I finally have a new laptop, so there is hope that BW may improve its schedule (and ability to include pictures) sometime soon, once Mr BW has finished setting it up and making it look nearly the same as my old one which has limped on for at least 18 months past its sell-by date.
I have a theory that Microsoft have been filling up the hard drives of any machines still running Windows 10 with pointless and bloaty updates, to force people to buy new equipment. I did get a new one some months ago, but it refused to connect to the wifi and was doing lots of silly things that weren’t right, so it went back.
This time I have the small cousin of Mr BW’s new laptop, so hopefully he will know how to do anything that stumps me; there is method in my madness. Plus it was £300 off at Costco, who give an extra year’s warranty with every purchase. But why my lovely old little netbook could have an 11.5 inch screen and weigh just 1090g when this new one weighs half as much again and has a 14 inch screen I have no idea. Progress, eh?
So that makes a new printer, a new wifi extender, and two new laptops that have had to be purchased in the last month. Ouch.
The week before last we went away for three nights, and we’re going away again for two nights to a classic car rally over on the coast. We will be staying on the site (in a country park on the coast) in Bri@n – who has not been towed, other than around the block, for over 5 years. Mr BW has now added ‘caravan servicing’ to his skill-set, thanks to YouTube. When you live in the middle of nowhere, and the nearest place that might be able to service your caravan is over 60 miles away, it is senseless to tow your needs-looking-at-to-ensure-safety pod that far, so the only option is DIY.
As I don’t drive Mi1dred, I have to drive Mr BW’s car, towing Bri@n. I have only driven Mr BW’s car 3 times before, as I hate all the unnecessary electronic gadgets that can’t be turned off. What could possibly go wrong? 😉
I realised that in the past 5.5 years since we moved here, I have only (so far) had 7 nights away from homes. 3 plus 2 days last year, and 3 days this year. I had maybe 20 nights at Coven Sud and Mr BW had probably 150 more than that down south, but those don’t count as they were still in a house we owned.
7 nights away from home in five and a half years. That’s certainly a record for us. But, as I always say to people, as we moved to a place where we holidayed happily for 15 years, every day still seems like a holiday.
How many nights have you spent away from home since March 2020?
Tim W.
The older we get, the more we are trying to pack in! But I was astonished to tot up that we have been away for 258 nights since 1 March 2020. And there are another 35 planned for this year.
It doesn’t seem so long since you moved. Glad you are now happily settled!
Caroline Greenwell
I haven’t a clue how many days away I’ve spent. I don’t keep records and have the memory of a goldfish (is that demeaning of goldfish, I dunno).
diamond geezer
53
(54 if you count tonight)
Andrew
On the computer, if all dimensions scale proportionately, a 14″ screen will have an area about 50% more than an 11.5″ screen – i.e. (14/11.5)^2. Just like a cake or a wheel. That may largely explain why the new one weighs about 50% more.
I doubt the thickness has also increased proportionately, but if it did, that would be a volume increase of just over 80%.
I’ve been away on family holidays in the UK, and visiting my son on his university year abroad in 2022/3 as part of his languages degree, and for various work reasons, in the UK and overseas. Not very much in 2020 – despite “eat out to help out” – or 2021, but more from 2022 onwards.
Mike Roberts
Since June 2020 we have spent 364 Nights on ships (ocean and river cruisers). I haven’t kept total for nights spent away from home on tours, suffice to say we have been away another 21 nights so far this year.
diamond geezer
55
(56 if you include tonight)