When the whole world breaks down!

Well we are going through one of those times when everything stops working. A computer that has been on the blink for about a year has finally turned up its toes. I plugged in one of these skype USB phones into the other PC and now we can’t listen via the speakers any more. And yesterday, coincidentally the day when our ISP Wanadoo became Orange, our ADSL stopped working. And I’m in the middle of exams. Still, the laptop works fine and the wifi at DEFLE, so I am posting there.

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Anonymous said…
Ah, technology!

I'm going to do a 'grumpy old man' thing now, though I'm not that old and I'm certainly not a man! Don't you just love these youngsters with mobile phones. You're having a perfectly good conversation with them when you, and they, are aware of strange vibrations in a garment pocket . Whilst continuing their conversation with you and making apparently the right noises, they proceed to multi task and click away on their mobiles! Is that rude, or am I just old fashioned?

Both my young adult children have their mobiles on at night in the bedroom, just in case they get a text! Who wants to text in the middle of the night? and who wants to know they've had one when they're asleep? Crazy or what!

On a slightly more serious note, should preachers be organising the papers on the lectern whilst praying to our heavenly Father? or am I being 'picky'? I have never seen it before today. When attending a service I always have my head down when we pray so I'm not aware of what the preacher is doing as he prays. Out of interest I surfed the internet (worldwide)and happened upon a video of a preacher unknown to me. I was rather puzzled to percieve that he was praying for the help of the Spirit to preach whilst overtly rearranging his sermon notes on the lectern before him.

Sorry if you are a multi tasking praying preacher reading this, I just have a little question mark over speaking to someone important whilst fidgeting with papers. I speak to my husband whilst cooking in the kitchen and I may speak to a colleague whilst typing on the computer at work, but if my boss comes in and speaks to me I stop what I'm doing and give him my attention.

I've just realised that it could very well be a culture thing. Those of you who are more travelled than my 20 mile radius may be able to help me here.
God bless all preachers of the truth, and I mean that with all my heart.
6:11 pm
Alan said…
I would have to plead a presumptive guilty to the rearranging papers thing. I always shuffle things round when I am nervous!

I was videoed at work in BT once doing an counselling interview for a course, and I never stopped arranging and rearranging things on he table the whole time! It was TERRIBLE!

In the end people are people. It would be nice if they were angels, or perhaps rather more saintly but sadly... Of course - the day is coming when they will be a lot more saintly.
9:02 am
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