Barbara J. Hamby

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Double Bullseye

So how clever is it to infect two separate computers in one house with one email? Yesterday I received an email, which to AOL’s credit, they had dumped in the Spam folder. The subject was “Someone in Your Family has sent you a Postcard.” I checked Snopes and another fraud file and didn’t find that subject, so I tried to open it in both computers. No postcard materialized, but a virus did. I had to run antivirus software on one all night and on the other today. I’ve deleted the “postcard” file on both computers, but probably will have to run the virus check again to be sure we’re clean.

I was horrified to learn how many files I have, so I’ve been deleting files today, but I keep falling asleep--such a boring job.

For many years I’ve believed that men are just as bad, if not worse, than women at spreading gossip. The gossip mill at the local swimming pool has supported that theory. Last night a man couldn’t wait to tell me all about the couple who’d just left who are newly engaged. He seemed inclined to start a pool to guess how long the marriage, if it takes place, will last. I told him the average is 50% among all marriages in this country, so the odds aren’t impressive.

Since I can barely handle one thing at a time these days, I can’t count for my water exercises and talk at the same time, so I don’t encourage long conversations. I remember fondly the days when I could do at least three things simultaneously. Every morning I work the Jumble puzzle in the newspaper, to try to pry my brain open for another day. I will say they are getting easier most of the time.

My niece in Albuquerque sent two pictures of her house and yard under a foot or more of snow this morning. We had lovely sunshine for more than half of the day today. Even when the sun doesn’t shine here, you don’t have to shovel rain.