Zombie's

Due to the recession ( officially its stagnation ) I'm told we have nearly 200,000 " zombie business's " in this country . These are business's that are functioning and employing people , but due to their hidden terrible debts have no long term future , but on they plod . Some financial experts say that their debts should be called in and the company's  disbanded so as to not hold back other good business's , apparently . This got me thinking , how many " zombie " friendships do we have ? Some friendships fade but we keep , or try to keep ( guilty as charged ! ) them going , and we might even succeed . This however may seem like  a good thing at the time, but unless there is decent outlook for them its all a waste of time and maybe our energy would be better off diverted to other paths or interests . Its all to easy to let those zombies live on , if only for comfort and conformation that more glorious / exciting times did once exist .

Techno , techno , techno ?

Ive never been a " tech head " , in fact ive only just discovered the meaning or the benefits of blue tooth ! As my lap top is having issues with its speakers being permanently stuck on low volume a friend suggested a wireless speaker as a solution . He showed me one not much larger than an egg cup , and I was amazed at the quality of sound it gave for its size . Things really have come a long way these last few years . He then went on to show me some short animated video's his daughter had put to music . She had used her phone to do this . Again I was quite shocked and yes I felt a little intimidated by technology .
  A second purchase I need to make is a new digital camera as my old one broke ( well the less said about that the better ) when it would no longer zoom in or out without eating batteries . A little " persuasion " saw it disintegrate ! My laptop got a little " persuasion " a while ago too , but that's been fixed at my expense . Anyway im off to " why do you want to do that / comeback in 2 hours "  Kendal . Actually im going to get these items from Asda as there is none of that crappy attitude there , rightly or wrongly .

UP DATE : Yes its been one of those days . The speaker doesnt work any louder and the camera is worse than my old one by far , so im going to mend the old one with some duck tape to hold on the battery cover . Yes its come to that . Getting a refund tomorrow and shall spend the money on something sensible like food I can eat . No im not a techy person at all . It just gets me mad !!