In Retrospect

I am one of those “sloppy” writers. Yes,when I use paper and a pen or pencil in incursive, the result resembles a proverbial pre-eaten dog’s breakfast, but I’m actually referring to my (lack of) style of composition when “typing” on this keyboard on my laptop.

Let me explain, and offer my excuses.

Readers who are observant will remember that I was using a Dell Inspiron last year, until, all of a sudden, as computers do, it decided to go to computer-heaven, and I was left standing speechless on the shore of electronic communication, as it were. The Inspiron was no longer Inspired: he had lost his zest for life,after giving us so many years of faithful service.

It was around mid-October that Mr Toshiba entered our lives wearing his fashionable Windows8 garments, speaking a “hipper” language that old Dell. Armed with this spanking new keyboard, we no longer needed to check that the letter “C” actually appears on the screen when the key is pressed. (You may recall that it was, for some strange reason, a tad unresponsive on occasions.)

Now, in January, Clayton, who is professionally a computer architect person, cobbled on the deceased Dell with his computer brick-laying skills, turning to computer-resurrection… and abra-a-dabra… Old Dell started breathing again!

So, yes, this very post is being composed as we speak (and as you read, sort of) on my well-worn Dell key board. I really prefer it for ease of use, and leave the Toshiba for Jeanette. That’s the explanation.

The problem is that the letter “C” issue hasn’t gone away, that’s a genetic problem. Hence the possibility of you reading some posts containing a few strange words with the c’s missing. A second aberration relates to the space-bar. Since being confined to the computer infirmary, the space-bar tends to be a bit temperamental and requires a firm smack in the middle of his forehead, rather than a gentle tap on the shoulder. Each time I finish a paragraph, I skim through the text to correct any instances of these two errors which may have occurred.

So,ifyou should find that I have notsplit upsome wordsand othersseem to have theletter cmissing, please acceptmy excuseof poor composition style, rather that bad spelling!