Software – can't live with it, can't live without it
Shirley Moreman for her welcome assistance in getting the spreadsheet to work. Much appreciated.
I can’t even take my business elsewhere as the software is reasonably priced and most of the rest of it works perfectly well.
Sigh…
When’s our next holiday???
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