The e-Sound of the Crowd

Have spent a little while fiddling with my Friends list, after thoughts provoked by green_amber's recent post, and some thoughts of my own about why, how and when I use LiveJournal.

I hope no one will be offended when I reveal that my default view varies on an almost daily basis, and that I don't play catch-up ... so I may not be up-to-date with what you've posted. (I shall try to reciprocate by convincing myself that no one is reading this journal either!)

Wanted

(following bohemiancoast's example)

I want a laptop / notebook PC that's up to running Office 97 or 2000 and has a USB port. No modem, audio, fancy stuff necessary. I'm currently using an old one of marypcb's, but suspect something is dying hardware-wise: frequent crashes. I am prepared to pay money for this (though not very much as cashflow is sluggish!) but would much rather buy from someone I know and trust than from eBay.

(Alternatively, if anyone's willing to guide me to a good bargain on eBay, that would be most welcome).

Interest meme

Only 'cause I'm still at Werk, compacting a database which won't squash up any smaller.

And I'm only here because I can't be bothered to swim tonight (and anyway, only 5 mins til the end of my eBay bid on blood pressure monitor -- which, the last couple of days, has seemed like a handy thing to have).
::scuttles off to add 'blood pressure' to Interests::

( oh, not more interest stuff )

Bother. Outbid by ev0l bid engine: £10.50