Stuart Rogers wrote:
> On 27/4/06 22:18, "Alan Brand" wrote:
>> Stuart Rogers wrote:
>>> My goodness, it's quiet around here.
>> Too bl**dy true - I've hardly been awoken from my napping at all in the
>> last few weeks.
>
> Sorry, did I wake you?
No problem, it was time to eat anyway.
>>> My usenet client must be getting
>>> lonely as it's suddenly downloaded about seventy headers from a few
weeks
>>> back. Most of it is from that rush of cross-posted junk we had -
maybe
>>> my usenet program's decided to stage a retrospective exhibition.
>> Is it displaying them in a tasteful Gothic Sepia font?
>
> Funnily enough, yes.
Most of the posts weren't that funny in the first place, an exotic font
can only improve them.
>> AlanB, planning a Norman Wisdom retrospective girl
>
> I've been suffering a PC retrospective all this week. One of my old
> PCs has come back to haunt me. A couple of years ago I gave it to
> Rachel, who has recently given it to her brother, who has promptly
> managed to break it, so I've been fixing it. It was dreadfully sick,
> and after many hours of surgery I decided it was better to nuke
> it - well, wipe the hard disc and start again. It was a scary reminder
> of why I had abandoned Windows. Windows Installation hell, and the
> merry-go-round that is the Windows Update system. And then there's
> all the drivers to find and install. And then the applications.
> And then setting things up so as to minimise the chances of its
> return any time in the near future...
>
Blimey. I know you like Rachel, but all that for her brother? You must
*really* like her.
I'm busily organising the first "run" for the car club - 45 members, and
counting. Start at a pub, drive to another pub, drive to a third pub
near home - easy! www.GBBCC.com
--
AlanB, happy motoring girl
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