Thursday 10th May - Closing Chapters

This time it was David, an artically intelligent man I got to know through my computer work. I sorted out a virus for him once and then set up his computer on broadband for him when civilisation eventually caught up with our estate. He was 74 (ish) and the stomach cancer finally got him 10 days ago.

I must also mention Annie, a lady I worked with on numerous occasions. Annie was in her late 50's and I always used to call her My Little Petal. She wasn't a conventional woman due to her hard Irish upbringing. She lived for her family but had a mans attitude to both work and life. I found out over the last weekend that she'd died about 6 months ago, and no-one from my job saw fit to tell me as she worked in Peterborough,where I used to work, and because I now work in Kings Lynn, none of the new management made the connection between us, which is why I haven't been told. Petal was a unique lady with a beautiful personality, and I shall miss her, especially the way she said thirty three, as the Irish dialect took over on this number only and she always used to say Tirty three. She died of ovary cancer.

I shall miss both people a lot.

Closing some more chapters, I have sorted out the fault with my anti virus company after sending them a professional (aka Really Snotty) letter. The technical manager rang me Tueday, I returned his call yesterday, sorted a dew things out with him, and my software, once again is fully working.

I'm exactly half way through my first course of prescribed anti depressants, and have a review with the doctor next Tuesday. The Family have not mentioned my affliction in days, so I guess they're getting used to it now. Do I feel better? No, not really, at least I haven't felt mentally happy yet, but give it time. The biggest difference I have noticed is that I'm generally calmer and don't get worked up so fast. thats worth it on it's own.

The new business is now finished, and I'm uploading the new format site over the weekend. The new format, having dropped the old one, means I can now sell using Paypal again, so I'm looking forward to building up the business again as soon as I can.

The only chapter I can't change at the moment is my finance one. I've kept the house for another month, but that's all I can afford to do. Nothing else whatsoever.

And the final chapter I'm closing now - I'm being forced to say goodbye to the Music Cassette. Currys, in their infinate wisdom, are going to stop selling them with immediate effect, and then stop selling the music systems with tape decks after Christmas. Farewell, Cassettes, you served my teenage years and my first 15 driving years very well. I shall miss you, although I still have several hundred cassettes here and I shall always have a cassette player.

Just like I've got a RECORD PLAYER. I don't care much for progress, I love my viynl and cassettes!

Paul

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