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Feel like throwing the computer out the window - mom2huskies

Posted: Jun 12, 2010

I just have to VENT today. Between bad ASR, poor audio quality, 90% ESR and 12 different accounts today I feel like tearing my hair out. But, I guess I could have no work.

LOL!!! Dont do that! Recently I made the mistake of - (see message)

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losing my temper (for all the same reasons), and hauled off and punched my CPU - HARD. It started to go faster and faster, would not shut off, and finally overheated and died. That little tantrum cost me about $200 at the computer repair shop.

Still, it felt OH-SO-GOOD to punch its lights out. And of course, I was envisioning a certain MT-company CEO's face when I did it. Hee.

LOL, what a story - mom2huskies

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I bet that felt good but I am sorry that it cost you $200. The sad part is I doubt our computers are worth $200.

I feel for you - in the same boat

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the only advice I have is to go give those huskies a huge hug! My dog always made me feel better even in the midst of MQ hell.

Thank God for my Husky - mom2huskies

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The best part about working for the Q is that I get to stay home with my Husky. I sure do give him a lot of hugs and he always makes me feel better. The same certainly cannot be said for the big dogs that run the Q sadly.

did throw the laptop on the floor - big mistake

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Got angry at laptop, threw it on the floor. $700 mistake. Another time whipped mouse around in back yard like a lasso and it hit the tree. Those can be replaced for a lot less. Last week while trying to do some gardening I found a huge piece of cement in the backyard, undoubtedly left over from builders who thought they could hide it under 6 inches of dirt and someone would just put in grass and never know, but I like plants and not grass. I now have another form of stress relief. A friend loaned me a thingamajig that you drop onto rocks, it's like a weighted steel stick, which breaks off the rock and you can wedge it under to pry rock up. That'll help out during times of stress, and save on my computer repair/replace bills.

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