Pragmatist
Pragmatist

Thisnthat
Fri Mar 19 2004

It's been a while. Because I haven't had anything to say.

And my computer is doing me dirt.

I read as much as I can before the puter crashes, and sometimes it'll reboot, and I'm good for a little while longer, then it crashes again. I've defragged, tried disk cleanup also, but I have no idea what to do next.

IMing with my sister is OK for awhile, but I can't go from IM to read mail, cuz the puter is lazy and won't do more than one thing at a time. And sometimes it just gets tired of our chattering and shuts down. Yesterday it crashed, rebooted, crashed again when I typed in my password, rebooted, ditto, ditto, ditto, until I gave up and just shut down all together.

Sis sent me an article that I wanted to print, and I got pages 2 and 3 printed, but after three tries, still haven't managed to get page 1 printed before the puter shuts down. What is it about page 1 that Dummy doesn't like?

At one time I was able to chat with three people simultaneously; now I'm having trouble chatting with just one.

I'll see if I can lure my son to come work on this. He built it, he should be able to fix it. We'll see.

On a happier note, I had breakfast with my grandson Tuesday morning. He's such a sweetie. Love him to pieces, and I don't get nearly enough time with him. Well, he's a grown-up now and has grown-up interests, and grandma's place is no longer the place to spend the weekend. But we had almost four hours together. He's bright, thoughtful, spiritual (but not religious). He said he could never be Jewish because he loves his porkchops and sausages too much. Anyway, he's a very interesting person to be around. I'm going to have to lay in a plan to get more time with him.

I worked very industriously yesterday and made significant inroads on the pile of stuff that was threatening to bury me. There's still work to be done, and considering my disorganized way, there'll always be work to be done.

I can occasionally leave a comment on a diary, but be assured, I'm reading as fast as I can before Dummy decides to crash. And I'd better bring this to a close before Dummy decides it's tired and wants to go to sleep again.

Shalom, y'all.

6 Comments
  • From:
    Thubten (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Mar 18 2004
    I was just wondereing about you and your DD entry popped up, so you must be there struggling away with your 'puter! Annoying, what? I had some crashing and hanging going on here this week, too. Sounds rather drastic! lol. As much as I love pics/graphics, I ought to do without on my DD to make it easier to read.
    I'm glad you had a nice time with your grandson.
  • From:
    Yetzirah (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Mar 18 2004
    When computers start to act up, there's no use getting the wooden spoon and smacking them. It's VERY frustrating!

    Time for the son.

    I'd offer the tall handsome one, but his tried and true technique is to FORMAT the hard drive!

    Very distressing process!

    You don't want to go there....
  • From:
    Monstergue (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Mar 18 2004
    Hi,
    Glad to see an update from you!! Puter problems can be really frustrating. What do you have in the way of anti-virus software? You maybe ought to update it just to see what happens. If you need me to, I can walk you through it if we can get the puter to cooperate for a few minutes.

    It's 2:30 now and I have an errand to run and will be back in about an hour. Maybe we can try it then.

    Take Care,
    Bobbi
  • From:
    Sezrah (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Mar 18 2004
    oh dear, thats not good at all, i thought your pc was brand new!

    sez
  • From:
    MagicWhiskey (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Mar 19 2004
    Your computer seems to need a trip to the curb on trash day, maybe that'll teach it.
  • From:
    TraumaMama (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Mar 22 2004
    I hope your son gets your computer going for you!
    Re your comment: I think it was just the angle that made him look short in the croup. He is really nicely balanced and has placed well in halter classes. His great conformation makes him a smooth ride!
    ((HUGS))