Thanks for the good wishes and encouragement guys, much appreciated. Richard, I already have nerve damage thanks to an old injury which became worse and led to a spinal repair of C4 in 2005. Left side is mostly affected, some nerves damaged/no functional after tiny broken pieces cut the sheaths. Apparently the tiny pieces are like small scalpels. However, the damage has become worse over the last few weeks. I put this down to chemo and/or medication, but your words about side effects have induced me to ask further questions next week. Thank you for that, Richard.
I just cannot help the way I have always lived my life: I have to be engaged in some sort of activity most of the time. The downside is fatigue and weakness, the upside is that I am deeply asleep about 5 seconds after my head hits the pillow. I have to bash on, it is moving forward that keeps me going. Well, assisted by a SWMBO taskmistress! ???
Today I enlisted my loyal and helpful Buddy, No.2 gson, in order to erect and fit the new TV stand from Wayfair. (via China of course) The stand was a nightmare to build, with pictures to show “howto”. Unfortunately there were no written instructions and it was initially unclear that the build needed to start from upside-down. There were long threaded bars holding it all together, with the most ridiculously difficult fixing to each shelf of 3: a square block had to be maneuvered into a round hole, to accept a square peg above. We started again and managed to triumph, set up TV and waited for Her Maj to give a verdict: “The bottom shelf is upside down.” I refused to redo the job. Atmosphere became icy, gson ate lunch and retreated home. Wise lad!
BL, the ION is an old deck I have had for some years and never really used. It was a gift from a customer of my old design & print business. It can record direct from a PC, comes with an internal pre amp, which has given me another idea: I have an 11″ Eee PC that was my gdaughter’s, which has Windows 7 Basic. It has a small SSD but I could use it to record my masses of vinyl, then store the results on my NAS and external HDD. I may be able to upgrade the Basic to 7 Home premium. Can’t get to it atm, but I know it was media-centric, as that is why gd bought it.
Ed, I am in the same position of all the seemingly endless ‘small’ tasks that have to be done after redecoration, complicated by similar room layout changes, as requested demanded by my lovely wife.
I now have connection plan clear in my head. As there 2 components with optical input, I will choose TV to soundbar. The other optical port is on the Humax and I have bought a 2-way switch:
http://tinyurl.com/y8yf47v9
That will connect TV to soundbar and Humax STB. Done.
When the Thought Police arrive at your door, think -
I'm out.
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