Hey Ron, I like you, you're quite a character!
My history of computers is similar to yours, my reason for taking it up, was because I lost my wife to cancer seven years ago, & having no children, & very few relations looked around for something to occupy me, & at the age of 70, entered the world of games consoles, had about half-a-dozen different ones, then got an Amiga, [One Mg] just to play games.
One thing led to another, & I eventually got a lapttop, two years ago, after eighteen months, it seriously crashed, the repairer managed to wipe the hard drive, [ring any bells?] he passed it on to a second techno, who put it right, cost;- over £300............. but HE paid, not me
, the code of conduct came into play, because he couldn't do the repair.
So, when I got it back, I promptly sold it for £250, & put it towards a new desktop with TFT monitor, & it's the bees knees, it's quite a modest rig, have a look, in my profile, but that's all I wanted, I just wanted to surf, & email friends & relatives here, & one in Canada, didn't want to watch DVD's, got a player for that, nor did I want to d/load music, or play games, got a Playstation 2.
When you say that yours is "only" dial-up, so's mine, at £12.99 a month subscription, & that suits me, there's no broadband in my area, & I probably wouldn't go for it, if there was,.....what's all the hurry, life's passing me by too quckly as it is!!
Just curious, how isolated are you, if you don't mind me asking, where's the nearest habitation?, I too don't mind open spaces around me, the nearest town is five miles away, I guess that's reeeeaaaal close, as far as you're concerned!.
Maurice :chef: