Hello / goodbye
Jan. 31st, 2024 05:36 pmHello to new things, goodbye to old things, what could be more appropriate for a January post?
I am writing this on my shiny brand new laptop. My little notebook has finally died. This wasn't unexpected, and I would have replaced it long since if I could simply have bought another the same, but they just don't make them any more: if I wanted something as small, it would have to be a tablet; if I wanted a keyboard (and I do) it would have to be larger. So although my notebook was just not holding a charge, and occasionally took 20 minutes plugged into the mains before it would even switch on, I put off replacing it. Eventually, last week, it gave up the ghost altogether, in the middle of streaming a Martin Simpson concert (fortunately, a YouTube link was provided after the gig, so we watched the second half the following evening).![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
durham_rambler researched the options, and a replacement was delivered to our door within days. Now I have to get used to its foibles - and it has to get used to mine!
A sad goodbye to our lovely greengrocers, who have struggled on through lockdown and through all the disruption of the very much extended building work on the new bus station, directly across the road from them, but have now decided to close: family circumstances played a large part in this. They will not be so easily replaced.
An entirely new toy - well, new to me, because it was passed on by J - is a Kindle Fire which enables me to listen to podcasts. We had talked about this during her very snowy visit to Durham: I said this might yet be the thing which would persuade me to get a smart phone, and she not only recommended this technical alternative, but handed on one of her cast-offs. My gratitude grows greater each time I discover another thing I can listen to: time to write and tell her so...
I am writing this on my shiny brand new laptop. My little notebook has finally died. This wasn't unexpected, and I would have replaced it long since if I could simply have bought another the same, but they just don't make them any more: if I wanted something as small, it would have to be a tablet; if I wanted a keyboard (and I do) it would have to be larger. So although my notebook was just not holding a charge, and occasionally took 20 minutes plugged into the mains before it would even switch on, I put off replacing it. Eventually, last week, it gave up the ghost altogether, in the middle of streaming a Martin Simpson concert (fortunately, a YouTube link was provided after the gig, so we watched the second half the following evening).
durham_rambler researched the options, and a replacement was delivered to our door within days. Now I have to get used to its foibles - and it has to get used to mine!A sad goodbye to our lovely greengrocers, who have struggled on through lockdown and through all the disruption of the very much extended building work on the new bus station, directly across the road from them, but have now decided to close: family circumstances played a large part in this. They will not be so easily replaced.
An entirely new toy - well, new to me, because it was passed on by J - is a Kindle Fire which enables me to listen to podcasts. We had talked about this during her very snowy visit to Durham: I said this might yet be the thing which would persuade me to get a smart phone, and she not only recommended this technical alternative, but handed on one of her cast-offs. My gratitude grows greater each time I discover another thing I can listen to: time to write and tell her so...
