@Dutchy,
I FOUND MY DIARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To people in my job, losing one's diary is almost like losing your right hand.
I had already rung the hospital where I last had it, and they didn't have it.
I mentioned I had been in the coffee shop...but they said that the coffee shop brought lost stuff to the front desk (to whom I was speaking.)
Yesterday, in utter desperation, I called the coffee shop anyway....AND THEY HAD MY BABY!!!!!
I also...at last...have vision AND sound on my computer.
Thereby hangs a tale.
The speakers were ordered WITH the computer.
The sales fella forgot to include them on the docket...so they did not arrive.
Meanwhile, my old speakers gave up the ghost.
I called David Jones and spoke to the fella and re-ordered the speakers.
They were to be delivered by courier sometime Friday....they won't tell you what time.
Friday I was still ill...but supposed to be doing frequent short walks, to test how my back coped and to help it heal.
At 4.45 pm, after being stuck inside all day, I called DJ's to try to find out what was happening.
Rundle Mall DJ's happened not to have a pair of the ordered speakers.
So...they asked Marion DJ's to deliver them instead.
Marion DON'T courier smaller items...they mail them.
So...I waited home all day to no effect. I was moderately furious that I hadn't been told.
As some of our readers may recall, parcels cannot be delivered to my home...letter boxes too small.
So...the courier Australia Post outsource to delivers the parcel to the nearest post office...and is supposed to leave a card notifying you of the attempted delivery.
The parcel should have got to my place on Friday...but, even if I had known in time, it isn't returned to the Post Office until after they close to the public.
I cannot GET to that PO, as they are open while I work...so I then have to get them to send it to Unley.
So.......on Thursday...6 days after the parcel should have arrived...no sign of it or the failed delivery notice.
I call Australia Post. They say the courier left a card on the 10th. No card had appeared in my letter box.
Local PO agree to send goods to Unley...but say the speakers will not arrive there in time for me to pick them up THIS weekend...I will have to wait until NEXT weekend.
I call Sydney DJ's head office to say I think their processes about consulting customers re changes in delivery plans need a LOT of smartening up....had I been consulted, I would have said it would be easier and faster for me to wait until Rundle Mall got another pair of speakers.
Nice apology and gift from DJ's.
And I think somebody goaded Australia Post...because I got a message at work saying they were at Unley ready to be picked up. Which I have.
Anyhoo...we have sound!!!!
Went back to doctor re infected bite...and have to spend every available second with foot elevated, as infection has affected lymphatic flow (mind you, my ankle is half the size it was before I started the antibiotics!)
I also have a professionally done pressure bandage on it. My effort looked like the ankle and foot of a mummy!!!!!
