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Why not Grah, I have several times...lol

The spamming is getting worse. I try to check every morning and evening if possible. Even if others have lost faith in Chordie, present company excepted, the core members need to show we are still here and keeping the faith. As the old saying goes...use it or lose it. If Per decides one day that his baby is going down the pan with the bath water he may just pull the plug and we'll all be the losers     

Jim, I haven't had contact with Bill since before COVID, I think we are all aware of his health problems and I'd like any update anyone might have?

Also Mr Russ Harding a countryman of yours that I had a happy relationship with and wrote several songs together.

So many friends seem to have lost interest in Chordie and only a few have joined to take their place.     

your song has been on my mind all day so I played along and a chord sequence came to me :  as it's in the key of C... D-G7-C-Am| D-G7-C-F-C-G7.

hope you don't mind me butting in, please use it if you want or bin it as you like.

Phill     

I don't know if this is a song or a poem it came to me as I read the other posts. If anyone feels brave enough to put it to music or add some words feel free.

One guy sits in an empty cafe.
Solitude as the jukebox plays.
Cars drive by outside the glass.
Their lights are blinding as they pass.
It's quiet now for just a while.
Be polite, goodmorning, smile.
A prelude till the rush hour starts.
His job to cater for the daily mass.
Bacon, eggs, sausage, mash.
Another meal with a smile despatch.
Wowser, trousers, skirts, no sleeves.
Suits drink coffee, jeans drink tea.
All cards no cash.
And when they leave he feels so free.
Jukebox plays Bohemian Rapsody.
When the rush hour ends, strangers, friends.
He's all alone once again.     

Nice one Scott, full of angst as I'd expect. I've always thought during a conversation or argument, the loser is the one that raises their voice first. Ergo, it's not the one that shouts the loudest, it's the one that think for themselves that ultimately wins. Great thought provoking poem.     

I think you are right Jim as kids these days rate themselves by how many "likes" they get rather than how many actual friends.     

Compressed air...that's original, never thought of that. I think it's SSD. At the moment I have no worries about it getting too hot, the temp is under 10°C and with our energy crisis we can't afford to put the heating on for long. Thanks for that.     

A short update: I bought a Dell from amazon and I'm just blown away with the speed! I am left scratching my head at times with the change of operating system.  Thanks for all the advice and help you guys. Any further tips will be gratefully received.    Phill     

Great job Jim     

Thanks to Doug and Richard. I already have a laptop but find they have a tendancy to let me down at the worst possible time, I used to use it for stage work! I think I've decided on a tower PC as I want a dvd drive. Amazon have pages of reconditioned PCs at attractive prices and win11 installed so I may go that way. Any further advice will be welcome like how to get my stuff from old to new PC?
Richard my son lives in a Perth suburb...he says it's really hot at the moment. He's tone deaf so he doesn't follow me...lol     

thanks Jim. As I recall from watching TV with my kids "wowsers" was inspector Gadget's catch phrase. I thought it was an American thing not knowing it was an Antipodean thing!
Sorry to hear about your niece, hope she takes heart from your song and advice. I sort of guessed what you meant by door I just wanted to be sure...cowboy chords?

I'd love to meet up face to face one day. We had snow last week, it was measured in millimetres and disappeared before lunch.