We've just run the new dishwasher overnight for the first time. No problems. Check!
Yesterday I found the time to install the new screen on my laptop. Success! Check! The image below shows what happened to the original screen (this is the old one, not the new one). I was too stressed out to take photos of the steps involved. I had to order a replacement screen from a company in western Canada. None was available in Europe — at least none that I could find.
Who knew it was so easy to change a laptop computer's screen out? Of course, it wasn't without incident. I stripped the head of the first little screw I tried to take out. I thought I was at a dead end. But patience paid off and I was finally able to get that screw unscrewed, after trying the other three to see if all of them were going to be recalcitrant. The others weren't, so I was encouraged to work with the fourth, uncooperative one. All's well that ends well.
None of this prevented me from making the blanquette de veau for lunch. It was your classic white lunch. Somebody I know will be pleased to see this blanquette served without carrots! I didn't have any, and I didn't want to go to the market or supermarket just for carrots...
Bravo. Life is getting back on track.
ReplyDeleteYes, it is. Hope all your things are on track too.
DeleteI was really surprised seeing the dish before reading the text! But, potatoes instead if rice ! Wow !
ReplyDeleteGlad you were able to fix your laptop screen. It shows that the French fabulist was right when he wrote, Patience et longueur de temps font plus que force et que rage.
You must be very pleased.
Of course, the French fabulist is Jean de La Fontaine.
DeleteI bought a 5 kilogram bag of potatoes, origine Bretagne, at SuperU the other day. Three euros. We're having potatoes with everything now. To me, potatoes, rice, and pasta are interchangeable in many concoctions.
DeleteI agree, you can use potatoes with almost anything.
DeleteTony really likes it when I buy too many potatoes and we have to have "potatoes with everything."
DeleteThis expression is akin to the English "Slow and steady wins the race" or perhaps "Patience is a virtue."
DeleteKen, glad you were able to change the screen! Don't know if I would have tried that.
D, I figured if I couldn't install the screen, or if it didn't work when I got it plugged into the connector on the computer, I could send it back for a refund. And then I'd just have to shell out the money for a new laptop computer.
DeleteGreetings from Uzbekistan! So glad that Canada came through for you. We are such nice people! 😉
ReplyDeleteAin't it the truth?
DeleteI had no idea it was so easy to change a laptop screen -- though, I'm not the one who did it, so it may not have been easy for me! Ha!
ReplyDeleteExcellent news on all fronts.
Potatoes are good in everything as are carrots lol. I'm making this dish soon. Glad you didn't give up with that first problem. All is well.
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