Blog 32: Dizabeth on autocorrect & just being Dizzy.

This week we are going to talk about our “devices” no I am not talking about those blady devices – or am I! So, this weekend my beloved friend Pam and I planned to walk. The night before she sent me a message to confirm the walking plan and to check if I wanted to join her later in the day – her and her daughter would be hiking. So, I answered her, but I answered her in the same way I talk – oh yes – that was problem number one dear reader! Gary is constantly saying – ‘What – just what are you going on about’ – or another thing – I have a number of Michelle’s in my life – I don’t stipulate which one I am meaning – then I have the audacity to get extremely irritated when Gary dares ask which Michelle I am meaning! Actually, I think it is a bit like my blog. I change the subject midway – yip – imagine what it is like living this life of Dizabeth!

Anyhow, so back to Pam and I walking on Saturday morning. She answers me and asks:” why aren’t you keen to hike?” I reckon ah I am about to see her – we can chat then. I grab my water, and off I tootle (no, no dear reader I drove there) I arrive and what’s app that I am outside. Nothing. Not online. I hoot – and then I hoot again – nothing. I think well let me phone.  I phone. Nothing, no reply – so I check – yip I have her daughter’s number – so I hesitate for a second – what will this young girl think with this blady old friend of her mother’s ringing her – I only hesitated for a second – and rang – she answered I tried to check for a sleepy voice – anyhow she was quite confused but I have to admit she was very polite – and asked what was up – so I was so “um can I chat with mom please she isn’t answering her phone” – well it turned out – Pam had gone to do Parkrun. I relooked at my message – now you know how blady frustrating it is when you sending a message on whats up and that darn auto-correct takes charge!!!! So often I look back on the sent message and wonder what the heck that person thought of it! In the message to her I said “no keen to walk and not to doing hike” so autocorrect – she read it is “NOT keen to walk and no to doing hike”. Now I am not going to promise myself or anyone else that going forward I will check before sending a message – as – well who really checks them? Oh! Shucks you do reader – hmm then maybe I should – perhaps when it pertains to meeting and where etc yip I should definitely check what I sent! Ok now that I THINK about it, I do check before sending messages – so then I do wonder – you know how “everything happens as it should” Perhaps it was Devine intervention as it turned out – none of us went hiking later that day – maybe there would have been a major accident – who knows, and we were saved. You know those amazing stories you heard about with regards to 911 – those that had to stop at the pharmacy before work as they wore new shoes and had blisters, the child that threw a tantrum and delayed the mom – crazy hey – I always wonder – when you – shucks this is the worst – when you leave your purse at home (or in my case it fell out my bag and was actually under the car seat) and then your friend has to pay for the coffee/lunch. Embarrassing much – absobloodyalutely – but even that little mishap – it happens as it should. So on the Saturday. I came home and took my beloved furry babies for a walk which they ABSOLUTELY loved! So yes – perhaps it does work out the way it should. 😊

Now this is going to sound “freaky” I always check how my word count is going and when I checked now it was “666”! Yikes – hope that isn’t an “Omen” (nudge, nudge get my play on words there – in fact those that aren’t horror movie fans – you won’t – it was the number in the old, really old movie called “The Omen” I have always hated the name  (sorry for those that have a child named this – sorry, promise absolutely no malice meant) but remember the little kid in it was Damien – since then I am always “yikes” which I know, I know it’s only a blady movie!

