Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 7-7-2020: Taking Care of Business.

7th July, 2020.

Yay … 

It’s official … 

I’ve sold the laptop: yesterday, in fact, after hawking it both here … and on Facebook.

I actually had two people interested in it.

Unfortunately?   One of whom wanted Windows on it.

Given the average price for Windows installer — on Amazon, at least — was around the £70 mark?

That wasn’t something I couldn’t afford.

And, given Windows* seemed to be the reason the laptop refused to connect to the internet in the first place?

It wasn’t something I’d be wasting money on.

~≈†≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga‡, Trevor^ and Debbiª putting in their answers: with all three scoring five out of five.

Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?

Here they are, along with the How To, License and video … 

Q1) 7th July saw Elvis make his radio debut: in which year?

Q2) On a radio station in which US city?

Q3) Was that an AM or FM station?

Q4) Which Elvis record was played?

Q5) Finally … ?   The song was originally written and performed by whom: BB King, Arthur Crudup or Blind Lemon Jefferson 1st?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1) 6th July, 1940, saw the opening of Story Bridge.   In which Australian city?

A1) Brisbane.

Q2) 6th July, 1975, saw the Comoros islands declare themselves independent: of where?

A2) France.

Q3) Actress, Janet Leigh was born on 6th July, 1927.   In which 1960 film did she play Marion Crane?

A3) Pyscho.

Q4) Which gun first went into production on 6th July, 1947?

A4) The AK-47: also known as the Avtomat Kalashnikova, the Kalashnikov or AK.   (That’s possibly worth a Teaser, at some point.   It’s possibly one of the most iconic weapons on the planet.)

Q5) Which comet accompanied star was born on 6th July, 1925?

A5) William John Clifton Haley: better known as Bill Haley of Rock Around the Clock fame.

Here’s a thought …

“I’m never going to sing another song I don’t believe in.”

Elvis Presley.

And a song …

Today’s questions will be answered in tomorrow’s Teaser.

Have a good day.

*        Microsoft, themselves, are selling Windows 10 for £119·99†.   Compared to the free version of Linux — Ubuntu 20.04 — I eventually used?   That’s too much money.

†        That’s about €130, or US$150.   (macOS Catalina is being handed out for free: I’ve seen Apple sell earlier versions of the OS for roughly £20/€22/$24.   That’s a bit more reasonable a price: assuming you have a Mac, or feel confident about turning your PC into a Hackintosh.)

‡        Oh … it’s more of a restaurant, then, Olga … ?   Sounds interesting, either way … 

Oh, it’s the concrete that’s the issue?   That could be tricky to solve.   I’m guessing it would need replacing: if worst comes to worst.   That’ll possibly take longer than O2’s mast.

Which will be taking ANOTHER week, but you knew that, already!

The laptop’s sold: with out spending money on Microsoft!

And replacing the phone battery’s always good.   It’s just a shame more recent model don’t have such easily replaceable parts!

^        Oh, there’s a page that’s disappeared, Trevor.   It’s OK, though, I’ve been offered cute puppies … !   (At ANY rate … ?   I’ll have to try and look that up!)

ª        That was kind of the point, with Number 5, Debbi!   😀   But, yeah, it’s newspaper row.   And has giant rats.   And real rats, as well!   (Can I find a picture of that damn rat?   Can I heck!)