Looks like it’s now appropriate to put an APB out. :shock:
The computer swallowed Pugs, yes honestly, it’s true,
He pressed Control and Enter and disappeared from view.
It devoured him completely; the thought just makes me squirm,
H must have caught a virus or been eaten by a worm.
I’ve searched the whole Recycle Bin and files of every kind,
I’ve even used the Internet but nothing could I find.
In desperation I asked Jeeves my searches to refine.
The reply from him was negative, not a thing was found online.
So, if inside your Inbox our Pugs you should see
Please Copy, Scan and Paste him and send him back to GLS.
Oh,btw…the item of communicative technology upon which I am assembling these words,is a VASTLY uprated/updated version of the poor, sad,beaten item I took into Apple’s shop. They’ve stripped it, gutted it,re-assembled the internals, replacing the ‘duff stuff’ with brand-new-but tested-first items…as a result of which,the CASING is original,so in a way,t’is still my ‘grandfather’s axe’. Those jolly decent Apple chaps replaced the innards,upgrading/updating various parts [chips,cpu’s so forth] at no extra cost. PLUS,because I asked nicely,also at no cost and as an apology for my trouble, they’ve doubled the RAM. So,it WAS worth a few days of patience,as opposed to kicking the wall down,stamping up to the countermand DEMANDING it be rectified. After all,they told me they tested ALL the machines on show and five had the same problem…bad batch,y’see gummed…so if I’d demanded a replacement, it could well be starting the whole scenario over again by now. Mine was upgraded, updated,reset and repaired free of charge BECAUSE I didn’t throw a wobbly. Yes,I know they did it mostly as a public relations gambit-and yes,I’m aware Apple really don’t need bad publicity atm,after their ‘built-in graduated inefficiency’ stuff with their iPhones. Still,I paid £39 for circa £350-worth of upgrades, tests,and updates…meh…whaddoo I know…
[HIYA SWEETIEPIE. mwah mwah mwah]
Doubled the Ram have you? My Mum used to have a pet ram you know. It was called William Sir Bill, and he wore a hat. Does your pooter wear a hat Mr Pug?
Gummy you never heard me mention Geldof because I could never stand the man, him and Bono, arrogant brats the pair of them. I once heard Bono and his band playing for free in the old Dandelion market at Stevens Green before he became famous, they were crap then, and the more famous they became the crappier they got, then the pair of them start messin in politics as all untalented ‘Stars’ tend to do to keep in the limelight, no they were never my cup of tea in music or personality. Phil Lynott had talent, as had Rory Gallagher.
Love that verse Solo.
I’m so pleased you got fixed up Pug, and just when you wos about to RAM it where the sun don’t shine, those nice people at the apple shop appreciate cool calm customers like yerself, just goes to show you politeness pays in the long run.
Actually,Monsewer Spongecake,it prefers to wear a close-fitting Apple skin…goes nicely with it’s complexion,y’see,which is somewhat akin to Granny Smith’s when she’s been on the cider. PLUS,azzit 'append,squire…I too have a ‘pet’ ram [well,actually,he was rescued], as he was standing in the road as I was returning home one day. People were swerving round him, but not ONE bothered to try to help the poor sod-I said FUGGIT and brought him home to Puggy Island in my Land Rover. I had NO intention of searching for whatever scumbag had lost him. He had a LOT of scars over his face and legs. I have NO idea how this happened, but he’s known farn-wyde as ‘Stanley’…how that came to be I really do not know,but c’est la vie,‘n’ all that. I didn’t name him. Nobody’s ever come forward to claim him,so after nearly 2 years he’s still pootling happily around the island, doing not much at all, but doing it in safety and comfort.
Ah there’s a man fer ya - rescues old rams and renews 'em and grannies apples and takes them back to the shop to be re-skinned and declared safe to use with all ‘pips’ intact and even has a little antenna [stalk like] stick up for best reception.
did I ever tell you the joke about the receptionist ; the stalk and the ram? - oh well another time maybe.
Robbert the ram from rampshire - get over 'ere we need some kulture agin and agin and agin - the mob is gettin restless and Bono may be makin an appearance?
Nb: puggleduck me old mate - can we be expecting some embedded materials soon? or can you go SO LOW and then go no further?
only when there is a national finals in the offing! oh I see what you mean I thought you were talking about golf - well what can I say some aussie cricketers are very emotional about the game and their future!
he in fact was always considere him an innocent laddie emotionally charged - should never have been made captain - captaincy takes guts not blubber! whales have blubber captains have back bones!
I used to be an avid reader, but in these cyber times, I rarely depart from the screen.
Ironically I used to be, in my early 20s, the manager of a bookshop within a department store.
I took on the task of reading as much of the classics as I could, buying red leathered editions for my rapidly growing and groaning bookshelves.
BBy chance I came across Mark Twain early on and was mesmerised by his statement.
“A classic is something everybody wants to have read, but no one wants to read.” --Mark Twain
I took a break from reading whole books & took up reading only the beginning and ends of books.
Life can be like that too, I’m in the middle bit, enjoyed the beginning, the jury is out on the end.
Stop wrestling with time, it’s been many a year since I left a Tag, to help find my way back.
Once there was a way,
To get back homeward.
Once there was a way
To get back home.
Sleep, pretty darling,
Dot not cry
And I will sing a lullaby.
Golden slumbers,
Fill your eyes
Smiles await you when you rise
Sleep pretty darling
Do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby.
As a traveler I have always depended on music and books to accompany me along my journeys and they have never let me down.
As Mark twain said “In a good book room you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”
Not sure about this life/book thing though. My spine is still intact and my covers a bit worn but my pages, although thumb marked and faded are still a good read .
Too many posts for me to read.
I just came to wish you all a Happy Easter.
Jem when I went to Dublin in search of my long lost roots.
I now think of Easter with relevance to the Easter Rising.
It makes me sad. But also made me understand, that my desire to always fight for what is right, is in my genes.
Pugsy Bear I am glad you now have a decent laptop. Please let us know if you can now see Youtube vids.
I prefer the Slack ma Girdle type of apple mesell. The name conjures up all sorts of images for me. :shock: It is a real apple type just in case you though I might be joshing.
Well I’m surprised and pleased you have got a ram. Well done for rescuing the fella. Stanley is a fine name for any man or beast.
I hadn’t a clue it was his birthday Sweetie, Fruity I wish you a very happy birthday, hope you’re being spoiled by your lovely wife and family, I’ll raise a glass in your honour tonight me oul son, cheers, good health and a long life to you.;-)
I’ll be off to a party tonight meself later, my grandson Liam is 18 and he’s having a do in a pub in town, see yis all tomorrow.
It’s my Lovely Cousin’s birthday as well, but different year, she being ten years younger than me. It’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it.
Consequently the spoiling is going in both directions. Beer, cider, chocolate, and a DVD where two girls both get heir boys. Aaaaaah.
PLUS,azzit 'append,squire…I too have a ‘pet’ ram [well,actually,he was rescued], as he was standing in the road as I was returning home one day. People were swerving round him, but not ONE bothered to try to help the poor sod-I said FUGGIT and brought him home to Puggy Island in my Land Rover. I had NO intention of searching for whatever scumbag had lost him. He had a LOT of scars over his face and legs. I have NO idea how this happened, but he’s known farn-wyde as ‘Stanley’…