Posts by DMC:
1 March 2012
Dragon are up to their old tricks again and yesterday I received the following e-mail.
We have not heard from you concerning your request for support in the 14 days since we sent you a response. Consequently, we have changed the status of your question to Auto-Closed. If you still require any further assistance on your ticket, please click the following link to update your ticket and re-open it for further troubleshooting.
This is scandalous as, in response to their e-mail dated Wed 22 Feb. I telephoned them the same day, so even as I write 14 days as not elapsed since I last spoke to them. Following that I sent them my reply on? and we have heard nothing since, until this present e-mail which is tantamount to closing the case when they have made no attempt to resolve the problems. I am naturally hoping that starting with a new computer, in the next day or two, downloading all of the programs individually, we will identify if there is some incompatibility somewhere or alternatively, the programme will work faultlessly as it will not have been corrupted by any of the other programmes. If that does not prove to be the case then my battle with Dragon will have to continue.
Yesterday, I wrote about the iniquity of Scotland treating the UK as a foreign country, when it comes to paying university fees, as compared with any of the other EU countries which enjoy the same status as the Scots themselves and qualify for free tuition, whereas anyone south of the border has to pay the full fee. The other international issue, which is causing a certain amount of consolation is the state of Spain’s economy. Having bailed out Greece, for the time being, the latest potential casualty seems to be Spain. From what the financial press are saying it is on the brink of disaster and is in the same position as was Greece when it was likely not to be able to pay the interest on their debts. I’ve heard no more than the initial concern. A few days ago but no doubt will in the near future. The trouble with these financial disasters is that they intend to drag us down as a result some of the economists who follow our financial position are already talking about a possible double dip.
My lovely new laptop arrived this afternoon but I can do no more than plug it into the mains as there may be some preliminary things I need to do before operating Windows 7. The problem is, as I am unable to turn over the pages of the little booklet the covers are setting up I shall not take a chance and leave this until Paul comes tomorrow.
As this entry is dangerously close to showing signs of xenophobia. I think the following joke about the French, is appropriate. Click here to see if you agree with me.
29 February 2012
Most people will realise that today is a special Leap Year Day, which only occurs once every four years, (bad luck if you’re born on 29th of February, and you only get a birthday every four years!. The reason for having a leap year is that it takes 365 ΒΌ. days for the earth to […]
28 February 2012
Great excitement yesterday. Having determined that the corrupt USB ports may be at the root of many of the problems from which I have suffered with this laptop over the last six months, I completed a Financial Assistance form, sent to me by the MND Association, except there was one section I could not fill […]
27 February 2012
A very satisfactory night with minimal pain despite the pain consultant saying that I could suffer more severe pain in my shoulder for the next month after which it should get better for a year or so. So far all I’ve done is to cut out the paracetamol and double the dose of the amitriptyline […]
26 February 2012
Thank goodness a trouble-free night despite me being slightly apprehensive as the mask was clamped on before going down. Quite illogical as the problem which occurred the night before is unlikely to recur. Another lovely spring like day, but not quite warm enough for me to sit out in the garden. We have an old […]
25 February 2012
No sooner had I got into my office (8.05 this morning than a call came through from Abu Dhabi from one of my cricketing mates., Patrick Lepper. I told him he was pushing his luck telephoning an invalid at that time of the morning. I suspect that he had forgotten about the time difference. Anyway, […]
24 February 2012
I am pleased to report that I had a reasonably comfortable night, with minimal pain in my hips and shoulder. Ironically, the worst pain was in my knees which I believe to be arthritis and nothing is, or can, be done about that except, perhaps, to have a keyhole operation on each to clear out […]
23 February 2012
This morning I went off to the pain clinic to have the injection in my shoulder. Dr Mark Abrahams, the pain consultant, at Addenbrookes, carried out the .procedure. He managed to do with me sitting in my wheelchair. I can’t pretend that it was particularly pleasant or pain free, poking the needle about inside my […]
22 February 2012
At last the agreement to bail out Greece has been agreed, signed and is in place, so for the time being we can all breathe a little easier. How long this arrangement will survive remains to be seen. Certainly the Greek populace are not at all pleased with the outcome to which their government has […]
21 February 2012
Paul’ the computer’, has fixed up my music, as he promised, so I can control it from my laptop and play it through my Bose speakers. He has yet to set up the macro commands for me, like scrolling down scrolling up; selecting a named composer or piece of music etc, all of which is […]