Rain stopped play
Posted by twinsane on Tuesday 25 August, 2009
The rain, that we wasn’t supposed to be having today came down in dribbles or downpours so I gave the allotment a miss today – it will probably do my wrist good, which is still quite painful, .
Instead, I’ve spent the entire day trying to sort out discounts for the allotment then a way to send out the information I have! I scanned the discount seed catalogue we had from NSALG which ended up being 30 mb and I tried to upload it somewhere, anywhere, for members to download. The only place I could put it was on my website and I didn’t really want to lose my anonymity by giving everyone my web address. I dont even know thats me! I signed up with Yahoo groups but I dont think everyone will want to sign up, I found a free web hosting service for community groups and charities which looked great but I found out that it wouldn’t host files once I’d set it up.
I managed to get the file size down to 1mb and made another accoutn with another free provider but despite it saying it accepts files up to 8mb, it wont accept it. Then I tried to use my BT digital vault. I tested it by sending an invite an alt email of mine an invite but 2 hours later and i still hadn’t had one so i did it again – that was an hour and a half ago….
so I’ve given up and sent the files via email – i hope I don’t upset anyone.
I was really pleased with the potato company I mentioned yesterday. They were very helpful and patient with my questions and sent out a list that I’ve also sent to everyone. I hope people order from them because they have been very accessible and friendly, responding quickly to my emails. I would (and am to the association) highly recommend them for service alone – lets hope the spuds aren’t rotten! Just kidding.
It doesn’t seem like I’ve done much does it? Blimey, How time flies..! it’s 1/4 past midnight and I’ve been at my computer since about 1 this afternoon!
I have to go to tesco now to get something for dfs’s lunch tomorrow…what fun and just for a change, i’m tired.
In a follow up to the wasp and worms, i think the towel did the trick. Not sure because the rain today might have kept them at bay – hopefully the weather will improve tomorrow
