snaptophobic

snaptophobic, 6 days ago to random

Morning world. Up early for a Neighbour Taxi Run.

snaptophobic, 7 days ago to random

Morning world. Stupid back problems. 😡

snaptophobic, 8 days ago to random

Another grey, miserable and damp crane pic.

@suearcher

snaptophobic, 10 days ago to random

Still working on that email. I’ll run the latest draft by Best Beloved before I send it.

snaptophobic, 11 days ago to random

Post office/convenience store to post a letter to Germany, buy a birthday card for my baby sister, and replace the giant granny purse I bought a few months ago with something a little more pocket sized.

Then, pharmacy to collect my first ever free prescription because I’m now officially old.

And a run round the Co-op to top up on things to eat and drink.

I call that an okay sort of morning.

snaptophobic, 11 days ago to random

Trying to draft one of those emails to a good client.

It’s not going well.

snaptophobic, 12 days ago to random

Morning world. Well, it seems my back problem isn’t getting better by itself. I’m going to have to go and see a professional - again.

It took a decade to sort out last time. 😔

snaptophobic, 12 days ago to random

Last summer I sent a cheque and order off for some bits and pieces. My letter outlined my order, prices and total including postage.

I heard nothing back, and assumed it was all lost in the post.

I decided to try again today. I discover there’s an actual order form on the web site to print out. How 20th century!

I shall assume this organisation is actually curmudgeonly enough to ignore orders not on official forms, and simply couldn’t be bothered to let me know. What a way to run a business!

snaptophobic, 14 days ago to random

Another job jobbed.

Some of us are old enough to remember when telephones were attached to the wall, and you had to run all kinds of extension cables if you wanted a phone in another room.

(I'm older than that and can remember when the phone provider made you pay extra for an extension!)

I’ve just removed the worst of the extensions, which mostly had been unused for the past decade or so.

snaptophobic, 15 days ago to random

I guess it’s been 20 years since that Ethernet cable was left dangling from the broadband router. It’s now sort of neatly pinned around door frames and skirting, and no longer a trip hazard.*

(* It was in an area of little traffic, but still.)

snaptophobic, 16 days ago to random

Feeling angry, frustrated and sad today. There’s no one thing that’s causing it as far as I can see. Just a cavalcade of things that have been building up over time.

I’ll get through it, somehow.

snaptophobic, 17 days ago to random

Updates on the web site and domain migration thing from yesterday.

I am going through a process with Nominet, which is the UK body that deals with domain registration, to update my contact details for the domain name. I registered it with what is now a defunct email address.

We are currently bouncing emails about because Carol hasn’t spoken with Joel who already asked me the same question. They’re not being clear about what they want from me.

I’m normally the dense one. 🤔

snaptophobic, 17 days ago to random

Morning world. The heating's still on. It’s going to be one of those summers, isn’t it.

snaptophobic, 18 days ago to random

Well, here we go. Time to transfer a web site I've managed for several years to a new owner...

I'm hoping it's as simple as "please switch from here, to there, when you're ready."

snaptophobic, 18 days ago to random

Our local crane, in the rain, still busy.

@suearcher

snaptophobic, 18 days ago to random

Apparently one of my hobbies now is training YouTube’s algorithm. It keeps trying to guess what I’d like to watch, so I diligently tell it not to show me stuff from those channels.

I got a clean sweep today. Every video got rejected by me. The algo is beginning to get desperate.

snaptophobic, 19 days ago to random

I know I’ve wittered on about feeling forced into upgrading my desktop Mac before. I’m feeling it’s becoming something a little more likely to happen sooner rather than later.

I’ve attached an image which outlines my current hardware and software setup.

I’m vacillating between replacing the Mac mini with a current version, or switching to an iMac. I’d appreciate pros and cons from anyone that is more clued up on the Apple scene than me.

snaptophobic, 19 days ago to random

When you spend ages on hold to talk to an organisation, then inform them about your wishes, you generally expect them to listen. You don’t expect them to repeat the original reason for your call, making you go through it all again.

I think this time I’ll just return the forms, marked/defaced accordingly, so they get the sodding message that way.

snaptophobic, 20 days ago to random

So, do we now get a fortnight off before the football season starts again?

snaptophobic, 22 days ago to random

Grandad

The rather thoughtful, perhaps wistful, young man in the photograph is my paternal grandfather, Edwin. He gazes benignly at the camera, his slightly wavy hair neatly trimmed and parted, clean shaven, a slight smile reminiscent of the Mona Lisa. He wears a jacket, and we can make out a waistcoat plus what appears to be a knitted vee-neck jumper. There’s a handkerchief in the jacket breast pocket, and a neck tie with fancy geometric pattern is neatly knotted over…

https://snaptophobic.wordpress.com/2024/05/17/grandad/

snaptophobic, 22 days ago to random

Somewhere I have photos I took about 20 years ago of medals awarded to my granddad.

Of course I can’t locate them anywhere. Why do you ask?

Either I deleted them, or they’ve been archived on an external drive I’ve forgotten about.

Assuming my parents still have them, I may have to go and take some new pictures.

snaptophobic, 24 days ago to random

I’m supposed to be "working", but instead I’m investigating the rat's nest of extension leads we used to get the old landline from the front of the house to the back.

What. A. Mess.

snaptophobic, 24 days ago to random

Best Beloved has just had a visit from a district nurse to do diabetic review and checkup. Lots of good things should come from that visit, as she was very thorough and mildly concerned that some test had been missed in the past few months.

snaptophobic, 24 days ago to random

I quite like this kind of credit card statement.

snaptophobic, 25 days ago to random

The adventure this afternoon went a little awry.

Essentially, it was to deliver Best Beloved to the local ophthalmology hospital for a regular checkup. Easy. We’ve managed to get to the car twice in the past week.

An unscheduled sit-down occurred right outside the front door. Recovering from that, we couldn’t find ANYWHERE to park at the hospital.

We came home. The hospital will be rescheduling. I’m letting the passenger transport folk deal with Best Beloved next time.

Ack.