Monday night
Apr. 1st, 2002 11:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
same_skyI'm so unbelievably tired. Today has been so busy. I kind of like that, but at the same time, it'd be sort of nice to have that business spread out over the week instead of over one day, and have nothing to do for the rest of the week!
The parents were down for a while tonight. I think they wanted to check on the status of Dad's computer. It turned out to be 75mhz, in addition to the things I've already said about it. In general, not the best computer in the world, but. I'm going to continue to tinker/install/etc with it, and Dad's going to use it for his bookkeeping things, I believe. I think I'll give them my old zip drive.. we never use it. *cough* I have a 80G harddrive now *cough* :) That's one particular purchase that I'm still thrilled over, btw. It's worth its weight in gold.. which is approximately how much we paid for it.. ergh. *giggle* Nah, not really, but still. :) I may have to give up my old mouse, too, which I don't wanna. *giggle* For no good reason other than that Magnus gave it to me for my birthday in 1999.. it was our first birthday, before we even met in person. I'm sentimental that way, ya know. :) We'll see. Oh yeah, what I was saying. Dad is going to try to use it to learn enough about computers to see if he likes it, would use it, etc, before he considers buying a new one. So. Yes.
You know what I think? I think that after a certain amount of time, software companies should allow people to use their old products for free. For instance.. what came before Office 97? I can't even find a mention of there being any office suite before 97 on their LOVELY (hear the sarcasm) website that doesn't work in Opera, which I believe is on purpose but beside this particular point, yet I know that there was one. I think that possibly 97 and definitely anything before that should be available for free. I mean, you can't *buy* it now, so why not get a little positive customer goodwill? And when these people using these old versions upgrade to a capable computer, naturally they'll want to stick with the products that they're used to.. etc etc. Oh well. Just a thought.
I didn't end up going to the grocery store. Instead, I went out and cleaned the junk out of Magnus's car.. he likes it junky, apparently, as I got two WalMart bags of trash out (one of those bags contained only cans). Then I worked with cans. See, we have a big trash can full of crushed cans. But during the flood a couple of weeks ago, the water filled the can up, and the cans were floating on top. And it's been so wet ever since then it's been hard to do anything about. Anyway, I tipped the can over and dumped everything out, and after letting them drain for a few minutes, had to pick all the cans up and put them back in the big can. This was easier said than done, because there were a LOT of cans. Over half full. By the time I was nearing the end, my back was protesting violently all the bending and straightening and such, so I had to veto the idea of crushing the uncrushed cans we've been saving all this time. My back is still not quite right, but it feels sore rather than uncontrollable pain causing me to be stuck in a semi-upright position, like I was afraid it was going to do a couple of times. :)
I'm supposed to work for the parents tomorrow, doing some stuff that they need done. I'm not entirely sure what this consists of.. I suspect it'll involve a bit of cleaning and some yard cleanup and some shop stuff.. they should finish the painting tomorrow. :) This depends on whether or not my back is working, of course. :)
I can think of a thousand other things I've done today (changing lightbulbs, replacing batteries in the bedroom callerid, cleaning out my purse, folding clothes, etc etc) but I doubt most of them will provide entertaining stories, so I'll just stop here.
The parents were down for a while tonight. I think they wanted to check on the status of Dad's computer. It turned out to be 75mhz, in addition to the things I've already said about it. In general, not the best computer in the world, but. I'm going to continue to tinker/install/etc with it, and Dad's going to use it for his bookkeeping things, I believe. I think I'll give them my old zip drive.. we never use it. *cough* I have a 80G harddrive now *cough* :) That's one particular purchase that I'm still thrilled over, btw. It's worth its weight in gold.. which is approximately how much we paid for it.. ergh. *giggle* Nah, not really, but still. :) I may have to give up my old mouse, too, which I don't wanna. *giggle* For no good reason other than that Magnus gave it to me for my birthday in 1999.. it was our first birthday, before we even met in person. I'm sentimental that way, ya know. :) We'll see. Oh yeah, what I was saying. Dad is going to try to use it to learn enough about computers to see if he likes it, would use it, etc, before he considers buying a new one. So. Yes.
You know what I think? I think that after a certain amount of time, software companies should allow people to use their old products for free. For instance.. what came before Office 97? I can't even find a mention of there being any office suite before 97 on their LOVELY (hear the sarcasm) website that doesn't work in Opera, which I believe is on purpose but beside this particular point, yet I know that there was one. I think that possibly 97 and definitely anything before that should be available for free. I mean, you can't *buy* it now, so why not get a little positive customer goodwill? And when these people using these old versions upgrade to a capable computer, naturally they'll want to stick with the products that they're used to.. etc etc. Oh well. Just a thought.
I didn't end up going to the grocery store. Instead, I went out and cleaned the junk out of Magnus's car.. he likes it junky, apparently, as I got two WalMart bags of trash out (one of those bags contained only cans). Then I worked with cans. See, we have a big trash can full of crushed cans. But during the flood a couple of weeks ago, the water filled the can up, and the cans were floating on top. And it's been so wet ever since then it's been hard to do anything about. Anyway, I tipped the can over and dumped everything out, and after letting them drain for a few minutes, had to pick all the cans up and put them back in the big can. This was easier said than done, because there were a LOT of cans. Over half full. By the time I was nearing the end, my back was protesting violently all the bending and straightening and such, so I had to veto the idea of crushing the uncrushed cans we've been saving all this time. My back is still not quite right, but it feels sore rather than uncontrollable pain causing me to be stuck in a semi-upright position, like I was afraid it was going to do a couple of times. :)
I'm supposed to work for the parents tomorrow, doing some stuff that they need done. I'm not entirely sure what this consists of.. I suspect it'll involve a bit of cleaning and some yard cleanup and some shop stuff.. they should finish the painting tomorrow. :) This depends on whether or not my back is working, of course. :)
I can think of a thousand other things I've done today (changing lightbulbs, replacing batteries in the bedroom callerid, cleaning out my purse, folding clothes, etc etc) but I doubt most of them will provide entertaining stories, so I'll just stop here.
