Resurrection

[caddyman]

Back online with a proper PC - as suspected it was the power unit which had died on me.

My plea for help to romney has borne fruit and I now have a new power unit and a working DVD-ROM. The sound is back and running too. I don't know what was wrong I'd plugged the speakers in the wrong points, duh. with them but there they are, all working again.

I am formally reinstating romney's sarcasm licence for another year, which will allow him unhindered ability to leave bizarre, irelevant and worryingly insane comments to my posts. It keeps him off the streets.

It took me but a single evening of typing on the dwarf keyboard that comes with a lap top to remind me why I needed this one fixed; oh the joys of a full-sized keyboard. I'd French it if I wasn't worried about the age and condition of some of the crumbs trapped between the keys, and the possibilty therefore of poisoning followed by 240 volts across the tonsils. The loving caress of my two fingered typing will have to suffice.

I have a very itchy wasp sting on my forearm. This is unrelated to the state of the computer, you may have guessed, but I thought I'd make that plain for the slower of you. Yes, folks, I got stung. And after the transient squeakdom of the sting itself, it is the itchy aftermath which annoys most. After my shower there will be a further and more liberal application of Anthisan. If it doesn't stop itching soon, I shall be forced to go on a murderous rampage. Or be rude in writing on some newsgroup.

Either is good.

Comments

[jfs.livejournal.com]

This may sound weird, but if you have an itchy insect bite, if you slap it rather than scratch it, you get relief without the irritation.

[november-girl.livejournal.com]

I do that, but then it turns into a big purple bruise where the bite was (which is kinda cool actually).

[jfs.livejournal.com]

Perhaps toning down the velocity of the slap?

:-)

The reason for the slap is that it kicks off the endorphins (which react to damage) without irritating the skin (unless you slap hard enough to bruise, obviously ...)

[matte-kudesai.livejournal.com]

Wasp stings and me are not a nice mix.

Last time I got stung, I got rather 'scuciatingly ill.

Allergies, y'know. they're not kosher.

Jaspers

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

Luckily I'm not alergic to the little buggers, but despite John's advice, it still itches like crazy. But it's less red than it was, so it's clearly improving.

[binidj.livejournal.com]

I would suggest soaking a cloth in a mild acid solution and applying it to the sting. Such solutions include vinegar, lemon juice and urine ... anecdotal evidence would sugest that urine is the more effective but I have a feeling this is a rumour put about by people who want you to do it because it's funny rather than because it is actually better than the other two. A similar remedy is recommended for sunburn.