It actually started in 2009. Since this one garage had done so very well in sorting out rather an irksome woe, I felt confident in trusting the people there with my car.

Well. Fools bloody rush in, dunnit.

The battery cable thingummy went well. The back brakes went well. But when my clutch wanted replacing? They bloody banjaxed it - and by that, I ( Read more... )

Here's how my day's gone thus far: 

• Was 'late' to a training session 'cos my laptop spent forty years updating some eejity java app that I didn't even know I had
• Managed to jam an ethernet cable into its little port thingummy - how, I could not say
• Destroyed (very likely) said port by wiggling, coaxing, and (at the very dyin' end) enlisting a ( Read more... )

So.

Here are the lessons I've learnt thus far:

Before you ring the fellows in IT to wail at them about how your work laptop is at odds with your wireless network at home, check that your bloody wireless card is actually switched on Yeh. Clever thing about a Toshiba, it's got a switch. Guess which position mine was in? Go on, do ( Read more... )