#ElectronicFrustration

Every day, man is making bigger and better fool-proof things, and every day, nature is making bigger and better fools. So far, I think nature is winning.

Tuesday 23rd, 5.38am. 5.2dg, 18.1 ml rain, forecasting a clear sunny day but the temperature only going as high as 15dg. There is certainly a chill factor here now and very dewey mornings.   Yesterday was a day with late Autumn sunshine but a very lazy wind that went right through you. I spent the morning being creative on the sewing machine and the afternoon taking the train to Bludenz to do some return, pick up and a little search and find. Relative success with most. My late afternoon was spent ducking and diving between the three floors here in the house trying to re-organise the television, dvd, vcr and digisat boxes.... heavens, a technician I am not, but the complexities of the setups on all the TV's here in the house had me baffled. I come from New Zealand and was taught that there is always a way around a problem, first try to do it yourself before you resort to the professionals !!! The whole issue kicked off on Saturday just before the start of F1 qualifying from Singapore, one of the machines that all the cables pass through went dead, really dead, and consequently no TV at all. Circumvented the problem but then went to record and couldn't... circumvented that problem with a change around of machines from various other locations and disabled the system down in my little exercise room... Ekkkk, I will not do exercise without television to occupy me. Upshot finally three hours after I started shifting things around I think I have success, fingers crossed, do I understand the system, no, but I may have winged it. One dead VCR recorder going to the re-cycler today and one dead television going back to the shop where purchased for refund, hopefully. Today I will travel by train on another mission looking for something I have been unable to find closer to home or on the internet, purely in a fashion sense.  Any excuse... :)  Late this afternoon I have my Tuesday evening girls incoming for conversation so a full day to do as I need. Littles tuition filling fast now that school is back and parents realise that the school curriculum is not going to be sufficient for their children with English... win win.