Mobile phone working again

Well my mobile is working again and I'm getting all these texts from a mad person thinking I have fallen out with them because I never replied to any. Well, I haven't fallen out with you......even after you called me a fat bald freak (I knew it wasn't meant in a bad way - at least I hope it wasn't meant in a bad way). All it took was switching the phone off and then back on again. I never switch the phone off - I just bung it on re-charge when the battery is going low.
So I'm in a slightly happier mood than my usual miserable self. I even managed a bit of work yesterday and I might even do some today. But I've still to make a decision on all these monitors. A wise person would just throw them all out.

Monitor wasn't burst after all

Just got my new flat screen monitor working and it looks as though it is the computer that is faulty and not the monitor. Well, as I couldn't test any other monitors on it how was I supposed to know. So I've now got an extra 19" CRT monitor. I may replace one of my 17" monitors with it and just have the 17" one sitting about doing nothing. I already have five 15" monitors sitting about the flat gathering dust and one 13" monitor. Why can't I just throw them out? I've also got a scanner that only works on Windows 95......and none of my computers have Windows 95.

Hay fever

Suffering from hay fever just now. Sneezing like mad and rubbbing my eyes till there's nothing left of them

TFT Monitor

Well, I've finally been forced to join the modern world and get a flat screen monitor.
BENQ FP937s 19" is the one I went for - because it had just been reviewed in PC World and was cheap. I hope I don't have any bother getting it to work on my computer. No other monitor has worked on it yet but I assume with the correct disk I should get this new one to work. I'd be better off getting a new computer. All my computers run on Windows 98SE and that's just too old.

Loud music
I had to laugh in the supermarket tonight. They had put the music on far too loud by mistake. It was only when they noticed old grannies disco dancing they thought to turn it down.

The end of the road

This is where the cycle path comes to an end. If I did manage to get my bike over this gate (dunno if it's locked or not) I'd then have to walk with my bike some distance to get me back on the main road. maybe someday they will upgrade it and I can start to use the cycle path home instead of risking my life on the road. You see, whenever I get on my bike, I seem to become invisible to car drivers.

A tideir flat?

Why is it I can spend most of the day tidying up my flat and it hardly looks any tidier. It would help if I actually threw some things out instead of keeping them.

Like this for instance

I have no idea what these cables are for. I bought a huge bundle of cables off Ebay and threw most of them away as they were no use......but I kept these. Nine months later and I still haven't used them yet.

Lights, camera, action

This is my living room door of my flat. There are flashing disco lights surrounding it just now. Also in the picture is a camera pointing towards my settee. I have in the past lay on the settee and watched myself lying on the settee on the TV. Exciting life I lead.

I really should throw things out

This can of lager was bought two days before my 17th birthday. 29th May 1982. Scotland had just been beaten by England at Hampden and when I saw this in the "carry-out" shop after the game I juts had to buy it.

The untidy flat 2

Second picture - On top of the wardrobe Beneath the green Safeway baskets is old neswpapers sports pages going back years. I keep the sports pages of The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald, The Ayrshire Post, The Irvine Herald and The Largs & Millport Weekly News. I've been keeping some of them since 1991 so as you can imagine it is quite a bundle to keep in my tiny flat. Next to this is my tumble drier. Next are some football magazine and then more newspapers archive in A3 Landscape Lever arch files. On top of these are a couple of computer monitors and a tiny tv/radio.

The untidy flat 1

Ans so begins a series of untidy flat pictures. This first one is in response to Bananaman's comment asking if I really never did throw anything out. Well, apart from the football magazine in the case, on top is a dot matirx printer, a fax machine and an A3 printer. None of which I use. The fax machine does have the phone part connected - I don't know why because just out of the picture is a small phone I do use when in the bedroom. The small phone cost �1 on Ebay plus �2.25 to post it. The fax machine - there is a fax machine in the living room but the fax friend thing was fried by either lightining or the power going on and off. So if anyone wants to send me a fax they need to phone me first so I can plug the fax machine in. So the fax machine has never been used as a fax machine - just a phone. The massive roll of bubble wrap. Why do I keep that? I'm not going to send anything to anyone. Maybe I'll use in in some weirs sexual perverted game.....but that would mean kidnapping some unsuspecting woman and dragging her back to the flat. Not funny I know.

Milk carton full of rubbish

I manage to crush most of my rubbish into a 6 pint milk carton so there is no spillage in the wheelie bin - so I get annoyed when other people use my bin and just throw their rubbish in and stinks the bin out. The metal tins are cleaned out and crushed up. I was wishing the council would have recycling bins for them but they assure me the metal is seperated out at their rubbish tips.

My untidy flat

I've been taking photos of various parts of my flat. It ios an absolute disgrace just now. I intend posting the pictures on her in the hope it will shame me into tidying the plae up.

Craigie Rock

Craigiw Rock in Fairlie. I was just cycling by this tonight and hurriedly took a photo (I did stop). To the left of it and out of view was the old church manse - now bought by someone and used as a normal house. As a 15 and 16 year old we used to pitch our tent at the top and get legless on cider. Of all the places to park a tent. It was great for throwing things at passing cars.

.....and from the side

and now a view from the side

Toothbrushes 1

A view of my old toothbrushes from above

Tiny kitchen

This is the tiny kitchen where i make my coffe when I'm at work. In case you're wondering what the mess on the wall is, well, there was a larger water heater there before but it was removed and replaced by the smaller one. One of the concrete building blocks seems to have a face in it. Maybe not a picture of Jesus - but a face nonetheless.

Recycling envelopes

I do my bit for the environment. I re-use envelopes. Punch holes in them and keep them together with metal clips. I have dozens of these.

I've taken a picture of this before - on my mobile phone/camera but this is a better version. The hotel across the road from my office is being demolished. There was once three pubs/hotels in the village now there's only one. One of them wa actually quite a large hotel - obviously too large for the village.

Coffee

I think this cup could do with a clean.

My mother brought this down to the office/workshop tonight for me. 40 years old and my mum is still bringing me meals now and then. I took a picture of it (obviously) and I had the large size version of it on full screen on my laptop while I was typing an e-mail on my other computer. I happened to glance across and went to pick up a spoon to take a bite of it. That was a disappointment I tell you to find it wasn't real.

Clocks are big, Machines are heavy

Only one hour 44 minutes to go and then it's home, sweet home.