At the end of October 2007 we were eulogising about the wonders of our new yellow box. It was a great little piece of technology to get us on to the internet and put us in touch with all you folk. Our lives were transformed – the world was at our fingertips. If we’d had the time, we would have written an ode to the wonderful little yellow box and shared it with you all. At least you were spared that!In recent weeks, however, we’ve been cursing the terrible plastic yellow thing – a waste of space. It would, tantalisingly, get you on to the internet and just as you were about to do
something useful online it would disconnect itself. It felt deliberate, as though The Thing was trying to annoy us. It's interesting to discover just how easy it is to become paranoid.There we would be, having just started to listen to the omnibus edition of ‘The Archers’ from the BBC, and the nasty yellow object would go offline and refuse to connect again. Or we would just have been ready to send an email (deathless prose that had taken an hour to write) and, again, the nasty yellow box would die.
So the much-lauded technology of yesterday has been declared redundant, and is now
superseded by its’ younger brother – the Black Slug.All this is to say we’re now back on line, and our contributions to the Blog Universe will recommence.
P.S. If we get round to writing ‘An Ode to the Black Slug’ you’ll be the first to know.
1 comment:
Well done! Congratulations! We are reading this wondering why you don't write emails in Word and then copy and paste them into your email...? It would certainly save some heartache. However, it is wonderful to hear that the Black Slug has come to the rescue. Black slugs do the complete opposite in our garden, munching on our plants. There is much excitement in the Lacey househole as the first seeds I have ever planted are germinating! Great to hear from you again though through the Blog World. Looking forward to that ode...
B&B x
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