I must look married
I style myself 'Miss', and have done this for many years. I was in fact married once, and could - if I wanted to - claim 'Mrs' for a title. But 'Mrs' implies the existence of a husband, current or...
View ArticleNew kit in the offing
I'm now out of the cooling-off period for that Vodafone-to-BT mobile phone service switch, and the rewards are coming. On or after the 8th August, I can claim my prepaid credit card, with £65 to spend...
View ArticleA life without TV
My posts nowadays seem to cover tech issues a lot more than they did a few years back. I suppose that's an indication of how electronic equipment has come into every aspect of modern life, and how...
View ArticleOn a war footing
I can't help feeling that secretly a lot of people are enjoying this slide into a No Deal Brexit. All this talk of putting the necessary preparations in place 'just in case'; the drip-drip propaganda...
View ArticleMy JBL speaker has arrived!
A string of emails from BT and then Royal Mail told me that my JBL Flip 4 speaker - one of the gifts from BT for switching to BT Mobile - was on its way, and would be delivered between 11.27am and...
View ArticleWireless earbuds - soon
I have to report that the JBL speaker (my free gift from BT) has instantly found its way into my daily routine, supplanting the unaided mono speaker of my mobile phone for all music and podcasts. The...
View ArticleMen in shorts - I wish they wouldn't
It's usually excruciating to look at. A man in shorts, especially an older man who should know better. I admit the bare legs of some young men, if tanned and shapely and not too muscular, can look OK -...
View ArticleThere are some snags with that £65 BT reward card...
I finally get to claim it tomorrow, 30 days after switching from Vodafone to BT Mobile. But there are some snags I'll have to contend with. Mostly slight, but one is frustrating, and one rules out...
View ArticleLet's hear it for the RHA TrueConnect earbuds!
Here's my report. I got the earbuds home, and was of course eager to open the box. It was another well-packaged piece of audio kit. Nothing flimsy about the box. Inside it was layer under layer, which...
View ArticleThe experiment fails
Oh dear. I've fallen out of love with my new Bluetooth earbuds, and in fact I've just put them up for sale on eBay. The auction will end in a week's time. What happened? It's two things mainly. First,...
View ArticleSeller's regret
It's not often that I dither and can't make up my mind. But I've done it with those wireless earbuds. Only one day into the eBay auction, I've cancelled the listing and withdrawn them from sale. They...
View ArticleThe Gleneagles Hotel
My Scottish holiday in April seems a long way in the past now, but I still have a couple of posts on it up my sleeve. Here's a post I simply couldn't pass over. My visit to one of the finest hotels in...
View ArticleIn the refuge
Life must be different every single day for the people who live in the village on Holy Island, off the Northumberland coast. It's an island only at high tide. At low water a proper road called the...
View ArticleHRT supply worries
HRT is mostly prescribed for menopausal women who are suffering bad side-effects from the body's natural switch from child-bearing status to a quieter existence in later life. That process often goes...
View ArticleA change of HRT?
I was driving towards Hereford a few days ago when my mobile phone rang. Luckily there was a lay-by coming up, and I was able to turn into it, stop, and answer the call. It was Boots in Burgess Hill....
View ArticleThe audio problem continues
I'm still having a problem deciding which I prefer: the free-standing JBL speaker, or the RHA earbuds. Here they are: They are both wireless, relying on a Bluetooth connection with my phone, where my...
View ArticleFiona wounded, but a fine sunset on arrival in Pembrokeshire
A couple of weeks ago I arrived in Pembrokeshire after a two-night stop at Newport on the way, to break up the long journey from Sussex. I hadn't been to Pembrokeshire for ten years, and longed to see...
View ArticleVaccination reactions
Two days ago I had my free NHS winter flu jab, which I can get because I am aged 65 and over. I've had two of these before without any reaction beyond very local tenderness at the injection spot that...
View ArticleBlimey, they sold!
Just now I checked eBay and saw this: Yes, I did put those RHA earbuds back on eBay, starting at £25. The bids came in steadily, and last night the best bid was £56. I'm delighted with £80. Why the...
View ArticleWhere's my money?
The earphone saga continues. And although I said I wouldn't be, I am annoyed. It's the cheek of it. To recap (assuming you've not been following this). I bought some good-looking, high-tech Bluetooth...
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