After a rather busy day
yesterday rounded off with a walk, a late dinner and a bottle of
plonk I suppose its not surprising that I slept well. I woke, pootled
about, had brekkie and watched an episode of "Are You Being
Served" all before my dog woke up. He was tired too.
I then got a bit stressy
with my laptop. The old thing's being getting slower; it had almost
reached the point of being unusable. But what with having already
bought a pressure washer and "Hannah" recently the
budget won't realistically stretch to a new laptop for a little
while. So instead I got the AVG 1-click maintenance software. AVG
antivirus has always been good in the past so I thought I'd see if
this bit of kit might do the trick. After a bit of farting about
setting it up it then did its thing. I left it doing so, and I took
"Furry Face TM" for a walk.
Since the fun fair is in
Viccie Park at the moment, we walked round to Frog's Island. As we
walked I had a fit of the giggles. My dog was sniffing round a fence,
utterly oblivious to the cat which was stalking him from the top of
the fence. He sniffed and the cat stalked for at least five minutes
before I finally got bored with the game.
As we walked there was a
sign about a footbridge being replaced. I shall have to keep an eye
out. Not only is that footbridge rather vital in our walks to the
South Willesborough area, I've also hidden a geocache underneath it.
As we came home a small
girl marched up to my dog, announced "Hello Fudge"
and started stroking him much to the dismay of her mother. Mother
then started shrieking about how on Earth was the child now going to
wash her hands. At first thought I took offence, but before I could
tell Mother to wind her neck in I realised that (bearing in mind
"Furry Face TM"'s prediliction for
fox poo) Mother probably had a valid point.
Once home I had a look to
see what AVG 1-click maintenance had been up to. It claimed it had
cured 228 problems in my registry, fixed 230 broken shortcuts, sorted
2290 program errors and had implemented no end of recommendations.
I suppose it's going to
say that; after all it's hardly going to claim that there's nothing
much to do. It's not going to tell me that I've wasted my time
installing the thing, is it?
I then set it scanning
the drives and went to the dentist. In a fit of forgetfulness I
forgot I had a dentist appointment booked for last Tuesday and had
re-scheduled for today.
I was told I was lucky to
get seen today; I arrived to find they'd replaced the front desk.
Again. I go there once every six months (on average) and every
time they seem to have done something with the front desk. They also
got a new receptionist. Whilst admirably (and demonstrably)
equipped in the chest departtment her dental receptionist skills
seemed sadly lacking. I suppose one can't have everything.
I eventually got checked
in and it wasn't long before the dentist had a rummage in in my gob.
He did some X-rays and announced that all seemed well.
I've got to go see the
dental hygenist in a few weeks time. Once the dentist himself would
do all that; nowadays he has a lackey to do it for him.
I came home to find my
drives were still being scanned. Pausing only briefly to stop "Furry
Face TM" rolling in a dead sparrow that
the cats had left in the garden I then scoffed a spot of lunch whilst
watching "Secret Diary of a Call Girl", and then
took myself off to bed for the afternoon. Usually I get off to sleep
right away; not so this afternoon. It was rather hot, and the claps
of thunder just as I was nodding off didn't help. But I eventually
managed a few hours kip before my dog's snoring woke me; I'd
forgotten to close the stair gate and he'd sneaked up.
I came down to find the
disks of my laptop had finally finished scanning. So I had a cuppa,
and I'm off to see "Daddies Little Angel TM".
She's said she'll cook my tea before the night shift.
Cooking my tea... She's
twice this week posted on Facebook about "Share this if you
love your Dad".
That girl is up to
something.
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