Anyhow another example of the message that you send to whomever. Last night I was chatting with my Chaddy – he is doing so well, really working hellish hard but seems to be very happy. He has (along with his room mate and two other guys he has befriended, they have signed a second contract and will commence in New York beginning June) I know – how frikken awesome is that! I have ALWAYS wanted to go to London, NY and Amsterdam – thanks to a very, very kind friend I got to London – as you have gathered I haven’t travelled much dear readers if you wondering why the heck is her “bucket list” so blady weak. Anyhow so we chatting last night – so we have “adopted” his and his room mate from Cape Town – both boys moved on this year – Chad to America and so his room mate (and one of his best friends) moved into a new flat and their “child” Nino wasn’t too accepted by the new flatmates – so yip he lives in Nellies now with Ma and Pa Kettle here. Can you believe I am talking about not traversing much – so this cat – he is four and he frikken flew Airlink nogal from Cape Town to Nelspruit! Yes – I am not that bad dear reader I have travelled often but shucks it eats me that I am not well traversed! Digressing AGAIN. …so, I sent Chad a photo of Nino (Beano) and in the background was the fish tank – it was in quite a state (the fish tank dear reader) so last weekend I did the whole transferring of Mr Fish to a temp tank as I emptied his out – cleaned the pebbles, the tank the whole shebang! So, I sent Chad this message. (OK there is one very obvious oopsie though, I do spell pebbles with a capital P and that was our precious little Jack Russell’s name). Ok before I share the message with you – we had a beautiful little Jack Russell – she was the apple of my eye – I treasured her – sadly she got lymphoma last year and passed away in January 2021. She was actually Chad’s dog. Ok, so back to the message I sent to Chad, see the photo dear readers. Just seems easier to show you the actual screen hey …..

So yip Chad thought his mama bear was having a senior moment – shucks I will never forget – and this was a couple of years back – in fact more than a couple of years. Chad was talking about me for some reason and said “Ma you and dad are dinosaurs….” Really – dearest child – R-E-A-L-L-Y!

I know when COVID first infiltrated our planet – he always used to say please ma be careful – you and dad are old!

So there I am digressing – we were on about how it’s the wording we use when we whats app! Sjoe I have to say I have had plenty “situations” – mind you way, waaaaay before whats app – in fact in my every day just chatting I have had P-L-E-N-T-Y. Plenty situations of putting my foot in it – sometimes I think it’s the tone in which I say something. Now another interesting fact, how many times I am mis-heard. I often wonder if I don’t speak clear enough – I know, yes I am aware that I tend to ramble on and on and change subject mid-sentence – but maybe I don’t pronounce the words clear enough? And here comes another digression; I am sitting outside today – and the neighbours are having a wall built. I reckon this is going to be bigger than the blady great wall of China – Jeez they have been building it since time began. Anyhow, there are five builders there as I type – oh my giddy aunt – they are talking ever so loudly and in their home language …. lets just say my irritation levels are steadily rising and yip I will be drinking tonight! (Agh soooooo irritating and the thing is I am working on the patio and its soooooo beautiful and pleasant USUALLY …. just noticing swear to …. swear to whomever; the blady neighbourhood birds have even been drowned out by this lot!!!

Anyhow talking about devices – at the moment I am – in fact there are no words to describe just how freaked out I am with regards to that blady thing known as a Laptop device! We work remotely – recently we had a meeting whereby our data usage was one of the topics discussed. Dear reader Iet me tell you – when the list was displayed on the screen – I swear on my life – I was totally and honest to God GOBSMACKED! As dramatic as this will sound – it literally ruined the remainder of my day – and truth be told it is STILL wrecking every working day. It is one of the highest data usages within our team. Now you all know me pretty well – one thing – don’t ever, ever, EVVVVVVVVVER accuse me of something I haven’t done – DON’T! and when I have oopsied I will ALWAYS, and always do own up and apologise. So yip – this is beyond freaking me out. In fact I guess I shouldn’t have brought it up to you dear readers but hey join every person I know. Everyone has heard the story of my data – I think its got to a point where when I ring a friend/family member they are thinking “Ah my giddy aunt – no doubt she is going to bleat on again” so the said phone rings, then goes onto the “Hi you have reached so and sooo….sorry I am not available right now ….”  Sooner than soon If this isn’t resolved I reckon I am going to have to stop strangers on the street so I can have a “therapy” session with them regarding data usage☹.

As a final one for the week – a Facebook memory came up this week, Now, one of the reasons I love Facebook so much – is the memories that pop up – it really is great. Until I received this one, the thing is clearly at the time it was special enough to me for me to actually signit  up into the Book of Face and post ……. Dear reader – have a look at this post.

Truthfully, I am flummoxed as to what was so, so blady special that I went to the effort of posting – but the truth of the matter is – I have no idea. None. Nada. Ziltch! As to what I was “never supposed to forget” – maybe, just maybe Chad has a point and I am way more of a dinosaur than I even begin to realise!

And that is all she wrote 😊.

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