Monday, September 21, 2026
Emergency Ambulance
The two ladies in the ambulance did a very thorough check, and only seemed to find the now weak left hand. Nothing else seemed to attract attention.
One was the driver.
I was allowed to sit in this session.Then they drove off to Maidstone.
M
T in hospital
fox must have got wet
Amazingly the fox, or whatever, managed to empty the bucket on the caddy. Is there no stopping it? Or will it continue?
M
Saturday, September 19, 2026
bugs
T and I both have bugs, which started manifesting themselves just before last wednesday.
With T it is all about balance, virtigo and a weak left hand.
With me it is cough, phlebm, and sore throat. horrid.
M
bt fix worked
Got a new password installed on bt kit, and everything is working out well.
Obviously none of them understood the subtulties of the previous password, and its problems with change.
I guess various things can start the login process, but so far so good.
M
Internet
I need to link to the router, now that I have the password reset. Normal plus birthday.
M
Usual injection
Had my monthly injection. No issues, other than no coffee.
M
changed password
Finally got BT to change the password for access to the network.
It seems to be working fine.
I guess some of the machines have been off line for a while so it will be interesting to see them catch up
M
Sunday, August 09, 2026
No drawn curtains
If the curtsins have not been drawn when I take the tea in, it normally means T has had a good nights sleep. So nice to see them not drawn again this morning.
I am taking digestive buscuits in with me. And they get nibled. Again wonderful. I think I should make sure I am not skimping on the milk, in quantity and nature. Shiuld I avoid semi-skimmed milk? Maybe whole organic milk would be best. It will all help.
M
compost heap
Did a big move of compost to the boundary fence with J.
It has over time dribbled soil into the lower level next door. The fence is big enough our side, so what it is like their sude I do no know. Their problem.
I should perhaps put some larger pieces of wood there, when the gap is big.
Anywat a bit of an experiment.
M
Saturday, August 08, 2026
new version of android?
Something new has appeared on my cheap tablet. Is this an upgrade?
I am having real problems with it.
M
BT hub password
This still is causing problems but not with everything. I guess this means that the choice of character set is subtly different between machines.
Seems that the newer ones have the most difficulty. I guess this means that the dollar sign is wrong and I should use a pound sign, or something like this.
M
Gas Main
The road works near tescos us a large gas main. Say a two foot diameter pipe. It will be chaos for a bit.
I expect one way up hill to roundabout, and zero downhill.
I will give it two months from now, if lucky. Ie summer holidays.
M
digestives
I started new regime of including two digestives with the morning tea. This is to get some immediate food into the system. Seems acceptable.
Should probably do it with all cups of coffee.
Had various rows as to why I am pushing hard. Not easy.
M
Friday, August 07, 2026
poppies
Trying to spread poppies from the seat above the zebra crossing along the road. Clearly the poppy depends on the wind, over a period of time. Which sounds sensible.
It must be a massive overkill, with many more than is needed. In its life time it only needs one to survive it.
I guess it might be totally happy with just leaving them dormant just where it grows. Probably the wind and grazing animals will do the rest.
My crude attempts at spreading the seeds might get the seed into new places more quickly, but the plant can wait.
If it looses out to something even more prolific, it just waits for that plant to crash, and then try again.
Or maybe it is even more cunning than we know. You would have to the most amazingly complete analysis to tell what really is happening. The fact is that one cannot really know what event is going to make any signifant change to the status quo.
One only can see what those things that are a bare minimum to have got so far, mixed up with things that have not made any significant difference at all. A hopeless mess basically.
By fiddling with it, I am introducing some randomness, which could, just about, give some better short term survival rates.
M
got to internet
It was strange but definitely outside the home.
Shows things can work.
M
at last
A no 7 going into town. Will watch what happens at the roundabout. I think it went down to tescos, and another emerged up the hill and turned left towards home.
M
second network device
The one in T's current bedroom. I have not looked at this for ages.
Might be a good idea to switch off and on, checking power etc
M
creating groups
BT password
Rather amazingly I managed to connect to EE using my bt password without any trouble thia morning.
