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Thursday, 28 November 2002. Hey! Google are fast! I put comments about my new computer on my site two days ago and Google have picked it up. Go to Google put in 'mesh computers' and 'amtrak' ... right there.
For a while I have been getting a "DPAL error ....... at line 550" and the blue screen of death! Then if I did a warm start I got a "error in lmouse..... you must restart ...." It was all bloody annoying. Then .... I thought .... look for the error in Google. And hey presto! The solution was found. It was the modem. I had an old driver. I d/l the new driver, but what a hassle in loading it. What it said I should see on the screen, was not what I saw!
But, being a very clever bloke, I found a way round it and got it sorted. Moral of this tale --- if you get an error, put it into Google -- might get help. (OR AM I NOT SO CLEVER!!!)
Before
the cat adopted me, a month or so ago, I used to sit out on the veranda and she would sit at the side of me. One day, when the sun was shining, I said to her, "Silly cow, go and sit in the sun!" Surprise ........ she got up and sauntered off and sat in the sun! Weird ... several times since, I have said to her, "The sun's shining, go outside." And ... off she went. She seems to understand the word "sun"!Stranger still. Remember the "Arthur's" cat food advert (scooped the food out of the tin with its paw)? Yesterday I had fish for my dinner. I have never put food on the mat for her to eat (bad habit!), but, when I put a bit of fish down, she did not eat it off the mat, she scooped it up with her paw to eat it! You may think that that is queer ... but, when I get her food I try to 'ring the changes' and get a variety for her. The last time, I got a tin of "Arthur's" (never got it before), and she didn't like it, but she seems to have seen the advert!
Go on, laugh! The neighbours think that I am crackers!
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Friday, 06 December 2002.
Me, an' me ol' pal Mark, are having a problem with a weird virus/Trojan. It seems to take an email from the sender, add the Trojan, and repeatedly send it by making the server think that it has not been sent ---- got it? To date I have had about 60 copies sent to me!
(See here)You will have seen my Christmas message. I know that 'drop downs' can be annoying for you regulars, but bear with me as they do welcome the new visitor, there will be no 'drop downs' after twelfth night.
Just tried the 'mesh computers+amtrak' search on Google - it does not now show my entries. Been withdrawn - why!!?? But found this - http://www.romulus2.com/feedback/company.php?33&4 - some good and a lot bad!
I have just had a wander round the romulus2 site - wish I had seen it before deciding on the computer. A must for potential computer buyers!
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Monday, 16 December 2002. The Mesh Computer story has grown so big that I have given it it's own page - see here. I'll see how things go about getting a computer in March/April. Though, when you see the horror on sites like romulus2, it makes you think twice. There's no way to guarantee a trouble free purchase!
One of Chloe's friends at Suffolk County Council sent me this anonymous email, "arseolls to you,you silly old git." I passed the message back to the Postmaster for tracing and discipline of the sender!
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Friday, 20 December 2002. A warm welcome, to my site, for the visitors from Mesh Computers. Perhaps they will see that I am a human being, as they are. (though a bit eccentric!) They are also customers, as well as sales people, and will no doubt have experienced similar appalling service from vendors. At some time, the legislators will have to devise laws to prevent the differences between sales, and after sales & technical help. The card services providers will also have to be tougher in getting credits made when a sale is aborted. In fact, the distance selling regulations are good, but are not enforced promptly. The businesses that provide good after sales services must win a bigger part of the market. I have seen a HP computer with the spec that I want at a similar price as the Mesh, but I will hold on until March/April.
It is the longest and most evil night in the occult calendar, and Chloe's birthday. (66yo with a "White Elephant" to plague her! - Forgive the mixed metaphor!).
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Monday, 23 December 2002. Chloe has sent me a nice Christmas card - See here.
Found another review site that has a LOT of criticism of Mesh Computers. (and some good!) I have added my review. (See here) The dooyoo user rating for Mesh Computers = (two stars) this is very low with an overall rating of 36% recommendation.
Thinking again of these review sites, they are open to abuse. I noticed that after my posting on Romulus2, that a short complimentary posting was made. All it needs is for the sales people to see a bad review, and then enter a good review. Who would be the wiser? But, even IF that is happening, Mesh come out very bad!
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Saturday, 28 December 2002. Checking my bad days calendar I see that I have had 49 bad days in 2002. That surprised me, as it seemed to be a lot more! We have had another 'passing'. That makes three this year, Dolly, Lou and 'Tall Flo'. It seems that we have about three deaths each year. Most are coming up to their nineties. We joke and call the complex "God's Waiting Room"! I think that if life begins at forty, then death begins at seventy - and that's me in 2003! One advantage of getting old in an old person's complex is that it prepares you for the inevitable. No, I'm not being maudlin - just objective.
Interested about further development in Chloe's Christmas card - see here.
Today is my
brother uterine's birthdayBeen learning a bit more about the scanner and
photo processing and did this. Me aged 27!I have been trying to decide what to do to celebrate my three score years, and ten. I don't like hotels, or boarding houses. Holiday camps give more freedom. Therefore, I have decided to go to
Pontins for the two weeks either side of my birthday. A friend has offered to take me there for the petrol cost plus a bit. I have always preferred being near water, especially the sea. While there I will look around, and make enquiries about sheltered housing in the area.Been making some bread to keep myself occupied. Clever little lad I am!
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Thursday, 09 January 2003. Chloe is moaning again
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