Garnet Psaltery

Does parcel-hopping count? I'm currently addicted to catching and releasing homes in Bellisseria. Hopping? Shopping? Close enough.

It's @Lyssa Greymoon's fault.

A gallant gentleman passed by and filed the AR.

I just got and immediately released a trad in Bellaterra. I really can't recommend it. I've been through this region before and there's an apparently permanent sky presence of about a dozen avatars above an empty house with doors wide open on a parcel with a very rude name indeed.

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Art lover

Monty Python

Seventy red wine bottles

Pipe tobacco

Dark horse scoffs chocolate

Answering @Lindal Kidd and @Lillith Hapmouche the thought of a reinstall gives me the willies but I should be prepared. I'm quite ok with seeming dense; it's been many years since I was a systems engineer and had a fully-working brain. I'm a bit stunned at the idea of Kaspersky being a problem - they've kept me safe for such a long time and they're extremely upfront about any upgrades, or what would be required if I took part in any metrics reports. I'd trust them over Microsoft any day. I think I have got optimization running somewhere so I'll check that. I used to run CCleaner after every session until it stopped being effective so now I use Wise Care 365, but that was after the problems started. Now I've forgotten what else was said so I'm going to do something else for a bit.

Lindens promised a pony

Sales talk

I don't know ... moles?

I admit I've stayed with Asus for a long time, since it's been Chillblast's favourite, and they seem to know what they're about. Sadly they're only in the business of providing new machines.

@Pussycat Catnap I doubt it's infected as I've run Kaspersky for years. The external media option is a good one; I just need to psych myself up to face reformatting in extremis.

I was going to watch Ragnarok next but Stranger was so good and @Pamela Galli told me about the writer being the same so I have to try this.

Don't worry @Syn Anatine, we all get caught out - I did 19 hours ago

Reboot pending

To answer @Lillith Hapmouche and @Pussycat Catnap. My machines so far have cost between £2,500 to £3,000, mostly from Chillblast. I got this one over 4 years ago and the CPU is 6 years old. The main problems at the moment are 1) that it fails to start up about once a fortnight - it just hangs there with a spinning circle of dots until I switch it off at the machine and restart, and 2) the fans are working noticeably harder. I used to be able to make small changes, like replacing memory sticks and the graphics card but my concentration is not what it used to be and I'm reluctant to tinker with what I have without something to back it up. Specs are:-

Remember it's two out of four .... going back to Belinda's ... plus she's still mentioning chocolate ... Buy chocolate for me

I crave chocolate things

I'm in the UK and not currently a member of eBay but that's easily fixed. Well, the eBay bit is anyway