Unfortunately every time the laptop went into 'Sleep' the update to Windows 10 stopped as well. So by lunchtime yesterday Wednesday, Windows 10 was installed and running so I popped around and set up a better browser than "Edge" the standard Windows 10 web browser and Skype. We were able to reinstall Windows Live Mail which she likes and knows how to use and setup her email for her, added an antivirus, a copy of Office 2007, Foxit pdf reader and she was all go!
The biggest hassle was getting the printer to work wirelessly. The Windows 10 updates at the Epson website for her printer were not easy to work out. But after a full attempted install followed by a total uninstall followed by a more knowledgeable re install, we had contact and the printer worked! All was OK at the end.
It was a great deal for an I5 at $480 delivered!
The improved internet speed we have here at home continues to amaze!
I completed the most recent Home Brew yesterday (Wednesday) when I bottled. The unseasonal heat causes problems for my home brew when I noticed with one bottle being only half full in one of the boxes from an earlier brew. The heat adds to the brewing process causing to pressure to build up in the bottles. If the plastic bottle expands at all there is a possibility the lid will slip a little allowing the highly pressurized beer to flow out!
This leaves the bottle of beer as undrinkable, it is only half full and makes a hell of a mess in the foam storage box. This requires a good rinse out of the box and stand for the bottles to dry off! All of this takes extra time.
With the extremely hot and sticky weather we still have it was a most uncomfortable job yesterday. Later in the day the few showers we were having extended to periods of very heavy showers and a total of 16mls in the rain gauge.
It is almost 9 am as I type in the small 'office' and for the first time in a few months, the pedestal fan isn't running!
We had a great (and inexpensive) lunch at the Thai we have found around 20 minutes drive from here along with four friends. Drinks were on again the last Friday and I was pleasantly surprised as to how good I felt at Computer Club on Saturday!
This weekend's sport will be the lull before the storm as far as footy on TV is concerned. This a a non footy weekend, the only non-footy on TV weekend for the upcoming 6 months until the season gets into full swing again.
We are both well and getting on with our volunteer work (or community involvement stuff). This week has been quieter for me thank heavens.
We have just finished watching Series 2 of "Bosch", a TV detective series based on the Michael Connelly series of books. It was thoroughly enjoyable and had us gripped to the TV screen for a couple of nights. Right now we still have 5 episodes of the latest series 'House of Cards' to go! Next will be the 6 latest episodes of the award winning BBC Police Drama "Happy Valley".
Really enjoying the stuff on our Android TV box right now!
And in just over a week, daylight saving will be over in the southern states and things will be normal again.
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