From Bottleneck.org
Spendthrift
Well, what with one thing and another I seem to have been a bit of a spendthrift this month.
First, I bought myself a pair of ski boots - and if anyone out there is wondering if it's worth it... well, it is. I can't believe ski boots could be so comfortable! I got them from Filarinskis in Havant, who I can heartily recommend. They also gave me a voucher to try them out for an hour on Southampton's dry ski slope (which they also manage). Dry skiing is, it's fair to say, very weird! All in all, the boots were pretty comfortable - I had slight muscular/feet aches, but nothing like I'd have had with hire boots, and probably mostly down to it being a long time since I'd last skied, along with tension and bad technique on the dry slope.
Secondly, I've just bought a nice shiny new PC! I got a "Ricochet" from Novatech - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz, 4GB RAM, 500GB Hard Disk, ATI Radeon 4650 1GB graphics, plus a shiny 22" widescreen LCD :) So far I don't think I've made it break a sweat, so if anyone wants to suggest some games to challenge it, mail me!