Blimey Klondike, I'm exhausted just reading that! I think I'll go back to bed..... 

I also like to think for myself and only really do as I'm told by my OH Farmer when he needs help with something or wants me to do some jobs. But, he did learn the hard way with me and it took a while for the penny to drop, Ask don't Tell, goes a long way with me. 

I like my big Desk Top Computer especially as I love my Jigsaws that are full screen. I also listen to Audio Books while I do them. I have a hell of a lot stored on it as well, Audio, Video, and Photos. I only use my phone if I'm away down in Perth, such a faff with the totty wee keyboard. 🙄 I also use the phone camera a lot.

Yup, I decide for myself and don't need either luvvies or hate-ies  telling what 
to think.

Absolutely on the nail Scrumpty! 👏 👏 

We have a desktop that OH uses, our smallest bedroom is his haven, full of musical stuff, his synth etc, it's rare that I use it.   I mainly use my iPad, but I can use my phone if I have too.

And the Scots Luvvies who go on about inependence whenthey have no intention of ever returning to live there! 

He'd gone to the ladies by mistake
Now his head really did start to ache
How to sneak out unseen

The cleaning lady covered her ears
She just assumed he'd had a few beers
She shoved her mop under the door
And poked him while he was on the floor
He smiled when the mop tickled his rears

I upgraded the WiFi card in my laptop yesterday. In doing it I confirmed some rules of the universe which will need including in any Theory of Everything that scientists come up with.

During the removal of tiny screws at least one will always be dropped. It will end up a surprisingly long distance from any possible point it could be.

The search will necessitate fetching a torch and some glasses. By the time the screw is finally found and put with the others you will have misplaced the screwdriver you were using.

The smallest head in the screwdriver set you are using will be marginally too large for the screws but suffices for all but one.

You will be unable to locate the really tiny precision screwdriver set you resorted to buying last time you did a job like this.

You may eventually get the job done using a really tiny flathead blade instead of the crosshead or you may have to buy another set of tiny precision screwdrivers.

The 5 minute job will have taken at least an hour so far.

Once complete and you have installed the drivers and the new card is working you will find something else has stopped working.
 
In this case the touchpad which will guide the cursor but nothing else. You find and reinstall the touchpad drivers. Same error so you take it all to bits to look for a problem and see nothing but reseat the ribbon cable for the touchpad. 

You test it and it is working.

You screw the back on.

It has stopped working.

In the old days you would now spend just about forever on google. Now you spend probably longer consulting AI. Amongst the many suggestions there is one that the probable problem is crosstalk between the touchpad cable and the antenna leads. The power consumed by AI has probably raised the global temperature but it's still bloody chilly outside for this time of year. You don't believe the AI diagnosis but do reroute the WiFi antenna cables - a process that involves insulating tape and looks a real mess.

It actually works.

An additional law of nature.
The thing you were looking for yesterday will return from one of the 11 curled up dimensions required by string theories to one available to our senses in one of the places you looked yesterday.