Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 5-12-2020: Hispaniola

5th December, 2020.

Right … about the laptop I’ve borrowed from my landlords … ?

I’ve still got it … obviously!

But I’ve had a representative from them phone, yesterday afternoon: and hopefully phone back, on Monday afternoon.

To try and help: by taking remote control of the machine, and seeing what he could do.

Not a lot, actually.

It still needs the user password to install the needed software.

Something he couldn’t enter remotely: in part, because he couldn’t see the password window, remotely.

Nor could he just give me the password: understandable, given the security issues.

He’s going to be phoning back on Monday … once he’s got permission to give it to me.

We’ll have to see what happens.

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Did I mention I like a good read, occasionally?

I like a good read, occasionally.

Right now?   My book at bedtime is a collection of Arthur Machen short stories called The White People and other Weird Stories.

It’s interesting stuff: and you can see how it inspired H. P. Lovecraft.

What is grabbing me … ?

Is simply the cover.

This particular edition is a Penguin Classics one.

With a beautifully textured cover that makes reading it a pleasure.

And the book, itself, a beautiful thing to hold. 

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 4th December, 2020.

4th December, 2020.

Right … 

I’ve officially had to re-arrange my dentist appointment.

I had a dentist appointment arranged for yesterday: but suspected it had been cancelled.

As it turned out?   It had been.

The surgery hadn’t managed to get in touch with me to say so.

But, given the COVID 19 situation, and the continuing issues with the phone mast … ?

I can’t say I blame them.

I have managed to re-book the check up for late January, 2021.

Hopefully, that’ll go ahead.

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Actually, talking of COVID 19?   Which we went, entirely, but it’s going to crop up!

Warners Brothers recently announced they would be releasing Wonder Woman 1984 to cinemas — and to the HBO streaming service — on Christmas Day, this year: as a result of the COVID 19 situation.

I’m looking forward to it, frankly.   The first one was very impressive.

At any rate?

They’ve also announced they’re going to be doing something similar with a lot of their other releases: including Dune.

OK, granted: that’s going to lead to a lot of web ripped pirate copies.

But hopefully?

It’ll mean you and me get to see a movie, legitimately.

And a movie company — and those that depend on it for work — get to keep working.

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 3-12-2020: Julianne Moore.

3rd December, 2020.

It’s officially the case: that I want to go back to bed!

It’s now what weather presents are calling meteorological winter.

They start banging on like that?

It’s a good bet it’s cold.

I don’t think they’re wrong, this time … 

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At any rate … ?

According to my diary, I’ve got a dentist checkup, today.

I couldn’t tell you if they’ve cancelled, though.

The phone mast is still down …

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 2nd December, 2020.

2nd December, 2020

Right … we’ve worked it out, haven’t we?

Stuff’s happening … 

On the sad front … ?

It’s been known about for awhile: but it’s now official.

Toisin Cole and Bradley Walsh will be leaving Dr Who in the New Year’s Special: going by the news on the BBC’s website.

I’ll be sorry to see them go.

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As an extra thought … ?

I keep my eyes on news about Universal Credit: the benefit I’m on, as I’m not currently working.

It got raised by £20 a week in March of this year: and is due to go back down in March, 2021.

However?

According to Cornwall Live, that’s due to be reviews ‘in the new year.’

If the government’s sensible?

They’ll keep that boost in place.

For a variety of reasons, there’s roughly six million people who are unemployed, at the moment.

That could swing an election … 

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 1-12-2020: Richard Pryor.

1st December, 2020.

Yes: It’s officially official.

It’s nippy out.

I’ve just had a look, quickly, to take a photo for a friend.

Calling it cold is possibly undercooking it.

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