50+ and proud of it.

I guess I should "close the loop" so to speak regarding Mom. Sad to report that she passed away peacefully on 23rd June 2015, aged 99¾. She never got the telegram from the Queen she so wanted.

OK, so I was asked to review my recent holiday at Le Bois Du Chillou, Marcay, by the infamous "TripAdvisor". Great! Except that you through all the hoops entering stuff in and only then do they ask you to register - b*st*rds. I don't think so. Good job I "copied-n-pasted" beforehand! Anyhow, here goes, this is what I was going to say:   " First of all, this was a superb holiday, but with two downsides - one is that the advertising implies that you stay in the Chateau, you don't, you stay in the excellent outbuildings that look over to the Chateau. This should be made more clear when you book. It's there when you check the advert with hindsight, but not obvious. The directions from the owners to find the place are lacking I'm afraid, but a quick  "Google Earth" for "Le Bois Du Chillou, Marcay" gets it spot on. The second is that the pump for the swimming pool seems to be bolted to the bedroom wall and as such there was a c...

In a fit of "I-know-what-I'm-doing" the other night, I signed up for the next Demelza House 101 challenge - Sittingbourne to Amsterdam, about 340 miles. It was only after I'd paid the deposit when I found out that the 340 miles is over 4 days, and not the 5, I had previous thought. The realty of it dawned when the "There-are-no-Hills" Kenny from the Organisers remarked "Day 3: 105 miles, and, I manged to find some hills in Holland!". Great. On the plus side, I found a 5p piece on the floor and went to hand it in - "No, you keep it, that's a 5p start towards your sponsorship!" OK, only another £1,999.95 to go then.

If you get the above error with Outlook 2013 (and with Windows 7) then try this first:- I got the answer from this link:- Outlook 2013 Send Error "Got the answer. First create a new shortcut to Outlook 2013. Right click/Run As Administrator. Send/receive. If it works, it tells that it is the permissions. Then Right click /Compatibility/ Privilege Level/ Run This Program As Administrator. Send/Receive. If it works, it tells that it is the permissions. You could just leave it, OR, do this: got to C drive/ Program Files/ Microsoft Office/ Office 15 Folder/ Right Click/ Properties/ Security/ Administrators and Users All Checked Full Control . This should fix it permanently. Send/receive. Paul" Thanks Paul, whoever you are. Note, I didn't create a shortcut to run it as suggested, I simply went to the entry in the start menu and right-click, Run-As:- I changed the security on the "Office 15" folder as Paul suggested to fix permanently. Why ...