May Day
03 May 1999
Here I am on my Bank Holiday
May Day. There has been superb weather all weekend. You may ask
am I at the beach, a stately home perhaps. Nope I am in my cellar
re-installing Windows 98, to allow my computer to connect to the
Web. You see yesterday I un-installed something I did not have.
Windows flipped and decided it did not have a modem anymore. Well
some parts knew they had a modem and other parts could not see
it. To cut a long story short a total re-install of Windows 98
was the soloution. With my C: Drive freshley formatted and '98
reistalled I am back.
Sunday is the day for
computer fairs round here and Yesterday there was one
near Maidstone. As my brother Graham was here we decided we would
go for a look. I got a DVD drive. I now have a nice shinny new
DVS 6 Speed DVD drive. One day I may even have a DVD to put in
it. Anyway one benefit is this drive does have a digital output
and it works a treat with my Sound Blaster Live!. Best sound from
my PC yet !
As mentioned above my
brother Graham came for a visit with his two sons Andrew and
Mathew. A good time was had by one and all. On Saturday we had a
very pleasant swim, went to Mac Donalds for lunch. Later we
visited Rochester going to the Castle and the town where there
was a May Day Festival on. The day was finished off with a game
of Totopaly, a Horse racing game. Mandy one well done.
Sunday started with a boot
fair as is normal. Graham and Simon then went to the computer
fair while the children played. We had Roast Pork for lunch. The
afternoon was spent in the garden. A quiet evening in capped of a
great day.
Mathew, Andrew & Graham
Graham had to dash today, so
left after breakfast. Thanks for coming! Thats when my battle of
me versus Plug and Pray began. If you can read this I must be
wining.