Well i'm still around - my computer has a brain augmentation: another 2 GB of RAM.
& my roof leaks have been fixed - now i can get on with making my back room into my 'lab' room with puter bits, electronic stuff, & various tools & projects.
would like to re-build that 'hakeri' bloody shed out the back - it's falling down & being pushed sideways by a large, mostly non-fruiting plum tree! somewhere to store garden tools cluttering up the house @ present.
bought myself a couple of tech-presents; one of those non-reciprocating saw thingies with a box of attachments of various kinds. cutting aluminium sheet won't be the wretched business it used to be (& that's just the start - my house's previous occupants were real bush carpenters who did some amazingly silly things!).