2008-09-08
06:41
We’ve had Super Glue for years now. Where is our Mega Glue and Ultra Glue? We haven’t even had Super Glue Pro and Super Glue Pro II yet.
Why don’t the same sizes that apply to umbrellas apply to other things too? I want my drinks available in Small, Medium, Golf and Fishing.
We have spreads called Utterly Butterly, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, Butter by Far and You’d Butter Believe It. The next one will be called Hey Butter Boy, Cram This Down Your Maw.
2008-09-07
18:59
Our PDA and phone expenditure has been pretty much zero for quite a while now. I bought an iPaq hx4700 when they first came out, and used it for quite a while. When I was at home and Sam was out at work, though, I gave it to her – her need was greater than mine, and I had a tablet PC to use around the house. For quite a while now, she’s been using that in conjunction with a Nokia 6111 phone, and I’ve been using my Orange SPV M1500.
The iPaq is getting a bit worn out, now, with chipped paintwork, a badly damaged charger, and a peeling corner to its touchpad. My phone/PDA still works, but the digitiser (the touchscreen) has stopped working a couple of times, and Windows Mobile 2003 doesn’t cut it for a few programs I’d like to be able to run.
A friend kindly donated an O2 XDA Executive to us – it’s not a current generation, but it’s Windows Mobile 5, and has a fairly decent keyboard. Sam took it, so I grabbed my old iPaq back, along with her little Nokia.
Although the old iPaq ran Windows Mobile 2003, it could be upgraded to Windows Mobile 5. There are some big performance problems in doing so, but some workarounds sounded like they might make it bearable, so I decided to go for it. Unfortunately, HP seem to have stopped selling the upgrade, so I couldn’t buy it. Fortunately, that doesn’t stop it existing, so I just, er, acquired it by other methods. It took a long time, but left the machine running Windows Mobile 5 perfectly well. It is quite a bit slower than before, but quite usable, and worth the trade-off to me.
I’ve set Sam’s old Nokia 6111 up to act as a bluetooth modem, just as she had it, but it now has a Hello Kitty theme 
Sam found the XDA to be a great PDA, especially with the keyboard, but didn’t like it as a phone. After a couple of experiments, she’s now using an old Orange SPV C500 as a phone, with the XDA connecting to it over bluetooth when it’s out of WiFi range.
We both have new toys, and have had a couple of fun days playing, without having to spend anything – great value!
Well, ok, I bought a tube of Super Glue – I’ve got the iPaq’s touchpad surround held down with sticky tape at the moment, but glue should be neater.
2008-09-05
15:55
My Slimming World Consultant, Katrina, kicking off the first of the three Slimming World meetings she does in Tiverton on a Thursday. The woman’s a star, and deserves every accolade the company have available. She does Margaret Miles Bramwell proud!
2008-09-05
14:27
So, things had slowed down on the slimming front. It was inevitable, really. A continuous run of a stone a month only happens to people when they’re sick or named Kevin (sorry, group in-joke there). On Katrina’s advice I became an interim target member a few weeks ago which really took the pressure off me for a while. And since then, with only one exception, things have improved. Last night I celebrated my first two-week consecutive run of weight loss, and for the first time in months, brought home the fruit basket as the Slimmer of the Week.
And as if that wasn’t enough of a boost, my friends in my new group voted me their Woman of the Year last night. For the second year running! Last year I was at Frankie’s group, and I have to say that if anything winning this year means more to me. I feel inspired to keep on going, and it’s just the boost I needed. Thanks everyone!
Congratulations to Tiverton’s other Women of the Year – Su Bowler, Sue Prior, Vicky Bellamy and Carol Hawkins. All well deserved – best of luck in the district final Vicky!