ꩋ Closing out the November

 ꩋ  the cham letter finial for ' SS '

Dreck ! is the word for the day. Miserable but livable [ cuz, I'm staying in ] 
in lieu of outdoor adventure, lets add indoor lights and Xmassy things

not really organized. thus odds and sods are going up
no 6 ft tree this year
we are using a table top lighted filament tree
the coloured disc rotates in the base
the filaments pick up the different colours and twinkle as the coloured disc moves [ or a little elf shines 5 different coloured flashlights ] 

The backstory is that for ten years, this filament Xmas tree was my Mom s tree in the nursing home. Thus, a lot of sentiment goes w/ this decoration.

The saga. I goofed. Our big Dell laptop puchased in 2010 used to run only Windows. I changed over to Chrome as the browser but Windows is the base platform. This conflict of systems occassionally snarls up but usually, works.

8 months ago the battery light started to flash ' yellow ' [ yellow is not good ] meaning the battery wasn't charging. I removed the battery and decided to run on straight AC power

OK except if the laptop gets unplugged while active, the operating system could shut down [ as in wipe out all data ]

3 weeks ago, the laptop was having trouble starting and staying ' on '      [ Oops, is the word ]. I ordered a replacement battery from Walmart for $ 102 b/c Dell had a price of $ 169. A 2 week delivery window.

To be fair, there is every chance that that the ' knock off battery ' may not fit exactly or at all [ take your lumps ]
.......Well, the battery didn't arrive - anywhere, not at the store [ pickup place ] or w/ the shipper [ Oops ! you're thinking ? 

Recall, this is not Amazon delivery service [ just a pretend Amazon ].  I called Walmart ' help ! ' line. Nice chap says ' we will contact the seller and seller will get in touch '

Right ! Seller s message reads ' we will look into this matter for you '
Nope. Called Walmart ' Help Desk '. 

" this issue will be expedited at the ' trouble desk '. What ? They have trouble or I do ?????

Guess. a phone call today from Walmart ' Expediting desk ' : your laptop battery is in your local store. please allow a day or two to process the package in house '

Thus, I get a battery. Will it fit ? 

WE SHALL SEE said the Zen Master [ him again ]