So my PC has been giving me real gip. It no longer recognised my USB devices and my digital audio interface was acting up, so no recording was successful. I’ve reinstalled WinXP a number of times to no success, but I think I got it right last night. I can now reinstall the operating system and have all my applications back in place in under two hours. Whoopsie fricking do!
Because I’ve been reinstalling WinXP, Microsoft think I am a pirate and instead of reactivating the software, I had to call them up and speak to some Eastern European lady with a thick accent I couldn’t understand who gave me a 20-digit code to enter into the software to unlock it properly. Isn’t modern technology wonderful? The upshot is that I think (fingers crossed) that my PC is back to normal and that I might actually be able to record again soon without pops and crackles appearing on my audio like a milk float crashing into a Rice Krispie Convention.
Last night, a neighbour knocked to tell us that our car had been broken into. Luckily, it wasn’t our car but someone else’s who had parked close to our car. Confused? Anyway, The Missus did the neighbourly thing and knocked at the next neighbours to see if the car had belonged to them or their friends. It didn’t. Later, when we going out for late night walkies, the victim was there with a group inspecting the damage. We told them that Alex the Wonderdog barked up a storm at about 9pm. It looked as if nothing had been stolen and that the window had just been smashed. Perhaps, Alex the Wonderdog’s barking had disturbed the thieving scumbag. The older gentlemen who I took to be the father of the girl who owned the car explained that he lived down the road and mentioned something about “coons”. All my feelings of sympathy soon dissipated. Saying that, we actually got a Anti-BNP newspaper delivered on Saturday. I thanked the old gentlemen who was delivering them and told him to keep up the good work. The old chap looked kind of scared…I’m not surprised.
Meanwhile, my loyal reader will be heartened to know that Alex the Wonderdog has made an amazing recovery. His bruises have almost gone, his wounds healed and he is barking at every noise. Still doesn’t enjoy walking, but I’m not going to let him play the sympathy vote against. My thumb is still sore though. 🙁
All say “aaahhhh” at Darren’s sore thumb…

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