1. Two weeks to scour the interwebthingy for all occurrences of the email address I don't want any more. All those registrations that require a blimmin' email address as a logon. (Marinestore Yacht Chandlers? Why the HECK did I sign up to their site?) And go through the rigmarole of changing it to my new one - sylviavalentine AT hotmail DOT co DOT uk.
2. One week to negotiate / beg / plead with old ISP to be allowed to join new ISP, frantically attempt to sort out over 2,000 emails in old mail service before realising that, for the paltry sum of £20 they will let me keep it on for a year so I don't have to do anything for another 11 months, three weeks and four days, miss the delivery of the new modem TWICE, then by dint of following the admirably clear instructions on the setup CD, successfully install the new gear.
3. Five minutes to remove bloody McAfee because after a day and a half of UNBELIEVABLY slow surfing, the kids not being able access their games sites, and me not even being able to get to my new hotmail account, I realise what the problem is.
4. One week to have the most fantastic holiday. Don't worry - I shall bore you with that in future posts.
5. Three days to attempt to fix broken new modem, get sent a new one, spend at least four hours on the phone getting it installed properly, realise I have installed bloody McAfee AGAIN, remove it, and sort out the 120 emails arising from item 4.
In other words, I'M BACK . . .
Prof Pickford
7 years ago
