Today’s question is *why* do we bother skimming chicken stock… or any other kind for that matter? If it isn’t obvious from the question I’m getting back on the diet… and more specifically making the soup to go with it. The reaction to the stings seems to have gone altogether so I can’t use it … More To skim or not to skim…

Yet again a college campus in the USA has become a killing ground as a lone maniac guns down 32 kids in cold blood. No doubt the National Rifle Association will find a hundred reasons to continue and justify the sale of guns to almost anyone who asks for a licence. And yet the killing … More Worse than Columbine

For those of you who’ve been using LCD screens for years it probably wouldn’t even cause you to raise an eyebrow but it’s such an improvement for me it still amazes… and long may it continue to do so 😀

So off I went to pay for the computer. On the way I stopped by the Credit Union, partly to draw out the cash and partly to check what the daily drawing limit was on the card in case I wanted to take out ‘extra’ cash. As it turned out there was a sufficiently high … More Jinks… yet more jinx?

Talking of vice versa, which I was in the previous post, have I mentioned the new word Australian kids have taken to heart? When they compete with one another… in any game… they ‘verse’ each other! This I put down to crappy education since it obviously is derived from the word ‘versus’ without a complete … More On a theme

Had a cable left over and couldn’t make out what it was for. Was an audio connection so should have been obvious in retrospect… but wasn’t. Quite by chance I read the tiny tickers on the front of the monitor and saw ‘stereo speakers’… d’oh! Connected the monitor to the CPU and away we go! … More The beast update.

So… the machine. It has an Intel dual Core E6400 chip; an Asus 22″ widescreen monitor with 2ms refresh; 360Gb HDD, 2Gb RAM, TV tuner, Wireless card, webcam and the rest… and Windows Vista Home Premium Edition. It’s actually quite a substantial machine to be honest. Not quite ‘state of the art’ but close enough … More The technological beast.

Was trying to put this into the sidebar but it didn’t show up It’s a ‘ticker’ that kyte found… there are various backgrounds and options but basically it just counts down anything from a start position to an end. In this case it’s my weight. Naturally it is supposed to be updated to keep it … More Weight Ticker

Kyte found this useful little site that produces ‘ticker code’. You can make tickers for almost anything with a start and end… this one has my weight loss marked on it… it’s supposed to be update… I hope I keep it up 😀 It’s updated by clicking on it… or going to this url http://www.TickerFactory.com/weight-loss/wpmdyVh/

After some discussion with the migration agent the old man has decided he will go back to the UK after all. The nominal reason is that the house needs some repairs and he wants to be there to organise and supervise. Personally I think there are other motives at work, mainly that he isn’t at … More The oldies are leaving!