Gmails Won't Send

[jno]

I frequently get an error message when trying to send a Gmail, specially if it's replying to one:

"Oops... a server error occurred and your email was not sent. (#007)"

Just over the last month or so, and apparently at random. It won't save these emails as drafts, either.

Anyone know what's happening, or what I might do about it? (I have Hotmail and other email accounts but would prefer to use Gmail.)

[netibiza]

Oh dear jno not having a lot of luck are you. I can't take ibuprofen as its bad for my failing kidneys! I rarely take anybpainkiller as I usually forget! I moan about pain and forget to do anything ! I take paracetamol if I remember and if it gets too bad I have napeoxeno but that also is bad!

Disney should cheer you up a bit.

How is the lawn? Still flooded?

[jno]

still birds coming to the lawn for a drink. It's not flooded but enough surface water to draw the crowds

I can hear dripping noise near my chimney too. Nothing's actually coming to my fireplace, and it hasn't rained for days,  but the noise is driving me nuts!

[barry1010]

Have you got a nest or other blockage in the chimney?

[jno]

that's occurred to me, Barry, but what would actually be happening? Is something coming down the chimney somewhere that I can hear but can't see? (My hearing's awful but my eyes are okay.)

[barry1010]

I was thinking of a sodden nest slowly dripping down the chimney if you've had heavy rain lately.

If your chimney has a cowl check that it's still in place.

[jno]

that's an idea, Barry. I think (with the permission of the other flat owners upstairs) I might get someone up to the roof to have a look. But where would the water actually be dropping to, that I can hear it falling but it doesn't fall in my fireplace (or fall somewhere higher up and dribble down)? I don't know how chimneys are constructed.

[netibiza]

Can't you send Baby O up the chimney to have a look. It worked in the old days!

[barry1010]

Some chimneys have a bend or ledge, ask your neighbours if they can hear it.  Maybe it is pooling in their fireplace

[jno]

that's a point. They had a leak in a bathroom pipe last year - they weren't aware of it; I was when it started coming through my ceiling, and they got it fixed asap.

[barry1010]

I wasn't aware that my bathroom had a leak until it dripped on my head.  

[netibiza]

We had a leak outside and it cost us £2000 in wasted water. We only knew when the water company told us!!

 

[barry1010]

That would not have pleased me.

How long was it leaking, do you know?

[jno]

oh, they're much brisker on this side of Europe, neti. Turned on the tap one day and nothing happened. Walked down the street  and found a Thames Water van, and asked if he might know what was going on. He waid it was planned repair works and everyone would have been notified 48 hours in advance. I said I wasn't. "Ah well, sometimes they forget", he said.

The spirit of mañana is strong in these parts...

[jno]

oh dear, sitting at my computer the other night and suddenly I'm thinking "What am I doing here?" My mind really had gone blank for a few minutes - I suspect I've had a teensy ministroke or something like that.  I'm going to be looking up neurosurgeons tomorrow 🙁

[barry1010]

What about your GP first?   It may be something else entirely.  

Try not to worry but do get it checked out

[jno]

thanks, Barry. I rang 111 (it was the middle of the night - but no, I definitely hadn't fallen asleep); the doc on the phone told me to see my GP next day, and she told me a neurologist would be the place to start. None of us thinks it's very serious - I lost, I don't know, 10 minutes of memory maybe, and in effect the fact that I realised something odd had happened meant I'd already recovered.  But we all think it's worth checking out, if only to be confident it isn't about to recur.

[barry1010]

Fingers crossed that your GP gets a handle on it and gets you sorted.

[netibiza]

Oh dear jno. I'm also having problems. Went out and left door not only unlocked but wide open! Recycled paper into plastic container! Then made q coffee and forgot to put mug under machine

 All in one morning!

But I'm fine !!

[barry1010]

Sounds perfectly normal to me, neti

[netibiza]

Thanks Barry makes feel better!!