
I dived the bottom of the canal, in the forces,
In a one-person diving bell, called Bathyscaphes.
Excitement? No need for me to be abstemious,
Not my usual duties, an emergency, so it was ascisimus,
A four-hour stint, easy-peasy; it turned out atrocious!
My innards rumbled… I got the shi…, well, shigellosis,
I felt sorry for those on the following watch,
The squaddie taking over from me, a lad from Norwich…
Said the smell was horrendous and hellacious!
The inside of my briefs turned brunneous,
My vomiting reflex triggered, with a blech,
It’s not as if the inside was capacious,
Tiny, in fact, I couldn’t reach down to my gaters,
My first dive, my passing was the stinkiness,
But I did the whole stint because I was conscientious,
The Norwich lad, Private Nobby Valance…
Said after his shift, that I was cretinous!
He came at me… he was tense and vexatious,
But he broke into a smile; I expected a right cross!
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What a great start to the day…
Here goes: I think it must have been around 13:50hrs, I was actually pleased with how things had gone in the morning… No Smug Modes, though. My history of not coping and panicking when these things happen, being guaranteed, warned me not to get blaise.
I’d just finished getting all the Templates for August done – and without too many mistakes (as far as I know). I thought I’d made none at all at this stage. But, on checking, I found eight (a guesstimate) mistakes. But I believe sorting them out and getting them in the correct order made me feel better. For it didn’t take me too long, and all seemed corrected! Still resisting going into a Smug Mode, I moved on to CorelDRAW to start importing the morning’s photos. There were a good few, the first thing photo’d several times was the amazing rainbow… I’m losing track here, sorry.
If my waffling involves an unconscious ‘Plea for Help’, then so be it, I need it. Not coping with the constant barrage every day of something going wrong. From my leaving the hot water tap/faucet running, or the fridge door open, to the cooker on. Missing appointment. Buying food with money in its current state, I don’t need. Where was I?
Ah, yes, I was uploading the photographs to CorelDraw, it seemed to be going well…
And the screen froze.
I couldn’t close it, save my work, or access any other site or Windows. I’ll not repeat how I felt… Yes, I will… Heartbroken, frustrated, depressed, sick of the rubbish way I’m having to struggle with everyday problems and tasks. The wheelchair arrived with bolts missing, and I had to get help from the kind Red Cross volunteer man who mended it for me; his job was a safety check on the hospital bed. (Bless him)
I’d better stop here, back to the storyline.
There I was, in desperation, not knowing what I could do about it, and I decided to ask Mr Google for recommended home repair computer firms or shops. Amazingly, they came up with ‘The Computer Man’. Do you recall him on the blog from a couple of years ago? I was in a similar plight with the computer back then, and rang ‘The Computer Man’. It turns out that they are a Nationwide association of computer engineers. Seeing ‘The Computer Man’, I assumed it was that. He told me to be patient, and an engineer would be contacting me shortly, but it may be a while, as they are very busy. Fair enough. Two years and three months later, I still await the expected email from one of his engineers. Needless to say, I didn’t ring ‘The Computer Man’. I rang a computer shop up the hill on Woodborough Road, ‘Bettabuys’, after going on their website, and I thought I’d hit gold! It said all your problems will be solved by us. We will visit, take your computer, and return it in better condition. Faster, more memory. Great!
Joanne came in and asked why I looked so uptight and gloomy. I explained, and she kindly rang the ‘Bettabuys Shop’, to ask for help. “We no longer do home visits, as only one computer engineer is working here now”. I didn’t think I could feel any worse, lower than I did; I was wrong.
So, the only option was to unplug the computer and start again, unconfidently.
Joanne returned to the flat and told me that the Warden was going to try to find some help. She told Joanne to tell me not to turn off the computer.
But I didn’t hear anything from Deana. I struggled with restarting the computer. It opened with the previously frozen window. It wouldn’t let me save or do anything earlier when it went all wrong.
On my second try, it started, as normal. I opened CorelDRAW, but it informed me that the file is unavailable! G\file history\desktop-QU471Q\path\user\music\July01
Oh, great, that educates and helps me a lot. I went into the music file, but there was nothing in there?
Sinking more spiritually now. I was tempted to throw the computer out of the balcony window, but I am not so selfish that I’d risk it landing on someone.
Carer Ejaz came, and I explained the computer happenings. Ajaz told me not to get worked up; it’s not doing your health any good, you’re trembling!
I knew that. He hoovered the carpet and asked if I wanted a cup of tea, to which I replied, “No thanks, mate.” Off he went, swapping farewells as he left.
Back to the computer and CorelDRAW. Rebooted the programme and got the same message.
file is unavailable! G\file history\desktop-QU471Q\path\user\music\July01,
This time, it informed me that an auto-backup has been found. Do you want to open it?
I clicked on ‘Yes’.
It opened another file that was a few days old. Then I spent ages searching for the file. Visiting the ‘Music’ folder in the pursuit. I found a newer file than the auto-saved one, so I crossed my fingers and opened it.
Then tried to save it with a new name. Nope, not enough room. I changed nothing but still tried again. Sod-me-droppages, it went into the Music folder or file, whichever it’s called.
When I looked again at Music and clicked to open it. I got the file is available! But not on; G\file history\desktop-QU471Q\path\user\music\August 01.
I gave up. And got something to eat.
Which Started So Well, As Well
So much so that it was a little worrying.
Got the ablutions sorted, made a brew, and fingers-crossed. I got one on the computer,
Blimey, CorelDRAW was slow.
I was late getting into blogging, but I enjoyed the brew so much that I went to make another… Kodak Tim 2 was much used – we had a rainbow!
Not overly bright ot clear, but I got carried away.
What a great start today!
I think I got it wrong about a nurse calling.
Can you believe that I got something wrong?
Hehehe!
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