It is rapidly becoming apparent that something has happened and Windows 7 is now unstable on my machine ... sigh.
Stand-alone and the machine runs just fine.
Attach to the internet and just write off being able to use the machine!
It could be a bad series of drivers or a board going out.
sigh ...
At least I have a solution.
I am only able to do this because I over-rode all of the display protocols, which is unfortunately not stable and only last for short periods of time! And only some programs will allow this! God how I hate what MicroSquish for what they hosed up trying to create a run-time transaction processor - which there was no need for on 99.8% of all PCs. Maybe if my mind ever comes back I might just a rewrite attempt - got nothing else to do with my time.
So, currently I can tun Facebook for under 10 minutes, Blogger all day long, eMail about 5 minutes. But Printer is lost, PDFs are untranslatable - such fun. Maybe I will post for Saturday and then reload the OS ... nothing else to do today ...
August 11, 2017
August 8, 2017
People!
So a gathering commences!
Old acquaintances and their families - all self invited!
In all, 25 from across the world are buzzing around all this week!
But as I am just up to 10 minutes on my leg every two hours - no buzzing for me!
So they buzz, I do doctors appointments and everyone is happy?
In the meantime I got some packing to get ready for a month on the road!
With luck. a working computer and wifi - I will be back up next week!
Old acquaintances and their families - all self invited!
In all, 25 from across the world are buzzing around all this week!
But as I am just up to 10 minutes on my leg every two hours - no buzzing for me!
So they buzz, I do doctors appointments and everyone is happy?
In the meantime I got some packing to get ready for a month on the road!
With luck. a working computer and wifi - I will be back up next week!
August 7, 2017
Recovering 'puter
So, it took me two days to get my computer to just start!
An additional day to identify the problem.
Add another virtual day get it all recovered!
What a mess!
Back in the birth days of the personal computer, I worked with one of my professional friend, Ben Norton. He came up with a series of utilities which I thought indispensable on a PC! Eventually he moved on to working with Billy-bob at MicroSquish, and I never heard from him again. But I continue to use "his" products.
It turned out that when the Norton tool attempts an update - but fails, it freaks and trips something which locks up your computer! sigh ...
So, still running data restore process and getting my system back!
Interesting, last week I had a feeling that something was awry computer-wise, so I bought to huge flash drives and backed everything up! Thank you Lord for tripping my MicroSquish warning senses!
So 20 more hours of flash drive unloading!
But, I am now up against my visit with dying ex-stepmother!
sigh
Not looking forward to next week at all!
sigh .....
An additional day to identify the problem.
Add another virtual day get it all recovered!
What a mess!
Back in the birth days of the personal computer, I worked with one of my professional friend, Ben Norton. He came up with a series of utilities which I thought indispensable on a PC! Eventually he moved on to working with Billy-bob at MicroSquish, and I never heard from him again. But I continue to use "his" products.
It turned out that when the Norton tool attempts an update - but fails, it freaks and trips something which locks up your computer! sigh ...
So, still running data restore process and getting my system back!
Interesting, last week I had a feeling that something was awry computer-wise, so I bought to huge flash drives and backed everything up! Thank you Lord for tripping my MicroSquish warning senses!
So 20 more hours of flash drive unloading!
But, I am now up against my visit with dying ex-stepmother!
sigh
Not looking forward to next week at all!
sigh .....
August 4, 2017
August 3, 2017
Coca-Cola Killed Me
Was there ever something - you just knew to be true with no evidence?
I have always known I was adopted.
I have always known I was an only child.
I have always known that something is wrong with my kidneys.
Nope never any proof to any of those.
When I was in college I survived on 2.5 hours of sleep for two years. Yeah, I drank Cokes, about 19 to 21, as an average, to start the day! I never could have graduated as fast as I did without them!
I was quite the health nut back then - if something negative was known about a food - it was removed from my diet! This was so well known that other kids would defer nutrition questions to me! And if you are food ingredient wise, you already know my college diet had a bad problem! But back then, information was not readily available and long term effects usually unknown.
I just felt that something was wrong with my diet, but there was no data or symptoms. Just a vague idea ..... I dropped Coke, Pepsi, and other dark sodas. Nothing changed in my life other than I did not "crash" in afternoons and I slept better.
When I interviewed for a job in 1976 the first person I saw was a Dr, whom proved within the hour results. I thought how odd! Their only comment was "protein in urine". When I asked what that meant, I was told to talk to my own doctor - and in a whisper not to worry. Okay, that was weird!
But, I filed this in my mind.
As it turns out, phosphoric acid, the basis Coke, Pepsi, Cola taste alikes and some bottled teas - all use this. Now the food industry knows that this chemical eats your kidneys! And apparently once damaged - always damaged, and it is progressive, cumulative. Sigh .....
So, on top of all of the surgeries this year, I have been undergoing lots of blood draws and other testing - net result - kidneys are gone. sigh .... I just stinking knew it! sigh ...
Now on top of all of the leg appointments and artificial leg visits, I get to include kidney doctors in my visitation list.
I just really po'es me that the Coke Corporation has dramatically shortened my life!
Grrrrrr!
I have always known I was adopted.
I have always known I was an only child.
I have always known that something is wrong with my kidneys.
Nope never any proof to any of those.
When I was in college I survived on 2.5 hours of sleep for two years. Yeah, I drank Cokes, about 19 to 21, as an average, to start the day! I never could have graduated as fast as I did without them!
