What to do about computer problems

Here I am endeavoring to type this column and the darned computer is acting up again. I do know that Darlene hit the wrong button soon after the typing started, and ever since then the computer wants to tell me all of its secrets. It keeps repeating the words "About Town" over and over.  Then it started saying something about "menu space". Well, it wasn't time to eat much less time to order food so I ignored the "menu" talk.   Then the computer told me something about being locked out. 
 
Locked out of my own house didn't sound right to me, so I ignored that also. Then I decided to turn the whole thing off and start over again. I thought, erroneously of course, that when I turned it back on everything would be O.K. But, nooooo. It just started yelling About Town again. So I turned it off again, gave up for a couple of hours, and now am back trying my best to tell you something of interest if the equipment will cooperate with me.

Do you suppose it could be me and not the computer. I had a very busy weekend with an all day meeting in Chico on Saturday and on Sunday, a trip to Church, then to the play in Chico about Joseph's coat of many colors, and, believe it or not, then back to church for a meeting with the Pie a la Mode group. We are really supposed to be studying the Bible, but eating the Pie a la Mode comes first. And I'm supposed to be trying to lose weight to help get rid of Diabetes II. Life isn't too easy sometimes.

I am now in the process of reading a book titled Misquoting Jesus and I find it most interesting. Did you know that at the time the new testament was written 93 percent of the people in the Roman Empire were Pagans. I really probably shouldn't capitalize that word, but I wanted to stress what it represented. Now the Roman Empire in those days was the heart of the civilization to my knowledge, and the fact that 93 per cent of the people did not believe in any God was shocking to me. That means that only 7 per cent of those living there believed either in the Catholic, Christian, Jewish or possibly even Islam religion.  

I think I really have a problem. There is so much to learn not only of present happenings, but of history of the world. Now when I was in High School both History and Geography were my most hated subjects. Give me English or Math and I was happy. But now I find that I have missed out on a lot of most interesting information by not paying attention to our History and Geography when I was young. Now I have to catch up and it keeps my mind in a whirl. Thank goodness for the internet so my friend, Linda, can look up the answers to all of my questions. Sure hope she doesn't give up on me.

I have a couple of new home remedies for you, but I can't guarantee you whether or not either one will work. The first one is to remove warts. Take a red onion and slice it in two or take a slice off the top. Sprinkle some sea salt on top of the onion. Then take a q-tip and dip it into the onion juice. Put some of the juice on your wart or warts and continue to do this every time you wash your hands. Supposedly your warts will disappear.  

The other hint is how to treat fungus on your feet. Mix some raw cornmeal with water until you have a thick paste. Then soak your feet in the paste for a short period of time. Repeat this process in about 30 days and voila, your fungus will go away. Now, as I said, I can't promise you any complete success with either of these remedies, but, on the other hand, it wouldn't hurt to try them.

And, one final hint. I'm certain you have heard that if you use a cell phone too often you could wind up with a cancerous tumor in your head. Now there is a gadget called a retrocell which you can purchase for about $29.95 that will keep you from having to place the cell phone on your head, and, thus, keep you from the danger of cancer. I don't know where you would purchase this item, but probably from any store that sells cell phones. Also, a gadget called Blue Tooth or a hands free device will keep you from putting the cell phone up to your ear and thus prevent you from getting that dangerous tumor. 

Try one. You might like it. In addition, July 1 is the deadline date for using a cell phone while driving.

Did you survive Income Tax day? Between the stress, the possible heart attacks and the lack of funds in your checking account, I'm surprised any of us survived. Of course, if you were one of the lucky ones to receive some money back, invite me over for dinner. It'll make me feel a lot better than I do now. A friend told me that they went to get a loan to pay for gas for the next year, but the bank wanted their car as collateral so they didn't need the money anyway. No car, no gas necessary. Life does get complicated, doesn't it?