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06.01.2005 – Thursday 6 January – Peachy & Cooktown

Day

• It’s once again hot, and once again, I’m off to town. I drove Mum to work and picked dad up from Sue’s, went and checked that Sarah’s dogs were still alive, bought gas, sat in the Top Pub for a little while, ate half a plate of nachos, and drove back to the Den. I went for a swim at the Den, or more accurately, lazed around in the water, and then drove Mum home. I’ve since discovered that I need to install a service pack to get support for hard drives greater than 137 GB, but getting a service pack via this slow dialup connection isn’t very feasible.

• I went for an evening walk, as usual, and had a lung pang. I’d had a minor pang yesterday, become worried, and come home early, but today I pressed on – not least because I was already at the furthest point of my walk and had to keep going to get home. Fortunately for my confidence, I didn’t experience any more pangs, and had an uneventful walk home.

Night

• Shan is downloading XP’s service pack two for me, it’s finally cooled down a little, dinner was nice, I spoke to Bronwen for a couple of hours, and I don’t need to get up at any particular time tomorrow, so it’s looking peachy.

Comment by Kieran Jacobsen – Friday 7 January 2005, 2:42 PM

  What os? my xp machine doesnt have a sp's (well didn't) and i haven't got any hdd issues.

Comment by Ned – Friday 7 January 2005, 4:53 PM

  I will try installing SP2 tonight or tomorrow and see how it goes.