The concept these days has to include computing and related costs. My desktop and laptop machines are getting a bit long in the tooth, and for example are at that stage of life at which they take forever to boot up and shut down. Indeed, the desktop often refuses to shut down until I've pulled the plug on it. I hate to think how many printers I've thrown away over the years. We took two unserviceable printers to the tip yesterday, and returned with a new one (from the shop, not the tip...). When I connected it to the power, it made ghastly noises that told me that the paper transport gears were not meshing, and the thing sounded a bit like a Morris Minor being asked to engage reverse while going forward. It then put up a message saying that the printer head was damaged. On setting it up, I found that the paper guide was about as substantial as one of those plastic cups you get at the water cooler, so on returning it to the shop, we decided to look for something a bit heftier. So was the price tag on the one we chose (a small office-grade machine), but at least the bugger works. It's clever enough to work wirelessly from the desktop computers, the laptops and the iPad. It says it also copies, scans and faxes, so I just hope it continues to do so for a while.
In the course of our double-length travels yesterday, we saw no fewer than three old double-decker buses decked out for weddings. This seems very much the fashion at the moment, and quite fun I guess, if your wedding party numbers 65 or fewer (of whom not more than 8 may travel standing). Reporting the fact on facebook brought numerous other such sightings from friends. Talking of double-deckers, I looked out yesterday morning to see a skip truck teetering down the street with two fully-laden skips full of rubble, and the upper one was rocking alarmingly. I hope it either got to its destination or was stopped before it killed anyone.
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