Wings off flies.

[reddragdiva]

Life continues to be very dull indeed. I am reading books and playing music. I have taken no photos; with Worst of Perth, they'd be redundant.

Dialup is Internet water torture. My sister and mother plan to get broadband. I've seen their computers. T3H H0RR0R. The sister's computer had a full hard disk because the recycle bin hadn't been emptied since 2005. I finally installed XP Service Pack 3, which would have been downloaded ages ago. I've turned automatic updates on. I think I managed to put the fear of God into my sister concerning the hostile Internet and keeping your antivirus switched on, and also use Firefox rather than IE. Hopefully it will stick. But dear God — computers, and especially Windows ones, are utterly incomprehensible boxes of malevolent magic to average suburban people, and I now know deep in my heart why 25-50% of Windows boxes are botnet zombies. I'd just buy my mum a Mac if I thought she'd use it.

(When you were a kid, did you want to be a wizard when you grew up? "That'd be SO COOL!" Now you are one. Sucks, don't it?)

redcountess will not be visiting Perth to meet up after all, as Australia is cursed with a strong dollar (strangedave credits this to Australia having implemented in the 1980s all the financial system reforms the UK and US were brutally sodomised by the absence of and are still dithering over putting into place. Keating, you da man. It was such a pity about your utter lack of charm) and wouldn't accept the >£500 cost of a day's visit. Meh. At least I got her Metal Hammer!

Pub Sunday afternoon. Captain Stirling, 4pm. Tell everyone.

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[gths]

Heh. I've just had to sort out broadband for my mother myself. Fortunately I was able to set up the computer from the get-go so I made sure it had Firefox and TBird and all that. She'd been using 98 on the old box (which is now in pieces out at the tip, sans hard drive) and the new one is actually a lot less crap, especially with everything updated properly. The email works, the browser works, and the word processor works, that's pretty much all she needs for now.

[reddragdiva]

Oh, and my brother-in-law's crapware habit. Any crapware you can think of, he's installed it. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[gths]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[mr_e_cat]

I will not be at the Captain Stirling due to a Rugby game.

Enjoy.

[redcountess]

I am now coming to Perth after all, as a friend has offered to put me up for the week, making spending rather a lot on last minute airfares seem less frivolous, maybe Diva and I can meet up with you for drinks on Tuesday evening?

[reddragdiva]

Tuesday evening I am going to bed early, as my plane leaves at 6am Wednesday!

[redcountess]

Yeah, I thought of that but wasn't sure how early is early, but I guess you'll be hitting the hay about 9ish if not earlier?

BTW, my friend has just offered me her bungalow, everything's happening all at once!!!

[(Anonymous)]

Well ok as your there. How about some pics of Holden Monaro (1973 HQ Gts coup, pref. ) in it natural enviro ? ie outside a bottleshop.

[arkady]

Missing you terribly; Wednesday can't come soon enough for Freda and I.

:-*

[vampwillow]

"I'd just buy my mum a Mac if I thought she'd use it."

This is what I did; got her an iMac (raspberry, iirc) and for the same reason - I don't trust her to try and use a Windoze machine successfully.

Tantalisingly close and yet still so far away

[(Anonymous)]

Hope all is well with your dad and have fun - Vicki

[sci_starborne]

The wizard metaphor's going to stick with me..