The first happening was and is the attempt by Microsoft to distribute an update for Windows. This evidently contained and error or errors and caused mayhem amongst the Windows using world. This did not directly affect this blog because it runs on Linux Mint, but for those trying to travel and relying on computer systems running on Windows it got difficult. One such was our son, who, taking advantage of a small window in his work schedule decided to pay us a (literally) flying visit from the western USA. He has actually arrived in UK now but crossing the American continent and then changing aircraft to cross the Atlantic was quite nerve wracking.
Meanwhile, we noticed that our neighbour who was out and about in her car on Friday morning had gone out int he afternoon leaving her garage door up as she usually does, and which remained up until we went to bed. It was still up this morning, Saturday, so we began to make a few enquiries to see if anyone knew what had happened to her. It transpires that she was in a road traffic accident somewhere between Castle Douglas and home yesterday and is currently in the Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary. Her daughter from Galashiels came by and said her mother had had a blow to the chest and was being given morphine to combat the pain. But she also seemed tot think that her mother might be discharged later today.
