RhBBob

Help !   My laptop and my Wife's PC both run Office 2007.  This morning the software will not open on either machine.  I have tried repairing the Office 2007, twice, on my laptop with no success.

Any ideas, please !

Bob

Updated jokes....Lincolnshire style

Old style

Two lads chatting

First lad: Mum found a contraceptive on the patio last night

Second lad: What's a patio ?

Updated

First lad: A Police Officer arrested a prostitute last night

Second lad: What's a Police Officer?

Or

I saw my Mate today and apparently he was with his new girlfriend last night and getting on well. He pushed his hand further up her leg but she cried out 'you can cut that out!'

Then he put his hand in his pocket to pull something out and  said 'Have you ever seen one of these ?'

I would have liked to try procrastination

But I never got around to it .......

Any remarks about a square tuit will be scorned

Scampton has been mostly abandoned for years, The've spent millions on Moving some unit's in, only to move them out again. The Red arrows are only there because their training routines get in the way of other unit's flying. They moved the Red arrows out before..

 There only about 600 working there now anyway..

In England's second largest county, the loss of 'only' 600 jobs is a nightmare ! 

Let's hope they remember to dig up the remains of Guy Gibson's dog before the houses are built !  His name was ****** but we can't say that now !!

Morning to all !

Today's advice from the Twatter Processors is to 'check your property regularly for leaks in your internal plumbing'......??

No, I don't know either !

Sad to learn that my team's ultimate utility player has died of the age of 73. Paul Madeley could, and did, play in any outfield position for the lads from Elland Road. 

Rumours of the closure of RAF Scampton, home of the Red Arrows, and part of the Dambusters story make the local news.

Warm, dry and sunny today...no change there then !

Edit: Just learned that we have a shortage of grass for silage apparently...perhaps once the roadside verges have reached 6 feet high, we might allow tractors in to cut them, then ?

Morning all !  

Early morning as SWMBO in pain all night - appointment still two weeks away.

Other shocks this last week included Home Insurance Cover renewal with that 'Friendly Society' has increased by 57% and that rip-off water pipe cover by 50%  Presumably Lincolnshire is now a dangerous and expensive place??  Moved the first one to a well-known motoring organisation and told the latter to s-d off.

About 32 degs C by Wednesday, then ?  Stay cool, please !

A Local Action Fraud alert warns me today about Fake Argos credit card 'refund' texts. 

For some reason this reminded me of the perfectly legal scams such as those offered by my Electricity Company, Skittish Poor. They constantly ask me if I want to change tariff; strangely the new tariffs offered expire during 2019 whereas my existing contract is all the way to April 2020 !!

So presumably by 2020, the cost of electricity will have increased considerably. Wonderful world isn't it ?

Morning to all !

Another two very warm days in prospect. Mustn't grumble !  Darling Daughter requires taxiing to the hairdressers today so up and out very soon.

Someone mentioned the Eric Clapton programme which I also recorded - along with many, many others - so after the footy, I might get around to watching it and that Rich Hall prog. 

Must also balance screen time with reading the paper - it eases the eyestrain or so they say 

Bye for now

Yes, there have been many times when I have bemoaned the closure of railways in Lincolnshire, some 154 stations closed and the vast majority of track ripped up.  This is not one of those times.

I do however sympathise greatly with those whose only or necessary mode of transport it is. 

'Shambles' hardly covers it.*

(*with apologies to the residents of York)

Belated greetings to all !

Have finished steam cleaning the kitchen floor - my task while SWMBO is having her hair done and then shopping at Asda.

Passed my annual diabetes (Type 2) review with a lower weight than last year. Even had my height measured by the lovely Denise who is all of 5 foot tall!  Since I am 6' 2" in old money, it's quite a stretch for her. Then she measured my 'actual' waistline and joked that she gets to cuddle the patient...... In a world full of political correctness, I can take that anytime.

Back to Darling Daughter's place this afternoon to dispose of some of the old decking as the new decking/new shed keeps me occupied for some weeks to come.

Best wishes to all, fit or ailing, young or old 

Does anyone know the account details of the various constabularies? Would be funny if you proffered those details to the fraudsters....and it might actually spur the thin blue line into action.

Today's new arrival was an American voice telling me that my 'inner-net' has been compromised. Truecall shall take care of future attempts. Email message from Lincolnshire Police Alert Messaging later in the day suggests that they are already aware of all this. 

Other news is that a road was closed for some hours in Bostonia last evening as a 20 year old was found with serious injuries. Bet his name will be difficult to spell.......miaow 

Good morning to all and love and best wishes to those whose life is not all it should be.

Today I prepare myself for the annual Diabetes review tomorrow; take the necessary to the surgery and weigh my lithe slim form......hmm..

Next shall be a trip to Darling Daughter’s place to carry on removing old decking, cutting up and disposing of old shed and planning the new frame for the new shed !  Must be careful as SWMBO keeps mentioning the rotting garden table which I am renovating although eventually the new bits – actually decking upside down - will outnumber the original !  SWMBO is in considerable pain with tendinitis in both arms, but an appointment with the spinal injuries unit is expected very soon.

Oh and I mustn’t forget to wash out the Magna unit in the airing cupboard; it keeps the heating pipes clear of gunge.

Whenever did I get the time to go to work ?

Happy days !

I see from my paper that Tom Pearce has signed a new contract with Leeds.

Actually his Uncle Tom had already told me......

Morning all !

Today's bad news is that a 30 year old man was attacked by six youths early yesterday in Mablethorpe.....

In Mablethorpe ? The last resort ?

Today's good news is that SWMBO has two dates for the hospital; first for the electronic wizardry that is the 'Clinical Measurement Dept' and the second an MRI scan to see what is causing the tendinitis in arms and shoulders. Still eleven days to wait but something to look forward to !

Please do all you can to avoid getting old     

And Leeds United have sacked the Head Coach, Paul Heckingbottom, and most of the training staff...

Sorry, it's not really news, is it ?

Zidane would be nice, butt he needs to get his head in the right place....

Er no, H-T, MS hasn't rushed to my aid !

On another subject I see in today's paper we are asked to guess the number of house sales in our area for properties over £1M.....

Laugh??  I thought my socks would never dry !!

Greetings !

Well yesterday's MS update has crashed SWMBO's machine. A black screen and a few toolbar icons. Took it to PCWhirl and the nice chap there explained that the MS update is responsible but MS haven't yet found a solution.

£60 for cleaning machine and £150 for recovering the data. Ouch !

My laptop is okay, so far, but the updates seem to be unstoppable so here's hoping I have missed it; presumably MS have removed the update?

Wish I could get everyone to stop giving out my gmail address instead of their own. There are about four of them now. Most of them seem to be in the auntie-pods.

I get regular emails from a dating site in India, calling me 'Swami', and offering many matches for my 'profile..'

Obviously they haven't seen my profile 

Morning all !

Yesterday's newspaper had an interesting piece on the turtle with the green 'punk' hairdo and the 'ability to breathe through its genitals'.

Many of us will recall human beings with the full power of speech from a nearby area of their bodies....

I apologise if this piece is a little muffled 

Have a good day !

Morning to all !

Finger splint is now secured in a flat position following excursion to Peterborough; visiting Dentist on Tuesday for (hopefully) 4th and final time for new top plate. Dentist is 65 miles north west of us. Yes, it was August Bank Holiday many years ago and my rotting teeth were not responding to Codis. SWMBO rang 111 and they found a distant NHS dentist - none in Boston - and so I joined that practice.

I do funny things on Bank Holidays - back in August 2012, following a TIA I was taken to the Stroke Unit in Boston. This triggered a lot of visits to Diabetes Nurse, Diabetic Eye Screening, etc., etc.. plus a total of six medications a day.

Please take care of your health; do not ignore any symptoms.

Have a great day; love and peace to all those suffering and in need of our prayers.

Good morning to all, from the 'drier' side of Britain.  (Stop laughing at the back, please)

Raining canines and felines as always but perhaps drying up later today. 

Off to Peterborough late afternoon to let Mr Pathak view his wonderful joint surgery on the middle digit, and for an examination by Sarah, the physiotherapist.  Back for evening meal with Darling Daughter.

Younger version of me is enjoying evenings with the tele and a glass or two of the amber nectar - D-in-Law and Grandkids are on 'holiday' with her Parents in a caravan in Cleethorpes and getting rain-burnt, no doubt. Son does not do caravan and certainly not with his In-laws.

Morning all !

Lincoln in chaos this morning as the A46/A15 Riseholme intersection is closed because of a vehicle ‘hitting the roundabout’ at 06.35 hours.

Turns out to be a drunk driver, now safely in Police custody.

If Lincolnshire didn’t exist, someone would have to invent it.....

Morning to all !

The strange yellow ball which appeared about 6.30 pm yesterday has re-appeared this morning, hopefully to remain for today when Autoglass appear to replace the car windscreen.

Also today I visit the local surgery to have the stitches removed from my ‘middle’ finger; this was a finger joint replacement, free of charge, but undertaken by a private hospital. I had seen the Nurse Practitioner in mid-2017 about arthritis pain in all finger joints which was preventing me from avoiding the ‘Black Dog’ by playing my guitar. Luckily she is also a musician, owning a clarinet and wanting a saxophone, so she was sympathetic to my need.  After steroid injections, when possible, at the local private hospital was referred to the Peterborough hospital and there the surgeon did the replacement a couple of weeks ago.

So soon I can be back to music...and possibly golf with the younger version of me! His best line from the weekend was the woman who fell in love with the French tennis player; sadly love meant nothing to him.

 

Secondly, may I pick your brains.

I have never used car insurance comparison sites before, I have just negotiated a better price with my current insurer.  However I would like to give them a go. I took the risk of entering my details into one this morning (I made the assumption that they can be as trusted as anyone on the net and most of the details would be out there somewhere anyway) and was pleasantly surprised by the returns.  Having double checked the level of cover provided I have found one that I am happy with. I suppose that you will never find out how good they really are until you have to make a claim. 

Now a couple of questions if you don't mind.  If you have done so, are you happy using these sites and changing insurers year on year?  Are there any pitfalls?  Is it a case of simply clicking to go to the insurer's site, buying online and telling my old insurer that I don't want to renew?

We use a comparison site which has given us LV for the last three years. Strangely, the quote is less than our renewal, so I contact LV and they reduce the renewal premium !!