New Windows 8

And we spent 6 - 8 hours today downloading a new version of Windows 8. So far it seems almost identical apart from a start button in the corner. Which doesn't bring up useful stuff like it used to but the same picture menu that the not button got before. It was such a large download that there must be loads of differences but that's the only one I have noticed so far

It's OK learning how to use 8 but it is way different, much more than between versions in the past

Alarm Clock

So I remembered to ask Timmy how to set my alarm clock into night-time mode, so no phone calls etc while I am asleep. I tried setting it in night-time and setting my second alarm, the one that I use to wake me up in the afternoon. No good, it was silent night-time mode. But upon investigation further we discovered that you can set the proper alarm clock more than once a day, which will go off and wake me up. So my alarm is still set for 8AM Monday to Friday and another alarm will go off in the afternoon to wake me up from sleep mode, so I can set my alarm-clock to not behave like a phone until I get up

Fark

And Timmy insists that I try this swimming thing again today. So in a bit we are off.....

DoubleFark - it was actually OK. The steps that I get in and out on were broken so they had to use a hoist to get me in and out but it went well after that. We did loadsa walks, exercises, swimming etc. and got a "proper" changing room

55/5

<sigh>
Remembering this morning too
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Snooker

And for the last few days I have been watching snooker on't telly. I used to be a fan about 20-25 years ago and I haven't really watched it in between. But I may be becoming a fan again

Gymnastics

Then s'afternoon I put on boots and socks and went to the gym to do exercises. I think today we learned that my second treadmill after cycling for 10 min. was too difficult for my right foot, so perhaps we should just do one, longer, treadmill session at the beginning

Panicy Morning

What a performance. A few days ago my laptop in the bedroom stopped connecting to the interweb. Gareth had a look yesterday to no avail, so TechnoTimmy got stuck in today. He had to tell it to get back to last weeks mode etc etc. We have been in there for a couple of hours but it works again now.

Phew

And I went back and switched it on just to check later and it immediately got on the 'net

55/5

So just after 10 o'clock I stood up in the living room and walked to the bathroom and back, twice. So I will have to do that after 11 and 12 and......

And just after 11 now too

Well, I neglected the earlier walk, nearly lunchtime etc and now I am going off for my bath etc

Well I think it is night time now so I may be excused

Tea Time Shopping

So about 5 o'clock today me&Gareth finally headed out to Morrison's. I had in my head buy 1 or 2 SuperNoodles etc but they had buy 5 and get money off so I filled my cupboards a little more than intentioned

Hygenist

So I had to go to the hygienist at the dentist today. She was able to tell that I haven't brushed my teeth for 2 or 3 weeks just using mouthwash so that has to change. But apart from that she was reasonably happy just noticed that one small filling has come out for no reason so I have made an appointment in a fortnight to have that seen to

Denyse-ing

So Denyse came in s'morning to check up on Alex and while she was here said her husband works for a company and they say "55, 5" meaning after 55 minutes sat on the PC you need to walk about for 5 minutes and I have agreed and taken that on board, so every hour I walk up and down the house

Another AAARGH

And my PC crashed s'morning, so I had to switch it off and on again then it was asking me for a password to start which I haven't had to enter for ages so I had forgotten. On about the 27th try I was at last able to use my PC

Autoshutdown

And I have managed to reinstall Autoshutdown in this new PC too.....

Search Engine

Aargh, my default search engine had changed, we couldn't change it back until we got into Control Panel and deleted the add on dearch thingy, now it is back to normal

Shut Down

As the mouse on the RHS of the screen to bring up a shut down dialogue wouldn't work again tonight I investigated further. So all I need to do is remember (which may be why I am writing about it here) to press ALT then F4 and that will either shut down whatever programs I am using or bring up a shut down dialogue

Sheet

Well I am watching telly now and they are talking about the disaster in Glasgow again. Just aargh

Well

So last night I downloaded and installed Solitaire on my phone.

So today I was in the loo, having a poo, and playing Solitaire at the same time

The term happy chappy springs to mind

Scar

And today, while I was in the bath, I noticed (like I do every day) the size of the scar on my left knee. It was caused during 'my accident'. But that scar is so big and my left leg is the one that works. My right knee, with no scar that I can see is the one that causes my dependency on a wheelchair

Losing Weight

And I have lose 6 or 7 pounds since I was last weighed a fortnight ago. The start of a long process.....

Ahhhh

And I had to ask Ed what to clean my iPad screen with and he went and got one of the things that I moved between drawers today and thought "What are those for?" Ah they clean the screen well