Good Evening every one, just sharing a situation that happened this morning, started the coffee, came in here and when I hit that Start button, my computer started this loud screching noise, checked all my wires, 3 times and the router, and finally called the man, that is head of the Salk intitute, the man that sold this computer to me, was a very friendly guy, and he has come over whenever my Computer has had a problem, well I called him, and he said well if it is making a loud noise, probably your hard drive has died, freaking out cause he said no, nothing can be save or transferred, and he would come and look in about a week and a half, then the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ started running in my head and my own inside my head was screating tooo! I dont have 1 or 2 thousand for another one.....
Ok end of story coming up now, he called and said well I am done with todays work, so I can come by and diagnose if your computer's hard drive is dead.
So he comes in, turns on the computer, it starts screating at him, he types one key, and the screen says "one of your keys is stuck, he turns over the keyboard, hits it a couple of times and then all of the sudden my computer is working.... was a good sport, started laughing, and I hugged him.......
gave him a New GPS for his time, he said I owned him nothing, but I wanted to give it to him, cause it was such a great thing he had done.....any other Computer Geek would have chared me over a hundred.
So this has nothing to do with the 12 Steps, or Recovery from Alcohol, so thanks for letting get this out....
Happy, Joyous and Free.....no, that is my Computers state of mind.
Good Evening every one, just sharing a situation that happened this morning, started the coffee, came in here and when I hit that Start button, my computer started this loud screching noise, checked all my wires, 3 times and the router, and finally called the man, that is head of the Salk intitute, the man that sold this computer to me, was a very friendly guy, and he has come over whenever my Computer has had a problem, well I called him, and he said well if it is making a loud noise, probably your hard drive has died, freaking out cause he said no, nothing can be save or transferred, and he would come and look in about a week and a half, then the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ started running in my head and my own inside my head was screating tooo! I dont have 1 or 2 thousand for another one.....
Ok end of story coming up now, he called and said well I am done with todays work, so I can come by and diagnose if your computer's hard drive is dead.
So he comes in, turns on the computer, it starts screating at him, he types one key, and the screen says "one of your keys is stuck, he turns over the keyboard, hits it a couple of times and then all of the sudden my computer is working.... was a good sport, started laughing, and I hugged him.......
gave him a New GPS for his time, he said I owned him nothing, but I wanted to give it to him, cause it was such a great thing he had done.....any other Computer Geek would have chared me over a hundred.
So this has nothing to do with the 12 Steps, or Recovery from Alcohol, so thanks for letting get this out....
Happy, Joyous and Free.....no, that is my Computers state of mind.
Toodles, Tonicakes
Oh yeah, lots to do with 12 sps and recovery here - like panic, projetion, gratitude, asking for help, accepting the help, using the higher power in this case the computer man.......and y'know what? our worst fears were not realised.
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I'm so glad that this worked out and the story put a smile on my face. :D I have several friends that can't come and go as I do and the computer, sometimes, is one of the only links to the outside world.
Thanks for a great laugh this morning Toni! Completely understand the money panic thing.....lol. Mine is over 10 yrs. old and I'm waiting for the day it bids me good bye and I'm faced with purchasing a new one.
Hope the rest of your weekend is fantastic. And remember...next time your computer screeches at you, just whack the bottom of the keyboard a few times!
Gee, now I feel like my recovery must because 15 minutes ago I screamed at the human robot on the phone who kept insisting over and over that that my address is invalid (I only have one, the one she kept reading, correctly, off her computer record) and that I need an "alternate" address like a P.O. box to get my package delivered. aarrrrggggggggghhhhhh
