Google chat

When you are away from loved ones, I think that one of the best ways of feeling close is to see and hear them. For years they have talked about videophones but they have never really caught on. Here is France during the 80s with minitel we also had videophones but they were just experiments.

Today there are videoconferences, which bring people together from all over the planet for virtuel conferences but GOOGLE CHAT is great. Not only do you have good quality sound but also pictures so you do so many things that you would perhaps not do normally. Let's see now...

or perhaps

or even...

Google chat is just so...

so much fun!!!!!

Don't you think??

Free TV in France

I have and am a real fan of Free internet provider. Since 1996 I have asked Free to provide internet connections for me, however today, I wanted to record and watch TV at the same time and got this screen:

 I have been in contact with Free but they say that the upload speed has not changed!! What a pity.

A bit behind the times...

Oh yeah, something cool happenned today. I found that I could use the photocopier as a scanner. Yes, I know, 'you've been able to do this for ages' BUT I also found out that you could send the scans to your own email address. Cooooooooooooooooooooooooooool! I might spend a little more time at work too, to scan some of the photos I have from the olden days!!!

All you need is love!

Is this the first time I have used this title? I am not sure and I certainly don't care as it says everything for me at the moment.

When love is there, that is all you need. I have loved and been loved and I have continued to love and I love someone new too. For me this love is like coal for a fire, fusion for a nuclear bomb. This love that I offer and is offered back to me just changes the world. Perhaps when the Beatles wrote this song they were being a little naive, but for me it works.

All I need is love. Love to those I have loved, and a special love to the one with whom I am in love and who is in love with me!

xx

Driving in Lyon

Some drivers are just so selfish. This morning I was coming back to Bron from Meximieux. At one point I came onto the Rocade Est and found myself behind a truck doing about 70 kph. So I put on my indicator and waited... and waited... and waited. Noone was going to slow down and let me out. Not only that, but 3 people would have prefered to have crashed into me rather than slow down. This is typical of driving here in Lyon. It is always me, me, me.

Are you being served?

"Are you free?"

This phrase brought back some memories from the long distant past. Times when we would get together as a family, around the TV to have a laugh. It is only now that I realise how risqué the dialogue is. Here is an episode I found on youtube.

Back ache!

Well, we are quite a way into October and this is the first time I have posted this month. Has life been that uninteresting, well not really, just a little hectic. This is the time of the year when all my classes have kicked in and the weeks go by.

It also seems to be becoming that time of year when I get really bad back ache! Last year it got so bad that I had to have medication for it. I have always thought it is the matress on the bed, but I am beginning to think it might be stress related - it really hurts. I suppose is is also the result of years of moving from one place to another. That reminds me a little of the Buz Luhrman about sunscreen, perhaps he should have mentioned that you should not do removals yourself either and leave it to the professionals!!

Song link