What's Made You Happy Today.... ?

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Clarimoo	Feb 10 2012, 08:30 AM Post #11221
Prodigy Group: Members Posts: 1484 Joined: 31-July 09 From: The Shire, Middle Earth Member No.: 71829	QUOTE(louise1712 @ Feb 10 2012, 07:55 AM) QUOTE(Cyrilla @ Feb 9 2012, 11:45 PM) Being able to get out of bed and get dressed for the first time since Saturday. Still feeling pretty rough but at least not like the death that I WAS feeling. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/yay.gif) indeed (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I played solo clari last night at band (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) and had some nice comments from conductor, thinks he's starting to like me...... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/yay.gif) or maybe even double (IMG:style_emoticons/default/yay.gif) . Well done Louise1712. I played 1st and lived to tell the tale, so (IMG:style_emoticons/default/yay.gif) for me too. QUOTE(Cyrilla @ Feb 9 2012, 11:45 PM) Being able to get out of bed and get dressed for the first time since Saturday. Still feeling pretty rough but at least not like the death that I WAS feeling. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Get well soon (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

maggiemay	Feb 10 2012, 08:37 AM Post #11222
Maestro Group: Members Posts: 18169 Joined: 12-January 04 From: S E England Member No.: 413	Glad you are feeling a bit better, Cyrilla. Sunrise - best of luck with the piccolo!

Maizie	Feb 10 2012, 09:02 AM Post #11223
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 4862 Joined: 5-February 07 From: Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire Member No.: 9360	* Very nice music lesson last night (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) * My mum is away so I am looking after her cat - his claws are getting long. He is an old boy. As I am still working my way through the 200 pounds of pet shop vouchers I won, I went and got him a scratch mat, obviously not at all worried if he ignores it (know he won't go for a post at his age, but a flat mat he might like...) It came with a cat nip infused ball with feathers on it attached. Oh my oh my oh my. He's gone utterly mental over the ball! I videod him on my phone so I can send it to my mother - and I shall be buying him a packet of catnip tomorrow to turn in to a little catnip pillow. I've known this cat 15+ years and never ever seen him like this. * Have taken the case off of my not working computer and think I can see where the problem is - well, in a 'knee bone connected to the thigh bone' way - the fan connected to the PSU isn't spinning right (it starts OK, then it sputters and stops, then it comes on again, then it sputters a bit), but it's not blocked. All points to a PSU problem...

Clari Nicki1	Feb 10 2012, 09:22 AM Post #11224
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 3063 Joined: 8-August 06 Member No.: 7335	(IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Hearing that my youngest has got a music scholarship for next year (IMG:style_emoticons/default/violin.gif) ..... oh and in the interview report it tells me she wants to play sax as wel! Lol!

inigo	Feb 10 2012, 09:22 AM Post #11225
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 372 Joined: 20-May 11 Member No.: 258383	As in weather thread, my central heating makes me happy every day at the moment (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) . I expect many of us over a certain age grew up without it, and although I miss the firelighting, boiler uncertainty of those dark winter mornings (only a little though!) getting up to a warm house is just lovely. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Swell Box	Feb 10 2012, 10:42 AM Post #11226
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 2478 Joined: 27-January 09 From: The Land of Harrison & Harrison Member No.: 53694	QUOTE(inigo @ Feb 10 2012, 09:22 AM) As in weather thread, my central heating makes me happy every day at the moment (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) . I expect many of us over a certain age grew up without it, and although I miss the firelighting, boiler uncertainty of those dark winter mornings (only a little though!) getting up to a warm house is just lovely. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) I am happy because our gas has just been re-connected after two of the coldest days and nights this year. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/winter_brr.gif) (I thought I could smell gas on the driveway near to our house on Wednesday afternoon. Like a fool I called the Gas Board, who within an hour had disconnected our supply. Not being especially old, (and our youngest being 13), we were not a 'priority case', so we had to wait for the four different teams to turn up and do their bit of the job. The gas was actually reconnected to the house yesterday, but we had to wait until today for another man to re-connect the meter, as the people who came yesterday weren't allowed to do that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) ) So, we had to keep ourselves warm using two electric radiators in a large house, and used a picnic stove with the microwave. Next time I think will wait until the weather warms up before I report a minor gas leak. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) QUOTE(Maizie @ Feb 10 2012, 09:02 AM) * Have taken the case off of my not working computer and think I can see where the problem is - well, in a 'knee bone connected to the thigh bone' way - the fan connected to the PSU isn't spinning right (it starts OK, then it sputters and stops, then it comes on again, then it sputters a bit), but it's not blocked. All points to a PSU problem... It is probably just caked up with dust. Try sucking any dust out with the Noo Noo (AKA Hoover) to see if that makes any difference. If the power supply was at fault I doubt that the PC would work at all. The fans are usually cheap and easy enough to replace. SB

