Re: [LUG] New Printer part three

[comrade meowski <mr.meowski@xxxxxxxx>]

On 27/10/2020 08:41, Neil wrote:

> I do have a brand new smart phone now, which is taking me a while to 
> learn. Recently a neighbour, who had always seemed well, was taken ill 
> and diagnosed with leukaemia, stage 4. So she was sent home. She lasted 
> less than two weeks.
>
> So why tell you this? A wake up call. I have lived here in Holsworthy 
> for 18 years. There is no way that I have 18 years left, or even close. 
> So I have decided to splash out a bit while I can. Hence the posh new 
> phone. And a new printer, which was forced on me. And probably a smart 
> new small laptop to use downstairs instead of spending so much time 
> upstairs in my study, alone.


Chief, I'm glad to hear you say this and can honestly only let you know 
that as a fellow mortal, I think you're on to a good thing here. We are 
definitely not going to be here for long and providing we're lucky 
enough to be able to keep the wolves from the door, investing a little 
(or even a lot) of our precious remaining time and resources in the 
things we love can only be a good thing.

Treating yourself to the indispensable tools of the trade (in modern 
society a smartphone is a wonderful thing to have!) is a good idea. Get 
yourself a new laptop as well - it's not like you're having a midlife 
crisis and blowing the nestegg on a new sports car after all. Especially 
if you're looking to spend more time socialising with the missus rather 
than lurking in a room full of computers all the time (I too am guilty 
of this) and a nice new gadget will help, go for it.

In much the same spirit I grabbed an opportunity a few months ago to 
fulfil a life long ambition that had escaped me until now - I'm not 
getting any younger (or fitter) myself. After all these years I'm 
finally surfing :]


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