Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 12-7-2020: Malala Yousafzai

12th July, 2020.

It’s officially the case.

I’ve sold the laptop.

As the original buyer backed out — which annoyed me no end! — I made use of Facebook’s Marketplace feature.

And eventually sold the thing to a nice couple from — of all places — Stevenage.   In Kent, in case you’re curious.

In the space of about three hours.

I think I and my sister owe Dee and Francis — the buyers — a big thank you.

Especially after coming all that way!

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There’s something I know I’ve been doing, recently: I’ve been poking around.

My Work Coach — my Job Centre case officer, in other words — has put me on a new programme: a Work and Health Programme run by a group called the Shaw Trust.

It seems to be dedicated to helping those with long term health conditions into work.

I’m sceptical: as I always am.

The last time the Job Centre put me on something similar, the scheme wasn’t especially helpful.

I felt it could be beneficial … especially if they were happy to fund something like an ECDL* course for me.

Under the current Lock down regulations, though, most such schemes?   Are home based.

And may — may — need copies of Microsoft Office.

Depending!

With that in mind?   I went over to Microsoft’s site, to look at the price of the thing.

And was vaguely shocked.

I’ve got a solid state drive on my Mac: it’s smaller than a regular hard drive, means my machine boots — switches on — a lot more rapidly.

What with one thing and another?   I have some thirty to thirty-five gigabytes of free disc space.

The Windows version of Office?   Takes up about four gigabytes of disc space.

The Windows version of LibreOffice, one of the two better know open source office suites?

Takes up one and a half gigabytes.

Even so?   Four gigabytes — just shy of a blank DVD’s worth of date — doesn’t seem too bad.

The Mac version of MS Office?

Is ten gigabytes.

Ten gigabytes.

Ten whole gigabytes!

Two and a half times bigger than the Windows version.

And some fourteen times bigger than the Mac version of LibreOffice: which weighs in at some seven-hundred megabytes†.

With the space I have on my main drive?

Microsoft can either trim a few inches, or they can sod off!

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 12th July, 2019.

12th July, 2019.

I have to admit, those tests, yesterday?

Well, I’ll find out the results — or be phoned about them — in about a week or so’s time.

Frankly?   The possible options are terrifying.

We’ll have to cross that bridge, when we get to it.

Outside of those test results?

Life goes on.

Including the job hunting.

Which — over the past couple of days — has included a phone interview for a company, AND a brief online test: for a company that handles card payments.

And today?

Includes an interview with a local bookmakers.

Really local: the things a bus ride away.

If that.

Nervous?

Yes.

Although I’m feeling more nervous about other things.

That might possibly work for me.

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The Daily Teaser — 31-12-2014: The 2014 Review.

Ouch … !

No, really, ouch.

Lord know’s how I’ve managed it while I was in bed, this morning.

But I’ve managed to pull a leg muscle.

How … ?   Rolling over, as far as I can recall.

I don’t think it’s seriously damaged.   At least I hope it’s not.

But the mild one I have … ?   Is kind of like stabbing a toe.

Mild.

Minor.

But it don’t half let you know it’s happened … !

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