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[John G.]

Four!

[John G.]

The ice cream truck just went down the street. Me want.

[bk]

Back from the Apple Store and then picking up a package.

[bk]

New CD/DVD thing is here and I was able to pry open the old one and get that CD out of there. But I'm nervous about trying to load that same CD in this thing, although at one point I did upload it.

[bk]

Prying was interesting - they really don't want you to get inside this thing, but a thin, small screwdriver did the trick.

[bk]

Well, looks like I wasted dough buying the new drive - it isn't working because iTunes has stopped recognizing it, which means I have to update the IOS to Big Sur. They've assured me that iTunes will be the same, just under "Music" and not called iTunes. So, after my Zoom I will nervously do it and hope that fixes all the damn problems this six-year-old computer has.

[John G.]

Well, looks like I wasted dough buying the new drive - it isn't working because iTunes has stopped recognizing it, which means I have to update the IOS to Big Sur. They've assured me that iTunes will be the same, just under "Music" and not called iTunes. So, after my Zoom I will nervously do it and hope that fixes all the damn problems this six-year-old computer has.

Thank you for that useful bit of information.

[John G.]

If you’re a teen and affected by the Mercury retrograde, there is help:

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/mercury-retrograde-comfort-shows-zodiac-sign

[singdaw]

I am æffected.  In more ways than one.

[singdaw]

Bring on the snark!   

[Jrand74]

Yes DR JANE......it belongs to my uncle and he just said one day last week would I like to buy it?

And the price was MORE than right.  I'll be changing over the title and get a new registration and plates before the end of the month.

It is a most excellent drive - although it does take some getting used to.

I shall post more details anon.  I got rid of the beep, but there is still a light on....that I have to study up to find out what that is.

But it is basically a front seat with wheels.  There is plenty of room for me at 5'9" but not much cargo space, but that's okay.  I'll just go shopping twice a week instead of once.

[Jrand74]

I took it to the car wash so now it does look much spiffier than it did.

[Jrand74]

Pictures in the next few days.

[Jane]

From John:

I may save it for when the book comes in. I've got Colson Whitehead's new Harlem Shuffle to read after The Library Book.

Yes, save it until you are reading the book.

I intensely disliked The Underground Railroad and never want to read anything by him again.

Everything of his is very different. He genre hops. Zone One was a fairly fun pandemic novel (not our pandemic). The Nickel Boys was almost a YA historical novel. Underground Railroad was Faulknerian. Harlem Shuffle is supposedly like a Chester Himes heist novel.

LOL, Zone One doesn't sound fun. 

[Jane]

Plus, the new Jonathan Franzen, The Crossroads, just came in.

I haven't read anything by him yet.  The blurbs just haven't appealed to me.

[Jane]

Too many books …

So true.

Today I began reading The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson.  So far it is very good.

[Jane]

If you’re a teen and affected by the Mercury retrograde, there is help:

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/mercury-retrograde-comfort-shows-zodiac-sign

[Jane]

Yes DR JANE......it belongs to my uncle and he just said one day last week would I like to buy it?

And the price was MORE than right.  I'll be changing over the title and get a new registration and plates before the end of the month.

It is a most excellent drive - although it does take some getting used to.

I shall post more details anon.  I got rid of the beep, but there is still a light on....that I have to study up to find out what that is.

But it is basically a front seat with wheels.  There is plenty of room for me at 5'9" but not much cargo space, but that's okay.  I'll just go shopping twice a week instead of once.

That was easy shopping.  Vibes you are very happy with the car.

[Jane]

I took it to the car wash so now it does look much spiffier than it did.

[singdaw]

Longhorn not included?

[singdaw]

Gratuitous Post #110!

[singdaw]

Whoopi-Ti-Yi-Yo!

[bk]

On the laptop. So, upgrading to Big Sur - should be a breeze everyone tells me. I click upgrade. It does its thing and gives me the uploader icon which isn't responding. I call support. We do it again. Nothing. An hour later, I've rebooted in safe mode. We do first aid on the hard drive. Then we reboot in recovery mode and we begin the Big Sur stuff. It seems fast, under an hour so we schedule a callback at six. I go to Taco Bell and come back - while eating, the computer shuts off, starts up, goes a while, starts up and says it's twenty-nine more minutes, which means it should finish in time for the call. And now it's been sitting an eighth of an inch from finishing for fifteen minutes - and - no callback yet, so I'm gonna have to call them before everyone leaves.

[Jane]

Longhorn not included?

The Longhorn is bigger than the car

[singdaw]

This day was supposed to get better. For everyone.

[singdaw]

So does the smart car only have 3 wheels?  That's what I'D like to know.

[singdaw]

Long day tomorrow. I'm fixing to go to bed.

[singdaw]

Good night, friends.

[Jane]

'night

[John G.]

Too many books …

So true.

Today I began reading The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson.  So far it is very good.

I really enjoyed that one. I liked it much better than his Steve Jobs book, mainly because I did not like Steve Jobs as a person.