Well, that was sneaky

I have been using Cole online grocery shopping, coupled with the Coles credit card for free deliveries over $100 for years.  It's been useful due to health issues (knee, knee replacement) and when Wing  was working for companies that sent him out and about for weeks.

Today, I go to place an order and see I'm being charged for delivery.  Whohunwha?

I started a chat window and it turns out that starting May the 5th, they no longer offer free deliveries for orders over X amount anymore.  They have "Free Zones" which is a wide window of time (typically 8 hours) on specific days.   Can no longer order two days ahead of time and be waiting on the day.

I told them that I was very disappointed, and seeing as the free delivery if I used my Coles Credit Card was the only reason I got the credit card.  I feel like it was a long play bait and switch. 

Not happy, and I will tell them about it in more than just a brief chat window.

And so it continues

Even though it's been 16 months since I had the total knee replacement, I have been having chronic, sometimes jacking up to sharp, pain on the side of my shin, that would run down to the top and side of my foot.

Today, I had the muscle pressure test done.  I have to say, it was not what I would call a pleasant experience, whatsoever!

Normal muscle pressure is between 5 and 10.

But since when is anything normal about me?  Mine; 35 and 42.

I see my OS next Tuesday... probably for a surgical appointment to be made.

I am medically tired.  Spinal fusion, followed by gall bladder removal, followed by large ruptured cyst on my back, followed by knee injury, followed by total knee replacement, followed by car accident injuries, followed by pneumonia, followed by seizures. 

My name isn't Job, but am beginning to understand what he went through.

Keito's not doing well

More like not quite right. He's back to being ravenous all the time, and peeing where he shouldn't.  I know diabetic cats have a problem with their bladders feeling over full, and having to empty it, but he went from doing well and normal, to constantly hungry, getting twitchy and getting glassy eyed. 

Have called the vet and made appointment for him.  They will be getting blood and urine samples, and a possible overnight stay for observation. 

Even though OLW 0.6.3 or 0.6.2 doesn't display the right WP Template

They are the only ones that will post to one of my blogs.  It's kind of a pain.  Turns out I should have kept Office 2007 instead of upgrading to 2010 a while back, because you can't connect or post to certain blogs with Word 2010, but can with 2007.  But Microsoft won't allow two installation Office. I can edit Typepad entries with Semagic, but I can't POST to Typepad with Semagic.

Why can't programmers get together and cooperate?  Hell no, that is too much to ask for.

What I learned last night:

I can't get by taking only one lorazepam a day.

Last night, after only taking 1 tablet a few days, my right my leg would not stop kicking and twitching last night. I even felt my foot wanting to 'curl' under.

Felt pins and needles in my right palm, too. Took med about midnight, some time after 1 am, issues with leg and arm stopped and I was finally able to get to sleep.

Lesson learned. One in the morning, one in the afternoon to keep hemidystonia at bay.

As if I really needed another reason to dislike Windows 10

Did I say dislike?  No, I mean LOATHE.

Windows 10 took into its programing to 'scan' two of my external drives.  One drive it wiped every file out of that in one directory of one drive, and then blew out the partition on another drive. 

I am currently on my Windows 7 drive, using data recovery software. So far, it's found the missing partition and all the file. When the scan is complete, i will click on RECOVER, and that will be one problem fixed.

What gets me, is the drive with the folder wiped clean, reads as if those files are still taking space, so hopefully, they can be recovered, also.

It was inevitable, I guess

Plodding through the last of the Windows 7 Cumulative updates. Started with 18 of them, been working my way through the list in chronological order.  I read people raving about Windows 10, how great it is, but I read even more people ranting about it, especially since many tried and true pieces of software are blocked from being used (unless you know how to get to the PowerShell or othersuch things to work your way around it)  

I threw in the towel for when it came to the Windows 7 updates.  Total Media Center was a helluva lot better than anything else out on the market now.  BUT the idiot company 'forgot' to pay Dolby their royalties, and further development came to a halt. That media center is what kept me from installing the Quarterly Roll Ups, because it would disable TMT.  But alas, all good things must come to an end, whether you like it or not.  I've had a few hiccups and glitches after updating Win 7 (my Hotkey program isn't loading at start up, but I can start it afterward. Might just need reinstalling to fix whatever the updating has screwed up)

Once I get Win 7 set to rights, then comes the fun part. Finding a way to get %#$#$$% Windows 10 to update like it's supposed to WITHOUT having to 'refresh', as some software I have is charged per installation, not per machine. And let me tell you, that really sucks.  And when I get fed up with the nagging nannyware of Windows 10, I will hie on back to Windows 7.

Hurray, for the dual boot system.