Not Unlucky

I kept forgetting it was Friday the Thirteenth.  Bear and I went to Aldi and then bear got a new computer game in the post.  It's called 'Farming Simulator' but is more about driving combine harvesters and tractors than actually growing things.  Bear asked me about the small part of the game that included plants.  'Mum, when should I use the cultivator?'

My instinctive reaction was something along the lines of, 'how the dickens should I know?  It's a computer game about modern farm machinery and my knowledge of farming is based on medieval agriculture' but I tried to ask the right questions.  I asked what the cultivator did.  Bear was vague.  He knew he wanted to practice driving it and there was something involving wheat, but more than that was a mystery.  Should he use it before or after ploughing?  As far as I could tell, the cultivator was some sort of harrow which, if I have it right, is used after ploughing, but I could be completely wrong. 

Bear will have to reinstall it on his 'new' computer.  I think it's always worth checking out reconditioned stuff if it's from a reputable source.  Tesco are pretty good and DH knows a good computer repair person.  I also check outlets.  Then DH will see if he can do a full factory reset on bear's current computer, perhaps replacing some of the components and trying to get it working and if he can then he gets bear's, which is newer than his, and I get his, which will be much easier for me than a laptop. 

For those interested, I wrote the first instalment to the deadline.  The first instalment of 'More Tales from the White Hart' is up and ready to read here.  I am aiming to make it a regular feature every Friday, and I've already started on the next instalment.  I hope you like it.