A new play thing

I finally got around to buying a brand new laptop to replace my poor (and very beat) up laptop. In its defence, my old IBM has served me very well - I originally got it back when i started law school (ie 2001-ish), so the poor things been around for a while. Plus, I probably wasnt the most attentive owner ...

I made the most of the end of year sales and have now moved up to a swanky looking Compaq V3142. Alhtough I'm loving the speed at which this thing operates (my old IBM processed at a snail's pace), thre are a couple of things that are really pissing me off about my new toy at the moment:

• I have never been a mouse kinda person - Ive always used the little mouse button on my keyboard... however this computer only has one of those thumb pads whicih is sending me around the bend;
• the location of the backspace and delete buttons are switched around; AND
• the home, end and page up and page down are in totally different locations...

Thanks to the above, according to pb, Im looking like a bit of a nanna when Im typing away, desperately searching for the key I'm after!

A new low...

Mrs B and I were out and about recently and bumped into one of her old friends, who I don't think mum has seen for ages (and who I don't recall ever meeting - although she recognised me, so I assume I've previously met her).

Anyway, after the standard chit chat, she asked me "So, have you started working yet?" : 0

I actually haven't had anyone ask me this in YEARS.

As it turns out, she thought I was around 18 (and quite possibly still at uni). This means I look almost a decade younger than I actually am, which would be a good thing if I was fifty - but is not such a great thing at this point in time. The most recent age guestimate I was subject to (prior to this) placed me at around 23, which was not too bad.

So 18 is now down as my new low. Yay.

Champers

I've been lucky enough to manage to quaff quite a few exy champers over the couple of months...and not always at my total expense, which is always bonus.

Of course, the gals and I managed to score a bottle of Moet at the Races in November...

We had work practice group drinks at Hemmesphere and I got through a couple of glasses of what has to be the most amazing champers I have ever tasted: Billecart - Salmon Rose Champagne NV. At $163 a bottle I'm not surpised it tasted that great. It made the Bollinger taste pretty ordinary : P

Like one of our clerks said, maybe one day I'll be a partner - and when I do, Billecart will be end up a standard drink : P