"I am amazed methinks; and lose my way among the thorns and dangers of this world." (King John)

Nothing works! We've come to the point in world history where I believe nothing works. Yesterday, I tried to get a new version of "Memoirs of a Tail Gunner" (with the design my grandson Adam made) published. It uploaded to Lulu, the publisher, OK, but when Lulu tried to get a "Print Ready" edition for me, the error came up: "Sorry, there is a problem. Please go to Chat." So, I went to chat and spent an hour or so with a guy named "Arcan" who couldn't figure out what the problem was. So it was sent to a techie and Arcan sent me an "issue" number 7 feet long. I'm assuming they'll fix the problem in a year or so...or when it snows here in Florida. It doesn't matter. I can type with gloves on. I got high grades in high school in my typing class.

But that is not the end of it all. If I say, "Nothing works," I don't only refer to one unworking event. Today I went to Acrobat to make a PDF of the Word book file and after I clicked "Submit" I waited 15 minutes for the process to be completed. Finally, I looked around for a link to the PDF and was unsuccessful. So, I went to the site called "U-Send It". They upload the file for you in a jiffy and then send an "activation" link to your email address.

And yes! There it was! The activation link. I clicked on it, and it took me back to their web site where I had to type my name and password to get to the file. I did that and did I get to the file? No. I clicked on the button "Sent files" and nothing came up. I went to Chat again and after another full hour of trying this and that "Shreyans" told me that he/she was sending the problem to the "engineer." So, I got another "issue" number. Nothing works.

A couple of weeks ago, we borrowed a DVD disc of the "In House" show held last March in our clubhouse because we hadn't seen it. When Rho and I settled down to watch it, an error message came on the TV saying we did not have the correct disc. But that's not the only sad part. Prior to that misbegotten attempt at relaxation, I had bought a new remote because the old one broke down. I tried everything the English directions indicated to do in order to get the right code, but it didn't work. I even tried it in Chinese. That didn't work either; it wasn't the right dialect. We decided to watch the ballgame.

So much for that.