My computer, which is just about the only link I have to the outer world, took 248 seconds to start up - it has taken up to 295 seconds. Imagine what you can do in the spare 47 seconds ! For a man it only takes two pumps and a pop......
This is the frustration for those sad folk unable to afford a new PC after several years of declining performance. A fridge or TV can function at the same level for many years, but computers must have a deliberately installed chip that ensures their speedy decline and the necessity to beg, borrow or steal some cash to secure a shiny new one with the acceleration of a Formula 1 racing car.
Of course, I have some free speed-up software installed.......to tell me how slow the machine still is.
The world beyond my window is a cloudless blue - we are promised a temperature of one degree Celsius tonight in this rural area of northern England. So far we haven't switched on any heating; it only seems a short time ago that we had the so-called Indian summer.
A retired neighbour has just climbed in his green wheelie bin, which is perhaps a subtle comment on how he feels about the role of old people in broken Britain, or an urgent need to compress rubbish with only a fortnightly collection.
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