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Life in an Ordered World

I like life in an ordered world. One can predict more or less what will happen next, excepting when things go sideways. Then it’s fun to let go of the wheel and enjoy the ride.

In the New Years Eve storm, I failed to clean the wet snow off the windshield so the wiper broke. One can predict that heavy snow will break the wiper. I just thought I could defy the laws of wipers in snow.

The orderliness of life was all around yesterday. Streets were clean enough for the New Year’s levees. Friend and enemies shook hands and wished each other Happy New Year.

After another snow fall last night, the streets were clean this morning, as good order suggests. The car dealer was open, despite the weather, and fixed my wiper for next to nothing because I wore my Montreal Canadians jacket.

Sometimes you have to affect the good order of the universe with positive vibes.

What’s out of order is Microsoft Office and Windows XP. For reasons known only to Bill Gates, the programs are now giving me the reverse order on look ups.

When I ask for File Open, instead of the orderly sub directories then files in alphabetical order, since Christmas I am getting the files in reverse alphabetical order. It takes 3 more keystrokes to put things back in order. What gives eh?

2 Comments

  1. Anonymous

    Switch to Details view on the menu bar in the Open or Save As dialog box, and you will see
    headings for Name, Size, Modified, Type, etc. Click on the Name header to
    reverse the sort. hold down ctrl and X out of that window, open again and You can then switch back to your usual view (thumbnail).

  2. Anonymous

    Switch to Details view on the menu bar in the Open or Save As dialog box, and you will see
    headings for Name, Size, Modified, Type, etc. Click on the Name header to
    reverse the sort. hold down ctrl and X out of that window, open again and You can then switch back to your usual view (thumbnail).

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