Tonight was my first night back. Oh it sure felt great to get back out on the field. Or, in this case, the gym floor. Freak league tonight.
I wrapped my cast in an Ace bandage, and no one complained. Of course, it wasn’t the other team that had much to fear from being struck by the cast. There are several people on my own team, however, whom it would have given me endless satisfaction to crack upside the head. I cannot convey how painful it is to see grown men arguing with a referee at half time. No ref is perfect. Bad calls happen…even in these recreational leagues. Most normal players could let it go. Not our team. One of our toddlers was out at center court re-enacting the foul and showing the ref the error of his ways. Hey, do you think that’s why every call during the second half didn’t go our way? Morons.
Almost as painful was the side line coaching. One of my teammates was yelling at the top of his lungs in what could not be considered an encouraging tone of voice. And in between yelling at our teammates, he would turn to me (I had the misfortune to be sitting out at the time), and I would get a lecture on the misplays and bad footwork out on the field. I went and sat with the other team’s subs. If I had not, I would have cracked this bore upside the head.
Jonathan called for a sub, and the bore went back on the field. A sigh of relief. Ah, Jonathan. He’s a good player. From England. Understands soccer. No complaining or whining out of him. I stood up and joined him on our bench. And he started in with, “Our midfield needs to drop back and…” I got up and went back to sit with the other team.
And every week I keep coming back for more. It gets me out of the house.
Tomorrow night is the pick-up league. Can’t wait to play there. I’ve been sharpening a corner of my cast just for Bill. He’s the guy who sent me to the doctor in the first place. I like Bill. He’s a really nice guy. But he’s still going down in a heap when I run into him on the field. I just hope we manage to wear different colors. I’d hate to be on the same side and have to take out one of my own. (Freak League: entirely different situation)
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I hope this works; I’ve been having some computer problems. Crashing in the midst of checking my links happens to be one of the more prominent issues.
I'm going to assume that you're running some form of Windows, so my first question is what, if any, anti-virus software are you running? The second question is what, if any, firewall are you using?
Posted by: aelfheld at December 8, 2003 05:20 PMHi Aelfheld,
I think we have a Norton anti-virus program. Not sure about the firewall; when we got the satellite connection, the VP did install something, but I don't know what it was.
I haven't been having as many problems today. Could satellite problems (i.e. lousy reception, bad weather) cause my computer to crash? It only happened when I was trying to open other web sites, and not the same ones.
Satellite problems shouldn't cause your system to crash - if your connection is hosed it's going to cause difficulties accessing the 'net, but that shouldn't cause a complete crash.
I'd recommend that you make sure your anti-virus definitions are up to date (use Norton's 'Live Update), then do a full system scan - I'd reboot before starting it, and don't start any jobs or connect to the 'net. I can't say how long this will take as it depends on the number and size of files on your system.
I also recommend that you find out what the VP loaded for a firewall. If you don't have one, or would like to try another one, ZoneAlarm™ from ZoneLabs is one that has gotten good reviews (www.grc.com). There is a free version for personal use, or you can blow $50.00 for the professional version. I'm assuming (dangerous) that you're running a single machine. If you've got a network with a router handling your satellite connection, then your firewall should be located in the router.
Hope this helps a bit.
BTW, if you've got Norton Utilities loaded, run WinDoctor - it's very good at registry cleanup and integrity checking. N.B., WinDoctor is NOT the same as SystemDoctor - Norton's SystemDoctor should NEVER be run, as it causes more problems than it could ever prevent.
Posted by: aelfheld at December 9, 2003 11:18 AMAelfheld, you're the best. Thanks for the advice. Will check into it all when The VP gets home tonight.
Posted by: Cathy at December 9, 2003 12:02 PM