Warning ! Warning

..... danger Will Robinson """" the Robot , ' Lost in Space '

The learning curve is steep sometimes. The big laptop which is our main computer w/ printer access , full USB , disc drive etc kept showing a shut down screen - baby blue w/ flower motif. The 'shutting down ' sign was spinning. The sign and computer  was on all night.
I was going to disconnect the battery instead I read the manual and emergency shut down is ' hold the " on " button for 8 - 10 seconds '.
Yep , it worked.
However , I still need to re - start and see what happens.
I thought you should know about the holding ' on ' button method.

The baby laptop which is what I'm typing on , right now , is working way better than before. Still some slow moments , especially in the initial time when the computer is being used.  Once , it is accessing the internet it starts to go fairly fast.

Weather : grey , close to 70 F in the shade. Weatherboy is dressed lightly and no brolley.

On the buds , no ,nothing nice - Israel will confiscate 400 hectares ( this must be big b/c everyone is going ' wow ' ) in the West Bank
- the Palestinians are not happy , the U.S. is not happy
In the Ukraine or the new Russia South , the Ukraine Army is withdrawing from several contested areas

Canada is OK , we're not fighting anyone except Stephen Harper, our Prime Minister but this has been going on for 8 yrs. Yep , we   re - elected this dude. I know its our own fault.  However , you should know that a party can form the government w / 39 % of the popular vote. Five parties ran for office , Federally , so , there is usually a split vote. And coalition governments are rare , in general
a party will accuse the others of trying to form a coalition which in Canada seems to be the equivalent of molesting the farm animals.
Guess , this more than you need to know. however , learning is good and politics here and in the U.S. is not the same.

I happened to check , the note - worthy bloglist on ' Blogspot ' my blog server. My blog didn't make it. I guess that you need more than 2 readers to make the ' note - worthy ' list.
I will suffer in silence. Please keep reading though.