Great, just great! :(

I just broke my Sony Walkman.  I had it sitting on my laptop with the lid open changing a disc when it slid off my lap and onto the floor with a thud.  They’re hardy little machines these Sony Walkmen but when it hit the ground I heard something crunch.  The lid spring seemed to lose its spring but the lid could still be opened and closed.  However when I put a disc in an hit play, I could hear it doing an unusual crunching/whirring sound and it refused to play.  Eventually it tried to tell me there was No Disc in it… yeah right, you cant bullshit me little Walkman!

So I must move on.  I presume this means I am now in the market for an iPod.  But I am under the impression that it won’t run with Windows 98, which is what I run with at home.  I know, my O/S is archaic, but what can I do?  I run a PIII 1000MHz with 256MB of RAM with a 20GB hard drive.  How can I upgrade to Windows XP?   I will have to suss out my mate Ray Siebs and see if he can help me out.  If you need software, Ray Siebs is the man to talk to.

(/me touches my nose knowingly)

So today has gotten off to a bad start.  I thought it was going to be a lot worse though when I got to Glenbrook station.  I was greeted with Bill the Station Man spruiking into the PA system “Attention Ladies and Gentlemen.  Due to circumstances beyond our control, the 7:10am train to Central is reported to be running 2 minutes late”.  You’re kidding, 2 minutes late and they announce it!  Some mornings it’ll be 10mins late and they won’t say boo.  That Bill certainly is a joker…

The weekend ahead looks promising as the weather seems to be clearing.  My girls’ dance concert was supposed to be on Sunday but has been postponed until the 24^th due to the venue being flooded.  On one hand, I am happy to have a free Sunday, but as Niki said, it would have been better to get it over and done with.