It's coming out of the haze a little. Thanks. The trouble is, I need a secretary, not to mention a cook and handmaiden. My wife lives a few hundred yards away and thanks the Universe every day for her monastic vegan existence.
When you go to any Google site, such as GMail or Google Meet, there should be a grey box in the top right hand corner of the screen with your initials in it. Click on that and you'll see the sign out option.
Well I'm blessed. There's an olive green circle with an R in it. I thought it looked nice, but after driving a modern car I was reluctant to press it in case I went into reverse. Sure enough, it's got the option to sign out listed. Now I'm scared to do so as I'm not entirely convinced it will be tied to my Windows, into which I have never signed.
I used to think nothing of a system failure. I usually had enough kit lying around to build something in minutes, not any more. I know I've got a 'new' SSD somewhere, but realise I've not seen it since my last move. I'm at my 3rd house in this road. 18 months and I've never really unpacked.
Today has been spent rebuilding a watch, the parts of which had been scattered to the four winds. To my astonishment, it goes. The rolling grey waves on my stretch of beach were soothing to the nerves but the sand was too soft to run on. Just as well. Hardly another soul about to pick me up. What a change to a few days ago.
Signing out. Are you a man or a mouse? I demanded of myself. The hello screen had my gmail address, and I pressed next, or some such. It showed a cartoon of a phone and 3. My phone tweeted and in a moment there were all my emails - a mixture of Quora responses to questions about spacetime, and funeral service provider quotes.
I have got a laptop. It had a legal upgrade W10 on it, but I could find no drivers for the Vaio buttons. I phoned Sony, only to be told the Vaio logo had been sold to a group of investors, and of course their software people didn't want to invest time in my 'old' i7. I went back to W7 in time to get hours of updates and it works - for now. I have to say I really miss W10 when I'm not on it, but those buttons are really handy and the keyboard is superb.
I sense an incredible vulnerability. When Skype threw me out for rapid re-dialling, hundreds of telephone numbers vanished. They came back when I'd negotiate a new deal. I'm not able to sit with my friend and try to get her own W10 so will have to try to outlive Covid so that I can visit again.