Plug and Play, baby!

[bugshaw]

As D suggested, I patched the phone line directly into the patch panel, took the ADSL splitter and router upstairs to the study with working phone line. Insert gizmo between wall socket and phone; add router and long cable to PC. See LAN marked as 'Disabled, firewalled'. Don't actually panic, and instead right click on LAN and see menu item Enable. Click it. Becomes enabled. Have LAN, on PC, at desk, with chair, and don't have to curl up in a cupboard any more :-) Still no Wifi, but it will hurt me not at all to not be able to footle on the Internet from bed. Yaaaaaay!

But my goodness, I had a terrible driving lesson today. I was a bit wobbly, and near the end he said "Turn right at the crossroads," I checked mirrors, indicated, drew up at junction. Lights changed, I went straight ahead. Oops! This involved many twisty roads, eventually leading towards the motorway to Duxford. Instructor got his GPS out. "Turn around where possible." Once we did get back the steering felt odd, and on one of the twisty corners I went over the kerb. Then paid so much attention to getting round a roundabout that I didn't notice it had traffic light controls and stopped rather suddenly and diagonally.

I had taken some pre-emptive ibuprofen before the lesson, so possibly my back was hurting but didn't have the outlet of pain so took it out on my concentration instead. I also used an additional back cushion which I think helped a lot, but it made my seating position rather wobbly.

And, y'know, distracted by the heaps of sorting there is to do in the house. I've done a lot, I want to do as much as I can while I have this momentum otherwise the heaps will stay forever. I do have a chance of getting the place in good order, and clearing some shelf/cupboard space for the incoming tamaranth, but right now it's quite hard to walk along the hall.

The phone number here will change. BT couldn't keep the same number when I take over the line in a couple of weeks, they tried but it's "50:50 if the system will let it" and I was unlucky. I don't know what it is about the system that interferes with manual number assignation, but I'm prepared to believe it's real.

Comments

[mkillingworth.livejournal.com]

Don't know which 'same number' you were going for, but if it was the one that you had before you left, they go back into the pool of available numbers after six months, so it may have been assigned to someone else. If it's the one that previous tenants had, they may have decided to take it with them.

[bugshaw.livejournal.com]

It's the one I had before, which the tenants kept (as we asked them to), they are not taking it with them. It'll be some other systemmy thing which makes sense to some part of the telecoms infrastructure. Ah well.

But you! House sale! Congrats!! :-)

[maviscruet.livejournal.com]

I once had a driving lesson where something happened - and turning a corner I ended up on the other side of the road - facing the other way - no sodding clue what happened and neother did the instructor.....

Scared the crap out me. So yours sounds fine to me......

[crazyscot.livejournal.com]

Don't worry - it's a test of driving, not of navigation. They have the turn-in-the-road manoeuvre for a reason :)

[bugshaw.livejournal.com]

He didn't let me do the turn! It looked fun, too, reversing down a steep slope with potholed tarmac then coming straight out onto National Speed Limit road. Bah!

[sphyg.livejournal.com]

Damn, I could probably pass a test of navigation ;)

[techiebabe.livejournal.com]

Don't worry about the driving lesson. I had some terrible ones. I'm sure it will get easier. I don't find it easy driving with pain either but you get used to it; surely it's better to be driving how you would normally (after you pass your test) rather than dosing up beforehand?

Good luck anyway!

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Ouch. Be careful.

[waveney.livejournal.com]

BT can always give you the existing number (Ofcom rules). However depending on the setup they may have to surcharge you. I have been working on UK Number Portability for a couple of months.

[ms-cataclysm.livejournal.com]

Are you finding that you have more problems towards the end of the lessons -specifically after 45 minutes ?

I think that you would be better off with shorter lessons until you're more experienced.