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techrecoveryDear Mother,
1) I am not your on-call technical support.
2) I realize that my idiot brother has managed to infect the home computer with 9341 viruses/trojan horses/worms. I also realize that you are annoyed because you cannot use the Internet.
3) Do not call me up and demand that I tell you RIGHT NOW if I can fix it. As I attempted to explain to you, there are many different things that could be wrong with the computer. I can fix most of them. Do NOT yell at me when I attempt to tell you that "the men" will simply wipe your computer without trying to fix it (as I may end up doing; if she's not exaggerating, the thing may be beyond help.)
4) When I tell you for the 15th time that I will not be home until Wednesday, as I am helping a friend move tomorrow, do NOT throw a hissy fit about not being able to use the computer. If you had done as I have been suggesting for over a year and replaced the computers at your office, you could simply go there and use the web. In fact, there's nothing stopping you from doing that RIGHT NOW, even though the computer is slow as molasses.
Love,
Your son
P.S. Do you have a clue-by-four with which I can beat my brother or do I need to bring mine home?
1) I am not your on-call technical support.
2) I realize that my idiot brother has managed to infect the home computer with 9341 viruses/trojan horses/worms. I also realize that you are annoyed because you cannot use the Internet.
3) Do not call me up and demand that I tell you RIGHT NOW if I can fix it. As I attempted to explain to you, there are many different things that could be wrong with the computer. I can fix most of them. Do NOT yell at me when I attempt to tell you that "the men" will simply wipe your computer without trying to fix it (as I may end up doing; if she's not exaggerating, the thing may be beyond help.)
4) When I tell you for the 15th time that I will not be home until Wednesday, as I am helping a friend move tomorrow, do NOT throw a hissy fit about not being able to use the computer. If you had done as I have been suggesting for over a year and replaced the computers at your office, you could simply go there and use the web. In fact, there's nothing stopping you from doing that RIGHT NOW, even though the computer is slow as molasses.
Love,
Your son
P.S. Do you have a clue-by-four with which I can beat my brother or do I need to bring mine home?
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Date: 2008-12-15 03:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-15 03:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-15 03:39 pm (UTC)I love teching for my folks. They're good patients AND they have some fun issues. Unwiring the house with laptop docking stations, wireless printers and a desktop kiosk was SO much fun
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Date: 2008-12-15 03:59 pm (UTC)I enjoyed that.
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Date: 2008-12-15 04:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-15 04:58 pm (UTC)After much hard work, I have finally managed to surpass him. It is still not likely they will ever come to me for computer help though, and I can't say that I mind. ^_^
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Date: 2008-12-15 05:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-15 05:21 pm (UTC)As for the brother, I'd suggest using a driver, that way you can use the excuse that you were working out a hitch in your swing. ;)
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Date: 2008-12-15 08:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-15 09:17 pm (UTC)OT: Who's that in your icon?
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Date: 2008-12-15 09:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-15 09:28 pm (UTC)OOT: a scan of a cel in my collection
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Date: 2008-12-16 05:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-18 04:01 am (UTC)They also have Irish Girl on the sidebar! :D