TSax	Feb 10 2012, 11:15 AM Post #11227
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 2627 Joined: 14-December 05 From: London Member No.: 5567	QUOTE(Swell Box @ Feb 10 2012, 10:42 AM) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) I am happy because our gas has just been re-connected after two of the coldest days and nights this year. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/winter_brr.gif) (I thought I could smell gas on the driveway near to our house on Wednesday afternoon. Like a fool I called the Gas Board, who within an hour had disconnected our supply. Not being especially old, (and our youngest being 13), we were not a 'priority case', so we had to wait for the four different teams to turn up and do their bit of the job. The gas was actually reconnected to the house yesterday, but we had to wait until today for another man to re-connect the meter, as the people who came yesterday weren't allowed to do that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) ) So, we had to keep ourselves warm using two electric radiators in a large house, and used a picnic stove with the microwave. Next time I think will wait until the weather warms up before I report a minor gas leak. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) I had something similar just over a year ago. Thankfully it was much warmer then than it is now, but it took 10 days to get it reconnected!!! My heating, hot water and cooking are all gas dependent. It was at a time when I was stupidly busy at work and I just didn't have the time to spare to go to another building for a shower at lunchtime so it was cold showers over that time. I did get compensation though, ?30 for each 24 hours after the initial 24 hours, and I decided to buy myself something frivolous with the money when it came through, so I have a nice silver charm bracelet. With each day that passed and still no reconnection I was thinking "that's another charm then!".

Maizie	Feb 10 2012, 11:30 AM Post #11228
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 4862 Joined: 5-February 07 From: Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire Member No.: 9360	I appear to have fixed my computer! QUOTE(Swell Box @ Feb 10 2012, 10:42 AM) QUOTE(Maizie @ Feb 10 2012, 09:02 AM) * Have taken the case off of my not working computer and think I can see where the problem is - well, in a 'knee bone connected to the thigh bone' way - the fan connected to the PSU isn't spinning right (it starts OK, then it sputters and stops, then it comes on again, then it sputters a bit), but it's not blocked. All points to a PSU problem... It is probably just caked up with dust. Try sucking any dust out with the Noo Noo (AKA Hoover) to see if that makes any difference. If the power supply was at fault I doubt that the PC would work at all. I'm actually surpirsed at how undusty it was in there! Anyway, further poking around revealed that my PSU has one fan directly on the back of it, and on on the back of the PC sort of underneath it. The sort of underneath it one was sputtering but now appears to be happy. The one at the back of the PSU wasn't spinning at all. I poked it (with the PC off) and it spun round. Switched PC back on, it started spinning round fine, and now all is happy. PC has been on for a whole half an hour now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I'm going to give everything a gentle hoover before I put it back together. And if that weren't enough to make me happy, I also seem to have fixed the sync problem on my phone (by checking the settings - the 'auto sync' had got unchecked).

andante_in_c	Feb 10 2012, 11:35 AM Post #11229
Maestro Group: Members Posts: 10324 Joined: 15-November 03 From: Hampshire, UK Member No.: 130	No. 1 son (in his mid-twenties) has bought himself a digital piano and music and is playing for an hour or so each night after work. I'm delighted he's restarted - he gave up lessons after passing Grade 5 when he was 15. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Misterioso	Feb 10 2012, 11:59 AM Post #11230
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 3190 Joined: 18-July 07 From: Outer Hebrides Member No.: 13351	QUOTE(andante_in_c @ Feb 10 2012, 11:35 AM) No. 1 son (in his mid-twenties) has bought himself a digital piano and music and is playing for an hour or so each night after work. I'm delighted he's restarted - he gave up lessons after passing Grade 5 when he was 15. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) That sounds exactly like my no 1, mid-twenties son who passed Grade 5 mid-teens and then gave up! A digital or acoustic piano is on the shopping list for this year as soon as he has moved out of his very tiny flat into somewhere that will accommodate said instrument (and girlfriend, of course!) When he comes home, he is always playing the piano. In the meantime, trying to coax him back into taking some interest in his flute has been met with resounding indifference. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

