Mundane News

[Jenkins]

The parcel is in the system - eventually. Walked up to the local Post Office about 0.5 miles away only to find their complete system was down, so I had to drag the ebike from the shed as it's the only bike currently fitted with mudguards and flat pedals and go to the next nearest 1.5 miles in the other direction.
Porridge is now being nuked for a late breakfast

 

[Andy in Germany]

Back at work, first time in a week. Trying to pick up responsibilities from the chaos...

 

[biggs682]

A45 has been travelled so many drivers are dickheads
Second cuppa went down well with half a croissant

 

[mybike]

I wonder what is the temperature at which a Kindle catches fire? 🤔

I've heard the batteries can reach 86F, if misused. That would probably be sufficient.

 

[PeteXXX]

A bit of shopping has been shopped.. Fruit, bagels & cake decorations, mainly, plus, for dinner tonight, a couple of pork chops on offer..
I took the dogs and had a pleasant walk around an abandoned, I think, golf course behind the supermarket 🐕🐶

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I've heard the batteries can reach 86F, if misused. That would probably be sufficient.

They must be pretty good at catching fire - how else did they discover kindling?

 

[mybike]

Sci-fi is my go-to in terms of entertaining myself, albeit I much prefer space opera to dystopian-type stuff. But Fahrenheit 451 was one I've rather enjoyed. OTOH Margaret Attwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" just weirded me out. Not the subject matter, but just that it was very odd, and sort of seemed to stop in the middle of the story and leave a load of loose ends.

No kindle here. Reading glasses and a nice paper book, although that does become problematic at bath time LOL!

I've got a few, The Silver Ships by S H Jucha, The Lost Fleet by Jack Cambell, The Frontiers Saga by Ryk Brown, all series, seems some writers find it profitable to write their books as series. They're read & still on the Kindle, which is lighter than paper, but does need charging.

 

[mybike]

I did. But it still kind of left me feeling like it was a cop-out on the author's part.

From what I've heard, I haven't read it, it sounds more like a bitter rant.

 

[biggs682]

Lunchtime stroll completed

 

[DCLane]

Tried a new café for lunch. It was OK, but I won't be going back.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Nice outing on bike, a couple of hours in the sun this morning.

 

[Andy in Germany]

WE are experiencing the joy of the new computer system. Today I had to make a table on Excel. Except that the new system is fussy who itlets into office and it didn't like me. So I had to use one of the old computers we keep for this purpose.

Made table with minimal drama, then tried to print. Elderly printer didn't want to. Opened and closed elderly printer to no avail.

New printer worked but it won't connect to old computers. Get USB Stick: we all have a USB stick now and store everything on it, because anything stored in "The Cloud" vanishes and required half an hour to find.

Realise this won't work because table is in "old Excel" and this won't work with new computer that is connected to printer.

Take USB directly to printer. Printer refuses to print from stick.

Resolve problem by making a PDF from excel, putting PDF on stick, carry stick to new computer, upload PDF, print on new printer.

Welcome to the great new information age...

 

[biggs682]

Afternoon cuppa went down well
One parcel all boxed up just needs dropping off

 

[Shearwater Missile]

WE are experiencing the joy of the new computer system. Today I had to make a table on Excel. Except that the new system is fussy who itlets into office and it didn't like me. So I had to use one of the old computers we keep for this purpose.

Made table with minimal drama, then tried to print. Elderly printer didn't want to. Opened and closed elderly printer to no avail.

New printer worked but it won't connect to old computers. Get USB Stick: we all have a USB stick now and store everything on it, because anything stored in "The Cloud" vanishes and required half an hour to find.

Realise this won't work because table is in "old Excel" and this won't work with new computer that is connected to printer.

Take USB directly to printer. Printer refuses to print from stick.

Resolve problem by making a PDF from excel, putting PDF on stick, carry stick to new computer, upload PDF, print on new printer.

Welcome to the great new information age...

Sounds just like it did when I was at work, I retired in 2017. I wish that I could say nothing ever changes but it does. That is why nothing works, because it has changed. I don`t know how many updates we had on tv`s then to find this would`nt work or that would`nt work. You never had that type of problem pre digital age. Good luck Andy.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Sounds just like it did when I was at work, I retired in 2017. I wish that I could say nothing ever changes but it does. That is why nothing works, because it has changed. I don`t know how many updates we had on tv`s then to find this would`nt work or that would`nt work. You never had that type of problem pre digital age. Good luck Andy.

Apparently the IT department is getting quite grumpy about this and throwing their hands up in the air, saying that if we will insist on using these old computer systems, then we shouldn't be surprised that they don't work.

The response from my boss is that if they would get the new system to work, we wouldn't need the old one as a backup...