tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4254149401121467381.post2026282910731404485..comments2023-05-01T07:47:16.255-06:00Comments on THE QUERKEYTURKEY: I JUST LOVE MICRO$OFTCatmoveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13192091477404637971noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4254149401121467381.post-86234227881850577662008-05-31T16:26:00.000-06:002008-05-31T16:26:00.000-06:00Towanda, I bought Qwest Hi Speed some years ago an...Towanda, I bought Qwest Hi Speed some years ago and the price even included a really great nerd who came to our place and hooked us up zippity zing. If you have too much trouble I'd suggest you ask Qwest to send a man out to hook it up.<BR/>Wild Thing was using computers when you had to use DOS. <BR/>Gee, does that make her older than me?Catmoveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13192091477404637971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4254149401121467381.post-83616219775285961762008-05-30T12:17:00.000-06:002008-05-30T12:17:00.000-06:00Hi catmoves. I'm getting settled in New Mexico an...Hi catmoves. I'm getting settled in New Mexico and catching up with your blog entries.<BR/><BR/>BOY! I could sure identify with your computer problem! I live in fear that something will happen that I have no idea how to fix. (My hubby and I are still trying to figure out how to connect both of our computers to the ethernet on Qwest. @&#$%$^*^&^#!!!!)<BR/><BR/>In the early days I had a computer that would cut out, picture and sound would just leave ... and the only way I could get it to work was to give it a good hard smack with the palm of my hand .... worked every time!! haha....Towandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18245494480579308875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4254149401121467381.post-45646767274805512072008-05-25T16:33:00.000-06:002008-05-25T16:33:00.000-06:00Yesbut, I checked the batteries and they're fine. ...Yesbut, I checked the batteries and they're fine. It's the recharged ones I have trouble with. (That's what she said.)Catmoveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13192091477404637971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4254149401121467381.post-16237969944306575702008-05-25T16:31:00.000-06:002008-05-25T16:31:00.000-06:00Shrinky, the guys at my computer shop are probably...Shrinky, the guys at my computer shop are probably too nerdy to eat cake. I feel they'd like watercress and dandelion greens. I'll suggest a cake to WT, but I don't know if she'll do that. <BR/>(Speaking of a way with words, everybody I know thinks you are absolutely A number one)Catmoveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13192091477404637971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4254149401121467381.post-63533002182746412822008-05-25T16:27:00.001-06:002008-05-25T16:27:00.001-06:00LIn, that's a great idea, just don't put it on the...LIn, that's a great idea, just don't put it on the floor (bad things happen there, too) but I've got a shelf near my left foot. CPU now rests there. I will begin to wear my steel toed boots in the future.Catmoveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13192091477404637971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4254149401121467381.post-1797707392072630572008-05-25T16:27:00.000-06:002008-05-25T16:27:00.000-06:00LIn, that's a great idea, just don't put it on the...LIn, that's a great idea, just don't put it on the floor (bad things happen there, too) but I've got a shelf near my left foot. CPU now rests there. I will begin to wear my steel toed boots in the future.Catmoveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13192091477404637971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4254149401121467381.post-79943690630320612902008-05-25T16:25:00.000-06:002008-05-25T16:25:00.000-06:00Moose, that's funny. Wild Thing calls them "Over T...Moose, that's funny. Wild Thing calls them "Over The Shoulder Boulder Holders".Catmoveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13192091477404637971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4254149401121467381.post-37720665164640322702008-05-25T11:51:00.000-06:002008-05-25T11:51:00.000-06:00Have you tried turning the volume up on your heari...Have you tried turning the volume up on your hearing aid.<BR/><BR/>:-)YesButhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083237777767309577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4254149401121467381.post-25646886739486180132008-05-25T09:04:00.000-06:002008-05-25T09:04:00.000-06:00I love your way with words (grin). I NEVER, NEVER...I love your way with words (grin). I NEVER, NEVER, NEVER go to "help", it makes my brain bleed. I'm not only on first name terms with the guys at our local computer shop, I bake them cakes. (You think I am joking.) I'm a wimp, they are nerds with mercy, we are a winning team.Shrinkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18401403773851253351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4254149401121467381.post-8583783806744993972008-05-25T01:13:00.000-06:002008-05-25T01:13:00.000-06:00Misery certainly has company lately. I keep the co...Misery certainly has company lately. <BR/><BR/>I keep the computer down close to my foot so that I don't have to go look for a hammer (a handy step-saving hint).Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100999113439449482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4254149401121467381.post-54067620494373614352008-05-24T16:24:00.000-06:002008-05-24T16:24:00.000-06:00Just re-read your header. The line about the bra t...Just re-read your header. The line about the bra that can be used a a shopping bag. Hasn't it been carrying melons for years?alphonsedamoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13493874009603730619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4254149401121467381.post-19155027004376042622008-05-24T14:01:00.000-06:002008-05-24T14:01:00.000-06:00Buck, I learned long ago (from Fred Langa) that th...Buck, I learned long ago (from Fred Langa) that the registery is nothing for amateurs like me to "fix". Unless we'uns enjoy reloading our OS's. <BR/>Going to look at that header now.<BR/>Well, phoo. The place where I stole that from, now shows 404's (does that make them 808's?)also. So I put something else in the header.Catmoveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13192091477404637971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4254149401121467381.post-85206387170106882972008-05-24T13:03:00.000-06:002008-05-24T13:03:00.000-06:00Moose, I've also found that any time you can scare...Moose, I've also found that any time you can scare the dang things, they are likely to fix themselves up once you turn them off. But I like your method of threatening them with replacement.Catmoveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13192091477404637971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4254149401121467381.post-17427658612008727462008-05-23T15:20:00.000-06:002008-05-23T15:20:00.000-06:00I am scared to death fooling with the Registery.Yo...<I>I am scared to death fooling with the Registery.</I><BR/><BR/>You have good reason to fear messing with the registry, Cat. I've seen more hosed-up 'puters made that way by fearless (and clue-free, too... BAD combo) tinkerers than perhaps any other sort of problem, back in the day when I was involved in this sort of thing.<BR/><BR/>Glad you got sounds again, tho! And I get a 404 error by clicking your header... thought you might wanna know.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4254149401121467381.post-5349798496708296332008-05-22T22:13:00.000-06:002008-05-22T22:13:00.000-06:00Cat: I almost took a hammer to min the other day. ...Cat: I almost took a hammer to min the other day. The darn thing would just shut down for no reason. Next day it was fine. I think it heard me tell my wife I was going to buy a new one. Scared the hell out of it.alphonsedamoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13493874009603730619noreply@blogger.com