Brian arrived as planned, and had previously emailed me this picture from his high-speed day at Silverstone. It was a delayed Xmas present and involved, I think, 6 laps in this Lotus Elise with a top driver, Simon Mason. Brian said it was an awesome experience and one reaches 125mph in what seems like seconds, and the acceleration and the braking for corners mader him feel as if bits of him were being left behind. Getting into the car in the first place was no mean feat. You have to be under 70 and under 17st which of course completely rules me out. But I shan't lose any sleep over it.
The weather has been wet and not all that warm. Yvonne decided to go down Nottingham because she needed to go to Bromley House, our subscription-library, which overlooks Market Square. It is so old fashioned. They enter your books in a hard-back ledger and know everyone by name. There is a lovely leather-chair type reading room and it's like having a 'club' in the centre of town. The building dates back to 1720-ish and they have never, ever, got rid of anything. Yvonne once wanted an obscure Thomas Hardy, which they found on a shelf upstairs. In it was a label which said "Please return this book promptly; other readers are waiting for it" and the last issue date was 1923.
I had a strange experience with WUforums. This 'pop-up advertising' innovation is activated if your pointer hovers over keywords such as 'computer' even if the word appears in your forum signature, it will be bold and underlined. It really annoys me because even Google don't go that far. Ray and Madeline are both steamed-up about it and threatening withdrawal unless it is sorted. Both would be seriously missed for the contribution they make. Other people disapprove too, so it isn't just a fringe. For a bit of a lark I penned a post in Open Forum which read "Radiogandy's personalised Adblocker - free to members". In the post I suggested always writing 'commputer', 'wiireless'. 'lapptop', 'wii-fi' etc., and I offered to update the lexicon whenever I came across a new keyword. The system completely 'floors' the advertising - it can't cope with it.
I'm disappointed to report that my 'post' was simply deleted. Not moved to another forum, and not a word from anyone as to why. Have they no sense of humour ? Ray suggests that I 'cool' it rather than risk being 'banned'. But I'm not used to backing away from shite like that!
On to more interesting matters. I made a delicious shepherds-pie from yesterday's left-over lamb with steamed vegetables. Maybe even Bungus would have enjoyed it. He sent me a very interesting photograph of Danny's, taken using a tripod for a long, long exposure at night and the result is fascinating. Bob is now on XP ; Danny did some sterling work, changing over hard-drives and other technical stuff. The only remaining thing is a lead to connect to his printer/scanner. But that won't stop him downloading Google Talk. Then we can exchange instant drivel, without having to email it. Ha Ha!
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For some reason the above post won't appear. If you go to my Blog you get yesterday's. i.e. 14th of May, not the 15th May
I love this blog. I almost feel I know the people and I love the pictures posted. I read this blog most days having followed a link from a forum I post on frequently. The link is called 'My boring blog', it's anything but boring!
Madeline.
Now how did Madeline infiltrate your blog? Does that mean anyone can read it? Will you need to be more circumspect in future to prevent all your skeletons tumbling out of the cupboard?
End of questions.
I do not understand a word of the 'Wuforums' para and rather hope that no one will try to explain it. It sounds a bit like buggery to me - something I have done without so far and feel no real need to try. But RadioG is right to stick to his princples at the risk of being blackballed for trying to be humorous. What is the world coming to? I ask.
Can anyone tell me who 'NT Kernel & System' are? And why I keep getting a note flashed up to tell me that their application has been blocked? I suppose it is something to do with AVG or my Firewall.
Sorry to disappoint you, RadioG. You know I am not fond of lamb, even freshly cooked (personally I would rather have 'Tracey for lunch on Sunday') so I certainly would not wantit reheated. Lesti be considered fussy, I don't mind a cold gigot sandwich with Branston Pickle, provided every last vestige of fat has been removed from the meat.
Please refer to Sun, Sat and Fri blogs fro comments thereon.
Hello Bungus. Your points in order, more or less :- Madeline is not an infiltrator but a fellow WebUser person who lives in Wales. My Blog is accessible to WU people and (Steven assures me) to any determined person who really wanted to find it, or who chanced on it. It is like publishing a book or an article - one hopes it will be widely read across the globe. This is why I now try to pick my words carefully.
Further to above. I haven't a clue what 'NT Kernel & System' is or are. Why not Google the phrase and see what you get ?
Aha.
So your blog is not watertight. So how can we be sure that Madelin really is Madeline and not someone masquerading as Madeline. Come to think of it, am I really me? AndI not ethat Madeline's byline is Anonymous, as mine is tomorrow for some reason.
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