My computer's in transit so I'm stuck here in transition

It's now more than four weeks since my laptop went kaput and frankly it's a bit of a pain. When the screen suddenly went dead a friend who was staying suggested that the charging cable may be the problem.

- Fiona Duff

So off I toddled to Currys (other high street stores may also be able to help) and bought one.

And no, it wasn't a problem with charging as there was still a blank screen staring back at me.

I took it back to my computer whisperer from whom I had purchased it about three months earlier - he had suggested this refurbished one and then rather handily loaded everything onto it, as he knows that I am a complete numpty when it comes to new technology.

He had a look and couldn't do anything, so sent it back to whoever refurbished it and since then silence.