Anyways, I had to back up my important documents and pictures, and take my power cord over also. I made three trips to Best Buy in one day and didn't even leave with anything cool.
Bleh.
My hope is that they clean up the virus without wiping out my hard drive, because I truly only backed up the essentials. It would be nice to not have my checkbook register wiped out.
But, I won't squabble over details. At least I have all the eleventy billion pictures I've taken, and the hundreds of chord charts I painstakingly have saved through the years.
I've said it before, and last night did not change my opinion. My parents are technologically Amish. They have a decent desktop, but eternally slow dial-up. Images take a long time to load. I discovered that their monitor settings needed to be adjusted because Mom was
"Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis? I prefer to call it classy!"
"But it's just that ... dull ... gray."
"Mom. It's silver digital scrapbooking paper. There are lovely polka dots on the sides. And my header. Did you see my header? I designed it myself (with the help of Shabby Princess images ~PLUG~)."
"I don't see any polka dots."
Sigh. "Let me fix that. You need the polka dots."
So I remedied that little issue and instantly became my Dad's hero. Because now he can redeem his Coke rewards points at home instead of having to go to the library. Because he can see THE WHOLE SCREEN. He said he even emailed the Coke rewards website begging them for a scroll bar on the bottom.
PEB-CAK error. Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard.
(It's ok. I can make fun of my Dad. Because he's fixing to start blogging, and that's going to be a treat you won't want to miss out on.)
7 comments:
After reading the shovel story, I can't wait to see what your dad blogs about. Yay!
PEB-CAK is hilarious.
And there is some serious hacking going on. We had a huge mess a couple weeks ago. I'm glad you have the geek squad. And that your chord charts are safe. :)
polka dots? what polka dots?
LOL That is hilarious. You needed to visit your parents, they needed some help.
I would love to read your dad's blog, the shovel story was too funny. Can't wait to see what he has to say.
Your checkbook may be wiped out, but at least you have the pics!!
PEB-CAK and "technologically Amish"--I was crying from laughing. You are too much!!
Have fun with the parents!! Mr. Lemon go to, or just you and Zesty?
PEB-CAK.
That's the best new thing I've read all day.
All of you wonderful readers would not believe the amount of grief that Mrs. Lemon and Ogre (our two lovely daughters) give us about our lack of technology savvy!!! They keep forgetting, we grew up without computers, as a matter of fact, I was in college before I ever had a class, and that was Basic and Cobal (?). Yep, it was that long ago!
Technology scares me! Seriously!!
I always feel guilty laughing at you... uh... WITH you...
:)
I can't wait to start reading your daddy's blog. He's hysterical in person, so I'm on pins and needles to see how articulate he is "on paper".
~Debi
Post a Comment