I find this funny

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I just found that funny.

Excuse me?

Well, archery was a bust today, as Aikidomayland forgot that because of the Perth "City to Surf" fun run, that the archery range would be cut off from traffic. Not all was lost, as we went to Hardly Normal errr Harvey Norman, and replaced the the blender with the cracked jug with a nice heavy duty one.

Came home, installed some new games, surfed the net to make sure we had all the updated drivers, and to keep abreast of any updates.

Went to pick up mother in law, An, for Sunday coffee, and to show her how to press the buttons on the mobile phone so she could read messages. As we get out of the car, and An looks at me... stares really. I look down to see if I had spilled something on the front of my shirt (long sleeved t-shirt, wht the moon on it). She comes up to me and says (I kid you not) "That image, that moon, it has a 3D aspect."
*boggle* "Uhh, .. huh?"

She gestured towards my bust line, and said "This shirt looks too 3D, you should rethink wearing it."

That's right, people. My mother in law has decided I am too well endowed. Now go back and re-read this for all the hidden clues.

I am *so* over being cold

I want warm! Aikidomayland said I must have been a lizard in a previous incarnation.

Pillaging is my business, and business was good!

Went out with Jean, Un-son, Robin's mom. She was in search of a new sofa. I had gotten such good service from the BedShed on Norma road. We went in, and looked.. and waited... and waited. Had a salesman look right at us and walk away... and waited, and waited. We finally got fed up and just walked out. When we were back in her car, I called the number on the business card, and spoke politely, yet firmly with the manager. If one of them had said "Be right with you!" or even acknowleged our presence, we would have waited. Their loss.

So, went to Bunnings, and got some more weed killer, fly traps, and an avocado tree.

Then went to the BedShed on South Street. Talk about a 180 degree difference. We walked in, looked at a few things, test sat on some sofas, and then stood up. We hear a "You going ok?"

To make a long story short, old busted futon is on the curb for roadside household waste pick up, and a new sofa will be replacing it, as Aikidomayland agreed to. (And I quote "The next household waste pick up this year, we toss that broken futon, and replace ." He agreed)

My neck, shoulder and back are a bit angsty right now. Will be putting heat pack on it.

Ziggy felt like having a salad

I brought in a stalk of cat grass, and Ziggy was really enjoying herself.

*NOM NOM NOM*

A proper lady uses a fork. However I just use claws!

R.I.P. Teddy

Sen Ted Kennedy died, aged 77, after a long battle with brain cancer. Not shocking news, but still sad.

Wow, watch the Support Tech from MS do back flips!

As I wrote before, I suddenly got the "Your Copy of XP isn't valid" message, and my computer was suddenly sluggish and had things not working right (like customizations, wall paper, menus). I emailed MS Support, like a good little drone, only to have the guy tell me this:

After checking the product key *****-*****-*****-*****-*****, I find it is not valid. I would like to confirm that if it is the key on you sticker. If not, please send me the product key and I will help you verify it.

So, I sent photographs of the disc, the barcode, and the License key. Now, he has changed his story to this:

After checking the attachments, I find that this product key*****-*****-*****-*****-***** is not invalid and it is volume license type. Volume License key is special and it cannot be provided to Home Users. It was only provided to company, school or government. It is possible that the key owner reported that this key was stolen and then the key was blocked. Therefore, I suggest contacting the retailer direct and confirm that if they have permission to sell this key

I forwarded this to the retailer. He is like WTF? only politely. He called his distributor, and guess what? It's not stolen, nor was is for a school or business, and could be sold.

After I did that, I went to the Windows Update page again, and screen capped about a half dozen IE pages of successful update, including the "Validation". I have been informed that for a 'small fee' I can get a new XP Pro license key from them.

1: The amount they want isn't what I would call 'small'.
2: I refuse to by the software twice.

Well, I ran the RemoveWGA tool, and have the computer set up for automatic updates to dl but ask me which ones I want installed.