My Diary, Rediscovered

                                                                                                 I don't remember adding the "edit statuses" button[/caption] In 2011, I offered "Your Diary" to readers of this blog, and used myself occasionally, then forgot it for years  Some time in December '24, I used it for a bit and lost. Copies were strewn everywhere on my desktop but none worked. The reason I blog at all is a compulsive urge to write. It  trumps reading, watching Netflix, listening to YouTube Music — and everything apart from obsessive chattering, we won't go there.  I'm reluctant to use the word "Trump" any more... won't do it again I was delight this morning when I found it on an external backup drive, along with various other databases. actively used in their time.

I worked as an evening receptionist from 2001-2003, and enhanced an existing database
I was invited to knock up a system for the Essex Hospitals Trust
   

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