Home alarm system
Yesterday we got our home-alarm-system installed. It includes two infrared detectors and a smoke detector; all this is directly connected to the security center of Sector Alarm. With the system also comes a remote control with a so-called 'panick-button' which can be pressed in case we really feel unsafe. Of course I really hope I'll never have to use it.
Just like insurance, you pay a lot for it and you hope never to use it - you wouldn't call it wasted money, although sometimes it feels very much like that!
By the way: it keeps snowing! It snowed all yesterday and today the white flakes dance around the house as well. But... I just read in the papers that they expect rain from Saturday and the whole coming week. So we can't be that sure of a white x-mas yet.
Alarm...
Got a guy on the door one night last week. He proclaimed he was a seller for a well-known Norwegian security corporation (he actually mentioned which one, but I won't tell that here) and wanted to sell me a house-alarm-system with connection to their security 'nerve-center'.
My wife felt unsafe in her own house from that very moment; we just
had to get an alarmsystem. Hmm ok, I was willing to look into it; so spoke with the guy on the phone a few days later and came to a reasonable agreement.
Bad luck for me: When he sent me the confirmation by email, (some of) the prices that we agreed upon during our telephone call had more than doubled! I immediately called him and asked why; the only answer I got was that he must've been tired during the phone conversation and named the wrong price for me. There was no chance I would get the complete system for such a low price.
Worse luck for the guy: I cancelled my order, so now he's got nothing. And that's what liars end up with: nothing.
I've investigated in competitive solutions and will contact another company next working day
One-year wedding anniversary
Our one-year wedding anniversary had to be celebrated, so we spent a long weekend in Germany with our best friends Julia & Andy. We enjoyed all the good they did to us and visited beautiful places (e.g. Castle Neuschwanstein) and did some shopping as well. The night before our leave, we also visited Gudrun & Thomas and had a great time there. They too are very warm-hearted friends and we feel lucky to know them. Pictures of our trip are available at Flickr, though protected which means that you'll need to login as member and send me a request to be added to my list of Friends and Family.
30 August ...
... is the date that we just agreed upon with the broker. At that day - 3.00pm we will get the key to our new home!
Windows XP in het FriesBesturingsprogramma Windows XP is sinds deze maand ook in het Fries beschikbaar. Producent Microsoft heeft een gratis update beschikbaar gesteld waar onder meer de Friese taal aan is toegevoegd, bevestigde een woordvoerder dinsdag. Het gaat volgens Microsoft niet om een noodzakelijke 'systeemkritische update': "Maar daar zullen ze in Friesland anders over denken."
Het moet ook niet veel gekker worden...
