Another step into the 21 Century.

This week we have made one more step forwards into the 21-century by buying a LCD TV.
This might come as big surprise to many but we had been discussing the idea for quiet some time and on Monday we went out and bought one, (that’s how we function).
We bought a 37-inch Samsung with a built in digital receiver model LE 37 B 679 it was delivered on Wednesday morning. Our next big step forwards will be a DVD recorder but that will have to wait for a while, maybe our Christmas present!
Naturally we had to do some alterations before we got the TV. I had to dismantle half of the living-room cabinet to get at the wall sockets, cable had to be newly laid (don’t like having cables all over the place) A picture had to be moved to a new position and have again decided to move it even yet a little lower, that I will do tomorrow because today is a holiday in most parts of Germany (the holiday being a Roman Catholic church one called Fronleichnam).
Last Monday I had an appointment with my eye doctor, I have been putting drops in my eyes now for four weeks and she wanted to see if the pressure had been reduced. Glad to say that the drops have been more than successful; on my right eye I had a pressure of 26 and on my left 22 now I have on both eyes 14, which is very good.
On Friday afternoon I donated blood for the 129th time, at the moment I can donate till I am 68 years old that means next year in July will be the last time for me but you never know they may update that and I may be able to donate till I’m 90 (laugh)
My wife is still having problems with her right knee (still swollen) the doctor told her if the swelling doesn’t go down then she will have to go into hospital for a operation and the idea of that she doesn’t like at all.
We are having a bad spell of weather, it’s cold and with it lot’s of rain, nothing like the month of June at all. The forecast say it will pick up at the end of the week, we hope so because we plan to do a BQ on Saturday evening to celebrate our 45-wedding anniversary.
On a sad note I am sorry to hear about the problems my brother no1 broadstreet is having with his oldest son and on a good note glad to see that the blotter is settling down in his new flat.

Take care out there were ever you are. Tshüss
The photo speaks for itself .

My wife's laptop

After having a disappointing start with the first laptop for my wife last Saturday and having to wait till Tuesday evening for a replacement I can gladly say that now all systems are on go.

On arriving at the shop on Tuesday evening I was informed that the Toshiba was sold out and there were no more to be had. As you can imagine, my disappointment must have shown on my face because the sales guy offered me a replacement for the same price with exactly the same specification as the Toshiba this time it was a HP Compaq Presario A900, the normal price for the Compaq being 100 Euros more, so in the end for all the inconvenience that we had we made a good deal.

We bought two new programmes for the laptop, Kaspersky Internet Security and a Household finance programme called Quicken, which was necessary because the old Quicken would not conform to Vista. At this moment my wife is entering all the data into the programme, which is a long and tides job but she is the finance minister in our house so it’s her baby.

I have set my wife up on Skype with her own name and also she will have her own E-Mail address. I have the feeling she is enjoying the independence of having her own laptop and being able to organise it the way she wishes with out me interfering all the time.

Yesterday I donated blood for the German Red Cross it was my 126^th donation, my time is slowly coming to an end were I can donate blood; you are only allowed to donate till the age of 68.

The influx of young donors does not seem to take place in fact there is a serious shortage of young people but I think the Red Cross doesn’t do enough PR on the subject of giving blood.

At the moment I am watching the opening of the Para Olympics on TV and in between writing this post, and on such occasions all the British comes out in me supporting our team to the end, I hope we do has well as we did in the Olympics.

The week was a busy one starting with a day at work on Tuesday followed up in the evening with picking up the new laptop, Wednesday afternoon I took our dog Toby to be trimmed, on Thursday it was cleaning the houses that I am responsible for, in the afternoon my wife and I did our weekly shopping together, when you have so much to do in the week the time just seems to fly by and before you know it it’s weekend.

The photo is of my wife with her new laptop.

Take care out there were ever you are. Tshüss