The story of the works and the spanner
Right folks, sorry for the delay in the updates, but I’ve struck a wee problem. The schmicko little palm pilot and tiny folding keyboard I bought to do all of my writing on has turned out to be the biggest pile of shit since Matrix Revolutions. I just changed the batteries in the little sucker and the bastard reset itself, in the process removing the writing programs I had installed on it, and also erasing every single bloody word I’d written about the last two weeks of travel. I don’t think I can reinstall the writing programs I need, meaning the palm pilot and keyboard are about as useless as Mark Phillipoussis in a Davis Cup tie.
Thus, unless I buy a laptop, I’m going to be writing each of these entries in some dodgy little internet cafe where I’m paying by the minute, and because I’m a hobo (c’mon, I’ve got no home and no job, what else do you call it?), the budget is already tighter than Australia’s immigration laws, so the laptop is out of the question. From now on then, each time you read one of these entries, describing all mine and Bec’s wonderful adventures drinking beer in other countries and generally having the time of our lives, just remember to picture me sitting hunched over the keyboard in some dank, smoky, dirty internet cafe, surrounded by upstart teenage boys all playing the latest online game, and trying to figure out where the hell the apostrophe key is on this crazy Eastern European keyboard, while Bec gives me sideways glances wondering how much longer I’m going to be sitting hunched over the keyboard in some dank, smoky, dirty internet cafe, surrounded by upstart teenage boys all playing the latest online game, and why the hell don’t I just hit the apostrophe key it’s right bloody there!
So, now, where was I? Ah yes, we were on the way to Rome…..
Tags: Travel
Dave
September 18th, 2005 at 2:06 pm
Hey Dave,
Great stories – are enjoying having a bit of a read. I think the “old Pou” is ok in Davis Cup Ties – that was a bit harsh 🙂
Sorry to hear about your faulty keyboard/palm, we will appreciate your words even more now 🙂
Gab & Marr
September 19th, 2005 at 7:37 am
Hey Gab and Marr, glad you’re enjoying the writing. Yeah, the Poo comment may have been a bit harsh, I think he may have actually been playing when we last won it. But given his form over the last while, maybe I could’ve just swapped Davis Cup for tennis in general.
Poor old Poo – such an easy target.