I wonder if they have been watching and listening to complaints.
No idea how this session is connecting.
M
Caddy
Fox or whatever got at the caddy again. Probably got splashed and ran. Only the loose material from previous episodes was evident, and no problem.
M
Matvee
Two nurses came to trear his arm. My guess would be a removable splint, which he has to wear most of the time, for the next month or so.
A hell of lot better than my equivalent when I was 9? And cracked my wrist after falling when a dog chased me. Dog faired rather worse consequences, to my shame. But maybe I was the excuse they wanted.
I am cautious with dogs, and mostly disapprove, not because of the dogs but of the human behaviour.
M
cleared the front wall
The brickwork was getting too overgriwn. I basically chopped everthing back to the wall line, and further with some adventurous plants to their bases.
Looks quite neat, and when we have some decent rain, it will look nice again.
M
driving
Is he driving? Amazingly, I think so. I imagine a doctor might give him clearance, but it might be under some conditions.
I do not know the potential issues, after his surgery. Maybe he has passed the appropriate tests. Any cancer may be effecting other organs and functions.
M
BT EE
Clearly BT and. EE are effectively the same operation, and are sharing things.
As a BT customer for the telephones and internet, I should be able to use EE services for free. This looks to be the case. Though my current difficulties with internet connections means I have not yet checked this out.
This should make my EE SIM really useful.
M
bus
Was fine this a.m.. only quarter of an hour wait. Though there did seem a dirth of buses in general.
Now on way back, having waited at stop fot 10 mins. But still only 11.30.
M
bus route
Going to waitrose. have not seen any buses yet. Do not know how the road works are. I would think things will be a bit messed up, but no signs or messages anywhere to be seen.
M
Sunday, July 26, 2026
Applemac unmendable
Went to church, and eventually saw the team of three who have been investigating.
They have played around with various diagnostic key strokes, with great success, including a small apple logo. It shows it is doing some basic startup routine. But it never seems to continue to the main operating system.
They doubt if it is mendable, and whether money on a mend would be better spent on a newer second hand machine. Maybe £200 .
I will wait a bit before deciding what to do.
M
repair shop
Normal chaos. Rather busier than normal. Doubt if I will be seen.
M
BT
Are being hopeless at helping me. Basically they dont realise that byte are shown as different characters depending on the machines origin. A dollar sign might be a pound sign in a different country.
So typing in a password on a rarely used machine might be chaotic.
I just hope I can get to a person during the week.
And also i do not recognise a mobile by the last four digits of its telephone number.
M
it was J
His voice has changed. He must have had something removed near his face, and it has altered his speaking voice.
Who knows what. It is wierd seeing him talk, and not recognising it.
M
tesco ad
Not sure how this happened, but when I had got back home, I found the phone was in a tesco text ad.
Could it have been activated in some way at the till? It was a little unnerving.
I will have to do a controlled experiment.
M
rain
We had a short shower. Not heavy, and soon all signs of it had gone. But for the area of the whole plot, there must have been quite a bit, if only cooling the ground a bit.
M
Saturday, July 25, 2026
apple mac
Could it have suffered from cold and damp, over the winter when I was ill?
Maybe it just needs warmth. It is not clear what made it start normally that one time.
I will put in the airing cupboard as a trial.
M
J soundalike
A voice like J's, but slightly different, was emanating from somewhere inside, this a.m. I could not hear words, but it sounded like an accentless English.
Is this a brother? And if so, does this indicate how serious the illness is?
Maybe S has been open about his condition earlier in the year, and assumes we have heard on the grapevine. In which case her comment about new knees is actually rather good.
M
Downtime?
Possibly there are occasions when they service the database used on this software. If you try to do an immediate upload it will then fail, and it will be in the waiting queue. The normal way out will then work, would be my guess.
M
bt connection
I am starting to think something is wrong with the BT connection. Wrong colour. However things seem to work probably through an old router that is connected.
I need to find the BT app on the old laptop still running Microsoft.
M
