Nov 30 2007
Icy Floppies
As I sit here in my office at the Mother House tending to a computer issue with Sister J and the Dell Gold technician by way of conference call, fleeting thoughts about the weather keep popping into my head. This morning Weather Dude announced that we will be experiencing some seriously icky rain and ice after midnight, potentially weighing down trees and power lines across the area. This is not good news to my ears, because well… there goes the Internet Saturday morning. *iggs*
And the Catholic Son will attempt using the ice factor to his advantage by trying to get out of attending mass again. I know this. Because that’s what he does. Always. But I’m already ahead of him on that game. (Sorry dude.)
Meanwhile, Sister J seems to have some sort of bios/boot sector problem and keeps getting that dreaded ‘Non-system disc error’ when she attempts to boot up her computer, even though she swears there’s ABSOLUTELY NO FLOPPY IN THE A: DRIVE. Fearless warrior/Gold tech man, Mike, has been all over the issue for 2 hours now, and so far he’s had Sister J hop up & down on one foot and stand on her head while hitting the scroll lock/alt-f/F2/F12 key combination with her toes.
Only… what’s that you say?
Yes, Sister. Take the floppy out of the drive before starting it up next time. Problem solved, OS repair and all.
Fresh baked cookies are in order. I’m just sayin’.
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Sigh, its always the 5 min issues that take 2 hours. Like hanging a new door last week took me about 1 hour for 2 doors I will try to change a light bulb tonight and be at it for 90 minutes.
Have a good weekend, probably indoors.
-Bob
Isn’t it always that way? I just worked on someone’s printer (not usually within my scope as PM) and eventually got it working by removing the new ink cartridge they’d just installed - you know, the one with the warning light blinking? - and printing in B&W without it.
Sigh. I want to go work in a bookstore. Or a craft/art supply store.
@Bob: It always takes me 90 minutes to change a lightbulb, so I know what you mean there. lol
The weekend? Indoors so far, waiting for the ice to melt and listening to the son moan about going to church this afternoon. Did I read that one or what?
@Jeri: Or a bakery. Something completely different anyway.