Cant Blog, Wont Blog......

I think the weather must have been getting to my PC as well as most of the inhabitants of the British Isles, It decided to stop working this week and refused to even give me the friendly bleep when I switched it on.

I tried cajoling it, talking nicely to it and even giving it a friendly pat but all to no avail, the poor thing was dead. There was no alternative but to get the screwdriver out and perform major exploratory surgery.

After a struggle to extract the poorly machine from its case I was alarmed to see not only the complex electronic circuitry but also several years of accumulated dust and fluff, in fact enough to clog up the most robust of mechanical devices. I carefully got the paint brush out and dusted and blew as much of the muck out of its most delicate parts and began checking all the plugs and connections. A quick retest confirmed that it was still on the critical list so further drastic action was necessary.

Whilst fiddling with all the connections I noticed that the memory chips were a little loose, in fact how they stayed in was a miracle, for those not conversant with the inner workings of the PC the memory chips reside in slots in the main cuircuit board known affectionately as the mother board. They are held in securely with a clip at each end which fastens to a cut out on the chip board itself, It would seem that the chips were never put in properly in the first place, no wonder I have had such trouble with the machine of late. I firmly pushed the chips in, to an alarming crunching sound, secured then with the clips and crossed fingers, actually every part of me, and pressed the start button.

The machine sprang into life, gave the usual friendly bleep and continued to the all too familiar Welcome screen. Lazarus had come back to life!

Reconnecting all the other plugs, the case and then easing the PC back into its hole in the desk was no mean feat I can tell you but all seems well and I am able to communicate with the outside world and continue my blogging. What's more the machine is no longer clogged up with numerouse dead creatures, puppy fluff and years of neglect. Not a good day to start with but it got better, see there IS hope yet!

Have a nice day Y'all !

It's back !

The rain that is, this time with a vengeance not just the wet stuff fell yesterday, but a real storm, thunder, lightening and more "dancing raindrops" than you see in a month of Sundays (probably not at the moment more like 1 Sunday!) It was so bad that it affected the power supply with no less than 3 interruptions. It dried up after a while and the sun came back out and then the power went off completely for 2 hours. Hence no blog. Last night the storm reappeared, but luckily Western Power managed to maintain the supply so I guess their little bit of string and fuse wire held up. No doubt they will send a man out to repair it properly "direkly" Bless 'em!

I think the microwave must have come out in sympathy because it flatly refused to work - yes the power was on, I am daft but not that daft! Amazingly however it repaired itself overnight and is now fully functioning again. Oh such domestic bliss, in a wildly exciting life.

Actually is been very quite here this week, the mass influx for the summer emmetts hasn't materialised as yet , perhaps the weather has put them off, cant say I would relish the prospect of a week in a soggy tent on the cliff top with all this precipitation around.

Highlight of today will be to go into town and post a letter, can I stand much more excitment??!!

Its happened again.

Blow me! The suns out again - second time in well about a month! It could become a habit all this fine weather. N sent me a lovely picture taken from his window of the rain dancing on the tarmac. I suppose its not only down in the southwest that the weathers been bad but judging by today you lot up country could be in for a treat, as I think todays weather is heading your way

I would love to stop and write more but I have the lawns to mow, the dog to walk, the car to clean, and the washing to do. Isnt life exciting!

Now there's a thing......

Just when you thought you aught to be getting some flippers and a snorkel, it stops raining! What's more it not just for an hour or so, but a whole day. A large yellow shiny disk has appeared in the sky radiating warmth and making the whole place look better. Perhaps its just a blip and the normal grey dampness will descend again shortly, for the moment though its a very welcome change.

Every cloud has however a silver lining and I guess the reverse must be true as not only did the warm sun dry up a rather soggy landscape but it also brought out a myriad of creatures that had been sheltering from the rain. Namely a swarm of bees, no doubt looking for a new residence after their previous one was flooded. Now I am a nature lover, but when they decided to set up home in the bathroom extractor fan I drew the line. Showering with a group of apis is taking the p*** so they had to be dealt with - and quick! A blast from the fan soon had them on their way back to the estate agents, although as usual you always get a group of stragglers who like to hang around in the net curtain for a chat or explore the vagaries of the plug hole in the bath, only to emerge when you least expect it and well, when you are otherwise occupied !

Still they seem to have moved on to pastures new. The sun looks as if it might be out again today, perhaps its not a day to sit too long and ponder life's problems..........!