Swell Box	Feb 10 2012, 01:01 PM Post #11231
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 2478 Joined: 27-January 09 From: The Land of Harrison & Harrison Member No.: 53694	QUOTE(Maizie @ Feb 10 2012, 11:30 AM) I appear to have fixed my computer! QUOTE(Swell Box @ Feb 10 2012, 10:42 AM) QUOTE(Maizie @ Feb 10 2012, 09:02 AM) * Have taken the case off of my not working computer and think I can see where the problem is - well, in a 'knee bone connected to the thigh bone' way - the fan connected to the PSU isn't spinning right (it starts OK, then it sputters and stops, then it comes on again, then it sputters a bit), but it's not blocked. All points to a PSU problem... It is probably just caked up with dust. Try sucking any dust out with the Noo Noo (AKA Hoover) to see if that makes any difference. If the power supply was at fault I doubt that the PC would work at all. I'm actually surpirsed at how undusty it was in there! Anyway, further poking around revealed that my PSU has one fan directly on the back of it, and on on the back of the PC sort of underneath it. The sort of underneath it one was sputtering but now appears to be happy. The one at the back of the PSU wasn't spinning at all. I poked it (with the PC off) and it spun round. Switched PC back on, it started spinning round fine, and now all is happy. PC has been on for a whole half an hour now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I'm going to give everything a gentle hoover before I put it back together. And if that weren't enough to make me happy, I also seem to have fixed the sync problem on my phone (by checking the settings - the 'auto sync' had got unchecked). Some 'more intelligent' computers have speed sensors in their cooling fans, (in which case there will be three or four wires to each fan) and will shut down or refuse to boot if the various fans are not running at the expected speed. SB

lottie	Feb 10 2012, 03:38 PM Post #11232
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 3902 Joined: 15-January 07 From: In among the purple heather of Scotland Member No.: 9057	I'm finally getting somewhere. This is good (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Tenor Viol	Feb 10 2012, 09:38 PM Post #11233
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 2946 Joined: 25-October 11 From: Shropshire Member No.: 343214	QUOTE(inigo @ Feb 10 2012, 09:22 AM) As in weather thread, my central heating makes me happy every day at the moment (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) . I expect many of us over a certain age grew up without it, and although I miss the firelighting, boiler uncertainty of those dark winter mornings (only a little though!) getting up to a warm house is just lovely. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) You mean things like ice on the inside of the bedroom window in a morning? (IMG:http://www.emoticonsfree.org/wp-content/uploads/character0080.gif)

Swell Box	Feb 10 2012, 11:36 PM Post #11234
Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 2478 Joined: 27-January 09 From: The Land of Harrison & Harrison Member No.: 53694	QUOTE(Tenor Viol @ Feb 10 2012, 09:38 PM) QUOTE(inigo @ Feb 10 2012, 09:22 AM) As in weather thread, my central heating makes me happy every day at the moment (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) . I expect many of us over a certain age grew up without it, and although I miss the firelighting, boiler uncertainty of those dark winter mornings (only a little though!) getting up to a warm house is just lovely. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) You mean things like ice on the inside of the bedroom window in a morning? (IMG:http://www.emoticonsfree.org/wp-content/uploads/character0080.gif) Oh happy days. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I can also remember in some weather, (I think when it was very cold), the draw on the boiler was such that the water in the hot water tank would boil during the night, overflowing into the cold tank. In the morning both the hot and cold taps would run hot, with a thick rusty-brown liquid which wasn't very pleasant for washing in or cleaning teeth. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ill.gif) I also remember leaving the gas poker in the boiler in for too long, so that all that was left of it was a melted stub with a flame coming out of it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush.gif) Where was Health & Safety in these days? SB

JudithJ	Feb 10 2012, 11:51 PM Post #11235
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 930 Joined: 11-March 05 Member No.: 3307	QUOTE(Maizie @ Feb 10 2012, 10:02 AM) Have taken the case off of my not working computer and think I can see where the problem is ... All points to a PSU problem... I sure that I speak on behalf of many forumites when I say "That is exactly what I would surmise.". (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

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