I was quite the health nut back then - if something negative was known about a food - it was removed from my diet! This was so well known that other kids would defer nutrition questions to me! And if you are food ingredient wise, you already know my college diet had a bad problem! But back then, information was not readily available and long term effects usually unknown.
I just felt that something was wrong with my diet, but there was no data or symptoms. Just a vague idea ..... I dropped Coke, Pepsi, and other dark sodas. Nothing changed in my life other than I did not "crash" in afternoons and I slept better.
When I interviewed for a job in 1976 the first person I saw was a Dr, whom proved within the hour results. I thought how odd! Their only comment was "protein in urine". When I asked what that meant, I was told to talk to my own doctor - and in a whisper not to worry. Okay, that was weird!
But, I filed this in my mind.
As it turns out, phosphoric acid, the basis Coke, Pepsi, Cola taste alikes and some bottled teas - all use this. Now the food industry knows that this chemical eats your kidneys! And apparently once damaged - always damaged, and it is progressive, cumulative. Sigh .....
So, on top of all of the surgeries this year, I have been undergoing lots of blood draws and other testing - net result - kidneys are gone. sigh .... I just stinking knew it! sigh ...
Now on top of all of the leg appointments and artificial leg visits, I get to include kidney doctors in my visitation list.
I just really po'es me that the Coke Corporation has dramatically shortened my life!
Grrrrrr!
August 2, 2017
Consequences
Not so long ago I mentioned God Hardening Pharaoh's heart, you can read about this in Exodus. Pharaoh refused to listen to Moses time after time and finally, God had enough of this puny man and smacked him down!
Exodus 7 - 12
Pharaoh worshiped; God did:
The Nile River; Water turned to blood
Frogs; Appear everywhere!
Gnats & Flies; Everywhere!
Locust; Plaques the empire!
Sun; Drkness covers the empire!
To further make the point:
Livestock dies
People covered in boils
Hail crushes the crops
First born mysteriously die!
Who is your God?
Popular?
Cultural?
Represented by anything?
Then you have not met God yet .....
The Egyptians worshiped 80 "gods".
Idols were everywhere and worshiped with gusto!
Who is the Real God?
The one whom created you.
The whom can lead you to a meaningful life.
The one whom the world hates.
The one wants you to find Him ....
It is interesting that the tenth plaque brought the death of the Egyptian first borns.
The remembrance of this event is known as Passover.
Jesus died at Passover ......
Exodus 7 - 12
Pharaoh worshiped; God did:
The Nile River; Water turned to blood
Frogs; Appear everywhere!
Gnats & Flies; Everywhere!
Locust; Plaques the empire!
Sun; Drkness covers the empire!
To further make the point:
Livestock dies
People covered in boils
Hail crushes the crops
First born mysteriously die!
Who is your God?
Popular?
Cultural?
Represented by anything?
Then you have not met God yet .....
The Egyptians worshiped 80 "gods".
Idols were everywhere and worshiped with gusto!
Who is the Real God?
The one whom created you.
The whom can lead you to a meaningful life.
The one whom the world hates.
The one wants you to find Him ....
It is interesting that the tenth plaque brought the death of the Egyptian first borns.
The remembrance of this event is known as Passover.
Jesus died at Passover ......
August 1, 2017
Dunkirk
To the average American, here is a name which means almost nothing .... except now we have a movie about this travesty in history!
It was not my desire to see yet another war movie - but it seems that Theron's latest offering's highlight is a lesbian sex scene, hence the R rating. So, Dunkirk it was!
I know the history of the evacuation of Dunkirk. I was at the 25th Anniversary held on the beaches. And you better believe no one official came! But the survivors were well represented and I talked with many for hours ...
The movie is just that, a work of representative fiction. But, it was a very well done movie!
Where the movie failed was too many detours to situations that made no sense nor added to rthe story in any way! Just "filler"! And there were no 98mm, nor 108mm shells raining down on the beach!
And, those shells were what the survivors I talked to, remembered the most! Just the terror in their eyes as trey recalled it - standing there 25 years later!!!!!!!!!
That event was what help me reach out to the shell-shocked vet whom lived across the street from me
when I was in college. And that memory was what I took away from the movie.
It was exciting and engrossing. Strongly recommended!
However, if you have weak heart, please avoid. I barely made it home - due to yet another heart failure! Swede just sighed, probably wondering "how much longer.....?"
It was not my desire to see yet another war movie - but it seems that Theron's latest offering's highlight is a lesbian sex scene, hence the R rating. So, Dunkirk it was!
I know the history of the evacuation of Dunkirk. I was at the 25th Anniversary held on the beaches. And you better believe no one official came! But the survivors were well represented and I talked with many for hours ...
The movie is just that, a work of representative fiction. But, it was a very well done movie!
Where the movie failed was too many detours to situations that made no sense nor added to rthe story in any way! Just "filler"! And there were no 98mm, nor 108mm shells raining down on the beach!
And, those shells were what the survivors I talked to, remembered the most! Just the terror in their eyes as trey recalled it - standing there 25 years later!!!!!!!!!
That event was what help me reach out to the shell-shocked vet whom lived across the street from me
when I was in college. And that memory was what I took away from the movie.
It was exciting and engrossing. Strongly recommended!
However, if you have weak heart, please avoid. I barely made it home - due to yet another heart failure! Swede just sighed, probably wondering "how much longer.....?"
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