Billy Young's Blog - Posts Tagged "problems"
28th October 2011
There has been a lot on the news recently about a glitch with the computers at the tax office here in the UK. Well it seems to have struck me. This week I noticed my wages were short. On looking closely at my wage slip it was soon apparent that I had been overtaxed by £30. Not a small amount when your on the minimal pay bracket I can assure you. Well as you can imagine I was on the phone to the tax office as soon as I got home or rather I had Magz doing it as I don’t like talking to strangers. Well the short of it is that I was right but it will take a few weeks to sort out. Not what I wanted to hear as it will mean some belt tightening when the belt is already cutting off the blood to my feet. I just hope that it doesn’t take too long to sort out. Of course when it is I can expect to get the overpaid amount back though that is likely to take even longer to get. That is after all how these things usual go.
It does make you wonder though about how this can still be happening after it being all over the news. You would have thought that someone would have been put in charge of fixing the problem and making sure it didn’t happen again. That though would be asking a lot from the government. They aren’t known for the speed of correcting troubles of this nature are they? No before they do that they will need to spend a small fortune to investigate how the error occurred in the first place. Then they will spend more in finding how to fix it and even more on the solution. Doesn’t it just warm the heart thinking about it, hehehe?
It does make you wonder though about how this can still be happening after it being all over the news. You would have thought that someone would have been put in charge of fixing the problem and making sure it didn’t happen again. That though would be asking a lot from the government. They aren’t known for the speed of correcting troubles of this nature are they? No before they do that they will need to spend a small fortune to investigate how the error occurred in the first place. Then they will spend more in finding how to fix it and even more on the solution. Doesn’t it just warm the heart thinking about it, hehehe?
8th November 2013
As you might have noticed this weeks post is a couple of days late. Part of that is due to computer issues I have been having this weekend. I tracked it down to a failed memory stick. I don't think that is the only thing wrong though as my keyboard connection also failed vie the PS/2 adaptor I was using. Now I have the keyboard attached through the USB port. That might not sound like much but added to the memory failure and the graphics card that was smoking in the wrong way in the summer and it all looks like a new motherboard is needed. I will also need to replace the memory. Luckily my son said he was getting me a new motherboard for Xmas though I will have to pay for new memory.
These woes were the icing on the cake for bad weeks. My load of unpaid overtime has increased as Christmas approaches. Not to surprising you might say but getting up for work at around half five in the morning and not see home until after six at night is very wearying to the soul. It truly makes you wonder how people managed when they worked sixteen hours or more a day. Of course that still happens in some parts of the world. If only those that ruled would find a way to end such hardships for the poor. Of course that may affect their business interest. Which in turn might mean they can't have that third holiday next year and we can't have that now can we? Hehehe.
Anyways I will need to wait to replace the memory till after the festive season I think. And then there is the tumble drier that stopped working. I already replace the washer using credit. Both those also decided they had had their day last weekend. They do say these things come in threes. Well with me it would be fours if you include the ASIC. Maybe that is a sign that things are going to get better. I hope.
These woes were the icing on the cake for bad weeks. My load of unpaid overtime has increased as Christmas approaches. Not to surprising you might say but getting up for work at around half five in the morning and not see home until after six at night is very wearying to the soul. It truly makes you wonder how people managed when they worked sixteen hours or more a day. Of course that still happens in some parts of the world. If only those that ruled would find a way to end such hardships for the poor. Of course that may affect their business interest. Which in turn might mean they can't have that third holiday next year and we can't have that now can we? Hehehe.
Anyways I will need to wait to replace the memory till after the festive season I think. And then there is the tumble drier that stopped working. I already replace the washer using credit. Both those also decided they had had their day last weekend. They do say these things come in threes. Well with me it would be fours if you include the ASIC. Maybe that is a sign that things are going to get better. I hope.
13th November 2013
My computer troubles have persisted this week. Luckily Calum got me a new motherboard which I shall put into my system tomorrow. I also decide it best to replace my memory. With all the warning signs point towards the motherboard or memory I thought it wise not to take any chances. Calum got it for me when he went to get the new board and it ended up costing me an extra ten pounds as he got some slightly faster ram. I suppose that is a good thing for gaming but I don't think I will really notice any difference. Computers are so fast in processing power we don't really notice any increases in speed when it comes to ram. The only real way to see the increase is with benchmarking software. So why do we love the extra power? Well I think it is just a human need to have more. It doesn't really matter what that might be. We just feel we need it. And that is enough of an excuse.
Magz and Tammy have put the Christmas tree up. It has become a little bit of a tradition in our house. Much the same as many of you will have in your home. It feels good to come home to see the lights. I would say it almost makes me feel the season seeping in. That is if I weren't such an old humbug, hehehe. Of course there was al lot of moaning from both of them and I got the blame for the tree having to go up. But I think that they enjoyed the mother daughter time they get from it. Even if they do groan about it. Well I'll get them back tomorrow when I have to pull the guts from my computer, hehehe.
Magz and Tammy have put the Christmas tree up. It has become a little bit of a tradition in our house. Much the same as many of you will have in your home. It feels good to come home to see the lights. I would say it almost makes me feel the season seeping in. That is if I weren't such an old humbug, hehehe. Of course there was al lot of moaning from both of them and I got the blame for the tree having to go up. But I think that they enjoyed the mother daughter time they get from it. Even if they do groan about it. Well I'll get them back tomorrow when I have to pull the guts from my computer, hehehe.
