call and don't expect any calls to me. That's why a mobile phone isn't a priority for me and I'm not too far away from home so usually can wait until I get home to worry about the need of internet connection.
It will only be used occasionally to book a taxi. I understand I can have it switched to a tariff that is lighter than the one it is set to now which may suit me fine.
I finally gave in and purchased a soundbar for the TV. Its not the greatest, most expensive containing all the bells and whistles many have but for the amount of TV I watch its good enough for me. It has given it a richer sound than I was getting from the speakers within the TV itself.
Had I purchased it a couple of days ago it would've cost me £48...today it cost me £24 so I can't be robbed at that price. At first I was getting a horrible buzzing noise upon setting it up and thought...its no good and planned to return it tomorrow. Then after a little fiddling with the connections I found I could hear sound from the TV.
Then when I played the old satellite box through the system there was no sound so it looked as though it only worked with the TV. I investigated and found another connection had worked loose. Now it all works fine. There is a control to change the amount of bass and treble which I have finally mastered.. It has improved the sound and that's what I wanted. Considering the TV is not very big, the satellite box is old and Freesat, I have adapted the old TV stand managing to sit the bar so it gives good sound and is under the TV. To stop it rolling backwards/sliding one way its propped against that big vase.
Within the hour I will be out for the evening watching a little show at the club I usually go to on Sunday with the crew we play bingo but they are not going tonight, so its just me. I nearly did not bother but others that sit near us invited me to join them and I have a taxi booked to get me there and back and its always packed for Boxing Night and New Year's Eve. There is a raffle with some good prizes too.
I have taken a small buffet with me to share with those I am sitting with(very small one)cheese, crisps, cherry tomatoes, snack biscuits and one cheese and bacon lattice roll for each of us.
So I better get ready, speak later...
Again...belated Christmas Greetings!
Update:I had a win on the sticky thirteen card game tonight so even with the cost of the taxi being increased, drinks, paying for the games plus ticket for the night I was £8 in pocket. Really its as though the night was totally free and I got my soundbar for nothing.
I haven't watched much TV and I found two late films were on when I came in so I watched a Carry On I haven't seen in decades "Carry On Spying" and a Western that I have never seen and has taken me 45 years to do so, Redford and Newman in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
I can cross that off my list. It was OK. Perhaps it meant more when it was first released and if I seen it when I was younger. I knew what the conclusion was regarding the main characters, I almost gave up but though the conclusion was what I thought, the way it happened was different. I won't put spoilers up because there may still be people who haven't seen it.
Well, the laptop is really knackered. Can't remember what I said earlier but in short I did manage to get it switched on again(in a fashion)and take off a lot of the stuff on its hard drive but at present I cannot get at the bookmarks and fear a lot of favourites will be lost/forgotten. If I can gain access over this weekend I will.
The repairman was coming on Tuesday but even he admitted that it was a good idea to get stuff off the laptop before he took it.
Now I will have to decide is it worth repairing(depending on how the repair may increase as he looks at it)and with a small amount of spare cash through being frugal whether I should buy a new one but by then I may have missed any bargains offered in the pre/post sales around Christmas.
I have lots of lovely food in and I have lots of meals and snacks planned certainly up to New Year.
I had Christmas lunch with the invite of someone and received a few presents including a new mobile phone. Its basic and yet has more features than the one I misplaced in my home and I have put £10 on it which should last me ages. I don't have anyone to call and don't expect any calls to me. That's why a mobile phone isn't a priority for me and I'm not too far away from home so usually can wait until I get home to worry about the need of internet connection.
It will only be used occasionally to book a taxi. I understand I can have it switched to a tariff that is lighter than the one it is set to now which may suit me fine.
I finally gave in and purchased a soundbar for the TV. Its not the greatest, most expensive containing all the bells and whistles many have but for the amount of TV I watch its good enough for me. It has given it a richer sound than I was getting from the speakers within the TV itself.
Had I purchased it a couple of days ago it would've cost me £48...today it cost me £24 so I can't be robbed at that price. At first I was getting a horrible buzzing noise upon setting it up and thought...its no good and planned to return it tomorrow. Then after a little fiddling with the connections I found I could hear sound from the TV.
Then when I played the old satellite box through the system there was no sound so it looked as though it only worked with the TV. I investigated and found another connection had worked loose. Now it all works fine. There is a control to change the amount of bass and treble which I have finally mastered.. It has improved the sound and that's what I wanted. Considering the TV is not very big, the satellite box is old and Freesat, I have adapted the old TV stand managing to sit the bar so it gives good sound and is under the TV. To stop it rolling backwards/sliding one way its propped against that big vase.
Within the hour I will be out for the evening watching a little show at the club I usually go to on Sunday with the crew we play bingo but they are not going tonight, so its just me. I nearly did not bother but others that sit near us invited me to join them and I have a taxi booked to get me there and back and its always packed for Boxing Night and New Year's Eve. There is a raffle with some good prizes too.
I have taken a small buffet with me to share with those I am sitting with(very small one)cheese, crisps, cherry tomatoes, snack biscuits and one cheese and bacon lattice roll for each of us.
So I better get ready, speak later...
Again...belated Christmas Greetings!
Update:I had a win on the sticky thirteen card game tonight so even with the cost of the taxi being increased, drinks, paying for the games plus ticket for the night I was £8 in pocket. Really its as though the night was totally free and I got my soundbar for nothing.
I haven't watched much TV and I found two late films were on when I came in so I watched a Carry On I haven't seen in decades "Carry On Spying" and a Western that I have never seen and has taken me 45 years to do so, Redford and Newman in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
I can cross that off my list. It was OK. Perhaps it meant more when it was first released and if I seen it when I was younger. I knew what the conclusion was regarding the main characters, I almost gave up but though the conclusion was what I thought, the way it happened was different. I won't put spoilers up because there may still be people who haven't seen it.
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