… we hate computers! More of that infuriating subject later. But first to honour yesterday’s promise of a shot of Butterfly at Durban Marina – so here she is.
After my chortling yesterday about gorgeous SA weather, the clouds had the last laugh and gathered in force today, so we trundled off to take a few shots of the boat and then head for the hills.
Down by the water, even though it was Saturday afternoon, we found both Steven and Ken and two of the other guys still hard at work. Little by little the clutter of tools and spare parts are disappearing, and more of those finishing touches are taking their place. Steven, determined as ever to get everything just right, was redoing some wiring work in the mast; Ken overseeing yet more wiring within the saloon (there’s just sooo much of it on this boat!), and making a fabulously neat job of things. Their commitment to this project is total – and very reassuring (though we suspect their families might like to see a little more of them); we, however, have no complaints, only gratitude.
As for those loathesome laptops, mentioned earlier: the internet service here is a little patchy, but last night and for most of today – in fact, up to writing this blog entry tonight – it has been un-bloody-speakable. For me, that is. Dick’s compootering has had better luck. Anyway, Lena and Jack very kindly called out an IT guy, Lionel, who did all sorts of wonderful wizardry on both machines which was clever and no doubt very beneficial, but after he’d gone, I was still left with a comatose internet connection. Half an hour to load one web page is no laughing matter. So laughing was off, and cursing the air blue was on. However, you’ll be pleased to know all is now restored. The problem? Yours truly deleting some silly-sounding programme off her laptop which she thought was infected with a virus … it wasn’t. And the silly-sounding prog turned out to be an essential piece of kit for the speedy efficient downloading of images and goodness knows what else. So guess who’s got egg all over her face …. ?!
Computers, eh? Can’t live with ‘em; can’t live without ‘em. Pah!
(update: spoke too soon – 5 minutes after typing this, darn laptop back on the go-slow … pah and double pah!)
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