The Importance of Being Idle

Snow Day!

And we're back!
Got the new power supply yesterday (thanks Dad!), and things started to go wrong pretty much from there. I know what you're thinking, you're thinking "it's the power supply for a PC, what could be wrong?" and the answer is... Antec. See they designed this case in a weird way, a way that is so weird that they supply a specially modified PSU with it when you buy it, and then when it goes wrong they don't supply a replacement part. However with a bit of hunting round forums I found a way to fit a normal PSU by making use of the vent covers and... well it's not exactly elegant, it's perfectly safe and it works, so that's all we need.
Yesterday was "snow day". To be frank it wasn't that good a snow day in Peterborough, it didn't even start snowing until sometime between 7am and 8am. It did settle for a bit, but once the commuter traffic got out there and started moving that was pretty much it. It continued snowing in a half-hearted fashion for most of the day, but it didn't really make a difference and by this morning it was all but gone. I'm always in tow minds when it comes to snow; there's the part of me that goes "yay snow!" and wants to go play in it, admire it, and just relax in it's tranquility, and then there's the boring adult part of me that thinks it's a bloody nuisance and how am I supposed to drive in this? I wish the kid part would win that argument more.
Archie didn't take to the snow at all though. He'd go out in it, but he wouldn't stay out there for more than two minutes before he had to come dashing back inside again. I suppose he's just nervous of new things, but it was a shame he wouldn't play more, cos I don't really know how much more snow he'll see in his lifetime. Although if the theory about global warming turning off the gulf stream is right then I guess he'll see an awful lot of more of it!

posted by BadMonkey @ 9:48 AM